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TweetsGiving: Show Your Gratitude With Epic Change

Amy Sample Ward

Next week, participants will share what they are grateful for through Twitter and other online media and attend gratitude parties around the world. Scheduled for November 24 – 26, 2009 , the 48-hour event created by Epic Change will encourage participants to express their thanks using online tools and at live events. Get Involved.

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Great reads from around the web on October 28th

Amy Sample Ward

Anyone can be a landowner of this prime real estate just like the creators of Twitter whose property reportedly has a one billion dollar valuation. "Hujambo from Tanzania! I’m SO EXCITED to write you because I couldn’t wait to share: on Saturday, in the Moivaro village of Arusha, Tanzania, in the shadow of Mt.

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Tweetsgiving 2009: A Celebration of Gratitude

See3

This year, See3 is playing an active role in Tweetsgiving 2009 , a global celebration that seeks to change the world through the power of gratitude. Last year, Tweetsgiving raised $10,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania. To see videos that others have created for Tweetsgiving, visit the Epic Change YouTube channe l. Any questions?

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Great reads from around the web on October 28th

Amy Sample Ward

Anyone can be a landowner of this prime real estate just like the creators of Twitter whose property reportedly has a one billion dollar valuation. "Hujambo from Tanzania! I’m SO EXCITED to write you because I couldn’t wait to share: on Saturday, in the Moivaro village of Arusha, Tanzania, in the shadow of Mt.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

In 2009, for example, two trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing emergency numbers directly. Their Tweetsgiving campaigns were fundraisers benefiting Mama Lucy’s school in Tanzania and connected the students to their supporters through Twitter. Another great example is Epic Change.

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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. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned.

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TweetsGiving 2009: What Nonprofit Tech Are You Thankful For?

Tech Soup

Tweetsgiving is using micro-blogging tool Twitter to raise money for a classroom in Tanzania. Along the way, they're also compiling a log of what Twitter users are thankful for this year. Here's a smidge from his post: If you haven't heard about it yet, be sure to check out TweetsGiving , a project of the nonprofit Epic Change.