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Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Elana Wolowitz (EW): Im pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008. Our Executive Director, Jeff Blodgett ( @jeffblodgett ), is on Twitter, but I still am working on showing him of some of the benefits beyond just broadcasting links to our content. www.MHPonline.org April 22, 2009 | Rick Bernardo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Pointing at Exhibits, Part 2: No-Tech Social Networks

Museum 2.0

And it's brought me back to a blog post I wrote a year ago about the Science Museum of Minnesota's Race: Are We So Different? When I wrote about this in 2008, I focused on the question of how to design exhibits to be optimized for "pointiness." exhibition.

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Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While " Tweet and Meet " events, called "Tweet Ups," were popular with Twitter users in 2008, "Tweet-Meet-Donate" events became more and more common in 2009. Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water in 24 hours through self-organized volunteer events in 200 cities around the world.