Calls to action

Make it useful

The Nature Conservancy's Green Gift Monday board did pretty well last holiday season, as did our recent Picnic for the Planet recipe board.

Promote programs and organization visually

Illustrate your cause area visually

Our pinterest boards are doing great http://www.pinterest.com/tote4pgh we have 40 boards over 1400 pins! We are now seeing a few referrals each day from Pinterest to our website - on par with LinkedIn right now. Added bonus is that its helping me think more visually.

Storybanking

A project to say thanks to supporters documented in pinterest

Has an excellent collection of boards for different purposes

Jersey Cares, a nonprofit organization, makes volunteering easy in the state of New Jersey. This board showcases different service and volunteer projects.

This is from the National Mill Dog Rescue - they have many boards, but this one focuses on sharing their supporters.

#ministermondays in Rwanda

What unifies APC members is their work to promote the use of the internet for social justice and sustainable development. They are at the two extremes of internet connectivity and in between. Jinbonet in hyper-connected South Korea is fighting internet surveillance, Fantsuam Foundation in rural Nigeria work in such poor infrastructure conditions that they sometimes have to power computers they use on car batteries - yet they are providing internationally-recognised IT training to local youth and reversing the typical trend of drift to Nigeria's cities.

Refugees United started off as a pilot in Northern Uganda that is now spreading to other African countries and other areas of the world where natural disasters, political unrest and violence have caused massed evacuations and people to get separated from their kin and loved ones. Through an anonymous database, refugees can create a profile where they can share details about their lives that will be recognizable by kin who go online through a computer or using cellphones.

Good example of integrated technology campaign

How technology is being used to perpetuate violence against women…

The World Health Organisation states that women are disproportionately the victims of violence worldwide
The UN estimates that 95% of aggressive behaviour, harassment, abusive language and denigrating images in online spaces are aimed at women and come from partners or former male partners
Both men and women are affected by cyberstalking, but a survey in India found that victims aged between 18-32 were predominantly female
Research in Argentina shows that a woman’s mobile phone is one of the first items to be destroyed by a violent partner.
And how technology is being used to fight it…
Information and communications technologies (ICTs) like the internet and mobile phones are a double-edged sword – they can be used by abusers to deepen their control and by survivors of violence to connect to help and by women’s rights defenders to inform, denounce and strategise to end violence.

A good list of feminist organizations and bloggers

Contributing to building a regional ICT hub and nurturing HAPPi generation in Rwanda

President Paul Kagame is a big Twitter user - called a "Binge Tweeter"

Kenyans Collectively Sing their National Anthem: February, 2011
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-02-28/world/kenya.anthem.unity_1_national-anthem-kenyans-east-african-nation?_s=PM:WORLD

Organizers said the grassroots effort is aimed at promoting unity in the east African nation, where ethnic violence left more than 1,000 people dead after disputed elections four years ago.
"The whole point is to unite Kenyans in one action and provoke reflection about personal responsibility," said organizer Al Kags.
"We decided to go with the national anthem because it is the main prayer that binds us together. It's a clarion call that transcends all boundaries -- physical, mental, tribal, you name it."

Some stats on Rwanda mobile phone adoption rates

World penetration

Resource on Technology on Globalization primer site

The women's movement has always had the ability to make the invisible visible and grant it a political character. This toolkit encourages women and their organisations to engage in political discussions regarding interneti development with a vision of inclusion, fairness and respect for women's rightsi. The authors' vision is that the toolkit be used to raise awareness and encourage participation in a new environment where women cannot and should not be absent.

Twitter Tweet Up Chats in Rwanda

Good basic tips

Some Twitter tools and more

Useful for automating your posts to Twitter and elsewhere

Are you looking to grow a larger and more relevant Twitter following?

This article will show you four actionable steps you can take to improve your Twitter experience.

What if your Twitter conversations could expand to include more people from your online community?

Now you can thanks to embedded tweets, a new feature from Twitter.

Daniel Ben-Horin suggests that progation imp.

Recommended by many nonprofit folks. It's free and easy to use. Let's you create custom tabs, including email sign up.

Just realized. A Pinterest Tab for your Facebook Page

This link is the reason for the innovation stack - read for context