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February 12, 2009 at 8:37 pm · Filed under Links and tagged: Kiva, onPhilanthropy, philanthropy
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Susan Carey Dempsey: "A hopeful sign for philanthropy is that those who are making the biggest mark in the field are using their recognition to encourage others to follow suit. And it couldn’t come at a better time. With markets gyrating, companies disappearing, and wealth vanishing down the Madoff rabbit-hole, some nonprofits are holding their breath, others cutting staff and postponing building plans, still others closing their doors."
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Allan Benamer: "Think of this as a hierarchy of things your nonprofit should probably have in place before you can get to doing social media. There’s no doubt that each level represents a moving part that may require a nonprofit’s focus from time to time. That’s the nature of how nonprofits work. However, for the small nonprofit still spinning up their operations, it’s best to approach this pyramid from the bottom up as you really cannot move towards social media without everything else working."
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Thousands of dancers jammed a major London train station in a Facebook-driven "flashmob" mimicking an advertisement for a phone company.
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On 12 February 2009 175+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals which bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water.
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Today, we are unveiling the Dell Social Innovation Competition site. It is a place where university students from around the globe can make a difference in the world by putting great ideas into action. To make it happen, we partnered with the RGK Center at the University of Texas and the team at salesforce.com.
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From Beth: "Trendwatching has released its February report called "Generation Generosity" They sum it up as: "Giving is the new taking, and sharing is the new giving.n fact, for many, sharing a passion and receiving recognition have replaced 'taking' as the new status symbol. Businesses should follow this societal/behavioral shift, however much it may oppose their decades-old devotion to me, myself and I.”
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Kiva announced yesterday, the official launch of the Kiva API and our new developer website, build.kiva.org. With the introduction of the Kiva API, we begin a new era of building Kiva.org.
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Peter Deitz: "For anyone following the evolution of social media for social change, the emergence of Facebook and Ning as complementary tools for engaging people in making a difference is quite exciting."
January 28, 2009 at 1:01 am · Filed under Blogs, Links and tagged: Beth Kanter, Blogs, Facebook, Net2, onPhilanthropy, philanthropy
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An important post by Dr. Susan Raymond: “Estimates vary, but the last 18 months have seen something on the order of $10 trillion in disappeared assets in the American economy, as much as $25 trillion globally. Storied names in finance are no more. Whole industries teeter. Unemployment creeps toward double digits. This is not the end of the economic world, however much the itchy fingers of banner headline writers wish to press those keys. But it is a very, very serious time indeed.”
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Two politically active young producers identify organizations they believe are poised to engage young people ignited by the recent election process – fascinating video worth watching.
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Social Actions continues to evolve, and founder Peter Deitz posts a long guide to how you can use it to make difference. Did you know there are now more than 50,000 opportunities to give/volunteer/organize from more than 40 different platforms? I’m a big fan of this effort…
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Social media is expanding and getting deeper into middle age, as Beth discovers with some whimsy – and dig that pic! She rightly asks: “Will the nonprofit development officer of the future say, “It’s not who you know, but whether you’re connected with them online.”
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Phil Cubeta ignites a hot conversation by reacting to a 9-month-old post by Peter Deitz: “How would the open networked system isolate the root causes and rally support? What is missing that we don’t have now?” Read it for the comments!
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Great Net2 question and really interesting answers: “What do you think will be the big changes, new technologies, hot applications, or successful campaigns of 2009?”
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Philanthropy and nonprofit management expert Susan Carey Dempsey is the editor-in-chief of onPhilanthropy.com. 
Veteran consultant, journalist and entrepreneur Tom Watson is the author of CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World, a new book about online social activism. 
Social media and philanthropy evaluation expert Allison Fine is the author of Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age. 
Veteran development consultant Stephen Manzi is a recognized national leader in nonprofit management and fundraising strategy. 
