Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

Last November, Tweetsgiving used Twitter to raise over $10,000 in 48 hours for a school in Tanzania. Real-time fundraising works because of social capital.because we tend to trust the people in our network. This is because of trust, and works the same way with Twitter or any other people-based network.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 31, 2016

As perceptions shift, actions will be taken to incorporate leadership development into the everyday activities of the organization, and over time, it becomes a cornerstone of the strategy. Adam Rubin is the Co-founder and CEO of RENEW , a nonprofit organization focusing on helping young people in Tanzania.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

But to many people active in online social action communities, these events had deeper meaning. We can count our Twitter followers or how many people have commented on our blog post, or could have counted the number of supporters on Causes or voters on ideablob, but that doesn’t mean we connect with them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Now don’t get me wrong, I love you people. An ecosystem where its members connect, interact, and support not just the people in their circles but people they ‘bump into’ based on some ‘random’ interest and connection. I hate it…It’s not the music that’s the best, it’s the music that the most people can stand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I wondered whether or not those results would be replicable ?

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Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

In our past annual research, we have tracked eight population categories : 1) children and youth; 2) human rights defenders; 3) Indigenous peoples; 4) LGBTQI; 5) migrants and refugees; 6) people with disabilities; 7) sex workers; and 8) women and girls. We are also taking action in how we track and share data. Even in the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

Right before Thanksgiving, the TweetsGiving effort helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania seeking $10 donations. Focus 24 hour event with broadcasts and all local partners participating to raise awareness (a sort of Blog Action Day on steriods). Micro donations using TipJoy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

As we've heard, something like 18% of the people in the world live on less than $1 a day, and a much bigger percentage live on less than $2 a day. The reality is, actually, that these people who are living on less than $1 a day, for the vast majority of them, it's more like $1 per family, than it is $1 per person.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Less than 24 hours ago, Epic Change launched its TweetsGiving 2009 , a 48-hour charity event to encourage people to express their gratitude using online tools and at face-to-face meet-ups. This two-day event, which ends on Thanksgiving, also invites people to donate to Epic Change. . A Platform for Self-Organizing.

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