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Competition lets you win up to $50,000 for your favorite charity Yesterday the Case Foundation, Causes and Parade Publications kicked off the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge. It’s a 30-day nationwide online competition that encourages people to use their personal networks and social media to build cause communities that raise funds and recruit supporters for a […]
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Charity 2.0: How to address scaling and cause fatigue?
Photo by Seerjith CNET’s Caroline McCarthy published an article called “Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0” based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water reflecting on how the landscape has changed for fundraising on social networks. (Disclaimer: I am on an advisory group for Think Social and I’m a huge fan […]
All about Geeks for Good
All about the Summer of Social Good from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Did you know that this is the first Global Geek Week (Aug. 2-8)? It’s a way to promote the use of social media for the social good — which also happens to be identical to the mission of Socialbrite.org. On Twitter, go to […]
Foundation Center: a deep resource for philanthropy
Foundation Center: philanthropy info galore from JD Lasica on Vimeo. • See a more recent interview with Sarah Jo Neubauer: Helping nonprofits master the art of grant writing (2011) If you’ve spent some time in the world of nonprofit philanthropy, you’ve no doubt heard of the Foundation Center. The venerable organization, which has been around […]
How celebrities can be a force for good
Recently the TV critic of the St. Petersburg Times asked for my thoughts about the migration of celebrities to Twitter over the past few months. Will it inevitably dumb down the service? Bring it into the mainstream? Make us want to move on to the Next Big Thing? Ashton Kutcher is closing in on 2 […]
