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International Human Rights Day 2011

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Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. This past year, our HRP team helped the human rights movement achieve great things.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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We've also had major efforts in Burma, Sri Lanka and Guatemala, to name a few; efforts we expect to continue this year. Betsy, a former teacher with a Master's in Education and Learning Disabilities, has a keen understanding of what educators need to adopt Bookshare.org and other technology in the classroom.

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Gift the Gift of Charity: Make A Contribution to any of these Fabulous Organizations

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Adopt An Acre of Rainforest. Help A Family of Five in Burma Stay Alive. When Partners asked the Internally Displaced People of Eastern Burma what they needed to stay alive while they hid from the Burmese army, they named it: 75kg of rice, 5kg of salt, 1 cooking pot, 1 machete, 1 lighter, 1 plastic sheet for shelter.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The corporate sector have adopted it. Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. You need to get past the information overload and information clutter. Nonprofits lag behind the corporate sector. Introduced the concept of the Long Tail and the 80/20 rule.

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15 Must-Know Fundraising and Social Media Stats

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The investment the early adopter nonprofits made into online fundraising technology and strategy in the late 1990′s and 2000′s is now finally starting pay off – especially if they have also invested into a smart, multichannel, integrated social media strategy. Myanmar, also known as Burma, is the most charitable nation.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. An excellent slide show about the issues in wiki adoption within the organization. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma. and color schemes for your blog.

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