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Should Your Nonprofit Be Active on the New Myspace?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They paved the way for all of us and their contribution to nonprofit history should be noted: To Write Love on Her Arms; Invisible Children; National Wildlife Federation; the Humane Society of the United States; Seacology; Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network; Americans for the Arts; Oxfam America; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; (..)

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What’s the Secret to Social Media Success? Cute Animal Theory

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Several years ago I created the Cute Dog Theory, a node to a Nicolas Kristof quote about how puppies get more attention than dry statistics about Darfur. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Back in 2007, I noticed a pattern in the US. Many of nonprofit Internet strategists are Dog lovers!

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Notes from The Seven Things Everyone Wants: What Freud and Buddha Understood (and We're Forgetting) about Online Outreach

Have Fun - Do Good

Two of their staff members recently returned from Darfur and are putting together a video to raise awareness about it. They are collecting questions from supporters about Darfur to include in the video. * An Ocean Conservancy member created a Facebook Cause for the organization without telling them.

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Nonprofits and MySpace Roundup Inspired By Solidariti

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amazon Conservation Team. Save Darfur. Some sites are using the blog feature to write about their organizations, while others haven't set it up. Here's a list culled from the portal. happy browsing. Americans for the Arts. Breast Cancer Action. Concern Worldwide UK. Corazon de Vida. Electronic Frontier Foundation. Jobs With Justice.

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The Move On Model: Inciting Visitor Social Action

Museum 2.0

Let’s start with some examples (many of which were also presented at AAM): The Monterey Bay Aquarium maintains an Ocean Action group that visitors can join to get involved in advocacy for marine life and conservation. The Congo Gorilla Forest , is a special exhibition produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We've been developing Miradi for three years together with the Conservation Measures Partnership (which includes groups like The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund), and began beta testing the software in 2007. Our newest human rights project is looking closely at the human rights challenges in Darfur.

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