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Nicholas Krstiof has a fantastic article in Outside magazine on a new perspective we need to bring to our appeal for support.

Good people engaging in good causes sometimes feel too pure and sanctified to sink to something as manipulative as marketing, but the result has been that women have been raped when it could have been avoided and children have died of pneumonia unnecessarily—because those stories haven’t resonated with the public. So for God’s sake, let’s learn how we can connect people to important causes and galvanize a robust public reaction.

Link: How to Save the World

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Today is Universal Human Rights Day. I’ve discovered a world of fantastic videos highlighting and promoting this. Is your organization doing the same?

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“Experience universal human rights the animated way with this latest moving creation by Eallin Animation from the Czech Republic and Art for Amnesty.”

Link: protectthehuman.org

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I got an amazing write up on the Shane & Peter blog today.  These guys are friends and co-workers, and all around wonderful people. Their blog is full of amazing insight into running a business or organization. So much of what I’ve learned I’ve sponged off of them.

Link: Shane & Peter Blog

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There’s an interesting article on the ONE blog about some of the unmentioned effects that war has on a population. On average, child mortality rates have dropped across the globe. Sadly, there are some exceptions to this where they’ve actually increased. The article points out the obvious, but so rarely discussed side effect to conflict. War disrupts and displaces people. It makes it harder for kids to get food, clean water, and health care. Check out this post about the Central African Republic.

Link: Crisis in the Central African Republic - ONE Blog

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This is a really interesting article about some design work being done at MIT. Though pretty impracticable at this stage, it’s fascinating to see people taking a radically abstract approach to addressing a problem like domestic abuse. We’re certainly not going to solve a problem like domestic abuse with design and technology – but I encourage this kind of thinking.

Link: MIT developing clothes for abused women - Boston Globe