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Harry Potter Alliance Raises Awareness About Darfur

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In May 2005, Andrew Slack and his friend Justin Oberman started a MySpace site to discuss the connections between the Harry Potter series and social justice. When the site took off, 27-year-old Slack created the Harry Potter Alliance. Go to DarfurScores.org , and find out how your elected leaders have been graded regarding 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. With all the new tools out there to experiment with, why would individuals and brands want to start over on site with a bad brand name and tainted history? The design was good – very good, in fact.

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Internet Strategy, Genocide Prevention

Forum One

At Forum One, this kind of list illustrates the core concept of an internet strategy as distinct from a web site strategy -- not just how to design or build a smart web site, but how to use the entirety of the internet in a very powerful way to help achieve your mission. See the Darfur scores for example.

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Join Stop Genocide Now's 14 Day Challenge

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While thousands of people board planes to visit family and friends during the holidays, Gabriel Stauring and Stacey Martino from Stop Genocide Now will be traveling to the Darfur/Chad border. Starting today, December 21st, they will share stories through daily blog entries and videos. Darfur blog genocide video

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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According to their site: "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Beijing the 2008 Olympic Games in 2001, disregarding international criticism of China's human rights record. They've organized an international Olympic Torch Relay which began on August 9 in Chad, near the Darfur border, and will finish in China in January.

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

Care2

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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Mobilizing Donors and Activists in an Overwhelmed World

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On Friday, I was on a "Darfur Activist" conference call produced by ENOUGH , the Genocide Intervention Network , STAND and the Save Darfur Coalition. Anyone could call in and hear an update about developments on the ground in Darfur and Congo, and upcoming legislation, events and campaigns. Photo Credit: Camp by Mark Knobil.

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