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Jan
13

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NGO consultant given 4 years in Somali prison for making porn


“Hello, my porn name is ‘Gunter Pischof Albert,’ and I’m going to a Somali prison for four years. Give me some sugar baby!” He gave her the longest four minutes of her life, and will receive the longest four years of his life in exchange. Zing!

A court official says a Somali judge sentenced a 72-year-old German man to four years in jail for making pornographic films and pictures in Somalia.

The official says Gunter Pischof Albert was engaging in un-Islamic behaviour by making films and pictures of himself having sex with local women. On Thursday a judge ordered him jailed and fined him $10,000. A 23-year-old woman was also sentenced to one year in jail and fined $880.

Police say Albert was a consultant to two international relief agencies.

[via Flickr!

Creative Commons Photo by Charles Roffey




Apr
9

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Political Technology Guide Rates Software Vendors, Helps Orgs Decide “Who to Hire”


The Personal Democracy Forum has just made it easier to decide what tech firm to hire for your organization’s e-mail marketing, mobile messaging, online fundraising, or CRM, by publishing “Who to Hire: the PdF Political Technology Guide.”

Who to Hire. The PdF Political Technology Guide.

The PdF Technology Guide ranks the tech solutions based on user surveys.

The guide profiles 40 vendors of political and advocacy software — and ranks them based on user surveys of their:

  • software quality and usability
  • pricing fairness
  • customer service quality

The guide also tells you what to look for when choosing your vendor of four “Core Technologies” — E-mail service, Database management, Peer-to-peer activism, and Mobile.

Anyone can download the guide’s executive summary for free, but the full report is available only to paid members of the Personal Democracy Forum.




Mar
26

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10 Take-Aways from SXSW for Nonprofits


Now that the geeky glitz of SWSW is over it’s time to reflect back on what you took away from the conference other than a stack of business cards and a few hangovers.

MATT KOLTERMANN posted a cool article about

his key takeaways.

What did you learn??




Mar
13

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What I’m reading: Chomsky on Haiti Aid; Best corporations; RNC Fear plan; Climate Change documentary


t/100-best-corporate-citizens-2010″>100 Best Corporate Citizens 2010

  • RNC Memo Leaked: ‘Fear’ Strategy Planned
  • New Documentary Shows Real Faces of Climate Change
  • 5 Winning Corporate Social Good Campaigns



    • Mar
    8

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    Social Media Cheat Sheet


    Should your non-profit be on Linked-in, Flickr, and Facebook at the same time? With so many social networks it’s often difficult to determine which combination makes sense for your organization. In cases like these, a little cheating is completely

    fine. This Social Media Cheat Sheet goes over the pros and cons of using some of the major social networks. Download the pdf here.




    Feb
    28

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    How Pretty is your WebSite?


    Smashing Magazine is one of my favorite blogs for design news and opinions. It’s where you go if you are a font geek or want to see what’s happening in the online design world. They recently posted a

    really cool article reviewing some non-profit web sites from a design and usability point of view. Even a few sites like the Red Nose Day Campaign or the WWF, which have some of the best designs around got taken to task for a few design errors.

    Checkout the article here.




    Feb
    28

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    Forget Email, Facebook Is Where People Share Content


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    AddtoAny reports twice as many shares to Facebook over E-mail

    This is some interesting info that popped across my Google Reader. The abundance and ease of use of “share tools” mean that social networks are rivaling email as content sharing platforms. Interestingly, lags.

    5 Billion

    pieces of content were shared on Facebook per week during February, according to data released by the company.  This is up big from 2 billion per week only five months ago in September 2009.

    A study released by content-sharing widget AddToAny indicates Facebook is sharing twice as much content as email currently. However, a separate study by rival ShareThis showed Facebook still a little behind email, with about 30% less content being shared. Taken together, Facebook is just as powerful a content-sharing platform as email. (Twitter is well behind both, but rising.)

    Source: Facebook

    via Silicon Alley Insider.