Networking for Social Good: LinkedIn Makes Charitable Giving Viral

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Networking for Social Good: LinkedIn Makes Charitable Giving Viral: "Networking for Social Good: LinkedIn Makes Charitable Giving Viral

Top Non-Profits Leverage LinkedIn to Raise Awareness and Funds

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LinkedIn Corporation, the world’s largest and most effective professional network, today announced LinkedIn for Good, a philanthropic initiative aimed at raising awareness and funds for nonprofit organizations around the world. The initiative gives each non-profit a platform to leverage LinkedIn’s international network of 11 million professionals and virally spread the word about their organization.

The LinkedIn for Good launch features Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières), an independent international medical humanitarian organization and winner of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize. Joining the effort is British rockstar, James Blunt who is endorsing Doctors Without Borders on their LinkedIn for Good page. In early beta-testing, the organization has raised over $23,000 from donors via LinkedIn."