sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Especially when they help reveal a lot of information in a visual format.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/taprootfound. Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in recruiting new pro bono consultants and connecting with nonprofits that could benefit from our Service Grant projects. Website: www.taprootfoundation.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up. You can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the copy below.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Staff led on-the-ground efforts in just a handful of key cities, while the majority of actions were organized online and offline by activists and other citizens -– volunteers, by and large. The green jobs day of action was large, strong, and helped set the tone nationally on a key topic in an upcoming election.

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Every organization (and by that I mean the dedicated staff) that runs some version of a peer-to-peer fundraising event wants to help their participants be better fundraisers. Helping an existing participant achieve greater results is easier than finding new participants and turning them into superstars. And for good reason.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. While they had a relatively smaller number of followers on Twitter or Facebook, they had focused on engaging their community online. They used social media to help win the DC Best Place to Volunteer Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. Seattle Symphony created flashmob and promoted it with Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter effectively.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

My 5 takeaways were: Checking email, Twitter and Facebook constantly can be "insecurity work.". What needs are you trying to fulfill for yourself online that could be better met offline? Having a ritual, practice, or totem can help you be more conscious about your online time. What are you giving up by being online so much?

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

Nonprofits around the globe are using online games not to only educate the public, but to get donations and supporters – and even help find cures for diseases. Gamers are exactly the kinds of people you want helping your organization succeed. Gamers are already helping tackle real-world problems, just by playing games.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

As Twestival founder Amanda Rose told us, $264,000 wasn't raised in one day by them on Twitter. Twitter was just a channel to mobilise people to give up their time to create real offline fundraising events. Use social media to mobilise and engage, not just take money.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Two weeks before the 2011 San Francisco municipal elections, mayoral candidate David Chiu. " Chiu was the first to launch a Twitter feed and currently has the most followers amongst the mayoral candidates. In the David Chiu world, it refers to a continuous feedback loop that includes both online and offline channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

So, let’s get out the nonprofit vote for the nonprofit panels at SXSW 2011 ! Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. There are over 200,000 professional artists in the US — and a bunch of them have problems the techies could help solve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org’s mission is to communicate what is going on in the movement around climate and sustainability to a broader audience of people who may not consider themselves environmentalists, help them understand how those issued relate to their everyday lives, and move those people to action. If they aren’t successful, the consequences are dire.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. Helping the women receiving the funds. This may mean making introductions, starting conversations, asking for help, providing leadership opportunities that aren’t on staff. What is it about?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A higher percentage of donors 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 give online than offline. 25% of donors aged 65 and older give both online and offline. Also, a higher percentage of donors with annual incomes greater than $50,000 and beyond $100,000 give online than offline. Online donors don’t give offline Wrong.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

But, it was without much of the real documentation needed to help others – whether in our organization or not – navigate similar areas. The magical kingdom in which offline and online worked together, where strategies that were proven in one place were re-imagined in new ones. Thus, we entered the social period.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Don''t worry though, we can help you change that. Social media is like a cocktail party and it’s your job to help everyone create more real world impact. For over a decade Allyson has helped non-profit organizations and political campaigns create dynamic and award-winning websites and online marketing and recruitment campaigns.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2010 Online Giving Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on February 15th, 2011 Blackbaud released its 2010 Online Giving Report today. billion in total fundraising from 1,438 nonprofits.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Donors Flip Channels Dunham+Company has new data out in “A National Survey of the Impact of Offline Communication on Online Donations.&# The analysis found that 2% of donors under the age of 35 only gave offline. The same analysis found that donors age 65 or older only give offline 53% of the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, building robust networks and using social media can help these advocacy organizations make change happen for children in their state. This helps explain the fiscal conservativeness that guides state spending priorities, despite the. of the past. effectively.

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