ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

This particular bench resides in a classroom in a small school in Moshi. Parents would often appear near the door of this classroom. I tried to picture a bench like this in a “Western” classroom. Toting my understanding of international development, and my NGO experience, I figured I knew to expect the unexpected. I got this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

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. This year epic thanks is asking you to share a photo of gratitude and make a thankful gift. With $250, you can make room for a student in a classroom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

This year they hope to spread gratitude further and raise enough to help build an additional classroom, orphanage/boarding facility, cafeteria and library at Epic Change’s partner school in Tanzania, and to finding and funding future Epic Fellows like the school’s founder, Mama Lucy. And there are a lot more ways to participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

Right before Thanksgiving, the TweetsGiving effort helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania seeking $10 donations. Most were using Twitter as one channel in a multi-channel campaign and asked for small donations ($10), although gave incentives for larger gifts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Last year, TweetsGiving , raised $11,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania using Twitter to spread messages of thanks and opportunities to donate. It works for marathons and in lieu of birthday presents or wedding gifts, although sometimes it can be a waste of time for nonprofits. . The Maturation of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.

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