Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Create a robust nonprofit marketing plan. The best way to establish a track record of event success is to use a standardized nonprofit marketing plan for events. Get nonprofit influencers on board. Still, you can take your efforts to the next level by leveraging popular nonprofit personalities, also known as influencers.

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Care2

MARCH 18, 2012

It’s been close to two weeks since Invisible Children released it’s "Kony 2012" video, which quickly spread across social networks, blogs, and made headlines across major news networks and newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post. KONY, Networked Nonprofits, and Transparency by Beth Kanter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

Until recently the nonprofit pioneers of the Social Web had to mostly rely on their intuition that their social media campaigns were resulting in more dollars raised online, an increase in brand and cause awareness, and higher rates of volunteer recruitment and retention. That said, congrats to the early adopters! Source: Avectra.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Each year, our staff marks the occasion by dressing up as some of our favorite nonprofit organizations as a way to recognize their incredible work and the start of end-of-year fundraising push with some fun. Tweet us your favorite nonprofit costumes at @EveryActionHQ - you could win some ghoulishly great gear! Born This Way Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

…more likely to be literate, healthy and survive into adulthood, as are her children. She is the second college student we are supporting through the Sharing Foundation’s program. (I’m donating the royalties from my new book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , towards her education).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Scaling Impact sessions offer strategies and knowledge about how we can help nonprofits achieve better and more results. David Greco, Vice President, Nonprofit Finance Fund. Victoria Dunning, Vice President for Programs, The Global Fund for Children. Dave Doig, Director of Grants and Community Initiatives, Vancouver Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2014

I’ve been a huge fan of GivingTuesday since I first heard about it back in September, 2012 during a conference at Stanford. I’m pleased to see that some of the skepticism and complaints have now morphed in to more capacity builders providing tips for nonprofits to take advantage of this national day of giving.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

1) The Global Trends in Giving Report is meant to help the nonprofit sector better understand individual giving worldwide, but data and statistics don’t communicate well what is happening on the ground in Brazil. Doare was founded in 2012 with a focus on recurring donations. 47% of donors in Brazil volunteer. 93% regularly vote.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

Mattel company spokesman Alan Hilowitz told HealthPop that the company will produce a friend of Barbie that will have wigs, hats, scarves and other accessories to give children "a traditional fashion play experience." The prize will be awarded on Thursday, April 5th at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, during the awards luncheon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Each generation living today has come of age with profoundly different experiences concerning mass communication and these differences directly impact how they give to nonprofits. Millennials (Born 1980–2000, Currently Ages 14–34).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. e-Newsletter. Now, onto setting up your personal profile.

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2013

But what kind of a direct impact do these “social actions” really have especially for nonprofits? These are the types of questions we hope to see answered in the upcoming video benchmark study for nonprofits being conducted by Edelman, See3 Communications, and YouTube. And according the Nonprofit Times, about 3.5M

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 24, 2021

Children in their school’s MeteorEyes club jumping for joy with the CustomEyes books from Guide Dogs U.K. While we’ve been creating these CustomEyes books since 2012, the process of marketing its product to those who need it most, making it easy to place an order online, and then shipping those orders across the U.K. hasn’t been easy.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

And are they a realistic option for smaller nonprofits? The first survey was conducted in 2012, and 38 campaigns from that year’s survey were among the 2014 champions. A publisher, entrepreneur, mother, wife, social media enthusiast and fan and avid supporter of the do-gooders in the nonprofit/ for-impact sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

To be alerted of when new best practices are posted, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Also, since the Google+ Pages launched after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Add your nonprofit under “Employment.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 6, 2012

Michael Gilbert, Nonprofit News Nonprofit News provides a stream of news and resources related to emerging issues in the nonprofit world, with a particular emphasis on communication and new technology. Check out Mike's guest post about NTC on the Rally blog. Check out Mike's guest post about NTC on the Rally blog.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2012

The 30-minute “Kony 2012” video produced by the nonprofit Invisible Children , which generated over 70M views on YouTube over the past week, has caused a firestorm in the nonprofit community. Since 1986 the LRA has abducted 66K children, and turned them into child soldiers.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

While generational cutoffs aren’t set in stone, Gen Z includes individuals born between 1997 and 2012. As their giving capacity grows, it’s only a matter of time before Gen Zers take up the mantle as the next wave of nonprofit supporters. However, Generation Z is still an audience to be explored. Who is Generation Z?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It was updated in 2012, and the Office of the U.S. Nonprofits to support 211 Tampa Bay Cares 211 Tampa Bay Cares is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that residents and visitors in Pinellas County, Hernando County, and throughout the State of Florida are well-connected and informed about critical health and human services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Al Gore (@algore) September 23, 2012. scsglobal young people are capable of doing more good in the world than ever before because of online connectedness — Beth Kanter (@kanter) September 23, 2012. SGSGlobal mashable.com/sgs twitter.com/gatesfoundatio… — Gates Foundation (@gatesfoundation) September 22, 2012.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children. Without education, Dalit children continue in the same generational work as their parents, which is generally street sweepers, leather workers, garbage workers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

LCF has built a dynamic network of Latino nonprofit leaders through its advocacy platform, the California Latino Agenda and has engaged a powerful group of female donors through the Latina Giving Circle. Why did you decide to do a crowd-funding campaign in 2012? For a low-income family with two children, the application fee adds up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference will offer a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. David Greco, Vice President, Nonprofit Finance Fund. Stay tuned for a blog post about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

They wanted to visualize their network for a specific purpose: getting a national bill ( Moving Children Outdoors Act) on Obama’s desk for signature by Oct. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , the central thesis is that nonprofits need to work less like isolated institutions and more like networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Note from Beth: Last year John Haydon reached out about a special project he was working on for the CTK Foundation that was providing some resources and financial support for nonprofits. If you’re like most people who work at nonprofits, you’re inspired by quietly changing the world each and every day. What is the CTK Foundation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

We promised the monk that we would hold Cambodia in our hearts and travel back with our children to their birth country when they were old enough to appreciate it. Along the way, I united my passion for social media and nonprofits, training, fundraising with Cambodia. Beth Kanter (@kanter) August 4, 2012. p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2012

TechSoup Global's partner in Germany, Stifter-Helfen.de – IT for Nonprofits , has been collecting case studies from the organizations it works with over the last year. Here is a look at how a few German nonprofits and charities are using technology donations for social good. Supporting Families of Visually Impaired Children.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Matt first learned about crowdfunding when he was raising funds to volunteer in Southeast Asia in 2012. 103 donors whose top 5 causes are children and youth (23%), hunger and homelessness (15%), women and girls (12%), health and wellness (11%), and education (8%). 78% of donors in Kenya volunteer. 78% attend fundraising events.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. households experienced food insecurity in 2012, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. households with hungry children.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s report follows on the heels of Giving USA’s 2012 report for 2011 giving, where the total current individual giving was reported to be $217.79

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Over $1,640,000 in gifts were given this year, and over $177,000,000 was raised online for charities and nonprofits. Researchers and analyzers found that since 2012, there have been sizeable and increasing donation spikes each year during #GivingTuesday, and that data projections show this will only continue.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. For families with young children, the cost of housing and child care combined typically make up about 50% of the family’s budget. As part of a.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 10, 2012

What is the nonprofit sector’s contribution to society’s economics? Registration for the 2012 Nonprofit Conference on Sustainability Strategies ends Sunday, October 14 th ! You may be asking, “How does this apply to me and my nonprofit organization?” posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional. in Residence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

And as an extra reward for getting involved in sharing the good this holiday season, you can enter our #Goodspotting sweepstakes for a chance to win up to $500 in holiday spending cash for yourself, and up to a $5,000 donation to the nonprofit of your choice. Many in the nonprofit social media community are helping Stacey reach her goal.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Since 2012, thousands of nonprofits have run campaigns on CauseVox ’s fundraising platform. Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Livestream Event.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Press Release Austin Nonprofit Bridges Digital and Education Divide in Cambodia - PR.com : That’s something that Austin’s Windows of Wonder Institute, or WOWi, wants to end. A WOWi team, skilled in digital media creation and management, will go to Siem Reap for two weeks in February 2012 to begin training these students.

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