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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. Gallaga said he got an e-mail from a teacher thanking him and telling him that the money was being used to buy AV equipment at a low-income school in Wisconsin. Here's a few examples. 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

We were luck to have Donna Norton from Momsrising share a presentation about their approach to integrated social media campaigns and success stories using a planning technique called “Layer Cake Strategy.” View more presentations from Beth Kanter. ” The exercise used the layer cake metaphor and some planning questions.

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

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I was already studying agriculture at the University Wisconsin-Madison. In the book I covered some topics that aren't normally discussed, like Native American seed preservation and traditional growing techniques. It was a natural path for me, and I've been on it ever since. How are we going to overcome those challenges?

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Sarah Eskrich, health policy analyst for Wisconsin Council for Children and Families , shared that they had prepared their top ten list for their blog which led to a huge spike in blog traffic and even heavier traffic for the few days before. Almost all these organizations reporting getting more likes, shares, and comments on this content.