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November 27, 2008

Raising Money out of Thin Air: Charities and Not-for-Profits should take note of Tweetsgiving

A Project like Tweetsgiving is an example of how a charity can use social media platforms, in this case, twitter, for fund raising. Imagine being able to raise US$ 10,000 in a 48 hour period from hundreds of people who contributed $5 and $10 dollars whose only connection with a charity was when they discovered the fund raising efforts because of one of their friends on twitter?

Imagine what can be done with more established charities. I believe micro giving promoted on social media networks can have a positive impact on fund raising in the weeks, months and years ahead. Not-for-Profits should take note of this and the work of : Beth Kanter, Rebecca Bollwitt, Stacey Monk and others who are pioneering this field as they can benefit directly as they discover and learn how to properly leverage social media and the passion people have for their respective charities.

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Posted by: injection molding at June 16, 2009 10:12 AM

Posted by: 情趣用品 at May 16, 2009 08:30 AM

Hey I saw that you posted a blog about Tweetsgiving for Epic Change and I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know about TWEETLUCK! This time we are spreading luck and asking people to donate $7.77 for St. Patrick’s Day. Check out Tweetluck.org to see the new spin on Tweetsgiving!!

Posted by: Erin at March 17, 2009 12:48 PM

Great post, Jeff. I, of course, completely agree and have an identical experience to share, though on a smaller scale. Last year, I founded Pilcrow Lit Fest in Chicago, a festival focusing on small press authors and publishers and upon social media and the like, and funded the festival exclusively by promoting the festival's ChipIn page on Twitter.

And, as a result of having the resources for the festival, I devoted one evening of the festival to serve as a gala fundraiser to benefit New Orleans Public Libraries by asking local authors to disassemble their own book and rebuild it into a piece of art for auction. At evening's end, I presented the library's rebuilding campaign staff with over $4,000 as a result of that fundraiser alone. The experience of micro-fundraising leading to larger fundraising was an incredible one, to be sure.

Posted by: Amy Guth at November 28, 2008 09:17 AM

November 27, 2008

Raising Money out of Thin Air: Charities and Not-for-Profits should take note of Tweetsgiving

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