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Which Company is the Most Socially Responsible and Generous to Nonprofits: Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? LinkedIn? MySpace? Flickr? Google?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. Google donated $1,000,000 to Haiti. 5) Twitter. Twitter launched Hope140.org org to help raise funds for Haiti and to end malaria.

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Haiti Support: Songs, Supplies, and SMS Fundraising Update

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

helping Haiti -- from the charity: water offices, Monday from charity: water on Vimeo. Britt Bravo has a terrific compilation of grassroots efforts underway to help Haiti. charity:water offices were transformed into a drop off location for needed items in Haiti. Embedded Giving to Haiti. Her advice is: 1.

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Making the most impact for Haiti relief: Avoiding Fundraising Fraud during Crisis

Connection Cafe

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti. Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti.

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What we can learn from the Haitian Earthquake

NCE Social Media

Charities are being scrutinized more than before. Wyclef Jean , a highly regarded musician, was brought to tears during a press interview defending his charity’s use of funds. Social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter have proven to be a way for people to communicate during a crisis. Do they pass the sniff test?

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Great reads from around the web on January 15th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Between now and January 22, people who add the application can vote up to five times for five individual charities.

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SMS Fundraising Campaign for Breast Cancer

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Given the visible success of the Haiti text to give campaigns, SMS is bound to become one of the tools in the an organization's fundraising bag if it isn't already. The charity has raised $15,000 dollars to date and is a great example of personal fundraising that leverages the power of social media.

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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

Just yesterday I read a tweet that called the #nonprofit twitter tag a “cavernous echo chamber.” That dude John Burn [an earlier presenter] was up here saying that ‘Twitter makes it easy to find stuff that pertains to you.’ There’s a happy side to these kids and this is what we try to focus on with Yele Haiti.”

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