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E-Mediat Day 3: Digital Activism

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A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. Day 3 of the Train the Trainers session was devoted to Digital Activism and facilitated by Mary Joyce. The learning objectives: To provide participants with a formula for training digital campaign strategy.

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Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

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Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. Last fall, we marched all 350 or so Environmental Defense Fund staff through two days of a social media challenge. We all voted, and the winning team got budget money to fund their social media plan.

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C + C + C = C? The Secret to Viral Marketing

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Put ‘em all together and you get the key to viral victory: Contagious: The holy grail of social media marketing is attained when your engaging, short, and believable message takes fire and people start spreading it on your behalf; hopefully even remixing your message and broadening your appeal.

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The Internal is the new External: EDF Business Innovation Exchange

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The Environmental Defense Fund or EDF is a grantee organization and also attended the Packard Foundation's recent Network Effectiveness Convening by the Monitor Institute in Washington, DC in May. The objective of the The Innovation Exchange is to facilitate rapid and widespread adoption of environmental innovation in business.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

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James pulled together a group of funding partners and Clay Lord from Theatre Bay Area. Most importantly, I need a good facilitator for each table. I do believe that social media as part of your training can enhance learning, help facilitate social learning. I said yes. I would welcome your thoughts on how to do that.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

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For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. Check out Train for Humanity that weaves together getting fit, social media, and raising funds for charity. And, yes they did ! But it doesn' t always have to be you asking people to donate.

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10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns

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The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. Giving Day Campaigns and Crowd Funding Campaigns Are Than Dollars Raised. Giving Day Campaigns and Crowd Funding Campaigns Are Than Dollars Raised.

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