Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the Social Innovation Summit , a twice annual event that represents a global convening of thought leaders in technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. ALS Association and discuss the Ice Bucket Challenge.

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JUNE 19, 2017

posted by Tyler Adams Manager, Affiliate Relations-Events Make-A-Wish International. Capacity building is not a one-time effort to improve short-term effectiveness, but a continuous improvement strategy toward the creation of a sustainable and effective organization” (National Council of Nonprofits, 2017).

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JANUARY 22, 2009

This looks like a fascinating event to take place in South Africa this October: The International Conference on Knowledge Economy. The promise of the knowledge economy has attracted the interest of national governments both in advanced industries and developing economies. " Several of the session topics look very interesting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

I've been thinking a lot of those, mostly internal - personal improvement and professional goals for my work, blog, and professional learning. I've had time offline, with family, and just relaxing. It's also that time of year when you think about setting personal goals or making resolutions for change.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The rear-view perspective of a recession (officially designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research) means that we might not know whether we’re in one until after-the-fact. In a similar way, the war in Ukraine has funneled support dollars to international relief organizations since Russia’s invasion at the end of February.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

"The United Nations Joint Inspection Body recently spoke to web professional in 40 UN agencies to identify what the most common problems are and how to fixed them. Conference 2009 – O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 – 21, 2009, San Jose, CA – Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

"The United Nations Joint Inspection Body recently spoke to web professional in 40 UN agencies to identify what the most common problems are and how to fixed them. Conference 2009 - O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 - 21, 2009, San Jose, CA - Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians

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JUNE 22, 2011

Total charitable giving has increased in current dollars in every year since tracking began in 1954 with the exception of three: 1987, 2008, and 2009. There are 1,280,739 registered 501(c)(3) organizations with the Internal Revenue Service. Kaufman to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. seen in 2000 and 2005.

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JUNE 23, 2014

The next 10X opportunity is to go global, by ramping up Bookshare International to serve the millions of people with print disabilities worldwide. Canadians with disabilities will now have access to Bookshare through their public libraries and the Canadian National Institute of the Blind.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Fast forward to 2009, Wendy led a process internally to create a social media guidelines and operational handbook. Think about national archives, behind a glass case – there’s still a barrier even if it is see-through. Staff started to see the value in social media and it led to adoption of tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Through projects like the Games and Learning Publishing Council and the National STEM Video Game Challenge ( [link] ), the Cooney Center explores the power of games to advance learning and engage vulnerable students. Another nonprofit furthering research behind games and learning is the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.

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JULY 16, 2018

Jarrett started The Rayvan Group in 2009 and brings more than 15 years’ experience with international, national and local organizations, including Girls Golf of Phoenix, Habitat for Humanity, the Paraiso Project and St. Mary's Food Bank.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

On November 19th 2009, at The Paley Center for Media’s International Council Event, ThinkSocial will be recognizing three outstanding examples of innovation, featuring – an individual, an initiative and a collaboration between institutions, which together represent powerful models for how social media can be used to address global problems.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2009

This year, Hunger Challenge participants will try to eat 3 meals for $4 per day, per person, during the week of September 20-26, 2009. If you'd like to learn more about national and global hunger issues, check out the national and international organizations listed below. (Hat

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Giving USA Foundation , which estimates national charitable giving over a 50-year span, reports that campaign fundraising has historically had no apparent impact on overall individual giving. International Relief organizations had large declines in revenue and donors, but show signs of returning to normal non-disaster giving levels.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

Jarrett started The Rayvan Group in 2009 and brings more than 15 years’ experience with international, national and local organizations, including Girls Golf of Phoenix, Habitat for Humanity, the Paraiso Project and St. Cheers and Happy New Year! Mary's Food Bank.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The 13 winners were selected from 60 finalists drawn from 1,702 nonprofit taglines submitted to the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards competition. 2009 TAGLINE AWARD WINNERS. International, Foreign Affairs & National Security: Send a Net. A great tagline can help people find you, too! Big History.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2010

Originally publised on the GuideStar International Blog. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of children. This post comes from executive assistant Janet Yao.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 4, 2009

I think you'll find that many (not all) of the gifts on the lists below are collaborations between large national, or international nonprofits, and big brands. As they wrote in Gifts That Give Back: Charitable Gifts on Marie Claire , "Charity is the new black." I'm telling you, this is just a sampling.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Since 2009, our survey has asked nonprofit leaders to indicate what management actions they are taking to cope with the recession. In both 2009 and 2010, nonprofit leaders told us that they were "engaging more closely with the board" by increasing the number of annual meetings, sharing new types of reports, or in other ways.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Scheduled to occur sometime between late 2009 and early 2010, some major changes are coming to Facebook Fan Pages. I think those nonprofits with national and international brand recognition, lots of fans, and technical resources will benefit and the changes will hardly affect them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

2010 is going to be the year that the large national and international nonprofits launch iPhone Apps. Through December 31, 2009, Sweb Apps will defer all set-up fees for nonprofits organizations and all you are required to pay is $25 a month to host the App. Very expensive.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

November 20, 2009 is the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). According to UNICEF , " The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights — civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights."

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In addition to encouraging collaboration and shared purpose, nonprofit organizations should ultimately aim to achieve sustained engagement and a participatory culture (Atlee, 2009). 2009, May 1). Nonprofit organizations can measure community engagement in a number of ways. There is no golden standard. Sources: Atlee, T. Bergstrom, D.,

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

Katya has trained thousands of causes in effective marketing and media relations, and her marketing materials for non-profits have won national and international awards. In 2009, Jocelyn was recognized as one of the “Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock&# by Fast Company.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Additionally, she has been active in MomsRising's national and state campaigns for fair pay, paid sick days, paid family leave and breastfeeding promotion. She is co-author of the highly acclaimed book, The Networked Nonprofit , published by Wiley in 2010, and her blog is one of the longest running nonprofit and social media blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations.

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2011

This report analyzes data from some of the biggest national nonprofits in the U.S. Prior to her work at UCS, Karla worked for nine years at Boston-based Corporate Accountability International. In 2009, Fast Company recognized her as one of the "Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock!" Karla joined the UCS in 2005.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

All the major case studies are about large national and international organizations, and their success on Facebook has a lot to do with their brand being well known. The anti-Obama Page has been around since 2009, so Facebook can’t claim that it has the right to be a Community Page. It is an unofficial, unauthorized Page.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

When watching a well-crafted scene in a movie, documentary, or even an online video, the world outside melts away and our internal energy and emotion are in sync with the energy of what we're viewing. It's easy to get distracted when we are confronted with multiple rhythms at once. We are experiencing life in the same rhythm.

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JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 The same is true for the nation's top cable companies.

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MAY 18, 2016

Nonprofit organizations are vital to the nation’s economic well-being and have nearly doubled in the last 30 years (National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2015). His vision and business model set an early course for what today has become a $4 billion organization (Goodwill Industries International, 2015).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Prominent institutions like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, the National Institutes of Health, and the Mayo Clinic have long entered the virtual arena and are increasingly looking for ways to innovate in virtual spaces. We started with a couple people who had passion for it and promoted the idea internally.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

Also our network of informal national chapters are hosted in WordPress. We use Yammer for internal team communications and collaboration. On October 24, 2009, 350.org org took the lead in organizing the International Day of Climate Action , the world's most widely distributed political action.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 22, 2012

Imagine you've just been tasked with developing an innovative, future-thinking national museum for your country's history. Blueprint is the story of a group of people who tried to create a Dutch Museum of National History (INNL). Where would you start? How would you navigate the political minefields of such an endeavor?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Packard recently surveyed 274 of these grantees from 2007-2009 (grant amounts ranged between $7,000 and $160,000) and analyzed the responses from 169 (a 62% response rate) to ascertain the outcomes. ( Likewise, our study last year of 263 nonprofits in Los Angeles County for the Weingart Foundation (see “ Fortifying L.A.’s Paul Connolly.

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