beremedy - Social Media for Social Good

beremedy is an organization that takes advantage of social media for the greater good of society! Through everyday websites such as Twitter and Facebook, beremedy is able to alert others of people in their community who are in need of help. Whether it is a single mother in need of a fridge or a family of four searching for a dining table, by spreading the message, these needs are most often met by people willing to help in the area!

Be sure to watch this video on the organization and learn more about their great initiative:

10 Ways to Support Charities in Social Networks

Originally posted July 14, 2009 at Mashable.com by Josh Catone

1. Write a Blog Post
2. Share Stories with Friends
3. Follow Charities on Social Networks
4. Support Causes on Awareness Hubs
5. Find Volunteer Opportunities
6. Embed a Widget on Your Site
7. Organize a Tweetup
8. Express Yourself Using Video
9. Sign or Start a Petition
10. Organize an Online Event

Read the full details and see examples of these tips in the full post at Mashable.com!

This post is a collaboration between Mashable’s Summer of Social Good charitable fundraiser and Max Gladwell’s “10 Ways” series. The post was simultaneously published across more than 100 blogs.

Top Websites for Activism, Social Change, Non-Profits and Resources

Speak Up for Change has complied a list of some websites and online tools for activists, non-profit organizations, and those looking to make a difference online! Included are links and a breif description of each site, as well as links to their Twitter accounts.

Websites included in this post have been selected based on their usefulness and relevance, but there are still more to be added in a future post. Please comment on this post or email editor@accesscharity.ca with your suggestions.

Change.org (www.change.org and @changedotorg)
Change.org serves as a central platform informing and empowering movements for social change around the most important issues of our time.

Global Issues.org (www.globalissues.org)
GlobalIssues.org provides insights into global issues that may be misrepresented but are all closely related.

TakingItGlobal (www.tigweb.org and @takingitglobal)
TakingITGlobal.org is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities.

Idealist.org (www.idealist.org and @idealist)
A "global clearinghouse of nonprofit and volunteering resources", offering a directory of volunteer opportunities and other resources.

Charity Village (www.charityvillage.com and @CharityVillage)
Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector, with thousands of pages of news, jobs, resources and links.

Social Actions (www.socialactions.com and @socialactions)
Social Actions is an open source database of actions people can take on any issue. The actions are aggregated from across the social web and include everything from volunteer opportunities to micro credit loans.

Global Voices (globalvoicesonline.org and @globalvoices)
Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore.

The Online Giving Blog (www.onlinefundraisingblog.com)
Whether you're an experienced online fundraiser or new to raising money online, answers to your questions can be found on this blog.

Imagine Canada (www.imaginecanada.ca and @ImagineCanada)
A national program to promote public and corporate giving, volunteering and support to the community.

We-Care.com (www.we-care.com and @We_Care_Giving)
We-Care.com allows your organization to receive money when your supporters shop at major online merchants. It is free, customized to support your brand and message, and fully managed so it's not taking up your staff time.

Global Giving (www.globalgiving.com and @GlobalGiving)
GlobalGiving is an online marketplace that connects you to the causes and countries you care about. You select the projects you want to support, make a tax-deductible contribution, and get regular progress updates - so you can see your impact.

Other Related Organizations to Follow on Twitter

Apart from Speak Up for Change @sufc, here are some active users that you may want to follow for more information on activism and the non-profiit sector!

@twittacause
@changefeed
@Philanthropy
@socialactions
@firstgiving
@Top10Causes

Speak Up for Change (speakupforchange.ca and @sufc) gives youth and non-profit organizations a chance to write about poverty, education-related issues and more. Subscribe via email or become a contributor today!

Charity Tuesday takes off on Twitter

By Peter Panepento

It’s official: The nonprofit world is officially a more popular topic on Twitter than swine flu.

Thousands of users of the social-networking website Twitter are posting Tweets under a tag called #charitytuesday. Tags are used to help Twitter users mark messages so other people can quickly find information about specific topics.

The #charitytuesday tag was created as a way to help nonprofit groups to spread the word about their causes on Twitter and to help charities better understand how to use the site, writes John Carnell on the British blog TechnicaVita.

Mr. Carnell writes that many charities have been slow to embrace Twitter, though he hopes the #charitytuesday tag will help hasten the site’s use.

Given the amount of activity surrounding the tag today, he might be right.

In Twitter’s list of the most popular topics on the site, #charitytuesday ranked No. 2 this morning.

Is your nonprofit group using the #charitytuesday tag to promote its efforts on Twitter? If so, is it helping you gain more followers or generate more awareness for your cause?

Share your thoughts by commenting on this post!

Republished with permission from the Chronicle of Philanthropy | Original Post

Tweeting, not just for birds anymore

It seems that "tweeting" is not just for the birds anymore. As more and more online users sign on to Twitter and other social networking websites, it's clear that nonprofits can not afford to ignore this growing trend, Andy Levy-Ajzenkopf writes.

Find out how other nonprofits are taking advantage of these new, virtual memberships, and what it takes to be successful as a social networker, in CharityVillage's Cover Story here.