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A Free Agent for Hunger: Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project

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Sue Kerr has put her social media savvy to work to fight hunger in the Greater Pittsburgh area and save the environment. As Sue tells it, “Inspired, I began to reach out to my personal network on Twitter and Facebook and offline through word of mouth. We plan to repeat every September to honor Hunger Action Month.”

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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

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At this year's SXSW, I was invited to participate on a flash panel about women and technology conferences which ended up being about mentoring. Both online and offline, communities are not only the way we identify ourselves, but more importantly, they are the most authentic and powerful vehicle for change. She did a fantastic job.

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The Knowledge is in the Room: How To Let It Out

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In this living case study, the staff person from the Seattle Symphony shared how they did conversion tracking. I asked her where they got the idea for doing a flash mob. I appointed two Twitter advocates who live Tweeted the discussion and also verbalized questions and comments from Twitter, providing a link between online and offline.

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2022 Wrapped: Year-End Fundraising Edition

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And sectors that were more likely to see outpourings of pandemic-related support like cultural institutions and hunger & poverty groups were also more likely to see year-over-year declines. Room to Read’s mid-December 5x “Flash Match” The timing of 12/31 , which fell on a Saturday this year.