Jewish think tank Reboot proposes a National Day of Unplugging for March 19-20th, 2010, to encourage people to realize the value of taking a rest from their gadgets, networks and constant distractions. Read more at http://www.socialcitizens.org/blog/how-do-you-unplug
Now gearing up for its third event, Twestival has already proven a successful track record for fundraising through global social media communities. To recap, Twestival raised more than $250,000 last February for charity:water with tweet ups in 202 cities. In September, 130 cities all held tweet-ups...
Grasshopper.com brings you "Entrepreneur State of Mind," celebrating the entrepreneurs and innovators who shape our world. Read more at http://www.socialcitizens.org/blog/the-new-dork-%20entrepreneur-state-mind
Did your nonprofit organization create a video in 2009? If so, enter it into the 4th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards for the chance to win $2,500 for your nonprofit, get your video featured on the YouTube homepage, receive great prizes from Flip Video and NTEN, and have your work showcased...
Social media is a great tool for nonprofits, this much we know. I’ve written many posts in our Learn the Lingo blog series detailing how nonprofits can utilize social media to communicate with their communities, fundraise or promote. But what about using social media within the office, helping us...
This week, Target announced its newest charitable giving initiative taking place on Facebook, launched for Valentine's Day. Similar to the campaign it launched last May, when the retailer asked its Facebook fans to help decide how it would divvy up $3 million amongst 10 charities, the Valentine's...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
Tech and social networks play key role in Haiti aid, communication
In the past year, from the Obama campaign to the Iranian election and the death of Michael Jackson,...
Like myself and several colleagues, you might have been saying "huh?" when you logged on to Facebook yesterday and saw single-word colors as the status updates from several of your female friends (along with a few other puzzled status updates). As this post on Alltop explains, turns out that they...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
Is there value in being on Twitter's suggested user list?
Earlier this week, blogger Anil Dash started what became a widespread conversation when he blogged about his...
For many organizations, year-end is a time to reflect on accomplishments and lessons learned throughout the year. I think it’s fair to say that for all of us, both professionally and personally, 2009 can be described as a year of change, challenges and uncertainty. But we also recognize that even...
Here are some of the latest tweets in real time from those we follow. We’ve used popular hashtags (keywords) to find specific tweets about this subject.
