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… Tweet This Post

J. Kevin Wolfe is Social Instigator for DonorDrive Fundraising Software. A non-profit on LinkedIn is a bit of an oxymoron. As the world’s most popular business networking site, it wasn’t long ago that LinkedIn was no place for a charity… Tweet This Post

The Commerce With a Conscience Series is supported by Fedex. FedEx does more than shipping. They offer solutions like transporting heart valves to those in need and helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life… Tweet This Post

The Commerce With a Conscience Series is supported by Fedex. FedEx does more than shipping. They offer solutions like transporting heart valves to those in need and helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life… Tweet This Post

Charitable organizations and social media mavericks need to rethink the way they deal with the world if they want to create real change, said Kate James, Chief Communications Officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wednesday at Mashable‘s Social Good summit… Tweet This Post

Craig Newmark’s non-profit project, craigconnects, will pit four non-profits that work with U.S. veterans and military families against each other in a month-long competition. The organizations will compete for a portion of a $100,000 grant in craigconnects’ first initiative since launching three months ago… Tweet This Post

E-donations facilitator Nadanu today launched a new platform called MyCharityBox that lets non-profits easily collect funds from donors. A user registers with Nadanu’s Push-K platform and then “drops coins,” which represent monetary donations from a donor’s credit card, PayPal or Authorize… Tweet This Post

According to Ask.com spokesperson Nicholas Graham, while companies are expected to help community organizations, it’s not unheard of for these cause-related partnerships to also benefit the companies. After donating $25,000 to Autism Speaks through a targeted awareness campaign, 80,000 visitors changed their Ask home pages to Autism Speaks-related skins and 63% of campaign visitors became [...]