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JUNE 7, 2007

Amnesty International is asking its supporters to monitor 12 villages in Darfur via satellite that they have deemed "vulnerable" to attack on its new site, Eyes on Darfur. TOP: Angabo, Darfur. Copyright DigitalGlobe. BOTTOM: Angabo, Darfur. Copyright GeoEye. darfur Amnesty satellite

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MARCH 12, 2008

Hollywood celebrities have become central players on deeply political issues like development aid, refugees and government-sponsored violence in Darfur. Michael Hoffman ’s site is fantastic! I thought I’d share the latest post on the site which grabbed my attention: Why do people give charity? [.]

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JULY 14, 2008

Were currently the sixth largest website in the country - every minute, 13 hours of video are uploaded to the site. YouTube provides content and a community, so it straddles the line between a media outlet and a social networking site and gives nonprofits the best of both worlds. Everyone is on YouTube. Our Terms of Use explain it all.

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AUGUST 16, 2008

Were currently the sixth largest website in the country - every minute, 13 hours of video are uploaded to the site. YouTube provides content and a community, so it straddles the line between a media outlet and a social networking site and gives nonprofits the best of both worlds. Everyone is on YouTube. Our Terms of Use explain it all.

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OCTOBER 22, 2007

Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. I hope you can include Oxfam America Unwrapped on your site. This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks.

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MAY 25, 2007

Facebook is the second big social networking site behind MySpace. These sites are places where I can make my page, connect with friends, ect. Facebook is a hot social networking site and the open platform means that I can build an application and have members of Facebook spread this to all of their online friends.

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