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America’s Giving Challenge 2009 Assessment and Reflection Paper

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Allison Fine and I have completed the assessment and reflection paper for 2009 America’s Giving Challenge for the Case Foundation. This is their second online competition that encouraged people to leverage their social networks to raise money and awareness and recruit supporters for the causes they care about most.

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Guest Post by Anne Mai Bertelsen: Contests for Good - An Insider's View

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Note from Beth: Anne Mai Bertlesen and I had a quick exchange at the end of year after I blogged about the Pepsi and Chase Giving Contests in December. She offered to write a guest post that provides an "insider's perspective" having run a number of cause-related ventures including contests.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

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The idea is to harnesses the collective power of the social good sector ecosystem which includes charities, families, businesses and individuals. More difficult to measure is the transformation of how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season. Giving Tuesday is also promoting many of the ideas in Giving 2.0

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

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Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations.

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Guest Post by Katherine Hutt: A Small Nonprofit's Strategy for Pepsi Refresh Contest

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Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. Pepsi decided to give away their Super Bowl ad budget and instead give away $1.3 If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters.

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Razoo's Speedgranting and Change Your World Contest

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Razoo is a social networking platform built to, "promote social good and to inspire others to get involved by making giving and serving fun, easy, and meaningful." It's a sister company of Geneva Global: Performance Philanthropy. Its primary platforms are: Razoo.com : The social network itself.

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Philanthropy 2.0 Study Results Published on Mashable

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Source: Philanthropy 2.0 Last week, Geoff Livingston , Qui Diaz and I posted a summary of our findings from our Philanthropy 2.0 research, a survey of the giving habits of the social media savvy, over at Mashable. Social Networks: It’s About the Relationship by Stephen MacLaughlin, BlackBaud Blog, May 29, 2008.