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JUNE 10, 2009

This is the fourth loan I've made to an entrepreneur using Kiva, but the first one to an entrepreneur in the United States. Kiva facilitates regular people, like you and me, making micro-loans to entrepreneurs who aren't able to get a loan from the bank. In the past, Kiva only worked with entrepreneurs outside of the U.S.,

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JULY 29, 2009

On Monday night I went to a great event, Money, Mobs, and Media: Mobilizing Action for Change , presented by The Hub Bay Area. Facilitate peer-to-peer referrals. Bay Area The Hub social innovation web activism Kiva Change.org Virgance Regina Connell of SaltCellar moderated. Involve a lot of people. Use the carrot. Use the stick.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I attended a panel called "The Future of Social Innovation on the Web" This all-guy panel was facilitated by Dennis Whittle, Global Giving and featured Premal Shah, Kiva.org; Jonathan Greenblatt, Our Good Works; Steve Newcomb, Virgance; and Ben Rattray, Change.org. Kiva is at the intersection of money and meaning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2009

The book will take a look at how social media is facilitating a shift from organization to working in a more networked way. In the nonprofit sector, we have micro-fundraising (giving small amounts of money on social networks like Twitter). To see a larger illustration, click here. In a session at the Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

I titled the post " Look Out Here Comes Everybody To Raise Money for charity:water on Twitter " with a wink to Clay Shirky's work. On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

This platform lets consumers promote the brands they like and SocialVibes donates money to charitable causes or as Read/Write Web defined as "is an online popularity contest that turns corporate advertising into money for charity." It's a platform that facilitates in-kind contributions of services.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2008

--Maya Angelou In December 2007, the New York Sun article, Why Giving Makes You Happy reported that: "According to the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a survey of 30,000 American households, people who gave money to charity in 2000 were 43% more likely than non-givers to say they were 'very happy' about their lives.

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