sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

Once you have looked out for the safety and well being of your employees by implementing work from home, social distancing, and community hygiene, it is critical that you turn your attention to your organization’s future fiscal health. Remember the global financial crisis (GFC), aka the Great Recession, of 2007-2010? We just saw this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0 Most often these new experiments have grown out of frustration with the fact that, despite several decades of rapid growth in philanthropy and nonprofits, many of the same social and environmental problems persist, or are getting worse. Call this “social change 2.0”. So what to do?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 26, 2011

This week, we're excited to have Dr. Laurie Mook join us to discuss social accounting. I love the idea of "collective impact." We spend a lot of time and energy focusing on the impact of individual organizations, but how does that translate to the bigger picture? Support collective impact! Click here to find out more.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? Defourny et al.,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

I love this new video from the Case Foundation about the power of social media for social change. The numbers illustrate how far the field has come in adopting social media, although not 100% adoption. The video reminded me of the classic video, “ The Machine is US/ing Us.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

5 Ways Brands with a Purpose Make Positive Impact. You’ll find it sprinkled throughout your social media feed and making headlines at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Purpose can be a way to set organizational strategy and guide decision-making to maximize positive impact. Take CVS Health.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Please support the SocialBrite team (or any other blogger) in the Social Media Challenge! Social Media Challenge is a leading example of micro-giving. And October is once again the month when bloggers step up to the plate for the Social Media Challenge , now in its third year. This year, Twitter has joined the fray.

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Social Media Interview Challenge Classroom 120

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes. Peter has defined the vision, strategy, and culture of 829 Studios since its founding in 2007.

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Causes Consultant Empowerment Storytelling 92

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. Let’s start at the beginning: What is Social Actions and where does the API come in? The Social Actions project began in 2006. Earlier this week, I got ahold of Peter to get the full scoop!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2018

In 2015, a group of nonprofit leaders, funders, consultants, and researchers passionate about the need to foster high performance in nonprofit organizations collaboratively developed The Performance Imperative: A Framework for Social-Sector Excellence (PI). Experimental impact evaluations are too expensive.

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Resource Evaluation Nonprofit Boston 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

How To Marry Social Media with Fundraising. Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Cultivate and cheer on champions for your cause.

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Community Giving Fundraising Contest 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

At Monitor Institute we are interested in “emerging practices” in the social sector—including new more networked ways of working. Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM! In so doing, it has had more impact for less cost.

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Network Case Study Social Change 95

NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

If you're considering revamping your website to include social elements like the Facebook Like button, streaming from YouTube, or adding information from a social site through its API, it can be overwhelming to know where to begin. There are many ways to “get social,” and so many reasons for doing so. Create on-site engagement.

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Social Media Websites Integration Design 87

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Although the ‘double bottom line’ — profit and social value — have long been recognized, there are now new ways of looking at this question, encompassed in new terms: social, core, and monetary economies. Each of these has implications for every nonprofit, as well as the entire social sector. Volunteering.

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Social Government Conference Leadership 79

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 3, 2006

An article of mine just appeared in the Social Enterprise Reporter, entitled High Tech Approaches for Building Social Enterprise. The SER is one of the leading publications in the social enterprise field, and I think it's now one of the membership benefits of joining the Social Enterprise Alliance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2011

The panel featured some previews from a recent research study “ How Strong Is Your Social Net? What social media analytics should we pay attention to? And the nuts and bolts questions like, “Given all the Facebook changes , what do I need to understand about the new Facebook metrics and the Insights analytics program?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

A new whitepaper by Jonny Bentwood, a PR consultant for Edelman, Distributed Influence: Quantifying the Impact of Social Media. The white paper is based on a roundtable held last year with a number of social media experts. s 2007 Trust Barometer, results showed that employees or ??? There's a lot to digest here.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

About the expert: Amanda Ross is the owner of BrashBerry – creative web design and growth agency for Social Good and Nonprofit organizations that builds stuff their audience will love and inspires them to take action. Share This Post! Amy DeVita 2021-12-06T14:58:33-05:00 Struggling to get people to donate online?

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People Donation Ohio Online 59

Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

This honorary board of industry experts, which represents the larger spectrum of the social sector, collectively determines the annual Classy Awards Winners, and today we’re proud to announce the 2021 Leadership Council that will be hand-selecting this year’s award recipients. Academic Institutions. Kimberly Mitchell. Kelly Tweeddale.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

How do those learning environments impact institutions? Interested in games for learning and social change. Social change is a difficult thing to assess. Assessing social change is the same conversation as assessing learning. New learning environment puts games at the center. What do libraries look like in the future?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

And what are some of the social benefits and impact that may result from such a relationship? The Lavelle Fund exemplifies the tremendous social return that bold philanthropy can create. It is Benetech’s largest social enterprise and is making excellent strides towards solving the “accessible book famine” in the United States.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The idea is to harnesses the collective power of the social good sector ecosystem which includes charities, families, businesses and individuals. But collective action isn’t enough unless there is collective impact. How does one measure that? Giving Tuesday takes a lot of these ideas and blends them together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: Back in 2007, I presented and attended at the Games for Change Festival. Over the past few years, games and mobile platforms have become more and more important for nonprofits to pay attention to for their communications strategy. Each case study will be presented by the designers and their implementing partners.

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Game Change Learning New York City 104

Care2

AUGUST 8, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!"

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New York Social Media Conference Advocacy 28

NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2019

Nonprofit Hub’s INSPIRE Hubcast series shares powerful and impactful stories of organizations persevering to create the change they want to see in the world. He has led OneGoal since March 2007, overseeing vast programmatic expansion and guiding strategic planning efforts.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

JULY 26, 2007

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Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Recent research findings by Christopher Einolf and Susan Chambre (2011) provided empirical evidence of the strong influence of both formal and informal social networks on volunteering. They found that individuals actively involved in activities with social organizations were more likely to volunteer. Luke’s Health Initiative.

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Research Volunteer Profile Arizona 58

sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. Get the latest data on email open rates, social media usage, email churn, and more.

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Blackbaud Benchmark Nonprofit Chart 87

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

At PIMCO, we understand that it’s our responsibility to effect meaningful social change, both as members of an organization and as part of our larger communities. First launched in 2007, PIMCO’s original volunteer programming was limited, supporting 23 events across various business locations. What Community Engagement Means at PIMCO.

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Hunger Empowerment Asia Europe 29

Care2

AUGUST 14, 2007

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Newsletter 28

Newsletter Social Media Advocacy Case Study 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2009

As I tried to recreate my social media dashboard on my desktop, I realized that I couldn't simply install all the plug-ins and software I needed to be efficient. She offered me a helpful list of tips and Outlook 2007 cheat sheets, the Foundation's email/calendar or productivity system.

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Social Media Support Media Help 61

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy 53

Care2

MAY 2, 2007

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Track Social Media Survey Advocacy 28

Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. Our Local Impact Map. This time I wanted to feature NGOs around the world that are making a humanitarian impact internationally across several countries.

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