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TweetsGiving: Show Your Gratitude With Epic Change

Amy Sample Ward

People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful Funds raised will go to support the work of Mama Lucy Kampton ( @MamaLucy ), a ChangeMaker who has transformed her community in Arusha, Tanzania through her school Shepherd’s Junior. Tags: events fundraising africa epic change tweetsgiving.

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Interview: Avi Kaplan, Epic Change for TweetsGiving

Amy Sample Ward

People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful. Once the tweets of gratitude started to flow in we new we had identified a very powerful emotional chord with people. I expect the parties to be lively gatherings and for people to form new relationships and to come with open hearts ready to share.

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Interview: Avi Kaplan, Epic Change for TweetsGiving

Amy Sample Ward

People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful. Once the tweets of gratitude started to flow in we new we had identified a very powerful emotional chord with people. I expect the parties to be lively gatherings and for people to form new relationships and to come with open hearts ready to share.

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Great reads from around the web on December 15th

Amy Sample Ward

FT.com / Weekend columnists / Tim Harford – Perhaps microfinance isn’t such a big deal after all – "Last December, I showed some unwitting prescience by worrying about a backlash against microfinance, the practice of providing small loans – or perhaps savings products or insurance – to poor people.

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Great reads from around the web on October 27th

Amy Sample Ward

So, when the ICT-KM Program was tasked with organising the social reporting for the Share Fair on Agricultural and Rural Development Knowledge in Africa in Addis Ababa in October 2010, it was clear that it was high time that we document the social reporting team’s experiences and lessons learned in a generic guide.

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#1MillionShirts and the Power of the Network

Amy Sample Ward

The idea to gather 1 million t-shirts for Africa (yes, that general) was put out there, publicly, and the ball really started rolling – but not in support of the idea. Development professionals, charity-minded folks, those interested in social media all responded. The power in the network is incredible.

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Great reads from around the web on January 25th

Amy Sample Ward

Stories about the impact that a nonprofit has on people’s lives can engage, recruit and solidify donors and members. " Check it out! "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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