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Celebrate Today: One Web. For All.

Amy Sample Ward

A day of on and offline events spanning the globe celebrating the Web. Sign up for a Mozilla Service Week Volunteer Opportunity. In 2008, OneWebDay organizers documented volunteer-driven events in 34 different cities across the world. Today is OneWebDay ! This year’s theme is One Web. Post Your Unique Ideas!

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What Are Your Best Tips for Organizing or Facilitating a Charity 2.0 Event?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Take a look at the web site of any well-established nonprofit organization , and you'll probably see past invitations to these types of events or one for an upcoming event We're seeing the rise of social media to promote, organize, and in some cases hold the actual charity event itself. events morph and change. Charity Ball 2.0

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NTEN Webinar: Social Media Measurement Steps and How To Measure Engagement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’ll also share some some tips and frameworks for measuring engagement to improve relationships with your organization’s stakeholders. We’ll also share some some tips and frameworks for measuring engagement to improve relationships with your organization’s stakeholders. That’s the secret!

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Back to School, Back Online

Amy Sample Ward

New research out today from nfpSynergy shows that organizations who serve youth may want to be going online to reach them. Despite this, less than half (48%) of the 187 charities that were surveyed as part of nfpSynergy’s Virtual Promise (2008) report said that their organization used social networking websites. The Research.

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Twestival: Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How is it being organized? On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water. Decentralized event organizing, it's grassroots and anyone can organize a local event.

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Does the Internet Inspire Youth Activism or Slacktivism?

Care2

The study draws on survey data from a sample of 400+ California youth aged 19–22 who were surveyed after the 2008 presidential election. Youth engagement in interest-driven online communities was associated with increased volunteer and charity work and in increased work with others on community issues.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. A final example is that of sissing persons support: The Extraordinaries launched a mobile application that lets users take advantage of moments of free time to volunteer via their phone.

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