I gave Greg Reaster a call to find out what they were doing in the Tampa Bay area. We see lots of kids in the Tampa Bay area with natural smarts but no money in the family for a home computer. MORE

Yazmin Gray is a graduate student at the University of Tampa. Guest post by Yazmin Gray. ——-. Social media can do a lot of good, but it’s also a platform capable of killing a reputation in under a minute. Several companies got a good taste of that last year. MORE

According to the blog, Look to the Stars: The World of Celebrity Giving , actor Ashton Kutcher is hosting a p arty in Tampa, FL to raise money for the Giving Back Fund. It never hurts to organize a fundraising campaign around an event, even the Super Bowl. MORE

She messaged me on Facebook: My name is Tatiana and I am currently a senior at The University of Tampa working on the final project for one of my classes, COM 425. Meet Tatiana. The project involves getting opinions of the interactive media experts about the impact of online marketing and PR on social media and its users. I was wondering if you could contribute to my final project by leaving your comment on my blog Social Media and Web Marketing: Let???s s Be Friends? MORE

AFP Suncoast Blog : Social Media and Fundraising: Tampa Metropolitan YMCA MORE

The Tampa Bay Times , Center for Investigative Reporting , and CNN have created a list of the 50 worst nonprofits in America. Kids Wish Network tops the list. Fundraising fundraising research worst charities MORE

Tampa. Online fundraising continued its double-digit growth in 2013, retaining the mantle as the fastest growing fundraising channel, growing at 13.5% according to Blackbaud’s most recent Charitable Giving Report. MORE

2/9 :: Tampa, FL. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is now fully released to the public in both print and digital format. You can now also “Look Inside!&# to preview the first 11 pages. MORE

Petersburg Times : "One of the great nerds of the modern Internet comes to town Friday with a message to Tampa Bay's technology innovators to leverage the power of social media to support the common good 'Net nerd,' Craigslist founder wants to recruit you for the 'common good' - St. MORE

Tampa Company Creates App For Online Giving : Lots of companies make charitable contributions each year, with varying methods of determining where to allocate the funds. A new Facebook app called CharityVote allows companies to involve their customers and other Facebook fans in these decisions. Companies determine the amount they want to donate and create a contest involving five of their favorite charities. MORE

Read about how the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System developed its Internet Safety Education Program. Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. MORE

A team of researchers and floor staff from the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Tampa, FL, came to the conference to talk about REFLECTS, a huge initiative in which floor educators are trained to perform self-reflective research on their own interactions with visitors and adapt their behavior to improve visitor engagement. Last week, the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) held their annual meeting in Ft. Worth, Texas. MORE

2/9 :: Tampa, FL. I tell ya. It’s a surreal feeling to know that someone could be reading your book right now… on the subway, in a cafe, or at a park in any city, anywhere in the world. And the fact that this books exists at all really is a testament to the power social media. MORE

One of the participants was from the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, and they shared the story of how their tweet ups have grown in popularity. Arts and Social Media View more presentations from kanter. MORE

One of the participants was from the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, and they shared the story of how their tweet ups have grown in popularity. Arts and Social Media View more presentations from kanter. MORE

One of the participants was from the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, and they shared the story of how their tweet ups have grown in popularity. Arts and Social Media View more presentations from kanter. MORE

AFP Florida Caucus / Tampa, FL / Not available. Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. Today, we're excited to announce the all-new list for 2017! MORE

While there were pre-parties in some cities this year including in Tampa, Portland, and Tel-Aviv, our community wasn't excited about organizing lcoal events. What are you thankful? MORE

— Bok Tower Gardens, a “must see Florida attraction,” is centrally located between Tampa and Orlando among rolling hills of citrus! Social media has revolutionized the way tech savvy arts and cultural organizations communicate. MORE

Find them all at GivingTuesday.org 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc. Giving Tuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving to kick off the giving season added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. MORE