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#ThankYouWednesday After A Successful #GivingTuesday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In a letter to their newborn daughter, Max, they announced that they were giving away 99% of their Facebook stock to make the world a better place. While we can’t say for sure that GivingTuesday was factor, yesterday’s most astounding act of generosity and giving was from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

As the issues became more public and more people started looking for others and taking action, it was necessary for an organization to form that could provide some of the infrastructure and administration of the community and it’s work. A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger. Remember the action-focused facebook page?

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What is Lethal Generosity?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Molson reaches out to the community to find ways to spread the responsible drinking message, including supporting the TaxiGuy program and covering the cost of free public transit on New Year's eve. Molson launched a campaign to replace the public funding with private sector donations, starting with its own $20K donation.

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