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Is Crowdfunding for Social Change More Than Hype? | Social Velocity

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Is Crowdfunding for Social Change More Than Hype? Social Velocity : Crowdfunding is quickly becoming the new shiny object in the world of social change. From Giving Days, to new giving platforms, to lots of articles and studies (here and here to start), it seems that crowdfunding is everywhere lately.'

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Social Skills: How Associations Use Social Media: Associations Now

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Social Skills: How Associations Use Social Media: Associations Now : "We already know that associations are becoming more confident and strategic in how they use social media. But two new studies offer a by-the-numbers look at what they’ve done in the social space in the last year." 'via via Blog this'

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How to Repurpose Blog Content for Social Media | Social Media Examiner

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How to Repurpose Blog Content for Social Media | Social Media Examiner : "Why Repurpose Content? Content repurposing can help you “be everywhere,” since it can be distributed in different forms on multiple social media sites.

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Four inspirational social fundraising campaigns

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Four inspirational social fundraising campaigns : Charities and individuals are increasingly finding that social media can be a lucrative fundraising tool. We are only four months into 2014 but already we have witnessed the incredible generosity of the UK public in a variety of social media-led campaigns.'

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Get Social Covered: 13 Lesser Known Social Media Sites for Your NPO

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Get Social Covered: 13 Lesser Known Social Media Sites for Your NPO : You’ve got social media covered. But you’re just scratching the surface with those two mainstream social media sites. Please—you were an early adopter. And Twitter? You could do 140 characters or less in your sleep.

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The Permanent Disruption of Social Media | Stanford Social Innovation Review

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The Permanent Disruption of Social Media | Stanford Social Innovation Review : Spending an entire workday on Facebook isn’t part of a typical nonprofit employee’s job description. It brought an influx of new donors—many of whom were first introduced to the organization by their friends using social media.

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Creating Social Change with Social Media - Henry Timms - Harvard Business Review

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Creating Social Change with Social Media - Henry Timms - Harvard Business Review : #GivingTuesday began with a simple question: On the heels of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, could we trigger a new day of giving after two days of getting?