Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Actress and activist Mia Farrow will discuss and answer questions about the worsening situation in Darfur and neighboring Chad at a virtual press event in Second Life. The event will also feature a virtual replica of "Our Walls Bear Witness - Darfur: Who Will Survive Today????,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2008

In the last 24 hours since the project launched, there's been a firehose of ideas for giving that don't require getting out your checkbook or credit card and cringing. Don't get me wrong - giving money to charitable causes is a good thing - but if you looking into your wallet makes you want to cry, there are alternatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2006

The Darfur is Dying game probably caught your attention. Part of its overall charter is to help forge productive links between the electronic game industry and projects involving the use of games in education, training, health, and public policy.

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JULY 4, 2007

She also won the 2005 National Magazine Award for Reporting for her article, " Dying in Darfur ," in The New Yorker. Finally, if you want to encourage young writers to write for change, the National Writing Project has published Writing for Change: Boosting Literacy and Learning Through Social Action in 2006.

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APRIL 11, 2008

I donated to a Relief International health clinic in the Zam Zam refugee camp in Darfur that trains indigenous doctors, midwives, and community health workers. Projects like the 29-Day Giving Challenge remind us of the power we have every day to make positive changes. In fact that isn't how the world changes. Let me know if you join!

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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. Techsoup, a project from CompuMentor, is the technology place for nonprofits on the Web) So it makes sense that they should open a virtual office on Second Life.

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OCTOBER 16, 2007

Steve talked about how Google Earth can make the world a smaller place and add faces and places to statistics, like the USHMM's Crisis in Darfur layer does (pictured above). Videos in the balloons will only work on Windows. Steve also highlighted the work of Appalacian Voices' End Mountaintop Removal layer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS. The next event I attended was a poster session at the New Media Consortium where you view project posters in the virtual world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

Save Darfur. "But when you are sent a message on MySpace you can click on the site and check out who else is involved in that particular project. Jobs With Justice. Katrina Stories. National Farmers Union. National Wildlife Federation. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Mothers Acting Up. Planned Parenthood. Rafiki's Children.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

We are poised to grow not only Bookshare.org, but all of our projects. The project has been so successful at raising student reading skills that they hope to provide similar services to their non-disabled students as well. Miradi Bookshare.org isn't our only project undergoing significant growth. We've just launched Miradi.

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MARCH 12, 2008

It’s not an especially large part of the economy, and most charities operate on a shoestring, without the resources to finance research projects. Hollywood celebrities have become central players on deeply political issues like development aid, refugees and government-sponsored violence in Darfur. But this is starting to change.

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JUNE 25, 2007

The exhibition is a fairly standard zoo introduction to the Congo, its inhabitants, and conservation efforst, with a twist: at the end of the Congo experience, in the Conservation Choices area, visitors are able to select, via a touchscreen, which animals/areas/projects they want their $3 entry fee to fund. How can visitors get involved?

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AUGUST 16, 2008

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. I have used Youtube in some of my projects and so far I seen great results. I will continue to follow your expertise on this subject to help me with my non-profit.

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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. That knowledge keeps me going.

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JULY 14, 2008

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. I have used Youtube in some of my projects and so far I seen great results. I will continue to follow your expertise on this subject to help me with my non-profit.

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JANUARY 5, 2007

The Exploratorium did the solar eclipse, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is doing all kinds of programs around Darfur. If a museum were to go beyond dipping a toe in the water to create something bigger… Doing a really great project in Second Life is more substantial—and expensive—than just putting some pictures up on a virtual wall.

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APRIL 3, 2009

According to the Genocide Prevention Month's site , the genocide in Bosnia began April 6, in Rwanda April 7, in Cambodia April 17, in Darfur April 19, in Armenia April 24, and the Holocast began April 21st.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Imagine a Jewish girl, selling Challah bread on a college campus in America to help support black Muslims in Darfur. This amazing project , initiated by Eli Winkelman, came to life with the help of PresenTense. Efrat Ben-Dor Erez, NPTech Israel. One of PresenTense's core activities is the Global Summer Institute , held in Jerusalem.

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MAY 25, 2007

For us nonprofit types, we have heard that Change.org is going to be developing for the platform as did Project Agape , the temporary name for “a new startup that is applying viral principles to altruism and social causes.&# I can imagine almost any application that’s online going native with Facebook. This feels big.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

I was able to meet Stan some years ago when we were both working on a project to support youth and their successful education and employment. We see the tragic consequences when fear and hatred win out over the Golden Rule in places like the Middle East, Iran, North Korea, Darfur, Zimbabwe, and Myanmar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Personal Fundraising and Open Source Deductions Article in the Seattle Times about personal fundraising, Hoping To Help Darfur $1 at a Time that focuses on Darfurwall.org that has successfully raiased $30,000 in very small donations - $1 per person. Check out the Digital Hero Book Project. Check it out.

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MAY 23, 2006

The next big project on the horizon is working on AIUSA’s next strategic plan. This project will tackle big questions such as: What are the most pressing human rights problems in our world? Describe the work you do with Never Again and maybe a bit about the project.

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