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I Hope My Kids Organize Their Own Online Fundraiser When They Are Teenagers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Spencer Brodsky is 17 and he is spending his time online to raise money to bring Green Stoves to Rwanda , something he's been doing for the past 2 years. . With her children's fundraising projects, she and her husband offered to match what they raised because they both worked for companies that matching gift programs.

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Reflections from Mashable Summer of Social Good Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The big news for me was the launch next week of virtual gifts for charities. She also announced that Facebook is piloting virtual charity gifts to users, the proceeds will support micro-lender Kiva, Project Red, the World Wildlife Fund and Toms Shoes. She also included some practical advice.

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Three Different Approaches to Twitter Fundraising: Bees, Turkeys, and Blame

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, we started to see click action philanthropy on Facebook with Lil Green Patch raising over $100,000 for the Nature Conservancy. This transition began a year ago as Twitter came into its own as a charitable gift spreader. An alternative approach is to experiment and find ways to improve results. .

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

When I went to see Van Jones speak for the first time at the Green Festival in November 2002 about, "Green Jobs, Not Packed Jails," people in the States were just starting to lift their heads up from a year of fear and despair after September 11th. Our question is, will this green wave lift all boats? How do we make sure?

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