NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The mustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Money is raised by participants and goes directly to the Prostate Cancer Foundation and Livestrong Foundation. If you check out my page , you can see that the entire campaign was run online.

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Online Learning Fundraising Tips 201

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Online : that is already happening with people who use applications like Causes in facebook, which encourages users to fundraise each year on their birthday via their Birthday Cause tool (individuals select an organization, ask their facebook friends to give donations instead of presents, and the funds get distributed to the organization).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Which is why Twestival Local hopes to challenge city organizers with two important questions with their selected cause: (1) What will the not-for-profit do with the funds raised? . I think too many times people are raising money without a specific objective in mind. So, can we have a Twestival every week? In my opinion, no.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

For others, it is a day of political significance to raise awareness around women's rights. The organization is asking supporters to change their Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook avatars at 1:10 on Friday, March 6th to the "oneten" avatar. The Global Fund for Women also has an online toolkit to help you host a house party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2008

She announced on her blog, " I use Twitter to fight Cancer " and without any formal blogger relations campaign, well-known and influential bloggers blogged about her situation and changed their avatars to include peas. The pioneering efforts of the Frozen Pea Fund continue to inspire other women to fight against breast cancer.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Answers, "Raise awareness for your cause." Yahoo Messenger Avatars , "Your Yahoo! Messenger Avatar has a huge wardrobe of clothes to choose from. So why not choose one that raises awareness for your favorite cause?" Let your friends and family know about it, and help raise necessary funds at the same time."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

For the WeAreMedia Module 4: Spreading Awareness and Buzz With Social Media , the community has built an awesome resource - lots of tips, resources, and ideas from people's experience. We also encouraged people to change their avatars (see above). I'd try to figure out how in the world to measure how many people changed their avatars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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Digital Learning Media Avatar 50

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

Virtual worlds are a communication medium in which people use avatars (animated characters) to interact and have shared experiences in a 3D environment. For example, Richard commented that most people in the museum (and funding) world think of games as for kids. Let’s start with the basics. How would you define virtual worlds?

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