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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Nine Fair Trade Green Teas

Have Fun - Do Good

If I've missed some yummy ones, lemme know: Arbor Teas Choice Equal Exchange Honest Tea Numi Tea Rishi The Republic of Tea Traditional Medicinals Zhena's Gypsy Tea Related posts: Green Your Green Tea: Keep It Loose, Organic and Fair Trade on Planet Green Fair Trade Teas for the Fall on Green LA Girl Fair Trade is the Best Hope for India's Tea Producers (..)

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Storymakers Past Winners: In Their Own Words

Tech Soup

Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children.

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Member Round Up: Inspiring events, new research, and contests!

NTEN

Flickr: ccbrand Even though summer''s in full swing and it''s so easy to spend those lovely afternoons just sipping lemonade, the nptech community is hard at work putting out new research, collecting data, and figuring out how to put technology to work to solve today''s most pressing issues.

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Using Social Media Internationally: How Not To Get Lost in Translation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by John K. How about Facebook friends in India? Note from Beth: Social networks allow to connect with people from outside of our community and it is easy to have your conversation get lost in translation. Here’s some good tips when your network is global. Hands up who’s got a Twitter follower from Japan?

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Guest Post by Brooke McMillan: How LIVESTRONG Uses Social Media To Animate Its Community

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has also allowed me to highlight some of the really hot areas of the map—like the UK, India, China, US, etc. Create opportunities for the community to create social content for your web site We asked our supporters to upload photos from their events to Flickr and videos to Youtube.

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Taking 18 Minutes Day Towards A Year-Long Focus

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Sebr. I will be designing and facilitating capacity building programs in the Middle East, Africa, and India. Over the holiday break, I read 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman who blogs at at the HBR. This book is a gem.