Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model? Will traditional nonprofits need to adopt new technologies and fundraising models as donors demand greater accountability for their funds?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model? Will traditional nonprofits need to adopt new technologies and fundraising models as donors demand greater accountability for their funds?

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model? Will traditional nonprofits need to adopt new technologies and fundraising models as donors demand greater accountability for their funds?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Context for the event from Rory Cellan-Jones: Prevailing ethos of the web has been libertarian, optimistic about the potential of the internet to be a medium of free expression and break down barriers. That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

In 2013, he publically confronted Iran's foreign minister, Mohamed Zarif, in New York demanding the release of political prisoner Majid Tavakoli. Keyes notes some early examples of how the Movements.org crowdsourcing model is working: Activists in Russia connecting with a songwriter in New York to compose a catchy song for their cause.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

There are two models of growth. Britt: You've used entrepreneurial models in combination with nonprofits, with Global Exchange, and now the Global Citizen Center. Some people are saying that the nonprofit model is fading out, and that we need more social entrepreneurship. How do we grow the organization?

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