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Social Media for #SocialGood

September 15, 2010 – 2:29 pm

During the coming UN Week, Mashable and 92Y will be hosting a Social Good Summit in partnership with the UN Foundation.  The aim is to bring  new media and social media worlds into the MDG-focused events, whether it be in person or via webcast,  and to help spread mass awareness and support for [...]

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Great social media use by World Malaria Day

April 26, 2010 – 1:26 pm

Yesterday was World Malaria Day and the campaign has this year been very effective in it’s use of social media.  This is partly due to the very smart move by the UN to establish a social media envoy group, which includes Twitter founder Biz Stone, Bill Gates, Mashable’s Pete Cashmore and many more prominent social [...]

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UN social media envoys supporting malaria control

March 15, 2010 – 8:32 pm

Today the United Nations announced their line up of special envoys who will help raise awareness of malaria control through social networks. The Social Media Envoy group consist of the world’s top new media e-fluentials, among others Sarah Brown, wife of Gordon Brown; Pete Cashmore, CEO and founder of “Mashable—the Social Media Guide“;  and Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook’s Director of [...]

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