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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: Women for Women International. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Because Women for Women International has an engaged and vocal online supporter base, I am lucky that my time investment usually pays off.

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The Reckoning

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One of the top issues that came out during our recent strategy meeting was the team's eagerness to hear about other projects. This was an opportunity to hear about human rights: The Reckoning is about the International Criminal Court. The current president of Sudan is a good example of the challenge.

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Peace Games & International Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Speakers: Douglas Thomas, USC Center on Public Diplomacy Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Stephen Friedman, MTV U Douglas Thomas: We're closet gamers. We decided to follow our artists and engage the audience on this issues. College students have led the fight on issues. Will clean up later.

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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

Have Fun - Do Good

One of the reasons I think the issue of genocide in Darfur, and in other places, hasn't reached the mainstream consciousness, is that it is hard to find actions that make concerned citizens feel like they are having an impact. I don't have to solve the problem. I just have to do what I can.

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

Tech Soup

This was originally posted on the GuideStar International blog. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU). For those nonprofits working on sustainable development issues - NextDrop uses mobile technology to monitor and improve water flow in urban India and subsequent sustainable development. a device only seen on TV!

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How to Create, Manage and Evolve Your Nonprofit Blog

NTEN

For example, one day I woke up and checked my email to find a proposed blog entry from a colleague in South Sudan — he'd written a poem, a very personal reflection about looking at the sunrise and farmers going out to their fields as he headed to work. Did I ever anticipate a poem? Certainly not.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

. ** Kjerstin Erickson: FORGE is an international nonprofit organization that works with refugee communities in Africa. We bring communities together to identify their top problems, needs, and priorities, and solve them internally. One of those individuals is Paul Ohisa, and he's a refugee from Sudan. It had been bombed.