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Social Change Through Facebook, Other Social Networks

Thanks to social media, individuals and organizations have been empowered to advance social change in education like never before. Check out how some of the pros are doing it, and brush up on few ways you can help, too. Social Media Stats on Supporting Social Change Social Change Likelihood to engage in positive social change 73% of U.S. adults say being involved in social change is personally important to them. The 2012 Social Change Impact Report revealed that people do want to help out, even when times are bad when economic conditions are bad: U.S. adults who say they have engaged in positive Women social change by donating money, goods or services. 60% .......... 53% Men People are more likely to join digital social change Join Conversation conversations than to 69% ....... ..... start them. 53% Start Conversation % of Americans who agree with: "I want to help people who are less fortunate Ages 18-34 Ages 41+ 71% "It is a moral than I am" responsibility" 61% 65% 4 out of 5 adults 54% believe "I can make Statistics the world a better place by my actions." Making Social Change f Facebook Likes With their ties to social media, these organizations are making it a snap for millions of people to help their causes. Twitter Followers KICKSTARTER 318,693 Kickstarter's all-or-nothing funding method requires projects to reach their funding goals before they receive any money. This allows people to test how much support there is for an idea. Search the site for 552,076 • 65,760 projects have been launched classroom needs and projects that can be supported. Visit: http://www.kickstarter.com/ • 27,240 projects have been successfully funded • $303 million has been pledged to all projects • $250 million has been collected, and funded projects • 3,856 projects are currently live • 44% success rate • 7 projects raised more than $1 million DonorsChoose.org 111,805 Teachers post their classroom needs, everything from pencils to microscope slides, and people can donate online to whichever need they like. Once the project reaches its funding goal, the materials are delivered to the school. Photos 121,895 • $119,891,952 raised • 6,807,024 students helped • 1,757,293 contributions made of the project taking place are sent to donors. • 287,208 projects have been funded • 94% of teachers said their Visit: funded projects increased their effectiveness in the classroom. http://www.donorschoose.org • 70% of projects get fully funded • 65% of funded projects were for high poverty schools 'PENCILS PROMISE 161,821 This non-profit builds schools 144,718 and educates children in developing countries. Instead of spending big bucks on advertising, PoP developed one of the largest non-profit followings on social media. Folks can donate on the site or bid on • 4,500 children have been educated so far • 50.000 lives have been impacted by Pencils of Promise programing artwork through their Made with Pencils campaign. Visit: http://www.pencilsofpromise.org/ O 2,800,000 instructional hours have been completed • 58 schools have been completed • 12 schools are being built • 11 schools have upcoming builds O crowdrise you don't give back no one wilie you 22,232 Folks can start their own fundraising campaign on the site or join someone else's 14,706 ii project team and help them. Although not dedicated to educational efforts, CrowdRise lists thousands of school related All statistics current as of August 1, 2012. projects, charities and more. Visit: http://www.crowdrise.com/give How Social Media can be used for Social Change Don't worry, one person can make a difference in the world. Here's how: f Facebook & Twitte Like the fan pages and accounts of causes you Blogging care about. Ask local weekly newspapers or on-topic blogs if you can write a guest post on your cause. Like and follow legislators and other people interested in these causes. Begin your own blog for your cause, When the causes post and become a resource for others. something you like, share it on your profile or retweet it. Email Send individual, personal emails about your cause to folks, like legislators. Email a link to your post to legisla- tors and the cause's PR people for more visibility. Tag legislators and others in posts about your cause so they'll stay updated too. Inspire others to get fired up about your cause and possibly donate. Search through Facebook's Causes app to connect with others interested in the Sources: facebook.com twitter.com donorschoose.org|| same issue. mashable.com | crowdrise.com| kickstarter.com Ipencilsofpromise.org | waldenu.edu| blogs.volunteermatch.org | readwriteweb.com| huffingtonpost.com The Best Colleges Information provided by: http://www.thebestcolleges.org/

Social Change Through Facebook, Other Social Networks

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How are organizations such as Kickstarter, DonorsChoose.org, Pencils of Promise, and Crowdrise using Facebook and other social networks to push social change? The infographic from The Best Colleges ta...

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