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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

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launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In December, Pepsi topped that amount with its Pepsi Refresh, a contest offering $20 million in prizes and also launching this week.) . For example.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

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The idea is to harnesses the collective power of the social good sector ecosystem which includes charities, families, businesses and individuals. More difficult to measure is the transformation of how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season. What is the definition of success?

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On Networks, Love, and Death: Cookie Love

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He’s a dog lover too – so I could not resist. When I celebrated by big 50th Birthday in 2007, I held social media birthday card contest. I’ve found this in my network as well – most recently connecting with Dongeon Park who has lead a team to translate the Networked Nonprofit into Korean.

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

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For “giving days”—which are becoming increasingly popular all over the country—social networking and digital communication such as email and blogging are key to driving big results. As in previous years, we assembled a “ social media planning guide.”

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

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The new social economy includes all the ways we use our private resources to create social good. It is using private goods for social good reasons. Rob started off with some observations about the young people he sees in his business school classes. I want to control the communication between staff and board.”

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Taproot Foundation

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Our LinkedIn group for Active pro bono consultants is a great place where these people can connect based on a current interest—giving back using their current skills. Also, it really allows people to see how we as an organization, ‘think.’ That said, social media is not a science, so there is no correct way to do things.