In the interest of practising what I preach, I’d like to share with you a project I’ve implemented at work involving Foursquare.
RSPCA Australia has a scheme called Choose Wisely:
Choose Wisely businesses serve humanely produced eggs, chicken or pork (or all three) at a Gold, Silver or Bronze level, depending on whether they use them in [...]
Today I’d like to highlight a few projects created by some social changemakers doing good for the Australian community.
Riding4acause
Site: Riding4acause.org
Twitter: @Riding4acause
Facebook: Causes page
Riding4acause is a project by to raise awareness for male depression by 3 guys riding motorcycles. Their goal is to raise male depression – which is suffered by 1 in 8 men worldwide. [...]
When adding online and social media into the traditional communications and marketing mix, it’s easy to be swept up in the technology. Because online can provide us with so many metrics, it’s easy to forget you’re dealing with people, not numbers on a spreadsheet or fancy graphs in an analytics package.
Numbers are nice. But [...]
I put the call out on Twitter the other night to see if anyone would be interested in an Australian social good podcast, and had some positive feedback, so I’ve been thinking about how such a podcast could be run. Here’s some initial thoughts to get some ideas flowing:
Motivation – Why start a social good [...]
In case you missed it in my tweetstream, I went to Social Media Club Sydney last night to see MC Hammer.
Hammer is an absolute class act. Charming, articulate, and really well-versed in social media. His talk was very engaging and peppered with anecdotes that demonstrated Hammer is actually a major geek. He truly gets social [...]
This week saw the wider public gain access to Twitter lists, and the posts have been rolling in about how nonprofits can incorporate Lists into their social media strategy:
Geeking For Good: How non-profits can take advantage of Twitter Lists
Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech: Twitter Lists for Nonprofits
John Haydon: Why Twitter lists are huge for [...]
I’m presenting at Website Redesign: Managing and Working with Social Media next month, so I’m hurriedly trying to finish my presentation before the due date.
My topic is Exploring the different platforms – where I’ll be discussing the various social media platforms, how to maintain your presences there, and how social media can be incorporated in [...]
Earlier this year I attended the ConnectingUp Australia conference and had the pleasure of meeting Peter Deitz, founder of Social Actions. I love the idea of the “open philanthropic web” that Social Actions is creating. The platform provides many opportunities for people wanting to take action relating to the causes they are passionate about.
With over [...]
Rumour has it that Twitter Lists have now been rolled out to half of all Twitter users. I believe that the Lists functionality will provide non-profits with some great opportunities for outreach and engagement, not to mention enhance the Twitter experience for organisations and their followers.
Below are just a few List building ideas for non-profits:
Your [...]
I’m excited. Really excited. Want to know why?
TweetsGiving, one of the most successful events held that shows how well social media can be used for social good, is on again. Last year during TweetsGiving over $10,000 was raised in 48 hours, which was then used to build a classroom in Arusha (Tanzania).
This year, it’s back. [...]