Social Media 4 Good

The Red Cross Red Crescent created a Flickr slideshow with photos from Haiti after the earthquake. This will be updated continuously.
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I have been using Flickr for about two years to increase visibility of the work of Red Cross Red Crescent. Today, I’d like to share some of the lessons I’ve learned.

I know many NGOs who produce feature-length advocacy films to state their case against e.g. climate change, human trafficking, dragnet-fishing etc. And I am certain that many of them could be greatly enhanced by an approach like “Us Now”.

About a week ago, US comedian Sarah Silverman posted a video called “Sell the Vatican, Feed the world.”  It has since been viewed almost 500,000 times and has been tweeted, commented and blogged about.
I really like this video. I love satire and I think this video does a great job of raising awareness for world hunger.
If you haven’t seen it, watch it before reading on. In case you don’t know Sarah Silverman, I should warn you: She is not exactly[...]