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Community-Driven Social Impact: Presentation, Case Studies, and Workshop

Amy Sample Ward

The needs and goals of the larger community are listened to by someone or a group of people and they create opportunities for action, service, and change. The Gardener creates an ecosystem open to change, available to new groups, and full of fresh opportunities to emerge naturally. Case Studies. Events: NetSquared Camps.

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Technology for Change Contest: Win a new computer from HP!

Amy Sample Ward

Technology for Change. What’s your favorite example of technology helping people create positive change in the world? This year, the Tweetsgiving campaign also asked people to gather in person, offline and have gratitude parties, where people could also donate in person to the project. Enter the Contest.

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How KaBOOM! Is Using a Networked Approach To Scale Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Case Study. I invited Heather McLeod Grant to write a reflection base the case study of KaBOOM! Just last week we published a new case study of KaBOOM! is developing systems to recognize and reward those who are having the most impact both online and offline. Monitor Institute: KaBOOM!

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New on SSIR: #4Change Examines Social Media for the Climate Change Movement

Amy Sample Ward

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. How can we and how are we using social media tools for social change? Social media is still the tool or the medium, not the change or the action.

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Facebook Changes for Organization Pages: Focus On Results

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The discussion about the recent changes on Facebook has focused mostly around what it means for individuals, particularly the tension between openness and privacy. Many people are wondering what it means for nonprofit brands using Facebook as one of their marketing channels. Flickr Photo by Lululemon.

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Vote With Your Purse 2.0: Women's Online Giving, Offline Power

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

s Online Giving, Offline Power ,??? a study of women online donors and how the Internet is changing the nature of political engagement for women. The study (which was also featured in the Wall Street Journal , summarizes the results of a poll of 600 women. WCF Foundation has just released a new report: ???

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4 Reasons Why Hybrid Fundraising Events Are Here To Stay (And Why That’s A Good Thing)

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To say that 2020 was a year of change is an understatement. Put simply, a hybrid fundraising event simultaneously or asynchronously combines offline and online experiences. Check out this case study from Living Stones Academy, a Michigan-based nonprofit that pivoted to a virtual event in 2020.