Kiehl's commitment to helping communities

Kiehl's commitment to helping communities: "To kick off the initiative, Kiehl’s launched kiehlsgives.com with a global donation of US$160,000 (RM480,000) to charitable organisations in the United States and around the world, in support of three key Kiehl’s causes: children’s well-being, environmental issues, and HIV/AIDS research.

To make things more interesting, the brand has left it up to those who visit its website to decide how much money goes to which charity."

StumbleUpon Launches Program to Help Nonprofits | GoodWorks - Advertising Age

StumbleUpon Launches Program to Help Nonprofits | GoodWorks - Advertising Age: "StumbleUpon is officially launching Stumbling for Good, a new advertising program to help nonprofits increase awareness and site traffic. The San Francisco-based company started the program earlier this summer, initially running a campaign for the World Food Programme, and is now opening up the effort to include more organizations."

Research Report: A Framework for Social Analytics | Thought Experiments

Research Report: A Framework for Social Analytics | Thought Experiments: "Research Report: A Framework for Social Analytics
Posted on August 10, 2011 by susanetlinger

Wherever I go, the question I hear most often is this: “What is the ROI of social media?” Even though most companies we’ve surveyed have a brand monitoring solution in place, few have yet to crack the measurement code. It remains one of the most stubborn challenges for the social business."

Facebook’s New Messaging App Aims to Do Away With SMS | Epicenter�| Wired.com

Facebook’s New Messaging App Aims to Do Away With SMS | Epicenter�| Wired.com: "Previous post

Facebook’s New Messaging App Aims to Do Away With SMS

By Mike Isaac Email Author
August 9, 2011 |
6:48 pm |

Facebook debuted a new app for smartphones Tuesday, allowing users to send text messages to each other from their smartphones using Facebook’s messaging system."

Marion Conway - Consultant to Nonprofits: Blogging Plan for Nonprofits

Marion Conway - Consultant to Nonprofits: Blogging Plan for Nonprofits: "I love blogging. In fact I love it so much that I blog at three blogs. I jump head over heels when someone else mentions my blog and when it is someone like Beth Kanter or John Haydon - I feel like doing cartwheels for joy. I think that more nonprofits should blog and I encourage blogging in my social media workshops. I even have my “Easy Approach to Successful Nonprofit Blogging” that causes people to pause and say “We can do that!” If only more actually would!"

How Can Philanthropy and Technology Co-Evolve for Development?

How Can Philanthropy and Technology Co-Evolve for Development?: "This was originally posted on the TechSoup Global Blog and was authored by Keisha Taylor.
A Review of the “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development” Report

Philanthropists, nonprofits, and the development sector as a whole cannot underestimate the role they have to play in understanding and using technology for development. But they must also be informed about the implications of its use. This is one of the key messages I garnered from the lengthy but interesting and provocative Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development report (PDF), recently published by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Global Business Network."

How I'm Using Google (Hint: It's About Relevance) | Forrester Blogs

How I'm Using Google (Hint: It's About Relevance) | Forrester Blogs: "How I'm Using Google (Hint: It's About Relevance)

Posted by Melissa Parrish on August 8, 2011



If you were to glance at my Google profile, you’d probably think I’m practically inactive. But what you’re seeing is the public view of a very targeted set of actions, based on relevance."

Nonprofit Offers Twitter Account to Contest Winner - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Nonprofit Offers Twitter Account to Contest Winner - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Nonprofit Offers Twitter Account to Contest Winner

August 8, 2011, 7:55 pm

By Derek Lieu

One of the keys to social-media success is acknowledging that an organization can’t control its message.

Water.org has decided to push that notion to the extreme."

4 Easy Email Tests to Start Today | NetWitsThinkTank.com

4 Easy Email Tests to Start Today | NetWitsThinkTank.com: "re you testing your email messages (i.e. subject lines, time of the day, etc)? If not, you’re missing an opportunity to improve your results."

Here Come the Google Hangout Innovators | PCWorld Business Center

Here Come the Google Hangout Innovators | PCWorld Business Center: "Google Hangouts, the group videoconferencing part of Google , has attracted some of the most creative minds on the Web – and these folks are putting their ingenuity to good use. One of the first out of the gate is Bruce K. Garber and his friends from the Southern New England Media Makers."

How to spice up your Google profile with photos - TNW Google

How to spice up your Google profile with photos - TNW Google

Should Nonprofits Dive In to Google ? - Social Good - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Should Nonprofits Dive In to Google ? - Social Good - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "The new Google social network has been producing a lot of interest, attracting more than 25 million members during its first month."