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YouthBuild Boston: A TechSoup Youth Organization Profile

Tech Soup

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. YouthBuild Boston's Work. YouthBuild Boston works with inner city at-risk teenagers to do real-world construction projects.

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Social Media in the time of Crisis

NCE Social Media

As you all know by now, the bombs set off during the Boston Marathon yesterday were a horrible thing. For instance, during the Boston crisis, Virgin Airlines was sending promtional tweets about the London Marathon this weekend. Marketing and Awareness Boston communications crisis social' People were injured. People died.

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Social Media Breakfast Boston: Help Leverage A Tyson Foods Gift of Protein for Boston

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Media Breakfast Boston View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. For every comment, Tyson Foods will donate 100 pounds of protein to the Boston Food Bank. This comments for food concept was first implemented very successfully by the Austin Social Media Club during August's Hunger Awareness Month HAM Tweetup.

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Why Your Giving Day is Your Secret Weapon

M+R

Getting to the heart of a Giving Day: Museum of Science, Boston’s Pi Day The Museum of Science, Boston is a cultural icon in Boston with over 700 interactive exhibits, a planetarium, IMAX theater, live shows, and a little known fact: it’s also an accredited zoo!

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The Tyson Truck Arrived Today at the Boston Food Bank

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The theme for Social Media Breakfast #11 in Boston in December was " Social Media for Social Good." To kick off the event, Bob Collins. Tyson Foods has perfected a social media strategy that leverages blog comments for food donations as noted on the Fast Company blog.) . hours and had over 800 comments.

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Social Media Breakfast Leverages Two Truckloads of Tyson Food Donation for Boston Food Bank!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The theme for Social Media Breakfast #11 in Boston this morning was " Social Media for Social Good." Tyson Foods was willing to donate 100 pounds of protein to the Boston Food Bank per comment on its Hunger Relief blog. . hours and had as of this writing over 800 comments. We had the second truckload within 2.5

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A New Résumé for My New Career Path!

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

David Leonard from Boston Public Library. Stephanie Guidry from Boston Foundation. Please feel free to email me directly or post your critique in the comments section. I’ve had some really valuable assistance from six very kind people: Rodney Byrd from TSNE MissionWorks. Kathleen Malin from Rhode Island Foundation.