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JANUARY 4, 2007

Judi Sohn, Director of Operations and Communications, for the Colorectal Cancer Coalition. The second thing she did after hiring an attorney to get the organization's tax-exempt status was to hire a well-known cancer blogger for her organization. "We need to draw attention to colon cancer. s a lot harder than it looks."

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

How Cancer Research UK is Exploring AI and Voice Tech: This cancer charity in the UK has been testing chatbots, voice enabled devices, and natural language processing – looking at how those could be useful and where the impact lies.They piloted a chatbot on our fundraising pages to help answer the most common questions people had.

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AUGUST 20, 2008

Last December, Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. 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.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Komen Foundation , a leading breast cancer charity, pulled hundreds of thousands of dollars in breast cancer screening funds from Planned Parenthood. Each year millions of women are screened for breast cancer at Planned Parenthood, and Susan G. Source: causes.com via Beth on Pinterest. On Tuesday, the Susan G.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

CEO Case Study: Bowl Cancer UK. Deborah Alsina is the CEO of a charity, Bowl Cancer UK. In turn that’s given me great insight into bowel cancer treatment and care and the impact the disease has on people’s lives.” The guide includes some case studies and practical tips for CEOs.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Movember, a fundraiser and awareness raising campaign for prostrate and testicular cancer where men grow mustaches on their faces and raise money for cancer charities, also encourages the use of selfies as part its community engagement. Have you seen great examples of nonprofits using the “selfie” meme for good?

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Note from Beth: The Lance Armstrong Foundation , known by its nickname “Livestrong”, provides a network of support for people diagnosed with cancer and their families. The foundation's mission is to “inspire and empower people affected by cancer” by helping find the information, support, and strength they need to fight cancer.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

which is was offered for sale by Drew Olanoff, of "Blame Drew's Cancer," who was willing to auction off his Twitter handle to raise money for cancer research. link] (RT if you care about destroying cancer). Carey, who is on Twitter with the handle "DrewFromTV," offered $100,000 for the Twitter name "@drew,".

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Stephen’s Story was a campaign launched by Teenage cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton who passed away from cancer, but not before raising several million pounds for the charity as part of his bucket list. In August, 2015, the second ALS Icebucket Challenge took place. You can read a summary of the viral campaign here and here.

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APRIL 18, 2012

He was asked to donate to cancer charity. A cancer-surviving grandma in Denmark re-posts and says “den bedste!”. He went on to describe how to activate social voice by describing how these personas use social networks to share information about their favorite charities and fundraise for them. Charlie the Artist. Friends “like” it.

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APRIL 1, 2020

My friend, John Haydon, who passed away from cancer last month, shared this one tip on how he remained optimistic in his book, Donor Care. “Eat a rainbow.’ Ask yourself everyday, who will I check in on? What can I do for others? We are all in this together. #8 8 Eat A Rainbow Everyday.

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MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s an excellent example from National Colon Cancer Advocates, members of the Fight Colorectal Cancer community advocacy day in Washington, DC. You can also use storify to curate tweets, photos, videos, resources, and links during the event.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The Skills Platform is a training market place for the charity and health sectors where you can find quality digital training on topics such as digital transformation, social media training, digital strategy and digital leadership.

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MAY 23, 2017

He shared a campaign called Testi-monials , created by FCB Cape Town for CANSA which is setting out to remove the awkwardness around talking about testicular cancer, and drive awareness about “how important it is that men not only talk balls but take care of them too.”

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Ironically, it was during a session facilitated by Phil Klein called “Tackling the Unexpected&# who shared insights about he took back his life after surviving a cancer diagnosis. Then off to an evening session at PRSA-Alaska Chapter at the Providence Center Cancer Center to talk about the Networked Nonprofit.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

She told the story of “ Poop_Strong ” who describes himself in his Twitter profile as “31 year-old sustainability PhD student fighting Stage IV colon cancer. He launched a web site called Poop Strong , a node to Lance Armstrong cancer nonprofit Live Strong.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

In some cases, nonprofits confuse their cause with their purpose in that if they were asked why their organization exists, they would talk about the category in which they operate (homelessness, breast cancer research, or addressing climate change), rather than a specific and differentiating point of view on those issues.

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JULY 17, 2009

Neff is the Director of Web, Film and Interactive Strategy for the American Cancer Society's High Plains division ( www.cancer.org ) and is also the Executive Director of Lights. C-Tools was the first PDA software tool for the prevention of cancer developed by the American Cancer Society, and SharingHope.TV

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MARCH 22, 2011

You probably know that leukemia is a form of cancer of the blood or bone marrow. This collaboration will allow us to tap a community of creative folks to solve the issue of donor diversification and to help improve the lives of cancer patients. And we need your help. The Problem: A 1 in 20,000 Chance of Finding a Match.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Here’s an example of a video See3 produced in partnership with Charity Dynamics for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. American Cancer Society saw a 10:1 return on investment from this effort. Her name was automatically inserted, and all she had to do was share the link.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Data Driven Nonprofits explores each of these culture types through first-hand stories from nonprofit organizations like Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of South Dakota, Indiana University, Worldwide Cancer Research, SCIAF, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Project HOPE, Denver Rescue Mission, Florida State University, Humane (..)

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DECEMBER 20, 2007

Flickr Photo from DenneyTerrio. Ed Schipul is a colleague from the NetSquared Community that I have had the pleasure of knowing for two years now. I have the honor of joining his SWSX Panel in March about nonprofits, social media, and social good.

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DECEMBER 21, 2007

Photo by Pistachio. Last night I couldn't sleep and followed the trail of links that Pistachio or rather PEAstachio left in a comment on the post about nonprofits and twitter. She also something very powerful, "Do Not Twitter Without Love."

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Breast Cancer awareness month (October) is just around the corner! And here's another clever online fundraising strategy for breast cancer. If you go to Purina Cat Chow's web site & take a test on your knowledge of breast cancer they will donate $1. Komen Foundation to support breast cancer research. to the Susan G.

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JUNE 30, 2009

Cancer has been linked to obesity and so has heart disease and a ton of other bad things. Neff, at FI Space Cancer has been linked to obesity and so has heart disease and a ton of other bad things. Submitted by David J. Neff, at FI Space. But why can’t social media games actually make you work. Submitted by David J.

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APRIL 6, 2016

Even if you walk everyday, being on your backside for many hours has been linked to an increased risk of colon cancer , heart disease , and type 2 diabetes. According to research, walking for a few minutes every hour has been shown to reduce these side effects of being on your chair.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Exactly two years ago , the idea of changing the visual of your Twitter avatar to support a cause spontaneously happened as part of the Pea Fund Fridays , a Twitter fundraising campaign created by Connie Reece to support breast cancer research to honor Susan Reynolds. See the range of creative expression in the flickr group.

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JUNE 30, 2009

Neff, Director of Web, Film and Interactive Strategy at the American Cancer Society High Plains Division, sat down with me for our Connection Newsletter this month and shared his top 5 recommendations for online tools for nonprofits in 2009.

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OCTOBER 6, 2007

I'm going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Finding a cure for breast cancer takes more than virtual pink ribbons and color schemes for your blog. Hat tip to Laura's Notebook for the inspiration. I've also added the pink ribbon to my Facebook profile. Early detection is important. Learn more about it here.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Miriam was a brilliant cartoon artist and did the daily 501-c3 planet comics on the Compasspoint site. (Sadly, we lost Miriam to breast cancer in 2006, but she chronicled her fight in this graphic novel - and NTEN raised some scholarship money in her name). It think she would have been happy to see another nonprofit graphic novel!

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

million was donated (the largest ever breast cancer donation.) Others wondered whether Komen had read their own educational literature about the connection between high fat diets and breast cancer. of fried chicken, KFC donated 50 cents to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and ultimately $4.2

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JUNE 19, 2015

And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency.

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MARCH 19, 2012

.” In restaurants all over Amman, when you get your check, you are asked to make a small donation (roughly $ USD) to The King Hussein Cancer Foundation. You have to opt out of it, but most people give because many in Jordan have been touched by cancer.

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DECEMBER 21, 2007

Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. As she announced on her blog, " I use Twitter to fight Cancer. If you aren't involved in the twitter community, you may be wondering, what's this all about.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2008

.   Several people pointed to Cynthia Derosier, author of The Surfer Spirit Book and recently published The Survivor Spirit : The Beauty, Passion, and Power of Breast Cancer Survivors.     You also created a surfing program for breast cancer survivors.    Can you tell me about that?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2008

Neff from the American Cancer Society just gave me a heads up that he is speaking on a SXSW Panel called Adapt or Die: The Future of Volunteers and Nonprofits. Who else is attending or speaking at SXSW?

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JANUARY 13, 2010

American Cancer Society More Birthdays App. In the meantime, we'll certainly see more and more nonprofits release branded content in native iPhone format. That is, versions of their Web site content on a iPhone. A couple of examples: California HealthCare Foundation. New York Philharmonic.

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