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Case Study in Free Agent Fundraising @AbolishCancer

Amy Sample Ward

Because social media may be about networks, communities, and collaboration; but it is only possible because of the dynamic and powerful tools individuals are using. Social networks are built from all the content individuals share. A free agent changemaker having success fundraising with Twitter. Case Study.

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Which Company is the Most Socially Responsible and Generous to Nonprofits: Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? LinkedIn? MySpace? Flickr? Google?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For the companies themselves, this relationship also presents their marketing departments with numerous opportunities to embrace cause marketing and corporate social responsibility. I was very glad to see that every company listed below is doing some good for nonprofits and social causes.What do you think? 2) Google/YouTube.

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Great reads from around the web on May 6th

Amy Sample Ward

Students experience the interdisciplinary and collaborative development of user interface solutions in international software projects while getting into FLOSS development." However, many women in technology and social media still face a digital ceiling." " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Guest Post by Aspen Baker: Friend or Foe? UC Berkeley Investigates the Legal Landscape of Social Networking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I really wanted to attend the " Social Networks Friend for Foe? "at who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Fortunately, my colleague, Aspen Baker, was attending.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

3) Influencers: Pete Frates was one of the early “influencers” or what Allison Fine and called “Free Agents,” people who have large and passionate networks that they can leverage for a good cause. But he had help from another free agent, Corey Griffen , a management consultant who organized the fundraiser.

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Birthday Campaign Reflection: Will Your Nonprofit Embrace Free Agent Fundraisers?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need.

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What is the value of listening to social media channels for your organization?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They tend to be users of all forms of social media including blogs, podcasting and video. These schools are also more likely to research students online via social networking sites. Perceived importance of social media to the school does translate into monitoring behavior. Tags: listening.