Video – Causes.com and AT&T Launch New Social Engagement Platform to Encourage Activism

January 8th, 2012 Filed under: ATT Broadband — Internet BroadBand Author

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(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) DALLAS, TX – December 15, 2011 – Just in time for the holiday season, and AT&T* unveiled a first-of-its-kind community to encourage activism: Connect For Through this platform, millions of people will be able to directly and positively impact some of the most relevant issues we face today: the dangers of texting and driving, the importance of recycling cell phones and the crisis of declining high school graduation Causes is the world’s largest online platform for activism and philanthropy, empowering individuals to create grassroots communities called “causes” to take action on behalf of a specific issue or non-profit The platform uses Facebook’s social mobility to maximize the impact of collective Since 2007, Causes has brought together: 170 million Causes members $40 million raised for 27000 nonprofits 500000 member-created causes Starting today, members of the community can use the Connect For Good platform to trigger contributions by AT&T to non-profit organizations including the National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS) and The Nature These organizations collectively will receive up to $200000, thanks to the actions taken by the Causes Connect For Good For example, members can generate two dollars for NOYS by taking a pledge not to text while driving and then can generate an additional two dollars for NOYS by sharing the pledge with their own

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