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The 2009 America's Giving Challenge

Care2

In 2007-2008 America’s Giving Challenge encouraged 70,000 individuals to help raise more than $1.8 With the explosion of social media, America’s Giving Challenge hopes to get even more people involved this year and raise a lot more money for nonprofits. million for nonprofit organizations.

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I couldn’t help but also think how powerful it would be if an organization like the Case Foundation hosted a convening of those involved with various giving days and challenges to share best practices and learning, perhaps leading to something even global. Each year since the event started in 2009, we’ve seen these numbers grow.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

In 2009, for example, 2 trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing directly. We interact with our friends and colleagues in real time on and offline — either in the office or out at coffee, on Twitter or social networks. http ://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/world/americas/21text.html?_r=

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Social Media for Good and Evil, Strong and Weak Ties, Online/Offline,and Orgs and Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is using the web to bring back together their band of brothers and sisters. He also makes a false distinction between online/offline or as Allison and I have called it “online and onland&# activism. I am reminded of the PDF 2009 keynote from Mark Pesce about the Tower VS Cloud.

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An Interview with Robert Chatwani on Giving Works Trends 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right before the holidays, eBay released 2009 figures for Giving Works , its fundraising program and marked a historic record for total funds raised for non-profits through ebay.com. I was lucky enough to do a quick email interview with Robert Chatwani, eBay’s head of Global Citizenship, to learn more behind the numbers. (1)

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

And if you have not heard, I have a podcast, “Let’s Take This Offline,” and you can go ahead and binge listen while you do your running, or your walking, or you’re sitting lakeside this summer, kind of decompressing from a really hellish year. I fell in love with it all the way back in 2009.