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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

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Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. Connie Reece shared some insights in this interview and you find more links to case studies and post campaign reflections here. August, 2008 Using Twitter and other channels, I raised $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex.

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An Interview With Facebook’s Libby Leffler: Facebook and Nonprofits

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I sat down for an interview to learn more about her work at Facebook and tips for nonprofits. We work to empower the millions of people and organizations that use Facebook to create high-impact solutions to problems big and small, all over the world. I joined Facebook in 2008 as a member of our inside sales team.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

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What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? He talked about his first personal fundraising campaign - for cancer research in his mother's memory. It is very difficult to measure impact. We're looking at we can look at impact on a customized basis. Need time and patience.

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What is the distinction between social media for charity and social good/systemic change?

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The term " social good " implies that there is social impact, a change of behavior on the ground or systemic change. I think there is some indirect social impact when we use social media for charity. Neff from the America Cancer Society quipped during our panel at SXSW, "Twitter meetups just to meet are so 2008.