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Innovative, social web ways to do good

April 19, 2010 – 12:16 pm

Mashable today has an excellent post about ‘9 ways to do good‘, it highlights great examples of new means for people to support causes using social media.  Examples range from location based apps through which one can ‘check-in’ and donate to a cause, outsourcing tasks to refugees and crowdsourced microtasks done through smartphones. These 9 [...]

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Social media support for Haiti forcing shift

January 21, 2010 – 11:09 am

Donations for Haiti continue to pour in and are, in the US alone, exceeding $ 305 million according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy .  Large sums are being donated  online and through text messages. By Wednesday, the American Red Cross had received more than $25 million through its campaign to encourage $10 gifts through texts.
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iPhone apps for good

December 7, 2009 – 4:21 pm

We’re happy to see more non-profits using moblie applications to raise funds and awareness.. WaterAid recently launched it’s ToiletFinder UK, an iPhone application that uses geolocation to find public toilets.  App users are then encouraged to show their appreciation for the tool by making a small donation to WaterAid through the  iPhone. The free app [...]

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From experimentation to strategic programmes

November 17, 2009 – 8:45 pm

The recent survey of non-profit communication staff perceptions of social media use (carried out by KRC Research) finds that organizations are still at an experimental phase, though the vast majority see social media as a medium worth investing in as well as a priority for the future.  The outcomes can be viewed on the slideshow [...]

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