Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

But the fundraiser meme went beyond the sports world, when hundreds of celebrities (or their PR agents) picked up on the idea. Celebrities and fundraisers are nothing new and even having a critical mass of celebrities join forces for a good cause is not new (think Bob Geldof and LiveAid).

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APRIL 18, 2008

Maybe together we can start up again during National Volunteer Week April 27-May 3, 2008. According to the United Way for Southeastern Michigan's blog , President Richard Nixon signed an executive order in 1974 establishing National Volunteer Week as an annual celebration of volunteerism (who knew?).

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Edwin Shneidman (left) at his home in Los Angeles, California with Maurizio Pompili, who was the recipient of the 2008 Shneidman Award. National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (NSPAM) is celebrated every September. In October 1998, the first National Suicide Prevention Conference was held in Reno, Nevada.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

This year, the celebration will spread to honor even more changemakers in other parts of the world. Have a fabulous holiday!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2010

This year's conference will celebrate the 10th Anniversary. I had the pleasure of meeting her back in 2008 at the Making Media Connections Conference in Chicago where I delivered the keynote. This year's conference will celebrate the 10th Anniversary. Translation: You have to go! I've been going before the NTC was the NTC.

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

ONE Vote ‘08 is an unprecedented, non-partisan campaign to make the fight against global poverty and disease a key foreign policy and security issue in the 2008 election. Right now, Bread for the World is pushing for more and better poverty-focused development assistance and passage of the Global Poverty Act.

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JUNE 23, 2023

For example, a chocolate-themed basket will grab more supporters’ attention if it’s called something like “The Chocolate Connoisseur” or “A Celebration of Chocolate.” In 2008 Jeff founded Winspre with the goal of helping non-profits across the country increase their event fundraising revenue and identify new fundraising sources.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2007

» Tuesday Apr 10 2007 How to Leverage Celebrities for Fundraising Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 10:26AM | by Heidi Bucheister Understanding what attracts donors is vital to effectively appealing to an existing donor base or to expand the base. Celebrities? It seems that celebrities tend to give a campaign an extra edge.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Can perks like preferred parking, complimentary food, celebrity meet-and-greets, or massages be offered at the event? Acknowledge and celebrate your top fundraisers and teams at every opportunity, including at the event. All of these incentives helped increase event revenue from $100,000 in 2008 to $180,000 in 2009.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

According to t he 2008 Cone Cause Evolution Study, 79% of respondents said they would switch brands (provided price and quality were equal) to the one that is associated with a good cause. Everyone from Exxon to Wal-Mart have initiatives that engage non-profits and local communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

The “superfriends” on stage at OMCA’s California Futures at the Massive Reopening Celebration. When the New de Young opened it did a 32-hour party and community celebration , starting a trend that was then picked up by the Contemporary Jewish Museum with Dawn in 2008 and now the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2008

Here's the scoop: First celebrated in 1999, Take Your Dog To Work Day was created to celebrate the great companions dogs make and to encourage their adoption from humane societies, animal shelters and breed rescue clubs. as we celebrate a decade of working dogs! She has her own dogbook profile on Facebook!

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MAY 15, 2014

Hugh Evans | Fast Company | Business Innovation : A decade later, in 2008--after volunteering in India with Mother Teresa''s Missionaries of Charity and raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for not-for-profits--Evans founded the Global Poverty Project (GPP), an insanely optimistic effort to help the world''s needy.

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MARCH 8, 2012

percent of the increase in total labor force growth between 2008 and 2018.". To celebrate International Women's Day today, my colleague Sara and I would like to share our bits of wisdom to the next generation of women leaders. However grim that may sound, another stat is encouraging: "Women are projected to account for 51.2

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Before joining Salesforce in 2008, she held positions in customer support, professional services, product marketing, and program management at Oracle, Peoplesoft, Evolve, and Primavera. Marie is an active volunteer with the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, her daughter’s high school, and board member of SF Basque Cultural Center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2011

Stacey Monk, founder of Epic Change , says forget spending money on stuff to celebrate your mom on Mother’s Day. Stacey’s been running this campaigns since 2008 that combine core human emotions – giving thanks or love. She has also built up a responsive core group of supporters.

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DECEMBER 18, 2008

In 2008 we’ve been privileged to work on many issues ranging from human rights to health, from women’s issues to technology, from poverty to the environment, from education to the arts. At the end of the year, we have a lot to celebrate. Thank you for another wonderful year!

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

By Brian Greenwald , Nonprofit Superfan at Generate_Impact – a technology services company focused solely on celebrating and serving humanitarian, social impact and sustainability organizations and causes. Everywhere you look, there’s news that a recession is about to drop, or in fact is already here. Research backs that up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To celebrate all of the good going on around us, they’ve created a huge, global image gallery of people, organizations and businesses doing good this holiday on their Facebook page – because they believe that #GoodSpotting is everywhere, and something everyone can do. I just uploaded a screen of John Haydon dong some good!

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Huge shift in online collections beginning with Flickr Commons and CC licenses back around 2008 but it will take another decade for everyone to get onboard :) — Aron Ambrosiani (@AronAmbrosiani) December 2, 2019 And, when you make that kind of shift to shared ownership you're willing to share in an open, trusting manner, as Heidi mentioned.

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JANUARY 9, 2009

While the 2008 Women Who Tech TeleSummit was a smashing success with over 650 women including Arianna Huffington and Joan Blades defying the stereotype that the tech world belongs to pocket-protector toting guys hooked on sci-fi and video games, 2009 will be even better. We want to hear about it. Submit your panel ideas at here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I celebrated my 20th anniversary in Flickr and with this video (darn the gown doesn't fit this year!) That post was one of my top ten posts for 2008 ! I celebrated my 20th anniversary in Flickr and with this video (darn the gown doesn't fit this year!). We've been together for 29 nine years! What are some of the best resources?

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I want to share some lessons this celebration of gratitude and giving and the program's approach that I think are relevant to organizing social nonprofit campaigns. Simplicity played a big role in the success of the first TweetsGiving in 2008. Simplicity Rules.

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MAY 5, 2011

is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating the area’s extraordinary, nationally significant heritage. installation of Windows Server 2008 and Exchange Server 2010 improved. But the Oberlin Heritage Center in Oberlin, Ohio, recently reminded me that technology can also be powerful when it. Now a small.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

You may remember " Children Need a Bailout " from 2009, or " Breathe In, Breathe Out ," from 2008. Everything you need to know about the contest: This year's contest is a bit different than before, but the concept is still the same: we're celebrating and recognizing the best in nonprofit video!

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MARCH 24, 2015

Celebrate success. One of the secrets to engaging board members in activities that they may be nervous about is to thoughtfully celebrate successes whenever they take place. For more on the important role that board members can play in advocating for their missions, visit here.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

OneWebDay September 22nd A day to celebrate what the Web means to us as individuals, organizations, and communities. The theme for 2008 is poverty. For more info.

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JUNE 27, 2008

While celebrity endorsements have power in marketing, studies suggest that most people are more open to a transfer or exchange of knowledge with a respected peer. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM. Wild Apricot Updates - June 2008. June 2008 (9).

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MAY 16, 2008

The nomination process begins June 1, 2008 and closes July 21, 2008. Charity Governance reports that, "For the period from October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007 (fiscal year 2007), the IRS received 85,771 applications for recognition of Section 501(c)(3) status."

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

The Plougshares Fund is celebrating its 25th anniversary by sponsoring the Peace Primary. 12 organizations are in the running to win $100,000 to amplify their message during the 2008 election. You can vote for your favorite organization by making a donation to them through the Peace Primary site.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

The second, reporting on the project's execution and results, is due by March 31, 2008. In May, the 25 top-ranked videos in each age category will be reviewed by a panel of 21 celebrity judges including Paul Hawken, Kenny Ausubel, Eric Utne, Van Jones, Howard Rheingold, Lynne Twist, Simran Sethi and John Wood.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

The first Tweet-a-thon took place in September, 2008. event that was larger in scale, included celebrities, and live streaming. We're now seeing the concept of a Twitter "Tweet-a-thon" evolve. It was launched by Dr. Mani who raised money for heart surgeries for poor kids in India. Last month, Joel Comm sponsored a Tweet-a-thon.

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JUNE 27, 2011

iCivics grew out of the OurCourts project, which began in 2008, inspired by the desire of Justice Sandra Day O'Conner for young people to understand the judicial system better. The leads of several ground-breaking serious games projects presented their work. iCivics: Learning How the Government Works.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

There was Jaime Kopke's Denver Community Museum , which existed for nine months in a Denver storefront in 2008-9 to celebrate visitors' creations. Over the past few years, there have been several fabulous examples of pop-up museums focusing on visitor-generated content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. Chris Farrell set a 2008 goal to make his charitable giving a monthly activity, not a mad rush in December.

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FEBRUARY 3, 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 FEB 3, 2008 Yes We Can.

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