HOW TO: Run a Global Charity Event From Your Laptop. On a Thursday in early February, Amanda Rose was sorting through non-profit applications from around the globe and setting up calls with her equally international team in a massive effort to organize Twestival Local, an international "Twitter festival" that uses social media for social good by connecting communities on a single day to support local causes.
The next day, Rose came down with flu-like symptoms and spent most of the day trying to recover — not just her health, but also lost time. Began in 2009, the next Twestival event is scheduled for March 24. Its success, however, is tied to Rose: "I can't be sick for a week," Rose said. "It would just put me back too much. " Twestival tries to leverage online tools to create offline change. For two years, Rose did much of the work: reviewing submissions, spreading the word, vetting charities, coordinating press and follow-ups. Social Media Tools Systems Despite being a Twestival vet, Callnin hasn't met a single person on the global team. Why Social Media Is a Game-Changer for Non-Profits. Susan Smith Ellis is the CEO of (RED), a brand designed to engage business and consumer power to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.
You can follow (RED) on Twitter: @joinred. We live in a world where the average person spends 13 hours online every week. Imagine if we used just a fraction of that time to take a stand on an issue that really mattered. Possibilities just like that will be addressed on Monday when Mashable, 92Y and the United Nations Foundation host the Social Good Summit. The Summit will let world leaders and those in the fields of digital, policy, and media, focus on addressing the world’s challenges by way of technology and social networks.
This Summit comes at a turning point for global health. We know that social media connects us as never before. As the name of the Mashable Summit suggests, social media is emerging as a tremendous force for social good. If you’re in New York, you can start by attending the Social Good Summit on Monday. How Non-Profits Can Maximize a Foursquare Account. Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.
Foursquare isn't just a good place to find cheap Mocha-Frappuccino's. The social media tool is quickly allowing for new ways to benefit a range of fields, including non-profit organizations. There have been several articles on how non-profits are using Foursquare, but I wanted to find out how his location-based social network can help non-profits, so I chatted with experts about how non-profits can maximize their Foursquare accounts.
"Non-profits are about awareness, they want to get as many people to understand what they are doing," Foursquare Co-Founder Naveen Selvaduari said. "Foursquare is a great platform for that, and bringing people together, and make it easier together for them to understand. " The Standard Stuff Having a location-based non-profit will obviously help you get the most out of a Foursquare account. Leverage the API Do We Need Badges?