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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned. I'm drawing from my experience using Twitter drawing and those of others. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex.

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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The festival will be held July 28-July 30 in Austin, Texas." It is free for all non-profits and causes to submit their film.

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I'm speaking at SXSW or rather reciting a poem!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'll be attending SXSW in Austin, TX the week after next. The panelists or poets include Danielle Brigida (NWF), Wendy Harman (Red Cross), David Neff (American Cancer Society) and Carie Lewis , Humane Society of the US. I've designed some fun ways to incorporate Twitter into the experience. I organized at the NTC last year.

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Things To Do In Twitter

Connection Cafe

I like Twitter , personally. I learn a lot from the flow of information out of Twitter. Twitter has had a banner 2008. So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. Some people say Twitter is just a bunch of noise, broken up into 140 character sound bytes.

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Things To Do In Twitter

Connection Cafe

I like Twitter , personally. I learn a lot from the flow of information out of Twitter. Twitter has had a banner 2008. So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. Some people say Twitter is just a bunch of noise, broken up into 140 character sound bytes.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. Tweet-vivors: Social Media Conquers Cancer.