Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Matt Zachary from I[2]Y responds to ABC Producers

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Matt Zachary, Founder I[2]Y I’m Too Young for This responds to ABC Producers solicitation Enough Already! Sick of Social Networking?

“Without the dawn of social networking and the inherent shifts in cultural anthropology that have yielded massive social changes in consumer communications, trend influence, political outcomes and global calls to action for change, we would still be trapped in a time when citizens felt powerless to have their individual voices heard on any scale. User-generated content is here to stay and–at least from the perspective of this young adult cancer survivor and national spokesperson for the young adult cancer movement–has proven to be the single most influential driving force to connect, unite and link a fragmented and isolated community of hundreds of thousands of 20/30somethings with cancer to the support, tools, programs community and resources they truly need to get busy living with, through and beyond their diagnosis.”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-06

Friday, March 6th, 2009

And now, Twitter philanthropy

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

ActiveCause featured in the March 2nd Christian Science Monitor article covering the new age of philanthropy in the Innovation section.

Making connections: Craig Alberino is the founder and CEO of ActiveCause, a new social-networking website matching potential donors and volunteers with nonprofit organizations. (Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor)

Making connections: Craig Alberino is the founder and CEO of ActiveCause, a new social-networking website matching potential donors and volunteers with nonprofit organizations. (Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor)

One new site navigating the online giving space is ActiveCause, which was founded by former consultant Craig Alberino.

ActiveCause differs from Change.org, for instance, in its interface and its mission. When the site is fully launched this month, potential donors will not only be able to interact with one another, but also to track the giving patterns of major corporations.

“A Fortune 500 company might give away $50 million over the course of a year,” Mr. Alberino says, “and it’s difficult in some cases to understand where that money went and who it was given away to.”

ActiveCause, he says, will make it easier for users to understand the philanthropic processes on a corporate level, and to direct their funds accordingly. It will also allow users to seamlessly pass on funds earned through programs such as Recycle Bank, which rewards eco-friendly behavior.

Conversely, Alberino hopes that ActiveCause will allow nonprofits to reach new audiences and to cater directly to users.

“A nonprofit is a business like any other,” he says. “Nonprofits need to market to their constituents, they need to understand their audience, they need tools in order to execute [effectively].”

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-02-27

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-26

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Steve Case on WSJ: My thoughts…

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Steve Case on WSJ: My thoughts on how companies can do good & why they should measure their “social footprint” http://tinyurl.com/b2epw8

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-24

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Twitter

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

ActiveCause Twitter account will be synced with this blog beginning tonight.  You can follow us @activecause.  You can follow Craig @craigalberino and Damion @hankejh.