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I'll Comment for Food Donations, Ten Cents for Woman's Shelter, and Other Interesting Social Media Charity Trends

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tyson's strategy has inspired bloggers and other companies to use this technique to give to charity. Here's a few examples. Gallaga cites a specific example of giving money to DonorsChoose.org, a company that connects students and teachers to people who would like to donate. He was able to see the real people helped.

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Networked Capacity Building: Finish Line Grantees Social Media Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, he has meticulously organized his Twitter lists by issues and types. (If you’ve been a Twitter slob, you can quickly and easily organize your followers into lists using TweetBeat , ManageFlitter , or Forumulists.). View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

Have Fun - Do Good

I was already studying agriculture at the University Wisconsin-Madison. There are some great organizations out there, like California FarmLink ; for example, that will link farmers that are aspiring to farm, with retiring farmers to help bridge the gap a little bit. It was a natural path for me, and I've been on it ever since.

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Balance the Spontaneous and Strategic of Social Media: Newsjacking and Obamacare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some organizations have been regularly curating visual content on Pinterest, for example, this board from Momsrising on Health Care Stories. This “Window of Opportunity” was a perfect chance to practice the dance between the strategic and spontaneous or becoming an adaptive organization. 5) Prepare and Rally Your Base.