Leading experts on using online networks to promote charitable causes are gathering today in New York at the Social Good Conference, organized by the Web site Mashable.

The conference will feature presentations by nonprofit organizations and social-media experts who will discuss how organizations can effectively use online tools to promote their causes.

Scheduled speakers include Pete Cashmore, Mashable’s founder; Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook’s managing director; Kari Dunn Saratovsky, vice president of social innovation at the Case Foundation; and Andy Ridley, executive director of Earth Hour.

We’ll post updates here throughout the day and also via Twitter. We’ll be using the hashtag #socialgood.