Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2008

Today, June 20th, is World Refugee Day , a day to raise awareness about refugees' rights, and to honor their experiences. That's a statistic you don't often see in the news. The Dispatch also reports that the reason for the increase is the war in Iraq. A sponsor of UNCHR will donate $.10 will be donated on your behalf.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2007

He began the talk by telling the story of the first time Google Earth was used for awareness raising by Rebecca Moore, Program Manager, Google Earth Outreach. 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).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

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. Our dream is to raise the floor for every person with a disability, to ensure access to the material needed for education, employment and social participation.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

Humans think in narrative structures, and we remember facts and statistics far better when they're presented to us in story form. You might guess that version 2 would raise more money. The institutional version raised more than 4 times as much from almost twice as many donors. Stories mirror human thought. You'd be wrong.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

The numbers in the Post report, which were taken directly from Facebook Causes' own published statistics, show overwhelmingly that most nonprofits are poorly served by trying to use Facebook Causes for fundraising. In only 10 days, Save Darfur raised more than $415,000 through an email series.

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