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Today we are reflecting on September 11, 2009 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, thinking about how we can honor the memories of those who were lost on that difficult day.   As people across the country attempt to recall their legacies in different ways, we are trying to do our part by improving All for Good so that people and organizations can more easily use our application to strengthen their communities.  We already have added “tags” (see our posting last week) to make it easier to find listings that relate to this important day.  Now, we are trying to extend All for Good across the social graph.

We are pleased to announce that we have improved our presence on Facebook significantly with the help of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).   As everyone knows, Facebook is the fastest growing social network with an estimated 300 million users.  As a result of our collaboration with CNCS, it is now easier for Facebook users to find and create opportunities within Facebook.

Simply visit the CNCS Facebook page – facebook.com/serve.  You will find a newly added tab that demonstrates the flexibility of Pages as a home for all types of content and allows our users to create an event from an AfG listing, and invite friends to those events.

All these events will be public.   We hope that it dramatically will increase Facebook’s repository of searchable events.  Perhaps most importantly, the application includes a section showing events created by your friends, network, and everywhere.  This will enable users to see not just what’s available, but also what’s popular.  We hope that this feature will be especially useful for schools and universities, civic organizations, faith-based institutions, and companies.

We also have developed a very compelling social gadget on iGoogle, and promoted it on the top right hand side of the page.   This enables folks who use Google as their home page to view opportunities on an ongoing basis and share them with friends.  You can check out this gadget by visiting igoogle.com today, or clicking on the app link here.

As we reflect on this day, these innovations feel small in comparison with the enormous sacrifices that so many have made.  Nonetheless, we hope that everyone can do their part.  To honor the fallen, lets try to remember that we all work for good.

We would welcome your feedback. Please let us know your thoughts on these changes or how we can make All for Good better.  Click here to share your story.

Thanks,

The All for Good Team

September 11: Remembering and Doing Good

September 11, 2009 is a National Day of Service and Remembrance, and here at All for Good, we’re excited to help Americans find ways to participate in this historic day.  We’ve created a special September 11 tag to identify listings that are a part of this event, and will be promoting it on the AllforGood.org frontend and allowing our API partners to easily retrieve these listings.  Serve.gov will also be promoting September 11 opportunities heavily on their home page.

We want to be sure that all of our listing partners can ensure that their appropriate listings are included with the September 11 tag.  To ensure that your listings are included, make sure they include one of the following terms in the title or description:

• September 11
• 9/11
• National Day of Service and Remembrance

Please let us know at prov…@allforgood.org if you have any questions.

Thanks,

The All for Good Team