What am I hoping for from you? $10. Two lattes. If you can give up 2 coffee drinks, you’ll help raise money for kids in schools who can use some updated technology.

So far, we’ve had corporate donations from:

Citrix Online
Radian6
Crocs Shoes

(And not sure if I forgot someone, so let me know?)

Will you help me convince people that social media can help causes?

WHY I Did It

Much as I support giving to cancer as a worthy thing, my main reason for getting people to give was more about showing others how they can use Twitter and other social platforms to support charitable causes. Is it sustainable? Not really. Is it the BEST way to raise tons of money for a cause? No.

Did it make a lot of people feel good about themselves for a cost of only $10 – 20 *and* support a worthy cause? Yes!

Don’t ask me to raise money for your cause. Use these tools and your networks and raise it yourself. That’s the major point. YOU can do this. There’s nothing that makes my request any better than anyone else’s. I just sent the request and asked others to spread it across their own networks. Ultimately, people give because it makes them feel better.

Go ahead, make some change in the world, and show them that things like Twitter are for much more than talking about being stuck in traffic.