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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Online Social Media Campaign e-Book from Network for Good and Zoetica | Case Foundation: "With the holiday season approaching, we see businesses and organizations launching campaigns daily to take advantage of the spirit of the season.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Amit Gupta's Social Media-Fueled Battle With Leukemia Reverberates Around The World | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation : ou may have heard this all before. It's a powerful example of how social media can make lasting, life-saving change--not just for one man, but for an entire population in need of bone marrow.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Facebook | Beth Kanter: Win A HP Computer and Printer: What's Your Theory of Change for Social Media Use?: "HP HP is giving away laptop and printer bundles as part of its HP’s Create Change program which is an example of 'embedded giving.'

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JULY 6, 2010

Saratoga County nonprofits find funds through social networking sites - The Saratogian News: Serving the Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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APRIL 15, 2008

When technology has a social mission - International Herald Tribune: "The best-known examples are efforts like Mozilla, which maintains and develops the Firefox Web browser, and TechSoup, an organization that was started two decades ago to connect technology experts with nonprofit groups.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Technology for Good Report : Technology for Good identifies ten technologies being used in innovative ways to create positive social change. Examples are drawn from charitable organizations working on widely varied issues around the globe.

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MARCH 26, 2014

: Parallels : NPR : Two years on, however, the video and the reaction to it are still studied by some in social media, who say it demonstrates the huge impact a successful campaign can have in terms of increasing awareness, as well as the risks inherent in not being prepared to deal with that impact. "At

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

11 Ways Your Museum Should be using Twitter | npENGAGE : recently read “The Social Media Police: Nonprofit Edition.” In it the authors discussed how you should use social media at a nonprofit and it made me curious about how museums are using Twitter. So I did the logical thing and started researching.

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JUNE 11, 2013

From KC To DC In A Car Powered By Tweets - Forbes : Okay, so it’s not literally powered by social media. But what they’ve done to the car is added a “social fuel” program to it, where different social media interactions open enough watts for the car to use. For example, following them on Twitter? That’s 5 watts.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

With a new cross-sector approach, we are able to apply the best practices from multiple disciplines, maximizing our ability to realize the promise of social media for social good.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

PHILANTHROPY 2173: (More) Tech and #Sandy (part 5) : More) Tech and #Sandy (part 5) Still more examples of technology communities' contributions to, and use of social media by, hurricane #Sandy relief efforts. Earlier posts from yesterday and this morning.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

PHILANTHROPY 2173: (More) Tech and #Sandy (part 5) : More) Tech and #Sandy (part 5) Still more examples of technology communities' contributions to, and use of social media by, hurricane #Sandy relief efforts. Earlier posts from yesterday and this morning.

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APRIL 19, 2013

New analytics technologies transforming the face of fundraising | TMA Resources : One example of an association that was able to leverage technology effectively is the Childs i Foundation.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

A typical example of gamification might involve gathering reward points, achieving increasingly higher levels, or solving puzzles to unlock new challenges. One well-known example is the geo-location application Foursquare, where users earn badges and virtual rewards for "check-ins” online.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2005

Untitled Document : "TechSoup NetSquared Project to Remix Web for Social Change; Call for Participation in Using Web 2.0 Web-based social tools open up unimagined possibilities for our sector, nationally and internationally. to Transform Nonprofit Sector SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. technologies in the nonprofit sector.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

These multi-device layout templates are also driven largely by an increase in social media directing traffic; 51 percent of Facebook’s referral traffic is now driven from mobile devices. Here are eleven examples that Nonprofit Tech for Good has highlighted as implementing responsive web design in an effective way:'

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MARCH 6, 2012

And of course, the impact of social media on corporate image and crisis management is quite riveting; McDonald’s just had to issue this Facebook apology after a joking reference to pit bulls in a Chicken McBites ad, for example. That probably wouldn’t have happened pre-Twitter.

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MAY 17, 2011

The pages are rich with useful examples and lessons about how networks are unlocking assets in communities to support open government, care for the elderly, help disaster victims and advance women’s rights.

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