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24 Hours for Darfur User-Generated Video Campaign

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

24 Hours for Darfur , a grassroots video advocacy campaign dedicated to ending the conflict in Darfur and promoting peace and security for the people living there. The campaign video will explain, but take a look at some of the ones submitted by people all over the world.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

grist.org has discovered what social media folks who work for zoos, aquariums, and animal welfare organizations already know. Cute animals rule the social web! The example below is from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and one of their most popular videos. Time to Update The Cute Dog Theory of Social Media: Cute Animal Theory.

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Harry Potter Alliance Raises Awareness About Darfur

Have Fun - Do Good

On Saturday, July 14th, the Harry Potter Alliance, in conjunction with the Genocide Intervention Network, and other human rights groups, are encouraging Harry Potter lovers and human rights activists to hold house parties to learn more about the situation in Darfur, and to take action. Harry Potter Darfur

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Should Your Nonprofit Be Active on the New Myspace?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Even more so when they released a video last September teasing what the new Myspace would look like. Yet at the same time and even more so, the social media scientist in me wanted to experiment and study to see if a dormant online community could be brought back to life again. The design was good – very good, in fact.

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Machinima Festival and NTC Video Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NTEN has just announced the first NTC video competition. And the good news is that if you've never created web videos before and don't have the big bucks to hire a professional, there is enough time to learn. In fact, there's an NTEN Affinity Group for video blogging where you can get advice, ask questions, or share what you know.

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Activating the Activists with Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Save Darfur Coalition asks to organize events, vigils. EMcD @ kanter At @ carepages we enabled members to share their stories offline (local media, support groups, religious organizations) MandyGRS @ kanter. Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions). I suggest a tweetup.

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Insiders Guide to Video and YouTube for Nonprofits - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Often, an effective title (e.g.

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