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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why do people give charity?

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Stars — movie stars, rock stars, sports stars — exercise a ludicrous influence over the public consciousness. Hollywood celebrities have become central players on deeply political issues like development aid, refugees and government-sponsored violence in Darfur. Well, who is? But it is the way it works.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Oxfam America and HSUS: Not just Talking about Social Media, Using It

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She notes that people really rely on social networks for influence on decision-making. Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. She says social networks are “not just a bunch of lonely teenage boys.”

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