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Check Out the New Social Actions!

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For the past couple months, I've been working with the Social Actions team on their site redesign, which launched today! Social Actions is a nonprofit initiative that helps you find and share opportunities to change the world. They'll also be launching a web application development contest, Change the Web 2009 , in January.

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Twitter Adds Nonprofits to Suggested Users List

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CNET calls this the “New Socialism: a redistribution of attention, not of material wealth.&# Claire Williams , a 2009 Skoll Scholar now working on Social Innovation for Twitter, helped put the list together. I have started a listed of suggested #nonprofits and social justice change makers to follow.

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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. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change.

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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. The SXSW Interactive Festival. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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Guest Post: Beth Kanter's SXSWi Nonprofit Panel Roundup

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Oh, and please do give a thumbs up to the panel Beth and I cooked up: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change ]. 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.

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Twestival: Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been experimenting with online fundraising in an age of social media since 2006. On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water. How did the relationship originate?

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More thoughts about Web 2.0 Adoption by Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Most of the attendees were at a loss as to where and how to get help for selecting and using new social media tools. ???We Most of the attendees were at a loss as to where and how to get help for selecting and using new social media tools. ???We 2009: How do I integrate across the Enterprise. Participants felt a ???common

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