AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The social side of giving : ow various organisations, from Justgiving to Virgin Money Giving, have made it easier to organise online donations, while new charities like Help4Heroes and Kiva have shown how it's possible to use the web to promote a cause and get funds flowing rapidly and efficiently. BBC News - Charity 2.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2008

Anyway, I'm using my status on Facebook to tell everyone what I want for my birthday later this month. I'm glad we're friends on Facebook and that he reads my status. Mark is fast approaching 100 Kiva loans, so his support of the Sharing Foundation means a lot! He knows a good investment in the developing world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

In this new world of Twitter and Facebook, of citizen journalism and astonishing grassroots campaigns like Twestival , it’s easy to feel befuddled by the dizzying pace of change. jazz and put it to work for your organization or cause. A first-of-its-kind Twitter widget that tracks tweets about nonprofits or social causes in real time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

He also asks a great question on that I was pondering over with a reporter today: Beyond the big MySpace and Facebook social networks, how are nonprofits getting their message out and finding supporters on smaller, niche networks? The biggest nonprofit social network is Project Agape's Causes with 4,000,000 users and counting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

So do “click actions” like signing a petition and becoming a Facebook fan actually make a difference? leave a comment and come to SXSW in March to join the debate with Jacob Colker (Co-Founder and CEO of The Extraordinaries ), Premal Shah (President of Kiva ) and Jason Cooper (Online Coordinator at Kaboom.org ). Slacktivism 101?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? This vibrant, moderated discussion will include representatives from Kiva, OptINnow, and 2 national advocacy organizations. Submitted by Gradon Tripp. By Skylar Woodward.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

amysampleward : does growing a Facebook Fan page numbers count? annanten : social media is here to help you empower your followers with a story to create powerful activists for your cause. annanten : @engagejoe online campaigning = (relationship building + storytelling) * shared cause ^ common goal. Both important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? This vibrant, moderated discussion will include representatives from Kiva, OptINnow, and 2 national advocacy organizations. Submitted by Gradon Tripp. By Skylar Woodward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2009

And it might be inciting new forms from familiar ones—new roles for community foundations or new services from donor advised fund vendors.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

Kiva breaks it. Causes on Facebook breaks it. The direct mail world was broken the instant the first email was sent, but 80% of all email sent is spam. And the nonprofit fundraising world is being broken a little bit at a time too. Room to Read breaks it. GlobalGiving breaks it. GOOD magazine breaks it. Care2 breaks it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. This platform lets consumers promote the brands they like and SocialVibes donates money to charitable causes or as Read/Write Web defined as "is an online popularity contest that turns corporate advertising into money for charity."

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? This vibrant, moderated discussion will include representatives from Kiva, OptINnow, and 2 national advocacy organizations. Submitted by Ted Fickes. Submitted by Gradon Tripp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

If you're lucky enough to be getting a tax refund, why not donate to a good cause? Rob Cottingham muses about what he do if he was back in high school, had a facebook page and a friend of his just got dumped by a boyfriend. And, Rob gives us a second example of nonprofit organization on Facebook. Expo Ignite!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. You can also make a virtual gift on Facebook through Changing the Present. Details here.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

In philanthropy, for example, the people-to-people connectivity of a Kiva is not a new concept, but the internet makes it possible on a new scale. Is Facebook and MySpace a trend? That’s not good a good sign — cause he’s definitely trying to sell something, and this customer doesn’t know what it is.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 17, 2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2009

And while Pete Cashmore announced that he would be doing a charity event in September around his 24th birthday, I'm wondering what charity wedding registry Sharon and Adam will register with? ( Kiva ?) Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook delivered the opening keynote. She also included some practical advice. Was it all hype? .

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

I love my 800 friends on Facebook. Will it someday play a useful role in engaging nonprofit members or donors in the work of the causes they support? I also think there are a lot of lessons to be learned from sites like Kiva, where the concept of micro-designation really resonate with donors and could only easily be achieved online.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

It's a great example of cause marketing, of online collaboration, of social entrepreneurship, and online innovation. I had the chance to interview Belinda Lang, American Express Vice President, Consumer Marketing Strategy, and who was involved with their very inspiring 2008 Members Project. AMEX gave away $2.5m

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