Social Media for Social Good – October Tips & Tricks

Thank you for joining us for an amazing BMPR lunch, your attendance made it amazing! We, again, want to thank @sajhawk and @attchamp for hosting us. As promised, here are the tools that our own @andinarvaez put together to help you promote your non-profit event or organization.

Twitter Petitions
Act.ly
TinyPetition
Twitition

Facebook Causes
Facebook groups to encourage activism
Facebook pages for your organization

Raise some dough with:
Fundable
ChipIn
Pledgie
FirstGiving
DonorsChoose
SocialVibe
Twollars

Mashable’s Social Media for Social Good: For all organizations and charities using social media
#SocialGood, #FindingGood, #Stories4Good

Follow @SocialGood

WeAreMedia: Training materials developed by 100 non-profit tech pros to help nonprofits learn how to use social media

Non-Profit Soapbox: Content management system for nonprofits. Helpful tools like event calendars and constituent relationship management

CivicSpace and Convio: all-in-one solutions for nonprofits

Sites with examples of how nonprofits have used social media:
New Organizing Institute
TechSoup
NTEN
Idealware
Aspiration

Support good via your blog

Create a Twibbon to support your cause

Change.org and Serve.org:Find opportunities
Register on GuideStar to get picked up by
Change.org
Care2, Amazee and BetterPlace.org: Social networks to organize social change
DailyChallenge.org: Social network for “do gooders”
Idealist.org and VolunteerMatch: Find nonprofit jobs and volunteer opportunities
CauseCast: YouTube for nonprofits
AllforGood: Volunteer opportunities

Absolutely amazing resource for raising money and awareness with social media? Beth Kanter’s Blog