Categorie: social good

Facebook Gifts Get Charitable: You Can Now Give The Gift Of Donations To Your Friends

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4914234747_50a237a1e7_zFacebook Gifts launched with the ability for you to buy something meaningful for a friend or family member on the social network. I’ve tinkered with it a bit and have bought a few gifts, including a bonsai tree and Starbucks gift cards. My mind immediately jumped to “wouldn’t it be cool if I could donate money to a charity on behalf of my friend for their birthday?” Well, that happened today in a test capacity.

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Social Media’s Impact on Real World Change [Infographic]

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As we’ve seen other the past several years, social media is no longer confined to the Internet. Evolving well beyond desktop communication, social is now an integral part in our lives offline when it comes to purchasing decisions, communicating with other about a show, game, or event, and perhaps most importantly, charitable causes. The entire […]

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It Isn’t All Social Good We’re Doing When Tweeting

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Via the ScoopIt curation magazine: Gaming Social Media for Results For Every 1,700 Tweets, Someone Dies #BlameTwitter What happens when you compare Twitter’s most recent usage stats to all sorts of other terrible things that are bad — toxins in the environment, death rates, cigarette and drug usage, obesity? Thanks for the contribution to Gaming […]

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How To Found, Grow, and Sell A Social Good Startup (TCTV)

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GamesThatGive PlayMost entrepreneurs found companies to solve a problem. Adam Archer founded GamesThatGive to save the world. During a backpacking trip across the world he was inspired with the idea for the company. He then left Apple in 2008 to work on a farm before founding GamesThatGive, which builds social games where users earn money for charity by playing thanks to sponsorships from major brands. It raised a little over $1 million dollars before selling to Facebook Page management platform Vitrue earlier this year..

Watch as we talk to Archer about the challenges and advantages of starting a social good company, and how one can make a difference in the world and still turn a profit.

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