Care2

MARCH 17, 2009

M+R Strategic Services released a new study this week showing promising fundraising results for four nonprofits (Easter Seals, Human Rights Campaign, the Save Darfur Coalition, and The Wilderness Society) that tested premium offers to prospective donors.

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Studies Darfur Case Study Donor 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. A way to test strategies for nonviolent strategies and action for change. How can we take it into the digital world. We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Here’s what’s pissing me off: The reason I have to fight every time to do these stories [like Darfur] is because the truth is that it’s hard to get the majority of Americans…to care. ” (not in video). That is a huge mistake.” starts around 16:46). “I

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Change Haiti Darfur Music 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Myspace Darfur Profile Nonprofit 50

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

We've been developing Miradi for three years together with the Conservation Measures Partnership (which includes groups like The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund), and began beta testing the software in 2007. We planned a typical beta test size of ten to twenty users, but had over 450 beta testers in more than 65 countries!

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Darfur Sri Lanka Liberia Colombia 100

NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

But here at M+R, we've seen hard data contradict brilliant theories often enough to know that testing is essential, so we put personal stories to the test for a major national health organization. This test isn't an anomaly. The institutional version raised more than 4 times as much from almost twice as many donors.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

The Exploratorium did the solar eclipse, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is doing all kinds of programs around Darfur. It seems like the real world museums that are starting to work in Second Life are pursuing the social interaction element of the platform through events. I think we’re right on the cusp of a lot of that happening.

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