Also, thank you to Beth for letting us shout about this news from the rooftop that is Beth’s Blog.) Tags: america giving challenge vlog wearemedi Video embed: Note from Beth:   Michael Hoffman wrote a fantastic guest post over the summer about viral video strategies for nonprofits.  So, invited to guest post again.  

I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America.  They permitted the use of cell phones, so I tweeted  that even if you are delayed, it's a pleasant experience on Virgin America.   A minute later I noticed Pistachio's tweet about flying Virgin America from Boston and Glenn Stratchan  direct messaged me asking what seat I was in because he thought we might be on the same Virgin America flight.  I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute.  

There were some terrific questions asked, and while I took a stab at the answers, hoping sharing the questions might inspire a few guest blog posts. For this series,  there was a guest post on the blog and a request for people to ask questions via Twitter, Facebook, or email.  Kari came to my house a half hour before the interview went live.  After the interview an archived copy of the video was uploaded into Youtube Yesterday, I had an opportunity to be interviewed as part of a series of online interviews with nonprofit social media gurus about how to use social media.  The

Of note, I wanted to let you know that the reflection paper about America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation has been published ( Allison Fine and I were the co-authors.) The speakers included an amazing morning key note by Arianna Huffington, luncheon talk by Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg, and an all-star closing discussion panel.   (I live tweeted and blogged the event) One of the best quotes of the day came from Arianna Huffington who said, "To be generous, practice generosity."  There's a lot happening this week in the nonprofit and social media space, particularly related to encouraging generosity, giving, and volunteering using social media tools. 

Everyone's buzzing about the Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge and the Causes Giving Challenge . Here's how: How to Join America's Giving Challenge (December 13, 2007-January 31, 2008) 1. Go to the America's Giving Challenge page in Parade Magazine. Want to help out your favorite cause? 2.

Stacey: Epic Change launched in September 2007, and immediately adopted social media tools, including a Wordpress blog , YouTube , a Facebook cause and, several months later, Twitter . The Net2 Mashup Challenge led us to discover Twitter, and the Case Foundation America’s Giving Challenge revealed the utility of Facebook Causes . John: What obstacles did you encounter? E pic Change believes that people’s stories are assets that can be used as resources to improve their lives. They help people in need share their “epic” true stories so that

The final, official results have arrived for America's Giving Challenge and I'm happy say that we came in first place for global causes ! This was truly a group effort - no one person could have done this alone. I want to thank each and everyone of you who donated, asked their friends and network to donate, spread the word through blogging it or other ways, and helped us cross the finish line in first place! Special thanks to Michele Martin! Campaign Wiki (includes links to people who blogged about the campaign )

The America's Giving Challenge will award $50,000 to the project that gets Michele Martin has graciously agreed to lead the charge and created this widget (Thanks Michele) Not only that she invited her blog community to participate. Roger Carr, Everyday Giving Blog Michael Pick, Screencaster Rebecca Krause-Hardie, Pema Ts'al Amy Jussel, Shaping Youth Darren Barefoot, DB.com (Buy his book!) What? The gets the most unique donors.

Submitted by Rebecca Leaman, publisher of Get your sanity back , Wild Apricot's non-profit technology blog Great new presentations on social media are coming out almost daily, now that we're deep into conference season, and many are directed specifically to the needs of non-profits. Nonprofit Soc Media Overview Maren Hogan says “These are the things that I would do”: here’s a step-by-step overview of the basic tools and tactics of social media, starting with a website and blog. If you've been thinking of launching or expanding your organization in social media, Slideshare is a good starting point for information and advice.

Outlined in the brief article below is a new way of using the Web and web services to gather peoples’ stories – anecdotes,  video clips, podcasts, blog posts and all sorts of other snippets – and help not-for-profit organizations move into action planning based on the “raw material” of what people are saying and talking about. million stories about local food or Home schooling on YouTube or on blogs are still fringe.  . Courtesy of Jon Husband, publisher of Wirearchy (This This post was based on a post developed by Rob Paterson three weeks ago, as we seek to design