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Darfur Documentary on HBO December 6

Have Fun - Do Good

Thursday, December 6, from 8:00 – 9:45 pm ET/PT, HBO will screen a documentary by Paul Freedman about Darfur, Sand and Sorrow. Campus Progress and the ENOUGH Project have teamed up to facilitate the organizing of house parties to view and discuss the film. George Clooney is the film's narrator and Executive Producer.

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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is about facilitating discovery, nurturing trust, sharing experiences, and light-weight focused request/responses.”. Here’s what’s pissing me off: The reason I have to fight every time to do these stories [like Darfur] is because the truth is that it’s hard to get the majority of Americans…to care. ” (not in video).

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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. * . * Oxfam has used Flickr petitions successfully in several campaigns. Frogs are one of the harbingers of global warming. (I

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Nedra Weinreich: Social Marketing Guru

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Outside of blogs, I think that anything that facilitates word of mouth can be very effective. You can create or simulate an experience that can evoke an emotional response from a visitor, as they have done with Camp Darfur. The key difference between using SL and other online channels for marketing is that SL is so experiential.

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The Move On Model: Inciting Visitor Social Action

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section about the genocide in Darfur, which includes information about direct action, as well as connection to a variety of social networks, blogs, and content about the situation. Rather than simply hoping the exhibits will motivate deep discussion about cultural issues, the museum provided both a venue and a facilitator for that discussion.

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