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Read More »Kony 2012: Making Video Go Viral
Almost overnight, millions of people watched and shared this 30-minute video.
Read More »New Facebook Timeline Tells Livestrong’s Story Of Endurance
CEO Doug Ulman explains how the new social tool puts the emphasis on overcoming challenges over time, something Lance Armstrong knows about. In 2010, when Fast Company profiled Doug Ulman , the President and CEO of the
Read More »The Facebook IPO Players Club: Li Ka-shing
They were doing just fine before, but Facebook's biggest minority owners are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket.
Read More »AmberWatch TV Dials In On Child Abuse, Cyberbullying
The AmberWatch Foundation amps up its fight against child abuse with a new interactive TV channel that will reach 3 million viewers. Call it kismet, coincidence, or something else. Today AmberWatch TV is launching, right on the heels of the Penn State alledged child sexual abuse case
Read More »charity: water CEO Lands Huge Commitment from Inc. 5000 CEOs
Scott Harrison's story inspires Inc. 500|5000 attendees to donate their birthdays to charity:water. charity: water CEO, Scott Harrison, a nightclub promoter who transformed himself into one of the hottest not-for-profit entrepreneurs of our time, had Inc
Read More »Scott Harrison: Why Charity Shouldn’t Be About Guilt
The founder of charity:water talks about the three reasons his charity is revolutionizing the way we give.
Read More »Innovation Tips From Nonprofits
What can your business learn from the innovative ways nonprofits operate today? We've tapped the best ideas and business strategies from seven nonprofits. What good could possibly come from one person giving one dollar at time
Read More »Apple Spends Its Cash On Charity, Huge NASA Satellite To Deorbit, British Bookseller Plans Nook-Like E-Reader
This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Apple Pushes New Charity Scheme . Tim Cook has made one of the first noticeable changes to Apple policy since the resignation of Steve Jobs: In an email to Apple staff Cook revealed that if employees donate money to non-profit 501©(3) organizations, Apple will match the totals up to $10,000 annually
Read More »Put On Your Bald Cap: How Creative Storytelling Helps Raise Money To Fight Cancer
I will never forget the phone call I received from my colleague Mike on Dec. 26, 2005
Read More »OK Go’s Human Kaleidoscope, All Is Not Lost, And How It Translates Into Sales
Damian Kulash and director Trish Sie walk us through the making of All Is Not Lost, and OK Go's approach to the music experience. In the course of producing its distinctive videos, OK Go has contended with the unpredictable ( dogs , toast ) and the potentially dangerous ( paint cannons , treadmills )
Read More »Double Impact Gamifies Saving The Planet, Makes Giving To Charity Free
A new online service takes your simple actions--checking in from a train, lowering your electricity bill--and monetizes them through corporate partners. Now you can give money just by being good. So your brand already gives millions of dollars to charity each year, but gets little recognition for it
Read More »Sir Ian McKellan’s Alternate Reality PSA Is No Game
[youtube O5MgeJwhOgU] Sir Ian McKellan has found lifelong success, but it could have turned out very differently. In a PSA released last night, the actor portrays himself as a homeless man sleeping on the street and being cruelly tormented
Read More »New App From Bono’s ONE To Mobilize Activists
The U2 front man is a cofounder of the charity that is now putting every step of activism--from information to calls to politicians to actual protests--in your pocket.
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