Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Ivan Boothe helped start the Genocide Intervention Network in 2004, and was responsible for communications, web development and social networking strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

The Save Darfur Coalition asks to organize events, vigils. jaygoldman @ kanter Rewarding verified offline actions with online social credit. jaygoldman @ kanter Rewarding verified offline actions with online social credit. Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions).

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APRIL 29, 2008

Want to create the premier online space for your issue and become a leading voice for social action? Change.org is launching a social action blog network this summer and is currently hiring a team of blogger/editors to help create a movement for change around the major causes of our time. Positions are part-time and paid.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

I just sat through an informal brownbag lunch discussion with the founder of the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net) , social entrepreneur Mark Hanis. See the Darfur scores for example. Also use political fundraising reporting tools to learn who donated to particular politicians.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

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. million nonprofits in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Call us social entrepreneurs, changemakers, social innovators, nonprofiteers, the delta sector, np techies, community benefit professionals, pick your poison, there’s a growing number of places we hang out - with one another. There were social media folks, musicians, print and television journalists, scientists, fashionistas, and more.

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JUNE 6, 2007

You can read my answer to the first question in my post on BlogHer, " BlogHers Act: We Need to Be A Witness for Darfur ". Bloghers Act , Bloghersact , Blogher , politics , women , election , social change Darfur

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JULY 2, 2008

Read Darfur Diaries by Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro. Watched Darfur Now. We'll help empower kids in upbeat, social/media forms of fun, to make a difference in communities online and off." What I've done: Read What is the What by Dave Eggers. Interviewed Janessa Goldbeck of the Genocide Intervention Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2008

We also don't know whether and how online giving marketplaces, social enterprise, social investing and other innovations born in good times will stand a downturn, short or prolonged, and how those changes will ripple across longer-standing practices." Here's one for you.

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DECEMBER 12, 2006

Amoration tackles a wide variety of creative ventures for corporations, like Telus and for a host of activist and nonprofit groups like Betterworld Island, a group which has created the powerful Camp Darfur simulation you'll hear Evonne mention in the interview. Evonne is also a machinima producer and you view some of her work here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

She works with nonprofits and government agencies to bring about health and social change using social marketing. She is the founder and president of Weinreich Communications , and wrote a book called " Hands-On Social Marketing: A Step-by-Step Guide." What is your (simple) definition of social marketing?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I hope you'll add to the list: Change/Wire Dining for Women Ella Baker Center Echoing Green Genocide Intervention Network Global Fund for Women Global Voices' Rising Voices Google.org Idealist NetSquared NTEN People's Grocery Save Darfur Social Actions Spot.us Stone Circles Streetside Stories Sustainable Table TechSoup U.S.

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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 20, 2006

I just got an email from Stop Genocide Now alerting me that they're sending two citizen journalists back to the Chad/Darfur border for 14 consecutive days of reports starting Dec 21, 2006. I'm trying to clear the decks before I take off a few days. They will file text, video, and photographic reports. You can follow the reports on their blog.

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JUNE 27, 2006

Darfur Is Dying was the result. The founder and creator of game consulted people in Darfur. Darfur is Dying was created at last year's GFC. How does it work for social change. How can we take it into the digital world. We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan. 700,000 have played the game.

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JUNE 15, 2007

After Clinton spoke we heard from Ann Curry from NBC news who was honored for her coverage of Darfur. Unlike 99% of her news colleagues, Ann has actually gone to Darfur, and more than once. A mix of wonkish policy speak, amazing knowledge of his subjects, and compelling stories of meeting people all over the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

I'd also like to point out a video genre that has been used for social change: machimina. Need more inspiration to create video or machinima for social change? AmaBe Cheeky stars in this one with Zeke Poutine, In Kenzo and the janjaweed of Camp Darfur. Machinima, derived from the words ???machine??? Check this out.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

George Irish of Shake the Pillars posts about Amnesty International's "Get in Bed with Darfur" -Putting the Fun Into Human Rights Campaigning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2007

My colleague, Ivan Boothe, who works with the Genocide Intervention Network and who is incredible smart about integrating social media into cause-related campaigns, pinged me about this reddit campaign. 2005 ) I had (wrongly) assumed that getting to the top of social news sites was a matter of dumb luck or that if something went viral.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

taking place across various social media sites, including Facebook. moving from Darfur to Burma to whatever cause is next. I joined the various Burma Facebook groups early on because my colleagues in Cambodia were involved from the beginning and documented some of the activism. serial activists???,

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

Here’s an example in the channel page: 24 Hours for Darfur Channel Here’s an example on the standard video page: 24 Hours for Darfur standard view If you are a 501(c)3 it’s a no-brainer to sign up. Don’t give me their email, but connect me to them through the social network.

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

Here’s an example in the channel page: 24 Hours for Darfur Channel Here’s an example on the standard video page: 24 Hours for Darfur standard view If you are a 501(c)3 it’s a no-brainer to sign up. Don’t give me their email, but connect me to them through the social network.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" There was a great discussion about social networking, particularly Facebook apps.

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MAY 9, 2006

The Darfur is Dying game probably caught your attention. The list of social issues that are being addressed by games goes on. How do we identify and proactively deal with any social, ethical, and/or legal issues that might arise through the application. How can we quickly expand the application of computer-based. So, why games?

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JANUARY 23, 2009

Continue learning about why genocide happens and how I can take action by following blogs like the Genocide Intervention Network , ENOUGH , Stop Genocide on Change.org , Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth , and Human Rights Now. February - celebrate local musicians; March - local, socially responsible investing).

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DECEMBER 31, 2008

Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. Social Change Behind the Firewall. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism.

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OCTOBER 29, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The polls close at midnight on Halloween. What’s in your peace platform?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I recently read an article about fundraising on social networking sites. two came to mind and rhyme: Fashion and Passion. One particular quote jumped out at me, "The Facebook generation wears their causes like the way they wear their favorite fashion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

This month I'm exploring the topic of digital games for social change. In two weeks I'm headed for The Games for Change Annual Conference in NYC (and I'll live blog it, too) The conference brings together nonprofits, game designers, foundations, and academics around the world to explore best practices for social change gaming.

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MARCH 21, 2008

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. * The Mix It Up campaign encourages young people to cross "social boundaries" and sit with someone new at lunch. *

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APRIL 11, 2008

She started out writing about what she gave away on her blog, Manifesto , but after a week or so, decided to set up a 29-Day Giving Challenge social network so that other people could share the Challenge with her. Stories can be posted in the 29-Day Giving Challenge social network's forum, or emailed to story@29gifts.org.

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AUGUST 16, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" There are some great examples of nonprofits that are doing an excellent job with online video.

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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. Anya Achtenberg will be teaching an online workshop, Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World, later this year. The idea is that students get to put social justice-ee ideas into practice. That whole bit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

The website helps networks of small-scale philanthropists develop and fund solutions to pressing social problems." I've come across two personal fundraising campaigns that use the metaphor of wishes, pay it forward, or gift economy and are aggressively incorporating social media techniques into their strategies. Big or small.it

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JULY 14, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" There are some great examples of nonprofits that are doing an excellent job with online video.

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MARCH 11, 2007

Save Darfur. Jobs With Justice. Katrina Stories. National Farmers Union. National Wildlife Federation. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Mothers Acting Up. Planned Parenthood. Rafiki's Children. Saving Pets and Shelters. School of America's Watch. Priscilla describes her own organization's activity on MySpace.

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JUNE 25, 2007

The session, presented by Cultural Connections , focused on museums, exhibits, and programs specifically developed to inspire visitors to take action in their own lives to create social change. Like a lot of people, I want to see museums encouraging visitors to take social action, but I want to see it happen because museums are doing it too.

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