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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

Just before noon, I decided to go online and see what those in my networks were sharing from their own celebrations or reflections, and immediately found the #GoSilent campaign from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). It pulled me in, and then everywhere I looked online I saw it was pulling in others! A simple commitment.

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Iraq Afghanistan America Arlington

Refugee Response: TechSoup's New Online Technology Resource for NGOs Helping Refugees

Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2017

That displacement has happened mostly as a result of the wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The project will continue to build on the existing capabilities, tools, and content available to TechSoup and our partners. The situation became severe with unprecedented numbers of people seeking asylum after the Syrian conflict got going.

Resource

Resource Europe Technology Poland

Three Fabulous Conversations

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2010

Mousa and I talked about his dream of helping centers for blind people in Iraq get the tech equipment they need. We brainstormed about people he needed to connect with like European Braille embosser makers, the Library of Alexandria (working on Arabic content for the blind) and of course Bookshare.

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Conversation Bangladesh Iraq Mentoring

The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

My mentee, Musa, talked about his efforts to help communities in Iraq, including getting blind schools what they needed in terms of equipment (something I’m planning on helping him with), and ended with a rap. Prince Haakon of Norway kicked off the session, along with our moderator, Angel Cabrera, the dean of the Thunderbird Business School.

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South Africa Bangladesh Norway Africa

NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

The Iraq War was raging. Most of the content was (and is) user generated. The capacity to create content and easily share it with others are the bricks and mortar of community building, and nonprofits know a lot about communities (even if a lot of nonprofits don't know that they know it, but that's another blog entry).

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Netsquared Wikipedia San Francisco Iraq

How to Maximize Success Stories Across Your Nonprofit’s Digital Channels

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Hashtags are an important tool for increasing Instagram post visibility because many more people follow and search for content using hashtags on Instagram than on Facebook. Bottom Line: WFP USA has adapted Rani’s story for three different platforms to reach more people with their inspiring content.

Channel

Channel Sierra Leone Story Digital

"It Is What It Is," and the Challenges of Dialogue-Focused Exhibits

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2009

Earlier this year, the New Museum and Creative Time commissioned a traveling piece by artist Jeremy Deller called "It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq." Why would I want to talk about Iraq on a visit to an art museum? to design dialogue platforms to specific impact goals just as you would a didactic content experience.

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Iraq Challenge Museum Library

Social Media for Good and Evil, Strong and Weak Ties, Online/Offline,and Orgs and Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

How the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is using the web to bring back together their band of brothers and sisters. I would argue it’s the content and the context that determines and strengthen ties. The examples are there, too. The Obama campaign, for one. The aforementioned Greater Greater Washington.

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Offline Social Media Network Org

[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. If you haven’t received the handout, Steven he’ll send it to you at the end of this talk. And it will be helpful.

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Money Personal Relationship Raise

Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. I grew up in Iraq during Saddam's time, and during the time in which we had the war with Iran. So, there are lots of tangible results from what we are doing, and that's how we measure our success. That's the story of Women for Women.

International

International Interview Bosnia Congo

Self-Censorship for Museum Professionals

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

There's a lot of great content in them. To that end, I have captured the examples on the post-its in five categories, separating the "iffy" layer into three categories (creatively named 1, 2, 3). Here are the words that came up on the comfort zone map: And here is the complete transcription of the post-its. and displayed in the museum.

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Museum Professional Teen Map

How Save the Children Is Using An Edgy Infographic As Part of A Multi-Channel Campaign for Children in Syria

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. 3.) Tell us about your engagement, content, and action strategy for this? The fundraising objective is to raise revenue for our Syrian Children’s Relief Fund in order to support our responses to ongoing and urgent needs as a result of the conflict.

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Syria Children Channel Campaign

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