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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ed Schipu l, who grew a mustache for children with cancer last week, created a peavator. It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007.

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Effective Fundraising with Facebook Causes

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Then, she grew her cause, The Race to End Cancer, to 5.4 million people who now write on the wall about their experiences with cancer, donate money to the Arkansas Children's Hospital, and post pictures on the cause. Tags: facebook facebook causes Fundraising Newsletter NPTech NTEN susan gordon. So, Michelle started a cause.

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What is the distinction between social media for charity and social good/systemic change?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are social network applications designed to facilitate free agent fundraisers, for example Facebook Causes Birthday Campaign and some of the earlier experiments over at Social Actions. A recent example is the Humane Society's Spa Day Photo Contest which raised over $600,000. As my colleague David J.