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MCON13 Live Blog: Connecting with Millennials (Azita Ardakani, Lovesocial)

NTEN

Born in Iran and at age 3 moved to Canada; now in NYC. "I People will get a very real sense from a tweet, Instagram post, Facebook video if you are what you say you are. Challenges and campaigns "When we came to market, there were 76 causes on Facebook. That''s a serious issue. That changed when I got to Canada." "As

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. This panel will explore various innovative and creative uses of social media and online technology to support the local food movement.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. This panel will explore various innovative and creative uses of social media and online technology to support the local food movement.

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Guest Post: Beth Kanter's SXSWi Nonprofit Panel Roundup

NTEN

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. This panel will explore various innovative and creative uses of social media and online technology to support the local food movement.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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Building the World You Want: 6 Nonprofit Campaigns to Consider on International Day of Charity

EveryAction

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily grant the Trump administration's request to reinstate portions of its travel ban (blocking people from six countries - Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Somalia - from entering the United States), CARE reignited their #BetterThanTheBan campaign. Twitter | Facebook.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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