The Pepsi Refresh Project

Check Out What Pepsi Refresh Project Winners Have Done To Promote Art & Music -- And Vote To Fund More! (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: The Pepsi Refresh Project, Community Service, Education, Impact News, Grants, Crowdsourcing, Green, Nonprofits, Community, Corporate Social Responsibility, Csr, Pepsi, Community Action, Impact, Impact News

Since 2010, Pepsi has been on a mission to dole out $20 million in grants through its Pepsi Refresh Project to non-profits, businesses, and individual...

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Check Out Past Pepsi Refresh Project Winners -- And Vote To Fund The Next Inspiring Ideas! (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: The Pepsi Refresh Project, Community Service, Grants, Crowdsourcing, Nonprofits, Green, Community, Corporate Social Responsibility, Pepsi, Community Action, Education, Csr, Impact, Impact News

Since 2010, Pepsi has been on a mission to dole out $20 million in grants through its Pepsi Refresh Project to non-profits, businesses, and individual...

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Who's Winning the Social Cola Wars? It's March Madness and the Battle Is On

Beverly Macy | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: March Madness, Twitter, Cola Wars, Social TV, The Pepsi Refresh Project, Coke Zero Social Arena, Coke, Diet Coke, Technology News

Both Pepsi and Coke are very able and nimble competitors. The question now is, which cola giant will best harness the power of real-time social media?

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How Pepsi Fell Behind Coke

Ad Age | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Pepsi Refresh Project, Beverage Industry, Advertising, Soda, Cola Wars, Coca Cola, Coke, Pepsi, Diet Coke, Food News

Pepsi lost the cola war last week. It's debatable whether the brand was defeated or unwittingly surrendered by abandoning tried-and-true advertising ...

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Cultivating Contagion in the Social Media Sphere

Rishi Dave | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Pepsi Refresh Project, Charity Organizations, Linkedin, Twitter, Charity, Social Networking, Dell, Donating to Charity, Nonprofits, Nonprofit Organizations, Charitable Giving, Facebook, Pepsi, Social Media Marketing, Super Bowl, Tweets, Dell Computers, Blogs, Social Media, Online Communities, Marketing, Tweeting, Super Bowl Commercials, Donations, Technology, Pepsico, Technology News

Direct conversations with your customers are incredibly powerful, but the seeming lack of control can be unnerving. So how can you engage at a meaningful level?

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The Face of Dogfighting; Chance to Save Other Animals from Abuse

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Pepsi Refresh Project, Animal Rescue, Animal Cruelty, Humane Society of the United States, The Humane Society of Missouri, Dogs, Dogfighting, Voting, Green News

I need to begin this blog with a strong warning. What you are about to see is a tragedy. Worse, it was a preventable tragedy. It is a story that puts ...

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Help Pepsi Give Back to Primates

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Superbowl Ads, The Pepsi Refresh Project, Center for Great Apes, Trained Chimpanzees, Chimpanzee, Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation, Orangutans, Animals, Pepsi, Green News

Having used apes to entertain and promote its products, it seems fitting that Pepsi should direct some of its charitable spending toward caring for these creatures. But it's not up to Pepsi, it's up to you!

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Pepsi To Expand Charity Program In 2011

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pepsi, The Pepsi Refresh Project, Pepsi Refresh Everything, Pepsi Charity, Pepsico, Impact News

NEW YORK — PepsiCo plans to expand its popular Refresh Project, a charity program that has generated tens of millions of votes and countless Twe...

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Why I Stopped Asking You to Vote for NeighborGoods in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge

Micki Krimmel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neighborgoods, The Pepsi Refresh Project, Pepsi Refresh, Pepsi, Impact News

The allure of $50,000 to support NeighborGoods was difficult to ignore, but after months of fruitless work, I will no longer be asking anyone to vote for us in the Pepsi Refresh challenge.

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The American Idol Of Philanthropy?

Terry Kaye | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Pepsi Refresh Project, Pepsi Refresh Project, Charity, Nonprofits, Health Care Reform, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Breast Cancer Awareness, Impact News

My mother died of cancer. A delay in care caused by her insurance company caused the complication that took her life. My foundation wants a world where everyone has access to high quality care.

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What We Can Do To Stop Childhood Obesity

intent.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Taste Buds Program, The Pepsi Refresh Project, Nutrition, Vegetables, Obesity, Diet, Children's Health, Child Obesity, Vege Bucks, Rick Delashmit, Healthy Living News

Rick will be using his $25K grant to push forward his Taste Buds program, where he drives around in a truck full of fruits and vegetables to different...

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You Can Help Children With Autism by Voting for Generation Rescue!

Jenny McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pepsi Refresh Generation Rescue, The Pepsi Refresh Project, Jenny McCarthy, Autism, Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy Autism, Jenny Mccarthy Autism Book, Video, Impact News

I want to be able to help all families struggling with autism and provide them with the support of Generation Rescue. Our goal is to turn awareness into action and you can be part of it.

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Crowd (fill in the blank) is Good for Giving

Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Globalgiving, Csr, International Development, Crowdsourcing, The Pepsi Refresh Project, Impact News

Recent philanthropic campaigns from several companies and foundations have demonstrated the power of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. One of the most impressive of these has been the Pepsi Refresh Project.

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Putting the Social in Social Responsibility

Marian Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microdonation, The Pepsi Refresh Project, Coca-Cola, Social Media, Twitter, Red Cross, Social Networks, Haiti, Next Agenda, Corporate Social Responsibility, Facebook, City Harvest, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Business News

I'm not saying we ditch the corporate altogether. But companies must adopt small, meaningful, real-time social media practices, too. Transparency and accountability are the watchwords right now.

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Pepsi's Refresh Everything Vs. Coke's Live Positively: Which Soda Wins The War? (POLL)

HuffPost | Claire Grinton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Pepsi Refresh Project, Coca-Cola, Michelle Obama Childhood Obesity, Refresh-Everything, Childhood Obesity, Jamie Oliver Childhood Obesity, Corporate Social Responsibility, Pepsi Refresh Everything, Pepsi, Coke Live Positively, Live Positively, Poll, Pepsi Refresh, Project on Coca Cola, Pepsi Refresh Project, Coke Pepsi Refresh, Coca Cola Live Positively, Food, Impact News

For years, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been at odds in the beverage category, pushing each other forward in the race for market share, innovation, and ...

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Demi Moore and Kevin Bacon Do Good in a Battle for Charity

Jason Pollock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Pepsi Refresh Project, Social Media, Pepsi Refresh Project, Social Networking, Demi Moore Twitter, Kevin Bacon, Jason Pollock, SixDegrees.Org, Demi Moore, Grant Proposal, Pepsi, Social Media Marketing, Gems, Human Trafficking, Impact News

Pepsi is investing more than $20 million this year to fund great ideas, big and small through the Pepsi Refresh Project. Join today and your vote will help great ideas become a reality.

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End World Hunger With Soup (Really!)

Paul Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Pepsi Refresh Project, Pepsi Co, Soup Kitchen, How to Solve World Hunger, Food Banks, World Hunger, Inc., Jamie Klein, Food Share, Hunger, Bonnie Weigel, Lynn Klein, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ending World Hunger, Food, Food Pantry, Hunger in the United States, Soup, Impact News

Jamie and Lynn Klein, husband and wife co-founders of Soup Kitchen, Inc., have found a way to end world hunger. For every portion their company sells, an additional portion is donated to a shelter.

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The Super Bowl Slippery Slope: Advertising and Free Speech

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Pepsi Refresh Project, Charles C. Haynes, First Amendment, Freedom From Religion Foundation, MoveOn.Org, Gainesville Sun, Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad, The Center for Inquiry, Christian Right, Tim Tebow, Jim Daly, Peta, Cbs, Nfl, Placental Abruption, Super Bowl, First Amendment Center, Slate.com, Pam Tebow, Establishment Clause, New York Times, Christian Values, Focus on the Family, Separation of Church and State, Domestic Violence, William Saletan, Media News

I have to start off with an admission. I haven't watched the Super Bowl in over twenty years. Bone crushing violence does nothing for me. I prefer...

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