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Tag Archives: social media
Mark Zuckerberg’s Emphasizes Facebook’s Social Mission
( September 17, 2012 ) Tags: social media- Zuckerberg Reveals the New Secret to Tech Success: A Strong Social Mission Article posted on Huffington Post by Lisa Curtis13 September 2012 Yesterday, in Mark Zuckerberg’s first public appearance since Facebook’s IPO, he emphasized that Facebook is a “mission-driven” …
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Too Many Facebook Friends Bad News For Charities UK Economist Professor Claims
( August 10, 2012 ) Tags: research, social mediaUK Economist Professor Kimberley Scharf, from the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) at the University of Warwick, claims when people have larger online social networks they rely on other people to pass on information about opportunities to give.
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Social media + Crowdsourcing + Corporate Sponsorship + Celebrities = The New Way of Raising Money for Good Causes
( July 25, 2012 ) Tags: marketing, social media- Seeking Success by Helping to Feed the Hungry Article posted on The Herald Tribune by Stuart Elliott 22 July 2012 A marketing giant is joining a publisher, a foundation and celebrities, among others, to fight hunger in the United States …
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YouTube Launches Human Rights Channel
( May 31, 2012 ) Tags: human rights, social mediaAfter effectively offering a soundboard to Egypt’s revolutionaries and educating 90 million-plus people about the atrocious crimes committed by warlord Joseph Kony, the video-sharing site has decided to commit an entire channel to human rights issues, the site announced Thursday.
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Eight Must-Read Reports for Digitally Fundraising Nonprofits
( May 29, 2012 ) Tags: mobile phone, online, social mediaNonprofit Tech 2.0: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits presents a list of eight must-read reports about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology.
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Some completely rad photos from @
This teacher's aide was impaled while protecting students in tornado 
@AMprog study shows the rise of expenditures in #disasterrelief has been startling http://t.co/pUDcifbwXS
RT @EFAReport: @APiebalgsEU Great to hear our statistics in your speech earlier: http://t.co/OBgZOD22KE
What are #Africa's growth forecasts for 2013-14? Find out on 27 may! http://t.co/zGgYkzlOLo #AEO2013
RT @NewsHour: RT @ap: BREAKING: Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts; ban on gay adult leaders remains
RT @MSFTctzAPAC: Sharing - #Nonprofits Pioneer #Apps for #Windows Phone: http://t.co/SorDQRjiZC by @nonprofitorgs
Bangladesh's garment industry still offers women best work opportunity http://t.co/xtAQzsydhG via @GdnDevelopment
Fascinating how many people are framing Compartamos results positively. Few years ago, would have been perceived very negatively
Breaking News: @boyscouts vote to end ban on gay youth members. Read the full story on our website http://t.co/2GUXp3Ts3U #nonprofit
RT @EFF Our new cartoon explains why the TPP might be the biggest threat to the Internet you've never heard of: http://t.co/6nJejaglnX
Help for Heroes offers condolences to murdered soldier's family: 
@DGateway: DG Tech Series: Why We Are Building Web Applications with Backbone and Require JavaScript http://t.co/97QLVVzD9Z #opendev
#Obama: "I know that foreign aid is one of the least popular expenditures. But...It is fundamental to our national security."
Good Data: The Foundation of Open Government - [Joint blog by George Ingram & Sally Paxton - also posted here] ... 
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