Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 2, 2008

Jill at Feministe posted a question from a reader who wanted recommendations for places to donate her check to that are, "both pro-woman / feminist and helps the poor." In her post, Feministe Feedback: Where Should I Donate? Flickr Photo Credit: Money uploaded by Jennifer R. tax rebate nonprofit philanthropy economic stimulus

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

One of the questions that threaded into each conversation or presentation was, “What is important for creating a wisdom-based culture?” Soren asked a terrific question about how technology and being connected helps or gets in the way of giving. Kiva does this in way that scales and they are a highly effective organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2009

And they are built around data—data that can be found, compared, searched, mashed up, re-purposed, questioned, and applied. That is the question we all need to ask, no matter where we work in philanthropy now, because that is the well-seeded field on which all existing philanthropic enterprises are now playing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2009

Allison mentions a few more like mico-finance like Kiva's small loans to entrepreneurs here and abroad. . So, here are my questions: . On the tools side, we have micro formats, micro blogging, micro media, and more. In the nonprofit sector, we have micro-fundraising (giving small amounts of money on social networks like Twitter).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

TechSoup has just published a thoughtful article from Idealware that raises the question, " Should Your Organization Use Social Networking Sites ?" via the AFP Blog summarizes this news story from msnbc about nonprofits in Second Life inspired by Kiva in Second Life's Grand Opening Party at the Nonprofit Commons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

Jeremiah Owyang lay out a set of social media adoption questions that corporations ask: 2005: What is Social Media? If we look at the these questions in terms of the nonprofit sector, I think nonprofits are lagging at least one or two years behind. In Cambodia, NGO staffers were eager to learn about Web 2.0 2006: Why does it matter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

The five top nominees are Causes, DonorsChoose, ZeroFootprint, Kiva, and OneLaptop Per Child. That was a question posed on a listserv with little response except for this observation: Micro-campaign 'competitions' are not going to last as an effective means of NPO fundraising. Go vote here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Jessica Jackley Flannery is the kind of person who makes you feel at home right away, like she is truly happy to meet you, which is why I wasn't surprised when she said, "Kiva started out of relationships and love, ideally I would love for that to be present in every single transaction that happens. What is Kiva? How did Kiva start?

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

In philanthropy, for example, the people-to-people connectivity of a Kiva is not a new concept, but the internet makes it possible on a new scale. He writes: To put it plainly, most Jews do not see the added value in being part of the Jewish People – and therefore would be hard-pressed to answer the question, “Why are you Jewish?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

The summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Kiva launches a new feature that maps the flow of loans from lenders to borrowers. Do you remember the Grasshopper and the Ant Fable ? Max Gladwell has more over his blog, Social Media and Social Living. Max Gladwell also has more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Kiva , charity:water and a few others were mentioned. Questions to ponder. Buoyed by the success of their first event, the Twestival organizers wanted to do a second event, selecting a charity that had a global outreach and an active presence on Twitter.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 16, 2012

What questions and best practices would you like addressed through further research? National Public Radio. American Red Cross. Smithsonian Institute. Humane Society of the United States. World Wildlife Fund. Do Something. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. World Food Program USA. HOW THE LISTS ARE COMPUTED.

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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 ?) She asked the big question : Is all this making us smarter philanthropists (and organizers and leaders)?

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2011

You need a lot of information and resources from different knowledge bases, to answer questions such as: Are there already groups within a ten-mile radius that have experience in creating community gardens? You run a search, and the answer to your question is delivered to you online, then and there.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

They ask too many questions, and they want too much engagement. Kiva's a great example. Well, it's a great question, Britt. My woman fundraiser, who's a strong feminist, said to me, "Oh, I don't bother with women donors." I said, "Why?" She said, "It takes too long to cultivate them.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

For starters, I’m addressing this question on the basis of 30 years in direct mail fundraising and 15 years in fundraising online. 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.

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