Posts Tagged with ‘grassroots-fundraising’

Yesterday, I talked about the successes of grassroots fundraising with social media, and while it's true that there are inspiring stories of Web 2.0 denizens coming to the aid of others in one form or another, the successes aren't always the case, unfortunately. There are plenty of times when fundraising online isn't fundraising at all, or comes with a heaping side of negativity.
When Connie Reece was talking about the success that she's seen with the Frozen Pea Fund at BlogHer [...]

We've all seen the successes of Barack Obama's campaign fundraising and the mainstream media coverage of microlending services like Kiva, but there are tons of other places on the Web where social media is being utilized for more grassroots efforts.
One of the most visible efforts in this regard has to be the Frozen Pea Fund . In less than six months, the idea begun by Susan Reynolds and Connie Reece after Reynolds' cancer diagnosis has spread through Twitter, ooVoo, and [...]