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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 18, 2010
launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In December, Pepsi topped that amount with its Pepsi Refresh, a contest offering $20 million in prizes and also launching this week.) .
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 11, 2010
This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. But consider the following: Networking. This was also about the same time as the flood in Nashville.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 17, 2010
In order to do this, they need to work with free agents, hyper-connected individuals who are passionate about social change, but don’t work within institutional walls. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. They want to connect.
NTEN
NOVEMBER 20, 2008
But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured.
Tech Soup
JUNE 2, 2011
Technology and social networking means, according to Paynter, “Community has never before been more important for organization success.” A for-profit company, whose practices conflicted with Care2’s stance on the environment, once approached the leadership at Care2 for a sponsorship opportunity.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. They're encouraging folks to submit proposals. (I'll be delivering the keynote, my first in a virtual 3d environment.).
See3
MAY 25, 2007
Facebook is the second big social networking site behind MySpace. Facebook used to be only open to college students but, realizing they couldn’t play with the big boys, opened to the public about a year ago. Facebook is still independent — they haven’t been bought by any big company yet.
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