Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2008

The most recent donation was made May 1, 2008 to the Adopt An Acre. program of the Nature Conservancy bringing the total donated to $33,600 and 16,000 members or an average of $2.00 As Jon Stahl notes in the comments in the TechCrunch post, "So, 2.5MM / 20,000 nonprofits = $125 avg. raised per nonprofit.

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MAY 17, 2013

About the Presenters: Jeanette Russell – Organizing Director, Salsa Labs Nonprofit leader Jeanette Russell brings nearly 20 years of nonprofit experience to her role as organizing director for Salsa Labs. Jeanette has planned hundreds of workshops, events, rallies and webinars for progressive nonprofits nationwide.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. She explained that the publishing industry changed drastically around 2008 during the economic recession. We started as a nonprofit. " Surviving as a Nonprofit Press.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. She explained that the publishing industry changed drastically around 2008 during the economic recession. We started as a nonprofit. " Surviving as a Nonprofit Press.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Sometimes it has worked swimmingly like this one with Amy Sample Ward in 2008, other times not. It is also helpful to have a back channel for communications with the moderator. In the past, I have presented remotely using skype audio and video. Last year I audio-skyped into a conference in the UK to present with Steve Bridger.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Whether big, small or mid-sized, nonprofits are looking for ways to better understand donors and focus their fundraising on creating opportunities for donors to support the particular causes and interests they care about. ” Nonprofits use a broad range of strategies to focus their fundraising on donors.

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MARCH 13, 2014

2013 was a strong year for fundraising, with charities posting their best increase since before the economy plunged in 2008, according to the 2013 Charitable Giving Report. Nonprofits considering peer-to-peer programs should set realistic goals and recognize the costs that will be required, Hessekiel said.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Both the The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The NonProfit Times covered the story. This type of data is one of the many benefits of providing our nonprofit clients software and service through the SaaS model. I worked at an organization that was very active in water conservation. had more than 365 donations in 2008).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

It is a remix of the " Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism " which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O'Reilly's E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel. This got me thinking about the adoption challenges faced by nonprofits in embracing these new tools. What the heck is the Cute Dog Theory?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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MAY 8, 2009

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!" Over 50% say that they intend to increase social network staffing over the next 12 months.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Foundations have consistently remained conservative in their grant and operational spending since the financial market crash of 2008 and have been looking to do more with their limited resources. In 2017, we saw an increase in foundation collaboration across initiatives with nonprofits, community members, corporations and governments.

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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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NOVEMBER 2, 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!" This is a huge step forward for ocean conservation and international law. Nice blog.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 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!" September 4, 2007 | Margaux OMalley Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 45 percent of the U.S.

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AUGUST 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!" September 4, 2007 | Margaux OMalley Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 45 percent of the U.S.

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AUGUST 16, 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!" Karen Taggart , aka DMDivaGirl, is a Director of Nonprofit Services at Care2.

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MAY 31, 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!" May 31, 2007 | Amien Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Thanks for the info! All rights reserved.

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OCTOBER 18, 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!" Copyright © 2008, Care2.com ” Care2 congratulates these four organizations, too.

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JUNE 13, 2009

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!" Over 179,000 nonprofits utilize Facebook Causes but just how sticky is Facebook?

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JULY 19, 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!" Kim Cubine, Adams Hussey & Assoc July 19, 2007 | kim cubine Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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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!" Kim Cubine, Adams Hussey & Assoc July 19, 2007 | kim cubine Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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OCTOBER 20, 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!" Its great to see the proliferation of APIs in the for-profit world, but what about nonprofits?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

data from edison research from 2008 on podcasting listenership. Adobe Audition - is robust but has a cost associated with it (check TechSoup from discounts for nonprofits!). OurMedia & Internet Archive - a bit more technical, archived forever, nonprofit organization, RSS and community building tools. The Nature Conservancy.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Being asked to write a few words about "What's the future of mobiles for nonprofits?" While I was on sabbatical at Tuck/Dartmouth in the spring of 2008, I wrote about the things I learned from students and colleagues. By Edward Granger-Happ, Global CIO, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Chairman, NetHope.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Going out on a limb November 6, 2008 I’m going to go out on a really thin limb here, and feel free to saw it off in the comments. :-) If you haven’t been to change.gov yet, you need to go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Over the past six months, I've been collaborating on a book with Allison Fine , titled " The Networked Nonprofit " and we've been sifting through stories, research, and seeing many patterns. In 2007, WildlifeDirect had 7 blogs in the Democratic Republic of Congo written written about a specific animal by a conservation professional.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Amanda Rose and Twestival pioneered a networked version of this approach to benefit charity:water, but it has also been used by single nonprofits. Sponsored Tweets or Hashtags is a form of click philanthropy and has been used by nonprofits on their web sites before it was common Facebook and Twitter. . Sponsored Tweets/Hashtags.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The project design is based on the “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly” framework that helps each organization incrementally develop the skills and capacity to work as a newtorked nonprofit. This helps explain the fiscal conservativeness that guides state spending priorities, despite the. It’s also hard to change the. better way.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2007

The Rockwood Leadership Program specializes in delivering the best practices and methodologies in leadership development to the nonprofit community. They want to learn how to build strong partnerships with people, and we have got literally hundreds of thousands of small nonprofits, many of whom are trying to do the same thing.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

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!" So, its a huge mistake for a person with conservative opinions to read only rightwing blogs, for example.

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AUGUST 29, 2008

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!" So, its a huge mistake for a person with conservative opinions to read only rightwing blogs, for example.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The 2010 mid-term election campaign saw unprecedented fundraising from both traditional political players like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and new, secretive conservative entities like American Crossroads. The webinar will be hosted by Eric Rardin, Director of Nonprofit Services at Care2.

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