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When my Amnesty International group decided to run a slide show in our local cafe commemorating human rights, they started brainstorming where we could get content for the show. Obviously, a great way to get graphics, audio and video for any non-profit outreach you do is to make it yourself.

But what if you're pressed for time, or you don't have a graphics volunteer? Since your non-profit would never ever pirate an image from the web, it's time for you to get acquainted with Creative Commons.(click for more!)

Some updates on stories we've been following at Social Ch@nge:

Google's Evil Meter:

There comes a time, usually if you’re working remotely or have no office, where you really need a way to share files, documents, messages and pictures online between a lot of people for free.

Easy, I said at my last Amnesty International meeting, we’ll just set up a Google non-profits account - all their project management tools are free. No thanks, they said, we refuse to use Google because of their human rights record.

Periodically we here at TechSoup like to share what we're reading. The latest blog gem that I've added to my feed reader is Cause Global, a blog which covers social media for social change and the people involved in using technology tools to make the world a better place.