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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

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Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/groups?gid=104492. Facebook has been a highly effective tool and is the strongest in communicating the message of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, but also allows people to connect and offer support to each other. Organization Size: Medium. gid=104492.

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Twibbon: A Twitter Tool That Puts a Ribbon on Your Profile

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He is using a tool called " Twibbon " that makes it easy for people to change their avatar to incorporate a visual for a particular cause. See the range of creative expression in the flickr group. Remember the sea of green avatars last summer in support of the Iran ?

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Despite the popular myth which asserts that email is dying, the truth is that email use is growing with all age groups worldwide. For example, the American Cancer Society on GoFundMe Charity : 7) Sign up for Facebook & Instagram Charitable Giving Tools.

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Yahoo! for Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Examples: Users' Earthday photos and the LGBT photo pool • YahooGroups , "Start a new group or join an existing group. Examples: Climate Concern's Group and the ONE Campaign's Groups. Yahoo Messenger Avatars , "Your Yahoo! Messenger Avatar has a huge wardrobe of clothes to choose from.

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

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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. See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

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The last few donations that put this campaign over the top came from Justin Kownack who paid it forward from his own group donation experiment using Twitter as a test of good deeds. My friends responding with public questions about what else was needed or suggesting fundraising strategies. Private, personalized messages, not mass emails.

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Nedra Weinreich: Social Marketing Guru

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whether formal, like focus groups and surveys, or informal is imperative in order to create an effective strategy. ve been exploring Second Life and avatar marketing ??? ve also been interested in watching what the American Cancer Society has done with its virtual walk-a-thon in Second Life. Some sort of research ???