Have Fun - Do Good
JUNE 22, 2007
Oxfam announced yesterday that Starbucks signed an agreement with Ethiopian farmers: "Starbucks and Ethiopia have finalized an agreement that ends their trademark dispute and brings both sides together in partnership to help Ethiopian farmers. ethiopia starbucks oxfam starbucks holdthehormones Guess what? Pretty cool stuff.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 25, 2008
A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 30, 2008
I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. 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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 30, 2008
In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Whether you want to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia, vaccinations for children in Haiti, or a safe home for a puppy in Mississipi, with a Birthday Cause your friends can give in honor of your special day.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 25, 2007
Whether I'm raising money for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I try to include them in some way. My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
On September 7, 2006, Scott Harrison launched charity: water by throwing a birthday party, charging people $20 to attend, sending 100% of the money to build wells in a refugee camp in Uganda and then proving the work by sending photos and GPS coordinates to every guests. The overall goal is to raise $1.2 Obviously $. To pass our $1.2
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 18, 2009
Amanda Rose at the London Twestival Photo was taken by @mikebutcher The Twestival combined online twitter fundraising with a groundswell of offline self organized events in 202 cities around the world on February 12th. In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns.
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