Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2009

In 2007-2008 America’s Giving Challenge encouraged 70,000 individuals to help raise more than $1.8 With the explosion of social media, America’s Giving Challenge hopes to get even more people involved this year and raise a lot more money for nonprofits. million for nonprofit organizations. Share them with us below!

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 31, 2009

The latest round of the America's Giving Challenge is on. This is a national competition to encourage people to use their personal and social networks to help win cash for their favorite nonprofit. Tags: TechSoup. The goal is to get as many unique daily donations as possible (minimum of $10), to your cause each day.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 23, 2009

This week they are rounding up and highlighting examples of social media use by WWF, The Humane Society, Livestrong and Oxfam America - plus, you can add your organization to the list! Reflections on America’s Giving Challenge - Did you follow or participate in the America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

Change the Web Challenge: Finalists Announced - I'm really excited about the 24 Finalists in the Change the Web Challenge - this Challenge called for new applications that use Social Actions' API which aggregates and surfaces all kinds of actionable opportunities from around the web. Tags: roundup bookmarks. Check them out!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

Zoombala™ - North America’s first social network and online platform for Social Entrepreneurs - A new social network specifically for social entrepreneurs - pretty exciting! Tags: roundup bookmarks. Looking forward to seeing if/how it takes off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

Photo by HeyDee Almost a year ago, Allison Fine and I finished a reflection paper on the lessons learned from the first America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Via Roger Carr's blog post at Everyday Giving , Dr. Mani was introduced to the Sharing Foundation and became a donor to the America's Giving Challenge campaign. He also retwittered to his network. It was made possible by Dr.Mani's network. A social network. He is an energetic and creative social media fundraiser.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

are emotionally difficult, but they put a much-needed human face on the complexities of homelessness in America. We Are Visible's goal is to help homeless people share their stories directly with the world through social media. Many of the interviews on InvisiblePeople.tv off the ground.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. Flickr is the largest photo-sharing social networking community on the Web and should be your starting point for your online photo-sharing campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2009

As we were singing happy birthday, I realized that Harry is growing up with having social networks and generosity in his life. This year, I'm sitting out the America's Giving Challenge , but this group volunteers, parents of Cambodian adopted children, and board members took the plunge into Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Note from Beth: Social networks allow to connect with people from outside of our community and it is easy to have your conversation get lost in translation. Here’s some good tips when your network is global. How to Approach Social Media Internationally Guest Post By Christian Arno. Flickr Photo by John K.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Learn and Serve America > Press Release - Detail: "Washington D.C. Aiming to tap the skyrocketing popularity of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to promote social good, the Corporation for National and Community Service today announced $2.3 Tags: NPWeb2.0 NPtech NPSocialNetwork.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

I didn't see that practically a week ago, Nancy White, tagged me with the NGO/NPO Memo. I want to find Nonprofit tech resources beyond the America's borders, I also start searching on Itrainonline , DigitalDivide Network , or Development Gateway ICT section. I am wondering whether or not I'm supposed to tag a few folks too?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

The goal is to use the power of "Social Influence" via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Blogs and other online media to raise an unprecedented amount for our fund benefiting The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, Oxfam America and WWF from June 1st until August 28th, 2009." " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2010

Once they arrived in America, they organized an all-night candlelight vigil in front of the White House to call attention to their father's plight. Social networks and connections let you strengthen loose ties with consequential strangers. Tags: birthday. His daughters were quickly put on a plane out of the country.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. As a regualr MySpace user, there is no denying that MySpace is more diverse than any other social networking site. MySpace is also the number one accessed social networking website on mobile devices today.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

" Tags: roundup 2010 4change applications bookmarks causemarketing challenge community competition competitions facebook free fundraising guide list lists nonprofits nptech postalicious resources socialchange storytelling tools trends volunteering. " Check it out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Earlier this week, I flew across the country (thanks Virgin America !) This post shares a few observations about Networked Nonprofits. He asked if we had seen any organizations change their mission as a result of connectedness on social networks. Earlier this week, I flew across the country (thanks Virgin America!)

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 But, despite these numbers, for most organizations and causes raising money via social media is still a hard thing to do. ." Million in donations for charities this past winter. It doesn’t make sense to ask them to click once and that’s it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. Tags: service. What are your plans for giving service to your local community this fall? .

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2010

Beth Kanter, nonprofit social media blogger and CEO of Zoetica , and Allison Fine, a senior fellow at Demos and co-author of Rebooting America with Micah Sifry and others and The Networked Nonprofit (co-written with Beth Kanter), presented for the Personal Democracy Forum's morning session yesterday.

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Care2

DECEMBER 13, 2009

In short, this generation is reshaping America. The first generation in human history who regard behaviors like tweeting and texting, along with websites like Facebook, YouTube, Google and Wikipedia as everyday parts of their social lives and their search for understanding. What does this mean for your nonprofit?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Public Diplomacy in the Age of Social Media. Hosted by: New America Foundation. Location: New America Foundation. How does social media change how statecraft is practiced in the 21st century? Learn more here. Category: Politics & Government. Thursday, February 16 at 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Nonprofits should be consistently and regularly promoting their KEYWORD and SHORT CODE combination on the web, social networking sites, and print materials! NARALPro-Choice America :: Subscribe. Tags: Mobile Marketing Mobile Websites Text Alerts. That’s a great best practice.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Their mother might be in one of those photos. More and more, now we can.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0 4: Identify influencers on social media spaces and cultivate them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2010

Enjoying a great view of Manhattan's skyline on the roof of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. (L Foursquare, and other location-based social networks like Gowalla , Whrrl , Causeworld and more are all the rage these days. Tags: Tools and Tactics mobile foursquare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

  It is a very well written and researched look at  how these tools have been are being leveraged for social change in way that is new and will continue have major implications.   The book is a cogent analysis of the past, current, and future of online activism and fundraising using social networking tools. 

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See3

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Here’s a video that Nerdette from NotMyGal filmed of that panel (yup, that’s me listening in the background): Jen mentioned to me after the panel that NARAL Pro-Choice America is a prime example of an organization that is getting Web 2.0 right with their FreeWillPower campaign.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Consumers are financially stretched and emotionally bedraggled, more discerning when it comes to purchase behaviors and increasingly skeptical if not downright disbelieving in their attitudes toward corporate America. Tags: Cause Marketing Social Networking. American business needs to win back customer trust.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Beth Dunn’s presentation covers the basics, complete with case studies, and suggests Quick start and Advanced Quick Start tactics to launch your nonprofit into social media. Social Media for Non Profits Primal Media’s sideshow is loaded with information on trends, recent statistics, and examples of social media used by nonprofits.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2009

Vince is leading the 2009 NTC session, " Fundster: How Philanthropy is Adapting Social Network Practice " You may remember America's Giving Challenge. Tags: 09NTC NPTech philanthropy vince_stehle. Or maybe you've already voted in the NetSquared Challenge. Oh, and Vince professes his love for See's Candy , too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

At that time the Facebook Causes was only two months old and in their conclusion they pointed out that fundraising on social networks was not a silver bullet and that it takes time. . Steve MacLaughlin points out "If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2009

Michelle Murrain compartmentalized her social networking life -- and learned a thing or two that might apply for individuals and orgs. Amy Sample Ward always has lots of updates from the social media and advocacy fronts, but she's also kind enough to round-up some information in posts like this.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Lots of members, including Charles Lenchner and Laura Quinn , were talking about the recent Pew research report on the use of social network by US adults over at M+R 's Progressive Exchange online community. You can read more from Green America here. What a great team-building and healthy idea!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

My thought was to blog about the cause (a stretch), but to share as much learning about personal/social fundraising or what I'm learning about social networks - that should be of interest some readers - and even those I'm competing with for the contest. Would be interesting to see something like this from the Frozen Pea Fund.

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See3

OCTOBER 30, 2009

America’s Giving Challenge is an amazing program from The Case Foundation that See3 had the opportunity to support this year. Check it out right now at America’s Giving Challenge. Kellogg Foundation Grant to America’s Giving Challenge Significantly Increases Number of Overall and Daily Awards Offered to Nonprofit Causes.

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