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Greenpeace let JFK talk about Climate Change on YouTube

gillo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:37:35 -0400

Greenpeace has launched a new video on YouTube to co-incide with their latest report “Energy [R]evolution: A Sustainable World Energy Outlook?”, produced by the European Renewable Energy Council, which provides a practical blueprint for rapidly cutting energy-related CO2.

The video features JFK arguing that “climate change threatens our very existence. Now is the time for an energy revolution.” Of course, JFK never said it, but the video went through a very good montage and a computer-generated process to achieve this.

The video can be seen at the following address:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8dLHZ6jKFc

More info about the report launch can be find here:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/energy-revolution-now271008

Subversion! Using YouTube, Photoshop, Excel and Twitter for things they weren’t meant to do. Like fundraising!

Channing — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:59:51 -0400

We are all guilty. You too.

We have all used Excel as a database, even though it’s really not a database program. Real database programs take training - Excel, however, can make you that call list in the blink of an eye. So you use it. There’s more: many of us have used Photoshop for making pamphlets and posters, even though it’s not actually meant to do either. Worse, we’ve made pamphlets in Word.

The mind reels! Or maybe it doesn’t, because frankly tech tools are made to be subverted. Especially by non-profit staff who are on a grant deadline, and just need a way to get this poster done, fast.

So you can imagine how happy I was to discover ways that people are subverting our new best friends - Youtube, Twitter and Facebook - for fun and non-profit.

GCAP, Oxfam and Others Need Your Help Launching New Initiative

jasonwhat — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:08:09 -0400

Oxfam, The Global Call to Action Against Poverty, Comic Relief, Save the Children, and others are teaming up with YouTube and Black Eyed Peas’ frontman, will.i.am to launch a new song and video. The song will inspire individuals to take action and hold their leaders to account for their Millennium Development Goal commitments. The launch coincides with the UN High Level Event on the MDGs being held September 25th, in New York. The inter-agency campaign team is blogging their experience as they build and launch the action.
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Using YouTube for Outreach and Fundraising

amysampleward — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:45:53 -0400

I recently wrote about Tu Diabetes' use of Twitter and the strategies the online community has employed to find and engage with new people. Today, I want to take a look at another social media tool Tu Diabetes is using successfully: YouTube.

Diabetes Awareness Video: a Success in YouTube!

tudiabetes — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:42:30 -0400

I wanted to share with the NetSquared community a recent success we experienced at the Diabetes Hands Foundation.

By getting in the radar of YouTube's Nonprofits & Activism channel, we were able to get the video below (called "Drawing Diabetes: Diabetes Through the Eyes of Children") to be featured on it, resulting in more than 26,000 views.

We are very happy with the results and highly recommend making sure you contact the people (Sending them a Message through their YouTube channel page, once you have a video for their consideration) managing their Nonprofit Vlog.

Nonprofits: Using YouTube to Raise Money

agentchange — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:40:04 -0400

There are already numerous nonprofits that are using YouTube to raise money -- yours could be next. One way is through membership in the YouTube Nonprofit Program. Nonprofits who apply and are accepted have the opportunity to embed a Google Checkout button on their YouTube channel and viewing pages to drive fundraising.

Green Surfing - Interview with Josh Berry of Proplaya and the Save the Waves Coalition

jedsundwall — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:00:11 -0400

Josh Berry, an American surfer and activist fighting to defend the Chilean coast, talks to us about how the Internet allows him to be mobile throughout Chile and why Facebook is helping Chileans rally to defend their ocean.

Questions about Using YouTube for Nonprofits & Activism? Ask Ramya!

Britt Bravo — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:29:57 -0400

The YouTube Nonprofit Program has a new Nonprofits & Activism Manager, Ramya Raghavan, whose job it is to help you leverage the power of YouTube for good. How awesome is that?

Check out her introductory blog post, AgentChange, Reporting for Duty, and her video introduction.

Welcome, Ramya!

What are your favorite examples of using social networks for social change?

JoeSolomon — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:41:04 -0400

Thank you kbaird for the photo!

Notes from Net Tuesday SF: YouTube Nonprofit Program with Maryrose Dunton

Britt Bravo — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:52:57 -0400

Maryrose Dunton, the Head of User Experience at YouTube, spoke to Net Tuesday San Francisco this week about the YouTube Nonprofit Program (be sure to check out the new look of their landing page).

Here are a few notes from her presentation: