You understand the value of social media, but for some reason your company insists on blocking use of social media sites by employees. As of last October, half of all US businesses still block social networks, but that number is dropping. Even the US Military announced this week that it has relaxed it's policy on social media use by the troops.

The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations.  The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 Million in donations for charities this past winter.  But, despite these numbers, for most organizations and causes raising money via social media is still a hard thing to do.  There are different rules and new opportunities with online fundraising and every platform or application comes