Summer of Social Good Launches #FindingTheGood

Written by on June 22, 2009 in Featured, Tech - 3 Comments

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Today, the Summer of Social Good campaign announced this week’s initiative: #FindingTheGood, a scheme designed to find the best practices for using social media for social good.   As we reported two weeks ago, the Summer of Social Good which is organized by Mashable, is the first large scale online charitable campaign to raise funds strictly online through the power of Social Media and the Internet.  Check out the Summer of Social Good Widget, which is a live status of how much money has been raised.

#FindingTheGood is a scavenger hunt of sorts- Mashable is wondering how you, other individuals, or organizations are using social media for good.  To participate, tweet your idea to @socialgood with the hashtag #findingthegood, or post a comment here.

Along with the scavenger hunt discovery, the Summer of Social Good will provide details on how the four charities involved;  WWF, The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, and Oxfam America are leveraging social media for social good.

Last week, Harvard Business Publishing released a great article on how social media can be utilized by non-profits to achieve their objectives.   If you are a non-profit just getting started in social media, check out the presentation below by Primal Media:


Erik

Erik is a perpetually curious social innovator. As a serial entrepreneur, Erik knows a thing or two about change. As a co-founder of SocialEarth, Erik hopes to channel his passion for social advocacy into an innovative venue of social awareness for others.

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  • Tristan

    Great post Erik. This will be helpful for nonprofits getting into social media (which of course we can help with).

  • http://socialearth.org Naiomi

    rock on summer of social good!!

  • http://www.pissinggirls.net/blond-fucking-and-face-pissing/ Freddie Mottet

    Well written post, good researched and useful for me in the future.I am so happy you took the time and effort to make this. Best of luck