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Using Facebook for crowdfunding « crowdfunduk

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Using Facebook for crowdfunding « crowdfunduk Using Facebook for Crowdfunding Converting likes into donations Research has shown that crowdfunding donors become aware of projects mainly through electronic word of mouth and social media such as Facebook, Twitter and specialised blogs as well as the press. For an average $10k project on Kickstarter  if you have 10 FB friends – your campaign has a 9% of success 100 FB Friends – it is 20% success 1,000 FB friends – it is 40% of success ( AppsBlogger post on Kickstarter and Facebook )   “ You can’t use Kickstarter to build audience, you need to have some followers before launching the project” . (Kickstarter campaigner)   It is not really the number of ”likes” your page has. The number of “likes”  is evidence of how well connected you are and the level of engagement you have with your social networks. Early likes are going to be your close social networks. Growing the number of people who like your Facebook page should   lead

Stef Kranendijk about Cradle to Cradle!

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Stef Kranendijk speaking at BITC's Responsible Business Convention 2012 - YouTube Stef Kranendijk the CEO of Desso is a great Cradle to Cradle ambassador! Very inspiring for all business leaders!  His company is doing GREAT with the Cradle to Cradle strategy!

Bailout 'Of the People, By the People' Exposes Bankers' Greed | Common Dreams

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Bailout 'Of the People, By the People' Exposes Bankers' Greed | Common Dreams A coalition of activists looking to build popular resistance to predatory lending kicked off a new initiative, The Rolling Jubilee, to challenge the status quo of debt collection by purchasing distressed debts and then—rather than collecting on it—wiping the slate clean. The Rolling Jubilee telethon will air Thursday, November 15 and can be live streamed on rollingjubilee.org The Occupy offshoot, Strike Debt , will hold a telethon and variety show called "The People's Bailout" in New York on Nov. 15 to raise money for the cause. For pennies on the dollar ($32 for every $1), individuals or companies can buy distressed debt—including student loans and outstanding medical bills—from lenders if the borrower is either behind their payments or in default. Whereas traditional debt collectors then hound the debtor to pay up, the Rolling Jubilee is bunking the system by erasin

Why Occupy's plan to cancel consumer debts is money well spent | Charles Eisenstein | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

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Why Occupy's plan to cancel consumer debts is money well spent | Charles Eisenstein | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk Why Occupy's plan to cancel consumer debts is money well spent Occupy's Rolling Jubilee idea transcends politics and will be difficult for lenders to oppose Charles Eisenstein guardian.co.uk , Monday 12 November 2012 10.33 GMT Jump to comments ( 343 ) The 'Rolling Jubilee' debt relief plan has re-energised the Occupy movement. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features A new initiative is re-energising the Occupy movement. Called the Rolling Jubilee , it is a plan to use money from donations to buy distressed consumer debt from lenders at a marked down price,

Ernst Gugler & Reinhard Herok: Haus der Zukunft – Zukunftslaboratorium

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Ernst Gugler & Reinhard Herok: Haus der Zukunft – Showroom & Zukunftslaboratorium 10. 10. 2012 | SchumBeta | SchumBeta *Wien 11/2012 - Sessions Ernst Gugler & Reinhard Herok: Haus der Zukunft – Showroom & Zukunftslaboratorium   Session 18: Zehn Jahre nach dem Einzug in das preisgekrönte Öko-Firmengebäude in Pielach brütet gugler* über einem neuen Erweiterungsprojekt. Ein Haus, das Raum schafft für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung und zugleich neue Maßstäbe für eine zukunftsfähige Architektur setzt. Ein Ort der Kreativität, Innovation und Kontemplation gleichermaßen Platz gibt. Das ist die Vision. Und mit Hilfe vieler heller Köpfe und fleißiger Hände wird diese in den nächsten Monaten immer konkretere Formen annehmen. Mehrwert für Teilnehmende: Wir werden ganz offen über Chancen, Probleme und Kooperationsmöglichkeiten sprechen. Eingehen werden wir vor allem auf Folgendes: Wie ein lebendiges Best-Pr

Congratulations America!

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gugler* goes Cradle to Cradle®: That's how nature would print.

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gugler* goes Cradle to Cradle®: That's how nature would print. - YouTube gugler* is the first printing company worldwide, which suceeds in developing a printing product which is certified according to the Cradle to Cradle® standard. http://www.gugler.at http://www.facebook.com/guglercrossmedia

Pledge to Protect the Planet that Provides | 2012 | - Conservation International

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Pledge to Protect the Planet that Provides | 2012 | - Conservation International Protect the planet that provides Take the Pledge I recognize that I need nature. I recognize that nature gives me the air I breathe, the food I eat, the water I drink and much, much more. I recognize that without people like me who raise our voices to protect the planet, we’ll continue to take more from nature than nature can give. I’m going to help turn the tide. I pledge to protect the planet that provides. And I pledge to spread this message to my friends, family and neighbors — so they, too, can understand and appreciate nature’s value.