Announcing the Summer of Social Good

Running from June 1st till August 28th 2009, the Summer of Social Good is the first large scale online charitable campaign to raise funds strictly online through the power of Social Media and the Internet over an extended period. The goal is to use the power of “Social Influence” via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, blogs and other online media to raise an unprecedented amount for our fund benefiting The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, Oxfam America and WWF. We are very excited to engage and encourage online communities to truly do something remarkable.

In addition, we are also announcing the first ever Social Good Conference. On August 28th at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, we will host a one day conference highlighting the charities and organizations involved. Speakers and presentations will be on the topic of “Social Media for Social Good” and will be livestreamed. Thanks to our two sponsors, MailChimp and Zappos, 100% of the ticket sales for the event will be donated to our fund. The agenda, speaker list and ticket sales will be announced shortly.

This is the first “Social Media for Social Good” initiative by Mashable. 100% of funds raised will be donated to charity through the Summer of Social Good fund. All proceeds will be split equally between our four charities. For full details check our dedicated website: SummerOfSocialGood.com

For the full story and release, please check out the post on Mashable: Announcing the Summer of Social Good Charity Drive.

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Summer of Social Good

Summer of Social Good is the first large-scale online social media charity initiatitve hosted by Mashable to come out of Social Media for Social Good. Stay tuned to this blog and Mashable for more information.

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Social Media for Social Good

Run by Mashable, Social Media for Social Good.com will serve as an umbrella for organizations and charities that use social media. The blog will be updated by several participating grassroots organizations that promote charitable contributions on the web. Each blogger will have their own voice as dictated by their organization. Each week, we will also feature and showcase a different charity that is using Social Media, they will have the opportunity to share their story.

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