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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

Just before noon, I decided to go online and see what those in my networks were sharing from their own celebrations or reflections, and immediately found the #GoSilent campaign from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). It pulled me in, and then everywhere I looked online I saw it was pulling in others! A simple commitment.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In deck above, you will see a graph that shows that the Ice Bucket Challenge had more search volume than other news such as Ferguson and Iraq during the last few weeks. This shows the importance of timing and playing off current events. 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause.

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Three Fabulous Conversations

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Mousa and I talked about his dream of helping centers for blind people in Iraq get the tech equipment they need. Tags: WEF Skoll Brilliant social enterprise Waste Concern. Conversation Two I had agreed to act as a mentor to a Global Changemaker, in this case Mousa Mousawy, an Iraqi teenager now living in Jordan.

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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My mentee, Musa, talked about his efforts to help communities in Iraq, including getting blind schools what they needed in terms of equipment (something I’m planning on helping him with), and ended with a rap. Tags: WEF social entrepreneurs Davos Schwab Foundation.

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In Case You Missed It

NTEN

But simply having the list may drive more interesting traffic, like, oh, Barham Salih, Iraq's Deputy P.M. Sample tweet: " We must finish paper on Iraq economic vision- but assumptions made so far risky and not verified with available data!" Tags: NPTech NTEN. As it turns out, they're pretty boring.

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Where are you living?

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She told us about her husband’s injuries from a roadside bomb in Iraq. Tags: Inspiration nonprofit fundraising. Lee Woodruff spoke yesterday afternoon here at the AFP Conference. She had some good points and some poignant moments, but one stuck with me. She talked about the importance of living in the moment.

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The Craig Newmark Beneblog Interview

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA. Tags: service All for Good Newmark Fruchterman craigslist Craig community nerds Boot Camp. I also want to mention Consumer Reports. Q: Any final comments?

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