BBC News Channel - Click, 04/05/2013. Australia - Home. Home | Water for Water. 5 Events That Have Used Social Media for a Good Cause. This post was co-authored by Gradon Tripp and Matthew Knell, co-organizers of Social Media for Social Change, host of The SM4SC NYC fundraiser to benefit City Harvest. We've all seen how social media is good for business. It helps build a brand, drives traffic and awareness and builds out communities. But, what we've also seen is social media bringing together people to lend their time to important causes on a global level.
By using the sites we LIVE on every day (don't tell me you haven't realized you've been spending about 30% of your day tweeting)—why not use all of these friends and followers to do something good? While many people have ideas to start a charitable program or event, actually doing something isn't as easy. Looking for motivation to start your own charity event using social media? 1. On 12 February 2009, 202 cities around the world held Twestivals, bringing together the Twitter community for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water. 2. 3. 4.
How It Works. It will take anywhere from 3 seconds to 1 minute for your pic to upload, depending on how big it is. You're going to see this message every time you post a new pic. So, we're making the text really long so that it'll take you at least five picture uploads to read it all. Here's what we're thinking...While your first picture is uploading think about someone you want to kiss. When you upload your second pic think about one friend who you can beat in a race.
On your third photo upload think about your favorite food that begins with the letter H. #10Ways to Support Charity Through Social Media. This post is a collaboration between Mashable's Summer of Social Good charitable fundraiser and Max Gladwell's "10 Ways" series. The post is being simultaneously published across more than 100 blogs. Social media is about connecting people and providing the tools necessary to have a conversation. That global conversation is an extremely powerful platform for spreading information and awareness about social causes and issues.
That's one of the reasons charities can benefit so greatly from being active on social media channels. But you can also do a lot to help your favorite charity or causes you are passionate about through social media. Below is a list of 10 ways you can use social media to show your support for issues that are important to you. If you can think of any other ways to help charities via social web tools, please add them in the comments. 1.
Blogging is one of the easiest ways you can help a charity or cause you feel passionate about. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.