Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2006

Project Baobob , an organization that provides free education in business skills for Kenyan youth, and Kiva , a web-based organization that allows individuals, like you and me, to make microloans (rather than a donation) to individuals via the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? This vibrant, moderated discussion will include representatives from Kiva, OptINnow, and 2 national advocacy organizations. How do you use the latest technologies to build active networks and roadmaps for action? Submitted by Gradon Tripp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? This vibrant, moderated discussion will include representatives from Kiva, OptINnow, and 2 national advocacy organizations. How do you use the latest technologies to build active networks and roadmaps for action? Submitted by Gradon Tripp.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? This vibrant, moderated discussion will include representatives from Kiva, OptINnow, and 2 national advocacy organizations. How do you use the latest technologies to build active networks and roadmaps for action? Submitted by Gradon Tripp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

She notes, "It doesn't specifically talk about open content, but discusses online and offline content income models in depth, with numbers." New (To Me) Blogs Living on $2 Day @ UMW students will live on $2 a day if you donate money to Kiva to support a loan to Gurbat in Azerbaijan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

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. Kiva , charity:water and a few others were mentioned. How did the relationship originate? How is it being organized?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2009

And while Pete Cashmore announced that he would be doing a charity event in September around his 24th birthday, I'm wondering what charity wedding registry Sharon and Adam will register with? ( Kiva ?) Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook delivered the opening keynote. Randi suggests that having a personality is an asset. Was it all hype? .

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Kiva's a great example. A while ago, a video came out online called The Meatrix which used flying animals to defend mass production of meat and promote vegetarianism. That sort of humor is really important to women. Now, the second C is connect. Can you talk about what you mean by that? And is that connecting online? Women do connect.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

I also think there are a lot of lessons to be learned from sites like Kiva, where the concept of micro-designation really resonate with donors and could only easily be achieved online. A key example of that is peer to peer fundraising associated with events, where some of the most progressive groups are now raising 75% of funds online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

Traditional offline/online fundraising techniques still, of course, work. " Another write up about Kiva. If you want to talk about micro-lending with Kiva for a whole day, here's a Talkathon. Charity Badges, Widgets, Virtual World Fundraising and More. A nice post from Heather at Aspiration about their fundraising strategy.

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