I helped coin the term Social Media for Social Good awhile back and this weekend I am making it happen again. No money. Starting at 4pm today they will drive us to downtown Austin and drop us off. Social Media for Social Good Austin Homeless Working Poor No cell phone. No watch. No bed. No car. No wallet. No blankets.

From downtown Austin to Threadgills to listen to music over the fence. If you have your wits about you, you can always find a meal here in Austin. Where the heck is the city of Austin or the State of Texas in this? 5) How do you get money? Asking complete strangers for money was not hard for me. 7) How can I help?

Opens Submissions for Nonprofit Film Festival with Pre-screening in Austin, Texas and Lights.Camera.Help. is already helping to make a positive impact. because we want to help nonprofits and cause-driven organizations gain visibility through film and video. Author: Jordan Viator. Camera. The Nonprofit Film Festival. Camera.

buy that energy costs money and the combined effect of charging thousands of notebooks is an expsne, not to mention finding a way to deploy that infrestructure, but still… no power means taking notes with pen and paper. 05/26/2010: Don’t forget your content 05/24/2010: IE6 Is Dead. Long Live IE6! Day 0 here. bottle of water.

In the meantime here is an excerpt of the article on online giving and sharing from non-profits: Technology can be a powerful tool in raising money for charities and nonprofits, especially during the holidays. Through technology, organizations can be held accountable because donors can track how their money is allocated.

Stacey said: My neighborhood formed a Relay team last year to help the ACS’s Relay for Life raise money TO FIGHT CANCER and even though it was alot of hard work I was glad to do it because my uncle died of cancer and then I read that THIS is how the ACS spends their money? 4) Yahoo! No Ratings Yet) Loading. Disgraceful.

He suggests donating to the Tipitina's Foundation , The Jazz Foundation of America , The Rhythm & Blues Foundation , Musician's Village , The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, and the New Orleans Musician's Clinic. Flickr Photo Credit: Money uploaded by Jennifer R. How will you spend your economic stimulus check?

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 was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex.   More here.

Alan invited him to come see Austin and go on a truck run, attend the screening of Happiness Is, and serve the homeless. So, Mark decided to make Austin a stop on his nation-wide tour! As Mark puts it, we are entering into a “perfect storm of homelessness,” with the economy in the place it is, with government out of money.

By planting cute little (virtual) fruit plants with your Facebook friends you can help make the world a greener place! The application gets sponsor revenue and contributes a portion of that money to save the Rainforests based on the number of installs and active users. Lil) Green Patch is a social gardening game. per donor.