Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Examples * Teen Health Talk engages youth to talk about health issues rather than lectures at them. 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. * care about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

See example of EQCA No on Prop8 [link]. The Save Darfur Coalition asks to organize events, vigils. Escalate relationship w/periodic updates through Facebook messaging with higher asks. Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions). Create something to attend!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2007

I'm also highlighting this because it is a terrific example of using social news sites like Digg and Reddit o promote a cause (the Reddit guys were among my first video blog interviewees back in Nov. Ivan's story adds an excellent example to accompany these resource links. Then come back here. Thanks Ivan.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Here’s an example in the channel page: 24 Hours for Darfur Channel Here’s an example on the standard video page: 24 Hours for Darfur standard view If you are a 501(c)3 it’s a no-brainer to sign up. What we don’t know yet is whether it will work.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Here’s an example in the channel page: 24 Hours for Darfur Channel Here’s an example on the standard video page: 24 Hours for Darfur standard view If you are a 501(c)3 it’s a no-brainer to sign up. What we don’t know yet is whether it will work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. Twitter Demographics. Social Change Behind the Firewall. Twitter is the Second Highest Referral After Google. Things You Can Do In Ten Minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

A few organizations in the nonprofit sector are exploring the power of the this type of gaming medium for social justice - take Camp Darfur for example. But can games like Second Life be a useful tool for social change? Is it worth for nonprofits to invest?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

It looks like a good place to start if you want to find examples of nonprofits with a presence in MySpace and get ideas. Save Darfur. She writes about a nonprofit portal in Myspace called Nonprofit Organizations MySpace. It offers tips on how not-for-profits can effectively use MySpace for fundraising and/or campaigning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

Take for example her write up on Games for Change. For example, rather than starting by saying ???We So, for example, while a rational reason for breastfeeding might be that it provides beneficial nutrients and antibodies, a campaign to promote the practice might be more effective if it builds on a woman???

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

The main example in the article is about matching programs. Matching gifts were another good example. Hollywood celebrities have become central players on deeply political issues like development aid, refugees and government-sponsored violence in Darfur. which often works with charities. But a lot of the intuitions don’t work.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

There are some great examples of nonprofits that are doing an excellent job with online video. One example is 24HoursforDarfur who has collected over 800 videos from celebrities, elected officials, and citizens urging Congress to do more about the genocide in Darfur. Why or why not?

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

There are some great examples of nonprofits that are doing an excellent job with online video. One example is 24HoursforDarfur who has collected over 800 videos from celebrities, elected officials, and citizens urging Congress to do more about the genocide in Darfur. Why or why not?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

One example proves we'll reach our goals. Our newest human rights project is looking closely at the human rights challenges in Darfur. We are nearing completion of our assessment of Darfur-related NGOs and their qualitative documentation on human rights abuses. The next day, Monday, Bookshare.org was free to all U.S.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

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. In the Aquarium, Holocaust Museum, and Bronx Zoo examples, people have a clear vehicle to take action.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

We also have a student division: STAND , which has more than 850 chapters around the world, and the students in those chapters actively organize and mobilize their communities and schools to pass legislation, to fundraise, and to really make more noise about genocide in Darfur and genocide in general.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Below are some recent examples I found of proceeds from songs, or CDs benefiting a cause or nonprofit. I'd love to hear your examples too. raises money for Amnesty's Darfur work. In 2004, Band Aid 20 re-recorded, "Do They Know It's Christmas," to fund famine relief in Darfur. Volume 8 CD. Addition* 9.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

The Exploratorium did the solar eclipse, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is doing all kinds of programs around Darfur. For example, Richard commented that most people in the museum (and funding) world think of games as for kids. You would measure it in the same way you measure the success of an exhibit or a museum.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

For example, what if we told a story of a single child before introducing the thousands at need, or spoke of one endangered animal instead of citing how many there are? For more examples, actionable tips, and our top three recommendations for making stories work for you, read the full report and join our live webinar on May 5 at 2 p.m.

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See3

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. This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks. On Facebook : I think everyone agrees it’s very early.

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

Technically, an ad server is a widget – displaying a banner coming from DoubleClick, for example. Go and develop not a simple embeddable widget, but go and development in a native environment that makes use of all the tools we have, the connections between people, for example.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

A few key examples she gave on advocacy and nonprofit success in social networks included: MyBarackObama.com , a good example of this in action. USHMM : Crisis in Darfur - Visualized destruction in Darfur that was being publicly refuted - 50% increase in traffic to site - International visits went from 23-52%.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

I came across her work while researching examples of nonprofits using the social web for social change for NetSquared and am looking forward to meeting her in person when she speaks at the NetSquared Conference next week. Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog.

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