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Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

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In addition, they have an internal listserv for support where staff share suggested tweets for new reports or new features or techniques on Twitter. Twitter is also used as a complementary advocacy strategy when reaching out to policymakers on a human rights issue. Bilingual and Specific Issues. There’s another benefit.

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Guest Post by Allyson Kapin: Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools

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Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed. Listservs provide great opportunities to not only promote your organizations initiatives but to listen to what other people are saying about your issues. Easy to Moderate* 9.

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More Facebook and Nonprofits

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The resulting discussion thread on the progressive exchange listserv prompted some reflections on how nonprofits can effectively use Facebook. We put our resources into creating that profile as a way to put a personal touch to those issues as 500 "real" people on his friends list. Nonprofits can use groups).

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Using Social Networking Sites for Campaigns: An Interview with Carie Lewis, HSUS

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I've been following Carie Lewis's posts on the NTEN Affinity groups as well as other nonprofit tech listservs (yes, I still do read listservs) and caught up with her for an interview. tools for online advocacy. We pointed people to youtube to watch the videos and to our website to participate in the advocacy.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Five Hot Conversations!

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Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. Five Hot Conversations. NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone?

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Book Club Part 2: Timeliness

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Of course, there's a basic tension for museums that feel both "the obligation to be reflective and considerate, and the seeming imperative to react to emergent issues." The Boston Museum of Science includes the Current Science and Technology center (CS&T), which puts up modular exhibits and revolving programs on contemporary science issues.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication October issue is devoted to scholarly research on social networks. Social Change Websites is an excellent directory of the best nonprofit, grassroots, and advocacy campaign websites devoted to social change. There are 18 articles.