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MARCH 7, 2013

Toyota NZ launches Facebook charity giveaway | Fundraising & Philanthropy Australasia Magazine : 5 charities around New Zealand will receive a free Toyota Corolla at the conclusion of the Japanese car company’s clever social media campaign. Greg Johnson reveals how this corporate is reaching into the networks of the nation’s charities.

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JUNE 10, 2009

Facebook | Coming Soon: Facebook Usernames: "From the beginning of Facebook, people have used their real names to share and connect with the people they know. This authenticity helps to create a trusted environment because you know the identity of the people and things on Facebook.

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APRIL 19, 2011

How Non-Profits Can Maximize Engagement on Facebook : "Best practices are pretty variable when it comes to social media. This is especially true with Facebook, which switches up its appearance, services and features every few months.

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JULY 19, 2013

CRUK to launch mobile game to help scientists find cure for cancer : Cancer Research UK will launch a free mobile game this autumn that will speed up the analysis of gene data, by getting the public to help as they play.

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MAY 27, 2010

Facebook CEO announces revamped privacy settings: "Facebook's founder presented new one-click options Wednesday to help subscribers protect their privacy, responding to a torrent of complaints that it had become far too hard to determine and control levels of protection."

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JUNE 7, 2013

Waters True Value donates $4,000 with the help of social media - News - Dodge City Daily Globe - Dodge City, KS : Waters True Value utilized Facebook to bring awareness about relief efforts to the community.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

An Interview with Sarah Koch from Facebook Causes | TechRepublican.com: "Facebook has a lot of great applications, but by far one of the coolest is Causes.

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OCTOBER 2, 2009

Nonprofits turn to Lake Norman Facebook users: "United Family Services' Mooresville/Lake Norman Office, The Ada Jenkins Center and the Davidson Housing Coalition have formed a media campaign called Tell Two to help raise awareness of the agencies through social networking."

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Facebook Updates Could Give Nonprofits Better Visibility - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : “The challenge is that high-value actions like donating and sharing video content ends up being drowned out by a large volume off really lightweight games,” says Mr. Mahan.

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JUNE 29, 2012

How A Web App Can Help Nonprofits Tell Better Stories And Raise Cash | Co.Design: business innovation design : Nonprofits depend on successful outreach campaigns to survive.

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JULY 24, 2008

Tech Beat Live From Facebook F8: Mark Zuckerberg - BusinessWeek: "He goes on to talk about how Facebook will be working more closely with developers. The two inaugural apps are Causes, which helps support. The two inaugural apps are Causes, which helps support.

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JUNE 3, 2009

Resources to Help Your Nonprofit Group Navigate Online Social Media - Philanthropy.com: "Resources to Help Your Nonprofit Group Navigate Online Social MediaMany nonprofit leaders recognize the potential of online social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to help build more meaningful relationships with donors, volunteers, and supporters."

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Germantown teenager creates search engine to help a family member and charities - washingtonpost.com: "When she created the search engine Good50, her intention was not to strike it rich or create an Internet phenomenon like Facebook, which Zuckerberg founded. Huh has little interest in pursuing computer science as a career."

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MARCH 1, 2010

Social Media Responds to Chile's Earthquake: We Can Help | Dan's FC Blog | Fast Company: "As Chilean and international rescue forces work through the rubble cause by the massive 8.8-magnitude Twitter, Facebook, and several of Google's properties aren't.

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DECEMBER 8, 2014

Bloomerang, an Indianapolis company that works with nonprofits to help them improve donor retention, surveyed over 9,000 small to medium-sized nonprofits in the U.S. and Canada earlier this year and found that the vast majority use Facebook as their primary focus." ''via Blog this'''

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APRIL 11, 2014

At the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising in San Antonio, Lisa Chmiola and David Tinker helped us through some of the lesser known social media sites that can help your nonprofit with efficiency and productivity.' Get Social Covered: 13 Lesser Known Social Media Sites for Your NPO : You’ve got social media covered.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The Non-Profit That''s Using Technology to Put Itself Out of Business | WIRED : "Ferrari is the CEO of Heifer International, a non-profit that donates things like livestock, seeds, farm equipment, and other essentials to farmers in the developing world, helping them become self-sufficient.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

SaveWave › About #SaveWave : And that''s where you can help. Join #SaveWave with Facebook and Twitter and twice a week, throughout the six week campaign, the latest RNLI rescue stories will automatic'

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Social Media Gets Word Out, Rumors Still Fly | The NonProfit Times : When Hurricane Katrina hot New Orleans and ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005, Twitter was still a few months from being born and Facebook was still a crawling infant. There were smartphones but they too were not yet real mobile devices.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Tech's new entrepreneurial approach to philanthropy : Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was giving $500 million worth of his stock to the non-profit Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which helps donors manage and identify charitable funds that are in line with their philanthropic passions.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The application allows you to do two things: ask for help and give help. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to call for help, you can send a message out via Facebook, SMS and email to a preassigned list of contacts with your location and a message. As of now, the app doesn’t support Twitter.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

I jumped on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, etc., but it didn't occur to me until recently that social media could help direct marketers by leveraging influencers. 6 direct marketing methods to gain social media influencers : Page 1 of 2 : Target Marketing : 'm a big fan of social media.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

They run Internet auctions for causes, use Twitter and Facebook to spur giving, and find pro bono help for Massachusetts nonprofits and social enterprises. With the reach and ease of the Web, anyone in the world can potentially fund a playground project in Roxbury or instantly donate to the American Red Cross when a disaster hits.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

Social, mobile boost small nonprofits' reach, relationships - ZDNet Asia News : Mobile and social media are essential for charities, especially if they want to attract the "iTunes, Facebook and YouTube generation", said David Erasmus, philanthropist and chief executive of Givey.

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MARCH 22, 2012

The “Rise Up, Help Now” fundraising widget is available via the Community Foundation of Acadiana website: [link] for anyone to embed on their Facebook page, websites or other social media applications, said Kate Wynne, the foundation’s director of donor relations.

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

She created Love Your Neighbor, a new Treasure Coast nonprofit dedicated to helping local families, by using word-of-mouth and Facebook to spread the simple idea — adopt a family in need for a month — that has turned into a three-county organization.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Tech Council launches first social media fundraiser • Business (www.HometownAnnapolis.com - The Capital): "When helping out the homeless, few people put computers and LCD monitors on their list of donations.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "In the last few years, more corporations have been experimenting with ways to give consumers a chance to help direct their charitable money.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

It could help the charity of your choice.A week ago, a record number of status updates on Twitter and Facebook using the phrase '#BeatCancer' helped raise $70,000 for four non-profit cancer organizations". Social network updates a friend to charities: "Got a tweet to spare? NPtech NPTwitterFundraising.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Amy Bogl uses Facebook parties to help an organization that shelters homeless teens win a fundraising contest. Virtual volunteering carries real benefits -- chicagotribune.com: "Jeanine Handley, a graphic designer, volunteers without ever leaving her house by designing materials for a nonprofit legal aid organization.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Volunteers show a generous face - The National Newspaper: "When Lola Lopez founded Aid in Motion, a Dubai-based NGO, last year to collect and donate clothes to poor rural communities in Kenya, Myanmar and Pakistan, she needed help. Before she knew it, 3,000 volunteers had.

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JULY 25, 2008

Is it wrong to use social-networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter to help promote your nonprofit group?A From the Chronicle Blog Give and TakeHow Should Charities Use Social Networks? Philanthropy.com: "How Should Charities Use Social Networks?Is

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AUGUST 15, 2008

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

3 Reasons Your Blog Needs to Get More Visual | Social Media Today : The growth of visual engagement The deeper trend though across social media is towards visual engagement: Based on an analysis of 10,000 social marketing campaigns, Wildfire found 6 core practices that helped produce superfans on Facebook.

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