See3

MAY 28, 2007

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest. Among organizations, contests may seem like a short-cut to get compelling content, and cheaply. The current Heinz contest is a great example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I couldn’t help but also think how powerful it would be if an organization like the Case Foundation hosted a convening of those involved with various giving days and challenges to share best practices and learning, perhaps leading to something even global. Internal social media coordination, organization and planning.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Our CEO recently attended the Communications Network 2010 Conference. "Adin Miller, a friend and all-around smart guy, wrote a blog post reflecting on James Surowiecki’s talk about the“ Wisdom of Crowds ” at the Communications Network and CommA Fall 2010 Conference. Foundation application? Foundation application?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Networked nonprofits are simple and transparent organizations. They engage people to shape and share their work in order to raise awareness of social issues, organize communities to provide services or advocate for legislation. 9) Sharing Your Organization’s Story. 6) Training. 7) Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Fundraising with social media (particularly Facebook) means under- standing that donors don’t separate liking, sharing, or pledging, from donating,” explained John. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2010. Kickstarter is a perfect place for nonprofits to appeal to small-time donors. Disruptive Model: Contest Crowdfunding.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Tom Ahern makes his living by writing cases and direct mail … by doing audits, reviewing and recommending fixes for donor communications … and by teaching others what he’s learned during decades of trial, error and the occasional spectacular success. Hundreds, probably thousands, of items meant for donors … and built to fail.

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

And they have done it using $25 and $50 donors. They have raised lots of money from those small donors. For the Obama campaign to get to $117,300 from $25 donors mean they have 4692 people donating instead of only 51. The Obama campaign says they have more than 350,000 donors this year so far. 350,000 donors!

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Another point Brian made was that perhaps Facebook and Myspace are not for your organization. Brian emphasized that social networking is not for every organization, and that you must consider your goals, strategies, tactics, and resources, not assuming the use of any particular tool. I suggest another one to explore, Rethos.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

For organizations, web stats are useful indicators of how many people are being reached by their message, the geographical spread of the visitors and whether or not a specific campaign was successful in driving traffic or creating actions (like donations, or letters, etc.) And the mission of the organization matters too.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. The viewers/donors might look similar to what we see on Facebook causes but we will wait until we have some real data before speculating further. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. The viewers/donors might look similar to what we see on Facebook causes but we will wait until we have some real data before speculating further. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The New York organization last year collected more than 60 hours of footage of the organization’s workers and volunteers helping AIDS patients in Uganda, tsunami victims in India, and poor residents of El Salvador, and it soon plans to use that extra footage for an extensive online video campaign. Feed verfolgen.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The New York organization last year collected more than 60 hours of footage of the organization’s workers and volunteers helping AIDS patients in Uganda, tsunami victims in India, and poor residents of El Salvador, and it soon plans to use that extra footage for an extensive online video campaign. Feed verfolgen.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

organization doing innovative and inspiring work in the social sector? to any or all of these questions, we want to hear how TechSoup products or educational resources are helping your organization keep our planet a little bit healthier. We will share your organization's work to a potential audience of more than 300,000 people!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

organization doing innovative and inspiring work in the social sector? to any or all of these questions, we want to hear how TechSoup products or educational resources are helping your organization keep our planet a little bit healthier. We will share your organization's work to a potential audience of more than 300,000 people!

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See3

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

I think this is a common subconscious set of thoughts from donors. A typical match program will get a high-net-worth donor to conditionally pledge some money, say, $75,000. Often this is a nice way to up a gift from a major donor as well as getting your base excited. The major donors get more attention. OK, you got me.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

Most philanthropy still comes in the form of small gifts, but there is also a growing group of donors, like Bill and Melinda Gates, who are interested in bringing some of the quantitative rigor of big business to philanthropy. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

Earlier this month, I participated in a social media library giveaway organized by Steve Cunningham , who like me, loves books. For the social media library giveaway I asked folks to leave a comment on how they would use the books to shape their 2010 social media strategy. Erin even wrote a little poetry as part of her entry.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The public sites have already collected over 800 new ideas and will continue to until at least through March 19, 2010. The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. In a Web 2.0 In a Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

So for this post, I'd like to share 5 fundraising trends that we saw emerging in 2009 related to fundraising and social media and that will most definitely continue to have impact in 2010. As we march into 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events? A Platform for Self-Organizing.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All great questions!

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See3

MARCH 4, 2008

While we in the not-for-profit world are looking at how the Obama campaign can be a model for what we are doing with issues and organizations, those in the advertising industry are also taking note. For me, it is something the more established organizations should take note of. For him, it becomes a cautionary tale for big companies.

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See3

DECEMBER 19, 2007

“But it also has to have all the facts right, and be on message for our organization and not hurt our brand.&# Let’s make a viral video that will communicate the client’s brand values in a fresh, hip, tongue-in-cheek way that will engage with a younger donor demographic!!&# No problem. No one says anything.

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