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Twibbon: A Twitter Tool That Puts a Ribbon on Your Profile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Remember the sea of green avatars last summer in support of the Iran ?

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change?

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. .

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Guest Post: Beth Kanter's SXSWi Nonprofit Panel Roundup

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Oh, and please do give a thumbs up to the panel Beth and I cooked up: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change ]. scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. Carie Lewis.

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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There were social media folks, musicians, print and television journalists, scientists, fashionistas, and more. Even on the “social media for social good” panel, I believe I was the only one who actually worked within a nonprofit or social enterprise. That is a huge mistake.” starts around 16:46). “I

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