Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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JULY 2, 2008

Read Darfur Diaries by Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro. Watched Darfur Now. Made some changes in my work life to give me more space for creative projects and down time. Continue reading and learning about why genocide happens, and what I can do to encourage the United States to be a part of the solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

According to my colleague Rik Riel, this campaign is sponsored by the Spanish NGO Mensajeros de la Paz , which is leveraging various new media to draw attention to their work. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

(tags: fundraising advocacy ) I was lucky enough to meet Ivan Boothe at the first (or maybe second) Netsquared Conference back in 2005 and have been following his work for years. He has since started doing freelance work on his own at rootwork.org. The only limit to our interest in doing social networking is staff time.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

How you make nonprofit work fun for you, your colleagues and constituents. George Irish of Shake the Pillars posts about Amnesty International's "Get in Bed with Darfur" -Putting the Fun Into Human Rights Campaigning. The topic is: We all make mistakes in our work with clients. Bloggers were invited to post about: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

We're working with most web savvy audience. 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. We decided to follow our artists and engage the audience on this issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Network for Good has recently released a new e-book called " The 2008 Online Fundraising Survival Guide: 12 Winning Strategies to survive and Thrive in a Down Economy " (a terrific reframing of best practices advice for online fundraising and perhaps fear-driven adoption of these practices will be in the works.) Here's one for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Even on the “social media for social good” panel, I believe I was the only one who actually worked within a nonprofit or social enterprise. 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).

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APRIL 29, 2008

Each blogger will lead an online community focusing on a different social, political, or environmental issue, maintain a daily blog covering news and offering commentary, convene leading nonprofits and activists working on the issue, and help people translate their interests and passions into concrete action. blogging job activism

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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. Regards, Fran 16 Jun 2007 Yahoouj Really good work about this website was done. Keep trying more – thanks!

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JUNE 20, 2007

Like in January when Mia Farrow spoke in Second Life about Darfur at a virtual event sponsored by the U.S. Plus, Tech Soup (who I work for) is spearheading a Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, "a virtual community of practice for nonprofits to explore the opportunities and benefits of Second Life."

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

those with 501c3 tax filing status) that register for the YouTube Nonprofit Program to receive a free nonprofit specific YouTube channel where they can upload footage of their work, public service announcements, calls to action and more. YouTube’s 2007/2008 Clinton Global Initiative commitment enables nonprofit organizations (in the U.S.

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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. I'm hoping to work with the Reading Partners program at a local public elementary school.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

Special thanks to the Dresden Dolls and Michael Pope for letting us hack into their awesome work. AmaBe Cheeky stars in this one with Zeke Poutine, In Kenzo and the janjaweed of Camp Darfur. Click To Play "A machinima short music video we shot in Second Life. Next ManorMeta Mashup coming soon, enjoy this for now! ~in

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

moving from Darfur to Burma to whatever cause is next. At the very least, it worked as an intermediary between the different Burma activist groups, some of which don???t The hope is that some percentage of the people involved with these groups could turn into long-term advocates, but Jamal characterizes many of the users as ???serial

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MARCH 21, 2008

According to Andresen and Rovner, the old marketing and fundraising playbooks don't work anymore. 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 Yes We Can Obama video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I have a strong interest in the future of my work and participatory culture. Katya Andresen , Network for Good, offers some insights in the comments : We, too, are working on understanding how to find more superactivists and how to make the long tail of less active evangelists more engaged.

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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. What we don’t know yet is whether it will work.

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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. What we don’t know yet is whether it will work.

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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. See the full alert here. I wanted to help him out, so follow that link above and then follow the instructions. Then come back here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

That's my metaphor for embracing a topic that grabs my attention and is related to my work (nonprofits and technology) but I have no prior knowledge or experience. A few organizations in the nonprofit sector are exploring the power of the this type of gaming medium for social justice - take Camp Darfur for example.

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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. On the opposite days, we work for a non-profit related to our study. See how theory actually works. So I will intern at the Loft , prolly with young writers or spoken word. Everyone is a teacher and a learner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. Working Wikily: The Power of the Newbie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

The Solidariti Blog is written by Priscilla Brice-Weller who has worked for the not-for-profit sector in Melbourne, Austraila. Save Darfur. OrphFund organizers credit their work on MySpace: "While we still use group emails and SMS to advertise our events, they are quite random and faceless," she said. Katrina Stories.

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OCTOBER 16, 2007

Last week, at NetSquared's San Francisco Net Tuesday Meetup, Steve Miller, Product Manager, Google Earth Outreach spoke to a room of 50+ social changemakers and web innovators about how nonprofits can use Google Earth Outreach for their work. Videos in the balloons will only work on Windows.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

So, here is how it works. Stop the genocide in Darfur, that???d If you could make one wish for the world, what would it be? That's question the " Gifter Site , a series of experiments in social giving to change the world, is asking. You can post your wish as a comment. Big or small.it t matter???just just plant one tree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life.

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MAY 3, 2011

and they're not working. Version 2 : Written using a more personal theme based around the story of one young person diagnosed with the debilitating disease the organization is working to cure. Steve has also been a consultant and strategist for the Save Darfur Coalition, American Cancer Society, U.S. There's just one problem.

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MARCH 12, 2008

which often works with charities. But a lot of the intuitions don’t work. People figured that they worked, because — well, how could they not? I spoke with three people who listened to the academics present their work, and all said they found it invigorating. “We It’s the way it works, I guess. Well, who is?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Well, the ones that have worked in the past and the ones that require the least infrastructure. Here are also the fundraising options mentioned today: Email Direct mail Major Donors CFC Social networks Events Grants Telemarketers Ads (TV & Radio) PR Advocacy Which of these are best for you to capture those last-minute donations?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues. We work with human rights groups all over the world. Our newest human rights project is looking closely at the human rights challenges in Darfur.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Voters are encouraged to vote for as many groups as they can in order to generate a comprehensive peace platform that encompasses the issues that are most important to each person, whether it’s the war in Iraq, nuclear weapons, Darfur or global conflict.

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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. Sometimes this approach works, but more often it falls flat and is ineffective. s not home or work. ve traditionally relied on education as their main method ??? third place??? that people hang out in that???s

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MAY 21, 2008

We also have a student division: STAND , which has more than 850 chapters around the world, and the students in those chapters actively organize and mobilize their communities and schools to pass legislation, to fundraise, and to really make more noise about genocide in Darfur and genocide in general. how does that work exactly?

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. Good work February 25, 2009 | Mario Erazo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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JULY 14, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. Good work February 25, 2009 | Mario Erazo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

section about the genocide in Darfur, which includes information about direct action, as well as connection to a variety of social networks, blogs, and content about the situation. When that stuff is inspiring, challenging, and educational, the message may change to "here's some stuff that may give you new ideas about how the world works."

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