We put this monument in NYC as a place people could be filmed and share their good deed pledge with their friends on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/911day/photos
Hundreds of testimonial videos from celebrities and everyday people were posted on Facebook and the site gained 300,000 fans in just 70 days.
“I will” was a number one trending topic on Twitter for two weeks leading up to the event.
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See how the “I Will” movement continues to grow and inspire positive deeds on this and every anniversary of 9/11 at https://www.facebook.com/911day  
Business Insider wrote an excellent, in-depth case study. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-911dayorg-used-social-media-to-create-the-most-successful-social-advocacy-movement-for-victims-ever-2011-9
To read how it all originated go to this CNN article: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/19/911dayofservice/index.html   Thanks to GOODCorps (now ENSO) who enlisted my help to write the platform for this pro-bono project. Thanks also to my co-creativ
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