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Peace Games & International Efforts

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Do you we teach coders the basic tenets of public diplomancy or vice versa? 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. Those people come back and have greater depth of understanding. We identified four finalists.

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Writing to Change the World

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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. It was co-founded by two literary agents, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Teaching Your Kids About Philanthropy. How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius. Social Media Breakfast: Help Leverage A Tyson Foods Donation. How To Set Up A Listening Post on Twitter. Fighting for the Arts With Social Media.

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Nedra Weinreich: Social Marketing Guru

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

ve been teaching a course on social marketing at the UCLA School of Public Health, which has been a fun experience for me. You can create or simulate an experience that can evoke an emotional response from a visitor, as they have done with Camp Darfur. And I have my blog, Spare Change, which I just started in January.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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To that end, we recently held a conference at Columbia University called “Teaching About Conflict, Building Towards Peace: A Comparative Forum.” On the other hand, some politicians may care a great deal about improving human rights abuses or ending the violence in Darfur, but don’t act because they don’t have constituent backing.

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