Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

The New York Times recently published an article, Big Paycheck or Service? Students are Put to Test , about graduates who go into school with high ideals for changing the world, but come out working for big business. Only when the prices change will students' choices change. Flickr photo credit: Middle.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Between email solicitation, direct mail, major donors, and grant-writing, the vast majority of nonprofits will weather the economic hard times. Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. Notice something strange about those tasks?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

Take 'em one at a time. Facebook isn't just for college students anymore. Some other do-good social networks you might want to try out are: Care2 , Change.org , Flickr (photos), Future5000 (youth), Meetup (events), Just Cause , myBLOC.net (young people of color), Razoo , TakingITGlobal (youth), Upcoming (events) and WiserEarth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Flickr Photo Remix Party Well, a few weeks ago, I read a blog post by Amy Sample Ward about Birthday Causes, This new feature lets individuals on Facebook create a birthday fundraising campaign as part of a Cause. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest. And, yes they did !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

MacArthur Foundation announces a Virtual Philanthropy event in Second Life next week. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon, the capstone thesis project for Heinz School Masters students. I love that some nonprofits are sharing photos of their messy offices on Flickr! What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

Another example was of Ryan Lee Cox who was concerned about food insecurity at his high school and used Facebook to organize and fundraise to raise enough money to pay for lunches for students in need. Flickr users started that tradition ten years ago. And together, we will create a better world.”

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