Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

The Well That Twitter Built: On September 18th, Mashable's Twitter followers donated $3,536 to Charity:Water, an initative to build wells in Ethiopia. site where folks are contributing ideas and tips to help write the book. Paul Young raised an addition $637 through Twitter and shared some of his reflections.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

The creators of Global Girlfriend's merchandise come from all over the world: Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Nicaragua, South Africa, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. Photo Credit: Recycled Plastic Beach Tote from Global Girlfriend site. I'd love to compile a list of stores with gifts that give back.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

In the early years, we were working in China, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, where we now purify water for over 200,000 kids daily. We had this idea that we would put all of the field data online somehow—it could be updated easily from any of our sites, and we would have immediate access.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 27, 2007

I was particularly moved by the story of Abay from Awash Fontale, Ethiopia who ended female circumcision in her village. Here is her story from Phil Borges' web site : "Abay was born into a culture in which girls are circumcised before age 12.When When it came time for her circumcision ceremony, Abay said, 'No.'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities. On Eugene's site, you can see a much better video of the exercise with participants in Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water was enroute to Ethiopia when we discussed Twestival. They set up a page on their web site about the Twestival for the event and really listened to us." charity: water have invited Amanda to visit Ethiopia with them at the start of April (costs paid by private donors, not fundraising).

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Oxfam America won the “Advocacy Campaign” prize for their campaign to persuade Starbucks to let Ethiopia use the trademarked phrase “Ethiopian Coffee” in selling their own coffee. The campaign attracted 96,000 participants, and Starbucks did eventually change their policy, thereby benefiting poor farmers in Ethiopia.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2014

Please visit the site to view this video). Before the age of computers and social media, the broadcasting of live imagery from Ethiopia culminated in Live Aid, one of the most successful charity events at that time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Whether you want to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia, vaccinations for children in Haiti, or a safe home for a puppy in Mississipi, with a Birthday Cause your friends can give in honor of your special day. I wonder if they got the idea from you last year!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

It’s the 4 th most popular social media site in the UK, after Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp, with 14,000,000 UK users. Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine which uses its revenue to plant trees , is currently planting trees in Ethiopia. What’s Instagram all about? Instagram is a social media platform owned by Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2018

Yeshi , is a Facebook Messenger bot created by charity:water to simulate the experience of many young girls in Ethiopia who walk six hours a day to get clean water. Facebook manipulates what we see on the site to keep us there longer. Amazon and Netflix use algorithms to manipulate our choices of books and movies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Virginia DeBolt pointed me to this very inspiring story about a third grader in Albuquerque who raised $6000 to build a library in Ethiopia. Help Them Learn More About Nonprofits : YouthGive is a site that helps young peole and their families easily donate to charities while learning more about the organizations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Innovation Festival aligns a community of innovators and agitators, bringing to life the future of business and culture with a mix of playfulness and sophistication, captivating keynotes, hands-on workshops, and intimate site visits at the most dynamic studios, startups, and centers of creativity in New York City. Ethiopia / $50.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 8, 2021

According to Randy Paynter , founder of online petition site, Care2, people who sign a petition are more likely to get involved with or donate to the nonprofits working to help the petition’s cause. Is Mayor Moby doubling down on his commitment to Big Trash? Use this as an opportunity to inspire additional actions.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 19, 2024

According to Randy Paynter , founder of online petition site, Care2, people who sign a petition are more likely to get involved with or donate to the nonprofits working to help the petition’s cause. Use this as an opportunity to inspire additional actions. The best petitions use Finally, remember that petitions are just the first step!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Black Gold tells the story of Tadesse Meskela, the manager of the Oromia Coffee Farmers Co-operative Union in Ethiopia. 67% of Ethiopia's export income is from coffee, so Meskela's story is the story of many Ethiopian farmers. During the film Meskela tries to find buyers who will pay a higher price for his farmers' coffee.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 5, 2006

If you want to help, according to the FACED site, a donation of $165 provides, "an Ultimate Sweater Machine, Row Counter, all freight and clearing costs and skills training." Photo credit: Ethiopia 3 by babasteve unifem women social entrepreneur

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