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Giving Thanks

November 24, 2009 · Comments

Today is the second annual celebration of Tweetsgiving. The initiative raised money to build a classroom in Tanzania last year. The effort is expanding this year, but will again benefit the same school in Tanzania, among other initiatives driven by Epic Change, the organizing body, and participating folks who wish to drive donations or attention to their own causes.

2008 Tweetsgiving Classroom featuring Twitter handles of contributors on the walls.

2008 Tweetsgiving Classroom featuring Twitter handles of contributors on the walls.

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Fundraising In The Social Era

November 9, 2009

There are few things more fulfilling than finding someone doing something for a good cause or raising money or awareness for something important. I’m participating in Movember, which is a male cancer awareness effort to follow October, which has a breast cancer awareness focus, mostly for women. (You can help shave my goatee by donating [...]

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How Social Media Is Changing The World

August 24, 2009

Esra’a Al Shafei put it all in perspective Saturday. Speaking via Skype from her home in Bahrain, the founder and Executive Director of MideastYouth.com, showed the crowd gathered at Social South the true power of social media, the internet and the idea of freedom. Al Shafei was denied a visa by her country to attend [...]

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