Young donors and volunteers, snubbing traditional appeals such as direct mail and phone calls, are satisfying their philanthropic urges on the Internet. They’re increasingly turning to blogs and social-networking Web sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, to spread the word about — and raise funds for — their favorite nonprofits and causes. They’re sending Web-based fund-raising pitches to their friends and families, encouraging them, in turn, to forward the appeals to their own contacts.
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Greenwood High School is a web 2.0 innovator…
Monday, November 24th, 2008A high school as an innovator. It has happened. GHS or Greenwood high school has taken on MySpace by rolling out their schools’ own social network. This in my opinion is an innovation that every school, religious organization and charity in the country should follow. With the small cost (under $100 USD) of starting and operating a social network on Ning, KickApps or Boonex there is a million reasons to do this.
Social networks offer a tremendously valuable yet relatively simple system to bring like minded audiences together in a manageable enviroment. With your own social network, people of your likeminded group are able to share, communicate, and collaborate in a safe enviroment that you can easily manage and market to.
The GHS Social Network, http://greenwoodhs.ning.com continues to grow. Our site is less than 2 years old and has more GHS students, alumni and faculty than MySpace. At over 2,600 members we have groups for each class year so you can pass around reunion plans; we have many forums, ranging from Wines and Spirits to Movie and Restaurant reviews to Missing Classmate searches. Our groups include the GHS Memorial Group - a place to remember those who had passed on; our Prayer Circle for those who are sick or grieving and know the benefit of prayers from others; Parents of AD/HD group; our Southside Rebel and Northside Knight groups and many more.
You can post photos - we currently have over 20,000 posted by the members. There is live chat with your friends, a place to list member owned or run businesses; create your own blog and personal page and so much more. This site is for GHS alumni, current students, faculty and staff. It is family friendly - so your kids can look over your shoulder as you surf the site. It is run by a GHS alumni who verifies all members before they are approved and closely monitors the content to ensure that the site never has any offensive material on it.
Best of all - IT IS FREE. So come and join the 2600+ who are already here at: http://greenwoodhs.ning.com The original GHS alumni site!
To learn more about how you can get a free social network started for your educational facility, church orginization or charity please call Jeff Palumbo at United Media Partners 734-652-1846.
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