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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So for this post, I'd like to share 5 fundraising trends that we saw emerging in 2009 related to fundraising and social media and that will most definitely continue to have impact in 2010. Last year, TweetsGiving , raised $11,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania using Twitter to spread messages of thanks and opportunities to donate.

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13 Women Changing the World

Have Fun - Do Good

Today I saw a blog post on Twitter about 10 Men with the Capacity to Change the World. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (February 6, 2008) Read: Transcript on Have Fun, Do Good 5. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (December 22, 2008) Read: Transcript on Have Fun, Do Good 6. Chief Change Officer and Partner, Fenton.

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