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TweetsGiving: Show Your Gratitude With Epic Change

Amy Sample Ward

People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful Funds raised will go to support the work of Mama Lucy Kampton ( @MamaLucy ), a ChangeMaker who has transformed her community in Arusha, Tanzania through her school Shepherd’s Junior. Last year, funds from TweetsGiving helped build a classroom in Tanzania.

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Interview: Avi Kaplan, Epic Change for TweetsGiving

Amy Sample Ward

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. We just spent three weeks at Shepherd’s Junior near Arusha, Tanzania setting up a technology lab and wireless internet at the school.

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Interview: Avi Kaplan, Epic Change for TweetsGiving

Amy Sample Ward

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. We just spent three weeks at Shepherd’s Junior near Arusha, Tanzania setting up a technology lab and wireless internet at the school.

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Happy Thanksgiving: Check out #Goodspotting and EpicThanks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stacey is one who launched the first social media infused gratitude campaign during Thanksgiving back in 2008,successfully raising money for a school project Tanzania. With $250, you can make room for a student in a classroom. With $10,000, you could build an entire classroom – out of pure gratitude.

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First Twitter Fundraising Case Studies

See3

Built around Thanksgiving, the idea was for Twitterers to tweet (post) something they are grateful for, and at the same time post a link to Tweetsgiving where a donation could be made to build a classroom in Tanzania. The goal was SPECIFIC — a classroom, not support of an organization. The goal was $10,000.

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TweetsGiving 2009: What Nonprofit Tech Are You Thankful For?

Tech Soup

Tweetsgiving is using micro-blogging tool Twitter to raise money for a classroom in Tanzania. Tags: Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Running Your Organization Social Networking Using the Web and Internet. Along the way, they're also compiling a log of what Twitter users are thankful for this year.

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Tweetsgiving 2009: A Celebration of Gratitude

See3

Last year, Tweetsgiving raised $10,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania. Tags: Video fundraising youtube storytelling social media web 2.0 This year, See3 is playing an active role in Tweetsgiving 2009 , a global celebration that seeks to change the world through the power of gratitude. Any questions?