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Vote for the First Anti-Genocide Hotline on Reddit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm also highlighting this because it is a terrific example of using social news sites like Digg and Reddit o promote a cause (the Reddit guys were among my first video blog interviewees back in Nov. So in that case, we got a two-for-one -- both raising awareness of the issue and flooding a decisionmaker with an important column.

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How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In my presentations, I use a slide from Nina Simon's blog post called " How Much Time Does It Take To Do Web2.0 " I've been thinking about remixing that slide so it matches the framework I set up for WeAreMedia tactical modules. In A Museum? 10 hours per week - also includes listening tasks as they go hand-in-hand).

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Free Live Interactive Event: Future of Fundraising

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He raised $28 million online, of which, “90% [of the contributions] were under $100, with over 250,000 contributors.” In 2007 when the platform launched, Causes grew in popularity and awareness as people used their Birthday Wish to raise money for their favorite nonprofit. She loves interacting with communities online.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

Tech Soup

Tags can also be used to find resources such as photos, slide presentations, and articles to reference for use on your site. Social bookmarking sites include well-known sites such as Delicious, Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit, and Technorati. One tagging tool that is overlooked as a nonprofit resource is social bookmarks. The campaign.

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NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He blogged his slides, a video , and some reflections. Katya Andresen's post titled " Dying Man Throws Himself From Plane to Raise Money " is attention grabbing way to say, "I would like to see more sessions at fundraising conferences on 'how to ask donors to ask for money." There's also dogooder.tv Philthanthropy.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? How Long Does It Take for 250 Super Connected Gnomedex Geeks to raise $2,500 for Cambodian kids? Graphing Social Patterns: My Slides. Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader. Working Wikily: The Power of the Newbie.

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Meetup Recap: Jen Burton from Causes on Fundraising and Online Communities

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You can see her full slide deck from the presentation on Slideshare here. But unlike other top apps, Causes is dedicated to a singular purpose: making it easier for nonprofits to raise money by connecting with their communities. " In the example shown, a nonprofit was able to view the almost $400,000 raised over a period of time.

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