Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

In a time when the conditions in Darfur are worsening , Maw Books Blog is leveraging her more than 20,000 monthly visitors to raise awareness about Darfur. For the month of September, blogger Natasha Maw will be Reading & Blogging for Darfur. book blog fundraiswer Darfur Hopefully even donating some money."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

In your status updates, use the news feed to raise awareness. The Save Darfur Coalition asks to organize events, vigils. jordanepstein @ kanter Make it fun, empower people to simply and easily make a personal difference and get commitment. joewaters @ kanter Re: @ mary_joyce comments. Please leave a comment.

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Activities Active Activism Social Media 50

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Not listening is the root of most problems, personal and professional. Two of their staff members recently returned from Darfur and are putting together a video to raise awareness about it. They are collecting questions from supporters about Darfur to include in the video. * One commenter wrote, "I hate these commercials."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

My social marketing colleague Craig Lefebvre, who has a blog ( On Social Marketing and Social Change ), asked me to expand some comments I had made on the Social Marketing Listserve as a guest blogger. A wonderful side benefit is all of the new friends and colleagues I have met as a result of writing the blog and commenting on other blogs.

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Marketing Social Second Life Darfur 50

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

I’m not an expert on museums who can comment on why museums have websites and what they use that platform for. The Exploratorium did the solar eclipse, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is doing all kinds of programs around Darfur. That is its primary strength, whereas the web’s is efficiently communicating information.

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Virtual Game Second Life Museum 20

See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

84% of people comment, 82% message others, and 39% create content. This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks. Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur.

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