Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Their Tweetsgiving campaigns were fundraisers benefiting Mama Lucy’s school in Tanzania and connected the students to their supporters through Twitter. Donors could communicate with the students, and they thanked participants directly – building lasting relationships. Impacts to Society. What does all this really mean for us now?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. If you're lucky enough to be getting a tax refund, why not donate to a good cause?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. 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. People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful. Where do the funds go?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. 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. People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful. Where do the funds go?

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Interview Tanzania Change Africa 108

Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. What's at Cost: This is an all-or-nothing platform , meaning that if you don't meet your set goal for funds, you don't get to keep any of the donations. Kickstarter. based projects, pledges are processed by Amazon Payments.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. What's at Cost: This is an all-or-nothing platform , meaning that if you don't meet your set goal for funds, you don't get to keep any of the donations. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. Kickstarter.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Donations will be a consequence of meaningful engagement, not a measurement of it. Simplistic appeals targeted at teens and college students don't. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own. Get an iPhone.

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