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Provide the Nonprofit Voice to America's Broadband Plan

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Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. Read the quick facts below, see Free Press for more info, and comment today ! (If Giant corporations are profiting at consumers' expense. It's essential that they hear from us.

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Good News! Starbucks Signed an Agreement with Ethiopia

Have Fun - Do Good

This agreement has the potential to give these farmers a fair share of the profits for their world-renowned coffees, and it’s what Oxfam has been pushing for since November. They created a Flickr petition where they asked people to post a photo of themselves with a sign that says, "I support Ethiopian coffee farmers."

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Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

communities, from LinkedIn to Flickr to … Amazon.com, keeps track of your contacts content. I don’t necessarily think Twitter will abuse the info, but you never know what’s happening behind the scenes. I’m hoping that Spock ends up in the dead pool , but who knows. Then, for the creepy part. I joined Spokeo.

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SXSW: Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam - Slides, Links, and Poems (long)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A creative report on non-profits, social media, and effective ROIs delivered as poetry slam and expertly judged including interactive crowd participation. Flickr bc have established presence there and can cross post for bigger influence. Trained 100 disaster response volunteers in submitting their info, improving content.

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Alison Lowndes: Helping to care for children in Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I decided to make AVIF a charity rather than a company as people are always more willing to offer time to a non-profit organisation. Notes Ali, "Blogs also allow much more "real" info as well as progress reports. " Photo from Ali Lowndes on flickr Volunteers are able to post about their experience in country.

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Guest Post by Jeff Gates: Confessions of a Long Tail Visionary

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Despite fewer sales per item, according to Anderson, such businesses can make big profits if they reach many, many niche buyers. Of course we’ve got a Twitter feed , a YouTube channel for our videos, Facebook pages , and Flickr accounts (we’ve even got a set of images for our just opened exhibition 1934: A New Deal for Artists ).

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