Just 2 days away from Chinese New Year and the Chinese are craving for shark’s fins; a delicacy highly demanded during this festive season. In Singapore, Shark’s fin soup is a traditional New Year dish among many Chinese families. However, demand exceeds supply and the world’s shark population is on a decline. To curb the problem, Project: FIN, a member of the Global Shark Initiative has used Facebook to gather like-minded supporters to urge Singaporeans not to have Shark’s fins this Chinese New Year. The Facebook Group's description reads, “Project: FIN aims to bring ...
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Jan 5 2011
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How City Harvest uses QR Codes for Social Good
Today, everyone is leveraging technology to his or her advantage. City Harvest, a New York based food rescue organization dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women, and children has taken a leap forward in its fund raising efforts. Back in November last year, City Harvest has reached out to potential donors via an innovative advertising campaign through the use of QR code technology. QR codes were incorporated in City Harvest’s print advertisements, phone kiosks, transit shelters, and even on Facebook. It functions like a barcode that can be scanned by ...
Dec 10 2010
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Mark Zuckerberg is a Role Model for Our Generation
Facebook Founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, together with 16 other America's richest people have pledged to give away huge proportion of their wealth. Giving Pledge is an effort led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett to commit the country's wealthiest people to step up their charitable donations. The Pledge has so far signed up 57 contributors, who include New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, CNN founder Ted Turner and film director George Lucas. Though not a formal contract, those who pledge are committing to give away at least half of their ...
Apr 19 2010
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50 Social Media Tips For Non-Profit
From time to time, social media has proven itself to be a formidable channel for non-profit organizations. 2 great examples are Charity Water, a non-profit that focuses on providing clean water to all developing nations, and the recently held Twestival, which has raised over $400,000 for Concern Worldwide. The 50 tips featured in the slides below ranged from basic to advance skills. For starters, the slides provide you with a springboard for any social media campaigns. And for the more experienced social media marketers, these tips would provide quick ideas on ...
Mar 26 2010
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TwestivalSG 2010 A Blast: Top 10 In Total Funds Raised
TwestivalSG 2010 has ended successfully yesterday on a high, and what can we say? We had great beer, food, gifts, prizes, events and a cool online community of people who came together offline to support a very meaningful cause. The turnout was so amazing, we hardly had enough space to fit everyone! I'll let the pictures do the talking. Don't miss how well Singapore did this year at the end of the post too (: The Pictures @BrewerkzSG, our friendly tweet up venue! @mikefoong (left) busy at work. Thanks to him for making Twestival happen ...
Mar 25 2010
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How To: Organize A Twestival
Twestival in all 175+ cities will begin within 48 hours and there is already quite some buzz generated by Twitter users (see #twestival). Volunteers, who came together, mainly through Twitter connections, are the ones who made Twestival possible across the globe. One thing is for sure, organizing a Twestival isn’t as easy as it seems. Just imagine organizing an event with literally zero resource! @mikefoong, who is the main guy behind this year’s Twestival Singapore has "been there done that," and we're glad to have him share his experience with all of ...
Mar 25 2010
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6 Ways To Take Part In Twestival Singapore 2010
Last year, TwestivalSG raised more than $17,000 in funds for the Children’s Cancer Foundation. This year, the committee is holding the annual event @BrewerkzSG to raise funds for Concern Worldwide, an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to reducing suffering and ending extreme poverty. All proceeds will be going to providing education to needy children. Below are 6 ways you can help. :) 1. Donate directly via paypal To ensure 100% proceeds to the needy, Twestival’s all-volunteer organizers have partnered with PayPal to allow donations via widgets, and waiving all fees up to $1 million. ...
Mar 21 2010
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Twestival: 175 Cities For Social Good
It's always great to know that people are actively coming together on social media to do good. This coming Thursday, 25 March 2010, people from more than 175 cites around the globe will demonstrate the power of social media in raising funds for the needy at the second annual Twestival. Last year, talents and resources went to providing clean drinking water to 17,000 people. Amanda Rose, founder of Twestival commented, "At last year’s Twestival, more than 1,000 volunteers and 10,000 donors raised more than $250,000 to provide clean and safe ...
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