Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? No one at the organization is unsupportive of social media; if anything, they may not be as informed as to why it is important or how we use it, but thankfully that is usually easily explained.

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Social Media International Interview Examples 209

NTEN

OCTOBER 18, 2011

It's a lot of work, but needn't be a full-time job: even at the height of emergencies when Mercy Corps had several blog entries coming in each day, I only spent about three or four hours posting the stories, interacting with the storytellers, and adapting content for my colleagues' needs. Did I ever anticipate a poem? Certainly not.

Create 98

Create Management Storytelling Sudan 98

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

One of those individuals is Paul Ohisa, and he's a refugee from Sudan. His dream was to go back to Sudan, and to contribute and help rebuild. And he's come up with his plan, his social entrepreneurship plan, to bring attention to the refugee plight and also to contribute to rebuilding in Sudan. What advice do you have for them?

Interview 40

Interview Sudan Africa Congo 40

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

What advice do you have for people to navigate those growing pains? They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world. A woman journalist from Sudan had her story about the flogging of a woman who was wearing pants get picked up, and it made international headlines.

Voice 69

Voice Global Journal Saudi Arabia 69

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

She also goes through a vocational skills and business skills training track, where it ends up giving her tangible skills, so she can get a job. At the end of the year, upon their graduation, the goal becomes, how can we help them get a job? What advice do you have for them as they are starting out? It's a one-year program.

International 40

International Interview Bosnia Congo 40

Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. It was definitely a full time job during the last 2 weeks of the contest. Lastly, you can shamelessly plug LWB.

Causes 38

Causes Facebook Challenge Social Media 38

Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. It was definitely a full time job during the last 2 weeks of the contest. Lastly, you can shamelessly plug LWB.

Causes 38

Causes Facebook Challenge Social Media 38