Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 29, 2012

In 2008, Will was named a John D. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in February 2010, he was invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama in launching, "Let's Move!" - her signature leadership program to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in America. and Katherine T.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

My first ladder of engagement was developed for the America’s Giving Challenge contest that I won in 2008 - it was a framework that used the “community manager” or “network weaver” as the human face to connect with people and bring them to the next level of involvement. Facebook Ladder of Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Earlier this week, I flew across the country (thanks Virgin America !) As always, lots of fun to actually see my co-author, Allison Fine , in person. I asked folks if they were on Twitter or Facebook, most people raised their hands. Earlier this week, I flew across the country (thanks Virgin America!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

The What, Why, and How of Facebook Fan Pages. America's Giving Challenge: We Came In First! Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? Prioritizing Your Web Strategy Budget: What Slice of the Pie for Social Media? Social Media In An Economic Downturn. Microblogging in a Museum Context. Gnomedex Real Time Fundraising Experiment.

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Care2

DECEMBER 13, 2009

In short, this generation is reshaping America. In the 2008 Presidential election, Millennials voted for Barack Obama over John McCain by 66%-32%, while adults ages 30 and over split their votes 50%-49%. The oldest Millienials are approaching 30 and the youngest are about to be teens. What does this mean for your nonprofit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint. Million and Counting , The Agitator, May 29, 2008. The Long Tail of Facebook Causes.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort. As part of its transformation into a movement promoting support for the President elect's agenda, the campaign rebranded itself as Organizing for America and attempted to maintain both its momentum and its membership base. The result?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

Communication. More >> Tools. More >> Places. More >> Types. Organization. Information. More >> Year. More >> Tony started with a short list of nptech bloggers and a very beta design.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The leading apps are Snapchat , Facebook Messenger , and WhatsApp. This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. When major tech players and platforms like Google, Salesforce, Facebook, PayPal, Kickstarter, etc. If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket. This past year, U.S.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The Netroots community is built around progressive politics in America. On the day of the 2008 US elections, the Obama campaign was able to assign trimmed down telecalling lists to volunteers by ticking off the names of the people who had already voted. The social object can be a person, a place, a thing or an idea. The Obama Girl.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

As many nonprofits and socially conscious organizations and businesses now know, the Obama for America campaign broke the mold this election season in almost every aspect: fundraising, outreach, grassroots efforts and particularly using the Internet and new media to do almost everything. Obama’s Facebook pages alone grow to 3.2

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

There was a great discussion about social networking, particularly Facebook apps. A lot of the discussion echoed the points in our own Facebook Causes article. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com If you can get them to write about your cause in a column, they may be able to recruit donors for you. Is It Worth It?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Consultants and Vendors Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 05:26PM | by Justin Perkins Matt Howes Guest Blog By Matt Howes, Director of Technology, Media Matters for America Remember when the webmaster did everything from graphic design to information architecture and content writing? Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org. All rights reserved.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Consultants and Vendors Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 05:26PM | by Justin Perkins Matt Howes Guest Blog By Matt Howes, Director of Technology, Media Matters for America Remember when the webmaster did everything from graphic design to information architecture and content writing? Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org. All rights reserved.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Both HSUS and Oxfam’s primary efforts are on what Carie calls “the big four”: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. On Facebook : I think everyone agrees it’s very early. Developing custom Facebook apps may be the way to go, as already discussed on this blog. certainly have enough traffic to warrant a deep approach.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

billion in 2008 to $29.8 ” In contrast, NARAL Pro-Choice America continues to use direct mail to fundraise, but has noted a decline in its effectiveness lately. I only donate on Change.org and sometimes Facebook so I can avoid having to provide my mailing address to the nonprofit. billion in 2013. Thanks for listening.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

We have compiled a list of the 20 best virtual (and coronavirus-mandated socially distance-friendly) fundraising ideas that leverage tools like Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, online gaming, and other platforms that can serve as a fundraising vehicle for your organization. 100% of the $1.75M in proceeds they raised went to Feeding America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

Beth's 51st Birthday : This was part of an overall campaign for the America's Giving Challenge in 2008 for the Sharing Foundation that raised over $50,000. Beth's 52nd Birthday : This was campaign that used Facebook Causes and the Birthday wish feature and a matching donation. Psychological underpinning: curiosity.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Every day I field questions from organizations and community groups looking to use facebook, Twitter or YouTube. Different regions around the global have a very different level of access than those in North America or Western Europe. Please share it with your networks!

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Imagine a Jewish girl, selling Challah bread on a college campus in America to help support black Muslims in Darfur. There are 500 volunteers working for PresenTense each year, mainly from North America and Israel, but also from other places around the globe. Efrat Ben-Dor Erez, NPTech Israel. Managing Events .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

I talked up Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge while I was getting a haircut and other patrons were interested, even touched by the work of the Sharing Foundation. We met on Facebook and have traded comments on our blogs. In the grocery store, I saw the above fund raising campaign to support a local temple.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This time we’ll report on some climate change news, the TrashOut app, the difference between cloud backup and cloud storage, the heartbleed bug, a green energy innovation in Latin America that works – and another one that doesn’t, and the epic digital inclusion drone wars being waged by Google and Facebook.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

Their story was one of the ones that stood out the most for me from the series, so I was thrilled when a woman named Houria Iderkou, who set up a Causes campaign for KickStart on Facebook, contacted me to see if I'd like to interview Fisher. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation on July 2, 2008.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

"It's not how many friends you have on Facebook, it's the depth of connection of our community ties that will keep us together and allow us to have political power together." Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? I want to know people at a deep level.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Donate | Stay Informed | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Take Action | Volunteer | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Volunteer | Advocate | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Stay Informed | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Volunteer | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Stay Informed | Twitter | Facebook. Tyler Clementi Foundation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

One of the women that stands out is actually someone who participated in our 2008 training, which took place in Kenya. Finally, we just have an amazing website and a blog , and we have a Facebook group , and a Cause , and we're on Twitter. You both just came back from the 2010 West African Women and Water Training in Ghana.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MARCH 2, 2022

In 2021, the five largest platform companies in the world—Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft—accounted for 19 percent of all US market capitalization, valued at a whopping sum of $10.2 But their impact on workers and economies is far from positive. Seven of the 10 largest American companies are platform companies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Shel tells the story of the holiday season 2008, when the city of Toronto Transit Authority canceled its New Year's eve free-ride transportation due to budget pressures. Last November, Chase Bank hosted "Chase Giving Program," a contest on Facebook where nonprofit competed for $5 million in prizes on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

James Young talked about how nonprofits are using these tools for campaigns , Randi Zuckerberg gave an overview of Facebook and nonprofit activity and Scott Goodstein shared his experience from the Obama Campaign. Neff from the America Cancer Society quipped during our panel at SXSW, "Twitter meetups just to meet are so 2008.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

During the Summer of 2008, C.U. A number of applications have been developed to organize causes on Facebook. " Obama's Organizing for America Page reposted it too. Therefore, it's reasonable to estimate that millions likely saw this message as it flowed into people's Facebook news feeds. Viral Status Updates.

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2009

In fact, nearly 1/2 of the private-sector workforce in America has no paid sick days. Try updating your Facebook status with this handy info: "92% of waiters and waitresses have no paid sick days? April 20, 2009 | Garth Moore Copyright © 2008, Care2.com We can change this! “P.S. Tell Congress to fix this!"

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