Mobile Digital Wallets : The Next Wave of Charitable Giving

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Here's a look at four major mobile wallet platforms that you can use to easily make a donation on the go.
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Google, PayPal, Visa, American Express – they’ve all jumped on the mobile digital wallet train as a way to usher in commerce through their electronic platforms and reinvent how people pay for items and services. With more than 100 million users of its virtual purse, PayPal predicts the physical wallet will cease to be carried by the year 2015.

4 Ways Companies and Causes Can Partner for Good on Facebook

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How nonprofits can use Facebook to engage supporters, connect with new support bases, and fundraise.
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Facebook is a particularly appropriate medium for companies and causes to use when joining forces to engage consumers because “it’s a prime mobilization platform” explains Marc Blinder, creative director for Context Optional, a social media marketing company.

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Digital LA and Causecast Social Good Event

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Digital LA's Social Media for Social Good Event @ Hollywood Roosevelt
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Causecast will be partnering tomorrow night with Digital LA and Non Profit Effect at the Hollywood Roosevelt, for an evening on social media for social good. Join us to attend the evening’s panel on how local social good organizations including Movember, City Year LA and Drop In The Bucket work together with partners like TOMS, J.Brand and Sevenly to leverage digital marketing and social media for social good.

Orlando residents to present findings from Haiti at annual gala

Residents from the Orlando area are committed to rescuing Haitian families who call garbage-filled swamps “home.” Central Florida residents interested in Haiti’s rebuilding process are encouraged to attend Food For The Poor’s 12th annual fundraising event, A Celebration of Hope, Nov. 12, at Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa. Proceeds from the annual Orlando gala have built homes for more than 586 families.

Calling All Bands: Join The Musician Coalition

Guys- it’s time to get the band back together. The Musician Coalition is officially open to any and all bands willing to help end Africa’s longest running war.
Don’t know what The Musician Coalition is? Well don’t get caught slipping and watch this video…

Heifer Staff Give Back

Story submitted by Stephanie Chesher, senior director of Donor Services and Operations at Heifer International.

I’m not running to win, I’m running to honor

Team Up! with Autism Speaks is dedicated to raising funds to support the mission of Autism Speaks through endurance events that we partner with.  Our goal with each race is to raise awareness and funds through races. We are dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism; to raising public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society; and to bringing hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder.

Vivanista is on a mission to make fundraising easy

What’s a Vivanista exactly? It sounds like a woman’s name, but it’s actually an anagram for the different characteristics that represent this organization that supports causes through fundraising and event best practices. (Learn what each letter stands for here.)

Creative fundraising idea

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