Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

Roger told us about his job as a writer for Mercy Corps , where he's traveled to places like the Congo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and most recently Haiti, writing about the man-made and natural disasters that have struck those places and the accompanying relief efforts. Tags: Digital Divide Reporting Running Your Organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

The best weapon against apathy is a compelling story. But it’s one thing to tell someone a story and another to show them. Source: Casa Congo, School for Conservation). If you’re scrambling for some ideas, here’s a couple to get you started: Plot-driven stories. 1) Visual Storytelling. Consider this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

An example was the opportunity to feature a video about the lack of treatment available for those living with HIV in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on YouTube’s homepage. From WITNESS’ social media experience, the best advice we can provide is to be concise, direct and consistent about your nonprofit’s story.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Favianna Rodriguez Activist printmaker and digital artist. One Million Bones is a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burma.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

This past year, we’re getting most of our content directly from top publishers: high-quality digital content for free. The head of our group, Patrick Ball, is spending most of this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo, working with the United Nations on a range of human rights issues (of which the DRC has many).

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