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Two Days Until SM4SC Miami! Got your tickets yet? #sm4scmia #sm4sc

In JUST TWO DAYS, on November 19th at 8 pm, we’re hosting SM4SC Miami at Club 50 at the Viceroy Hotel.

Do you have your tickets yet? And have you invited all your Miami friends to join you? If not, head over to our Eventbrite page, OR send on the link to folks you want to see at the party!

There’s not much time left, so don’t wait!

Here’s what you get for your ticket price :

• A fantastic party atmosphere at a GORGEOUS venue
• Amazing music from DJ Mr. Sandman!
• Deeeeeelicious drink specials — more details at the event, or on our Twitter stream
• Networking opportunities… do you know everyone in your local scene?
• … and your whole ticket cost serves as a donation to Camillus House, our charitable partner! When was the last time  someone invited you to a knockout party just for doing good?

And all those great things weren’t enough, you can enter our raffle for some seriously great prizes:

• A full one-year membership at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
• A one-hour photo session with Diana Lupu ($200 value!)
• $100 gift certificate valid at one of Graspa Group’s venues, including: Tiramesu, Spris, Van Dyke, Segafredo on Lincoln, The News Lounge and Mai Tardi
• TWO $175 baskets from Life Extension Center
• Dinner for two at Cafe Abbracci in Coral Gables
• Two tickets to the Miami International Film Festival 2010 showing at the Gusman Theater

Wow.

I wish *I* was going to Miami, but sadly I’ll be enjoying the party buzz from my rainy home in Vancouver.

So it’s up to you to go and enjoy the party for me — and contribute to a GREAT cause at the same time!

Get your tickets now!

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Put Your Mojito Money into #WarmUpWeds! #sm4scmia

If you’re not in Miami on November 19, 2009, and you can’t attend SM4SC Miami’s event at Club 50 at the Viceroy, THERE’S STILL A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO SUPPORT OUR CAUSE — Camillus House!

Today, Wednesday, November 11, we’re hosting the hashtag #WarmUpWeds on Twitter to encourage you to contribute to Camillus House at our FirstGiving page! If you can, we’d love you to contribute the price of a Mojito at Club 50 (JUST $14!) to the worthy people that Camillus House reaches out to each and every day.

What we often spend on going out for drinks, or getting a latte, or any number of other small luxuries… well, it makes a HUGE difference to people who need help getting back on their feet. $14 can make the difference between eating and going hungry, or being able to pay for medicine, or staying sick.

Please help. Again, to contribute, head to http://firstgiving.com/sm4scmiami.

And if you need more encouragement than THAT, well…

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Harnessing the Power of Web 2.0 Networking, ‘Social Media for Social Change’ (SM4SC) Hosts Event to Support South Florida’s Homeless #sm4sc #sm4scmia

MIAMI – November 2, 2009 — Social Media for Social Change Miami, the South Florida branch of SM4SC, an online grassroots movement started by Boston social media professional Gradon Tripp to rally social media users and leaders to support non- profit organizations and cause-based campaigns, will host its first fundraiser on November 19 at 8:00 PM at Club 50 at the Viceroy.

All proceeds will go to Camillus House, a non-profit organization that provides food, shelter, housing, rehabilitative treatment, and health care to men, women and children who are struggling with poverty in South Florida. Corporate sponsors participating in the fundraiser include LockerBlogger, Fusebox, Empressr, InfiniMedia, Salt River Studio, ADSUCH, and Club 50.

SM4SC has garnered support from thousands of Web 2.0-savvy individuals and corporations across the United States to raise funds for various charities. SM4SC differs from other fundraising and campaign organizations because they opt to use blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other web-based tools to disseminate information and generate support, rather than more traditional means.

“SM4SC is powered by the influence that individual people have within their own online communities to spread positive messages and facilitate change,” said Gradon Tripp, founder of SM4SC and DesignBoston.org. “We’re utilizing the communal and viral aspects of the Internet, which can turn a simple YouTube video or blog post into something that touches millions, to help fix real- world problems.”

For more information on Social Media for Social Change Miami’s mission and event, visit http://www.sm4sc.com/Miami/ or follow SM4SC Miami on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sm4scmiami.

To purchase a ticket to this event, visit http://sm4scmiami-sm4sc.eventbrite.com.

To inquire about sponsorship and giving opportunities, please email mi…@sm4sc.com.

Donations are also welcome at http://firstgiving.com/sm4scmiami.

About Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC)

Social Media for Social Change has been the frontrunner in using social media tools to benefit nonprofit organizations. Beginning in 2008, this volunteer-based group of technology, marketing and PR pros has hosted city-based events with the help of regional and national sponsors to benefit local charities, as well as “virtual” fundraising events to engage individual donors worldwide in targeted giving. The SM4SC team also assists worthy causes in implementing web-based grassroots campaigns.

To learn more about SM4SC, visit http://www.sm4sc.com.

About Camillus House

Camillus House has provided humanitarian services in Miami-Dade County
for 49 years. Established in 1960, Camillus House has grown steadily over
the years from a small overnight shelter into a full-service center for the
poor and homeless.

To learn more about Camillus House, visit http://www.camillus.org.

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Tickets Available NOW for SM4SC Miami! #sm4sc #sm4scmiami

SM4SC is THRILLED to announce that tickets are now on sale for our upcoming event to benefit Camillus House in Miami on November 19th!

Join us at 8 pm at Club 50 at the Viceroy Hotel, where DJ Mr. Sandman — one of Miami’s hottest DJs, and a regular fixture at the Delano and the Mondrian — will be getting the party started… and keeping it going all night!

To get your tickets right now, head to our SM4SC Miami Eventbrite page.

We’re SO excited to support the incredible efforts of the team at Camillus House. Here’s what they’re doing for the Miami community:

Camillus House has provided humanitarian services to the indigent and homeless populations of Miami-Dade County, Florida for nearly 50 years. Established in 1960, Camillus House has grown steadily over the years from a small overnight shelter into a full service center offering a full “continuum of care” for persons who are poor and homeless.

Camillus House does much more than offer a free meal, medical care, a shower, or drug treatment. It offers a second chance to the desperate, the lonely, and the ones society has left behind. Camillus House becomes their family, giving them the hope and support they need to begin the long, difficult transition to a new life and self-sufficiency.

Our inaugural Miami event brings together social media, marketing/PR and technology professionals, along with their friends and family, for a night of networking, entertainment, fundraising… and fun!

Tickets are available for only $25 until November 9th, when they’ll go up to $35 (online and at the door.) To get yours now, head to our SM4SC Miami Eventbrite page.

And be sure to follow us (AND retweet us!) on Twitter at @sm4scmiami!

If you’re interested in having your company sponsor the event, please contact us at miamiATsm4scDOTcom! We’d love to have you on board.

We’ll see you there!

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Hey Miami! Are you ready for #SM4SC?

That’s right, Miami.

It’s official.

On November 19th, 2009, we’ll be hosting a fundraiser for Camillus House at Club 50 at the Viceroy Hotel Miami.

Camillus House has a message we can definitely get behind:

“Serving the South Florida community since 1960, Camillus House is a non-profit organization that provides humanitarian services to men, women and children who are poor and homeless. Camillus offers a full continuum of services that includes food, shelter, housing, rehabilitative treatment, and health care. Each service is carried out with the deeply held belief that every human being deserves love, respect and an opportunity to live a dignified life.”

Keep your eyes on our Miami event page and our Miami Twitterstream for more details, and get ready to get involved.

Please contact us at miamiATsm4scDOTcom if you want to be a part of the organizing team, or if you’d like to help sponsor the event.

And thanks in advance!

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Cupcakes4Charity Proves That Calories Don’t Count When They’re For A Good Cause! And SM4SC Agrees!

That’s right — it’s a little known fact that ANYTHING you eat at a charity fundraiser contains NO calories.

Which is why you should make a point of heading to Cupcakes4Charity’s upcoming bash on October 1st at the Roger Smith Hotel (@RSHotel on Twitter) in New York.

Not only will you be able to indulge in sweet, icing-covered goodies to your heart’s content, but you’ll also be contributing to an organization dear to the hearts of NYC’s own Sara Wingert, Anna O’Brien and Joey Pasion: the American Cancer Society (@AmericanCancer on Twitter.)

Sara, Anna and Joey met while conversing on social media’s favourite 24-hour cocktail party, Twitter (which is where the founders of your very own SM4SC met, too!)

It wasn’t long before the trio realized they shared a desire to give back to their community in a significant way — and that’s when they decided to round up their respective social networks to make it happen!

They chose the American Cancer Society as their beneficiary because of the powerful work the organization does in raising awareness of the disease, promoting research towards a cure, and supporting those fighting for their lives every single day.

Good people doing good things for a good cause? AND cupcakes?

Well, we had to get on board.

SM4SC is very proud to serve as a media sponsor for Cupcakes4Charity, and we encourage you to be a part of the event at Roger Smith Hotel on October 1, 2009.

Head to Cupcakes4Charity’s Eventbrite page to get your tickets now! You can also join their Facebook page to get the very latest on the campaign.

Here are some more details from Cupcakes4Charity’s recent press release:

“The event will feature an array of extraordinary raffle prizes, a networking happy hour, and a wide assortment of delicious cupcakes for sale.

Cupcakes will be sold for $2 each and one hundred percent of the proceeds will be donated towards the efforts of one of the Cupcakes4Charity’s founders, Sara Wingert, to raise more than $4,500 for the American Cancer Society. By training for and completing endurance races with the charity, including the Brooklyn Half Marathon and the New York City Half Marathon, the ING New York City Marathon will be the third endurance race that she has completed this year.

Attendees wearing yellow to the October 1 kickoff event will receive a discount on purchased cupcakes. All cupcakes and raffle prizes will be donated for the event.”

So once more, let me break it down for you:

• CUPCAKES
• Twitter friends!
• CUPCAKES
  
• A great cause
• CUPCAKES
• A great night out
• CUPCAKES
• Sara will burn all your calories FOR you in MARATHONS!
• DID WE MENTION CUPCAKES!

I think this qualifies as a win-win.

Grab your tickets now AND invite your friends… and take part in something far more powerful than a sugar high.

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Social Change Camp Tickets AVAILABLE NOW! #sccampny @socchangecamp

What: The Inagural Social Change Camp, sponsored in partnership with SM4SC, Grassroots Meetup Web, Grassroots.org and Eventbrite.

Why: Join with NYC’s finest tech, social media and marketing/PR pros (and some fantastic out-town-guests) & a diverse range of nonprofits, NGOs and cause-based organizations to discuss how social technology can help groups build their communities, increase their reach, start grassroots movements, raise funds… and much, much more.

When: Saturday, September 26, 2009

Where: NYU. Get directions and location info here.

How: Get your tickets at http://bit.ly/scc09sm

Please re-tweet, blog at your own blog, Facebook share, & tell your network in any way you can!

And we’ll see you there!

For ongoing information, check out our Social Change Camp site!

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Bienvenidos a Miami

We here at Social Media for Social Change have had quite a summer. We’re also really passionate people.

What’s the cure for a busy summer? Well, a little bit of vacation, sure, but then… an even busier fall!

We’ve talked a little bit about SocialChangeCamp, and that is still scheduled for all-day, September 26. We’ve partnered with a bunch of amazing folks to put on that event, and you can learn more about that here.

But, we’re also happy to announce that we’ve found a venue for our first fundraising event outside the Northeast in Miami.

Led by the efforts of Robert Murray and Alina Balean, we’ve secured Club 50 at the Viceroy Hotel Miami for our event, which will take place on September 24, 2009 starting at 9pm.. We promise great times, good people, and a great view, and hope that the South Florida community can come out for our event.

Stay tuned for more details on our cause, ticket sales, and more. Follow @sm4scmiami for updates. If you’re interested in helping to sponsor or volunteer for the event, please just drop us a line at miami[at]sm4sc[dot]com.

We hope to see you all there!

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Vote for @SM4SC’s Panel for #SXSW!

From the very beginning, SM4Sc’s primary goal has been to show non-profits and cause-based organizations how they can spread their message without the benefit of a  giant marketing budget.  Now, more than a year later, we’ve had the chance to work with some amazing organizations and amazing people to raise more than $35,000.

Along the way, we’ve learned some big lessons about the best ways — and the less-than-best ways  — to share your passion with your community, and get them involved in making a difference in the world around them.

We figured it’s about time that we shared those lessons with you!

That’s why we’d love to come out to SXSW next year to present our panel “Social Change for Zero Dollars a Day Using Social Networks.“

So how can you help us make it happen?

Just head to the SXSW Interactive 2010 PanelPicker and vote for our panel here (and feel free to pass that link on to anyone you know!)

Also, feel free to leave a comment below with any questions you’d like to hear us answer at our panel, or particular aspects of using social media in non-profit work that you’d like us to cover. We’ve got zillions of ideas already, but we definitely want to know what the standout issues in our community. 

And thanks in advance for your vote!

(Note: The PanelPicker gets a little overwhelmed sometimes. If at first you don’t succeed, though, please try, try again!)

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Support #Geeks4Good and Win

The Society for Geek Advancement and the Summer of Social Good charity fund are proud to announce Global Geek Week, including a week-long YouTube video competition.

Submit your geek inspired video to the Global Geek Week YouTube Group for the chance to win two roundtrip main cabin tickets to anywhere Virgin America flies, with Gogo passes so you can use WiFi to blog about the experience. Our Judges, including Guy Kawasaki, Shira Lazar, Hank Green of Vlogbrothers, Marina Orlova of TooHotForWords, puzzle champion Wei-Hwa Huang and Lisa Donovan aka LisaNova, will pick and announce the winners on Friday.

In addition, all week long we’re encouraging you to tweet and share how geeks can change the world (include the hashtag “#Geeks4Good”). Donate and keep up-to-date with video submissions, check out the twittervision global #geeks4good map and more at globalgeekweek.com.

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