Guest post by Elisa Batista, MomsRising.org As a social media specialist at MomsRising.org and a Latina who has published a blog for seven years, has two Facebook pages, a Twitter account, a LinkedIn page and now a newly opened Pinterest account, easily the biggest misconception I have encountered is that Latinos are not online. We, too, are online, but the fiesta is at Twitter. As of August 2011, an astounding 8.1 million Latinos, or 21% of the U.S. Latino population, were on Twitter. This is … [Read more...]
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Komen Kan Kiss My Mammagram, PinActivism, and Newsjacking for a Cause
On Tuesday, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, a leading breast cancer charity, pulled hundreds of thousands of dollars in breast cancer screening funds from Planned Parenthood. Each year millions of women are screened for breast cancer at Planned Parenthood, and Susan G. Komen's funding pays for about 170,000 of those screenings. These services are particularly important for women from under-served communities. The AP reported that Komen for the Cure has decided to halt grants to Planned … [Read more...]
A New Year: A New Learning Journey Begins
I spent a very quiet holiday with family at Half Moon Bay and taking a New Year's hike on Ano Nuevo to see the elephant seals. Nature hikes and down time with family are nourishing and replenishing. As I watched the last sunset of 2011 fade over the Pacific Ocean, I wanted to formally say farewell to Zoetica, the company I co-founded with Geoff Livingston and Kami Huyse that we announced in January, 2010 one day after my birthday, and one day before the Haiti Earthquake. Geoff has … [Read more...]
A Networked Fundraiser: charity:water Waterforward
How WaterForward works. from charity: water on Vimeo. charity:water continues to break new ground and be an innovator in the online fundraising space. Its newest online fundraiser, Waterforward, is based on a simple question: What if the billion social media users in the world collectively chipped in a few dollars and helped solve the "wicked" problem for the billion people around the world who don't have clean water? I first heard about this unique fundraiser when I interviewed … [Read more...]
Blogging Team: Growing Social Impact in a Networked World
Over the next couple of days you will be reading more frequent but shorter posts from these guest bloggers from the Growing Social Impact in a Networked World: A Grantmakers' Gathering of Networks meeting in San Francisco on October 17-18th. Guest bloggers were tasked with writing a brief post about one idea about networks that sparked their imagination during the gathering. Scott Bechtler-Levin, President, IdeaEncore Network Paul Connolly, Chief Client Services Officer, TCC Group Stephen … [Read more...]
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