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Beth’s Surprise Party: A Case Study in Crowdsourced Action

Amy Sample Ward

Her birthday wish is to raise money for the Sharing Foundation using Causes and we think we could help her crush her goal of sending 53 Cambodian children to school by raising $530. Some posted to community blogs like NetSquared. We even said that they could do something else entirely! Some people posted on their own blogs.

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Vote for your favorite examples of Social Media for Social Good

Amy Sample Ward

The Social Media for Social Good collection from NTEN and NetSquared calls for your case studies in leveraging social media tools in your program work. But at NTEN and NetSquared, we know that social media is good for a lot more than raising money. There is still time to submit your case study – but hurry !

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News from NetSquared: Case Studies, Microsoft Development Challenge, and N2Y4 Registration Open!

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global's NetSquared project is doing some amazing work, particularly on the use of mobile technologies and social change around the world. Here's a quick snapshot of some of the projects they're working on now: Case studies: Amy Sample Ward has posted the first in a series of NetSquared case studies on their site.

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Creating Social Change with Social Media

Amy Sample Ward

Over $22 million has been raised by the American Red Cross via text message (about a fifth of total Haiti-related giving to the organization so far). That’s social media for social good, and that’s exactly what NTEN and NetSquared want to highlight with Beth Kanter this spring at SXSWi.

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Guest Post by Celeste Wroblewski: Seth Godin, Want Nonprofits to Embrace Squidoo? Give Us Case Studies on the ROI

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In response to this post by Seth Godin on nonprofits and social media, I repeat what I said three years ago over at the Netsquared Community. Seth publishing a detailed report showing exact amounts raised by each nonprofit in the Squidoo program, along with case studies of the time and resources they expended.

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Next #4Change Chat Topic: Volunteering

Amy Sample Ward

New forms of participation such as micro-volunteering, and web-generated events such as Twestival, are changing the way people are coming together to raise funds, donate their time and make a difference in their local and global community. Article: NetSquared and the new wave of online volunteering. Recruiting volunteers online.

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Next #4Change Chat Topic: Volunteering

Amy Sample Ward

New forms of participation such as micro-volunteering, and web-generated events such as Twestival, are changing the way people are coming together to raise funds, donate their time and make a difference in their local and global community. Article: NetSquared and the new wave of online volunteering. Recruiting volunteers online.

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