Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Leaving the dinner, I checked my Twitter feed and started seeing tweets like this one from my colleague, Tal Frankfurt. Tal Frankfurt (@cloud4good) November 8, 2013. bethkanter @ConanOBrien your red hat was subject of joke on #Late night Conan wore it tonight — Cathy Davidson (@CathyNDavidson) November 8, 2013. ConanOBrien.

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JULY 3, 2015

2013 Digital Persuasion Report :: Download. Published by the Charities Aid Foundation. Published by the Charities Aid Foundation. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. 2013 Online Giving Report :: Download. Published by Blackbaud. 2014 mGive Text Giving Study :: Download. Published by mGive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The hashtag, #GivingTuesday, was trending on Twitter. As some nonprofit insiders complained, #GivingTuesday making too much noise. Using statistics only from highest-level influencers, #GivingTuesday had a reach to over 425 million individuals on Twitter, and over 300 million on Facebook. On Tuesday,Dec.3rd,

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! Charity Digital News , Wired , and several other UK tech publications recently reported on Nominet Trust 100 , or NT100, which is a new comprehensive global list of promising applications of digital technology for social good.

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AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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JUNE 29, 2014

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). – Amy Schiller – The Atlantic – “Charity is for patsies. Is For-Profit the Future of Non-Profit?

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MARCH 5, 2017

Published by the Charities Aid Foundation. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. For Nonprofits Worldwide: 1. 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report :: Download. Published by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good. 2016 World Giving Index :: Download. 2016 Giving Around the Globe :: Download.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

I foresee that 2013 will be the year that this strategy really takes off. million for Minnesota charities in just 24 hours. Austin is hosting its own giving day, called Amplify Austin , on March 4, 2013. How do you think offline or online crowdfunding will affect your favorite causes in 2013? I’m so glad you asked.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I created an “ unselfie ” – sharing the charity I’m supporting – NTEN. Join me for a Twitter Chat at 12:30 pm PST – I’ll be taking over the UnFoundation Twitter account. We are excited that @kanter will host our Twitter account tomorrow for #GivingTuesday ! askbethk. —

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

to see if your nonprofit, charity, foundation, or public library is eligible for the new Office. Bing Dictionary (Word 2013) is not your traditional online dictionary. Bing Maps (Excel 2013) helps you use location data from a given column in Excel 2013 and plot it on a Bing Map. Apps for Office. More Resources.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Twitter followers increased dramatically, with 264 percent growth over the past year. You can also link a Pinterest account to a Facebook or Twitter profile. It lets you look up your medications and find them at a reduced cost.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

So when the latest version of Microsoft Office became available for eligible nonprofits, charities, libraries, and foundations through the Microsoft Software Donation Program , we teamed up with our friends at Microsoft Citizenship and Doug Thomas, content producer for Office.com, to host a tweet chat. Use OneNote! (It's Share and Learn.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries. Storytelling: One of the Most Important Things that Charities Do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Zoe Amar and Matt Collins of Platypus Digital created the #SocialCEO Awards in 2013 with the goal to celebrate charity leaders who are using social media in support of their organization’s missions. Deborah Alsina is the CEO of a charity, Bowl Cancer UK. The guide includes some case studies and practical tips for CEOs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

“The Community Block Party [was] an opportunity to capture the tangible energy that Give Miami Day generates by bringing people together to connect, engage and celebrate with local charities,” said Soto. Over 100 more organizations joined Give Miami Day in 2014 compared to 2013. Using more visuals, such as memes, also helped.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Giving USA reported that more than $300 billion was donated to charities in 2013, with nearly 70 percent of those donations coming from individuals. And research has shown that donors give more when they have personal ties with a charity. A 2013 study showed that more than 50 percent of “Mass Affluent” people (i.e.,

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AUGUST 15, 2018

His 2013 TED Talk entitled “The way we think about charity is dead wrong” is one of the 100 most viewed of all time. . In her 35 years in the field, she’s acquired 350k followers on Twitter, written over ten books and trained nonprofits on every continent. Beth Kanter ( @kanter ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Co-Disruptor: Twitter. Jeff Bauman , who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, has the second most successful fundraiser on the site with over $800,000 raised. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2013. T-shirt giant CustomInk backed and launched Booster in 2013. Booster launched its first campaign in 2013.

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APRIL 1, 2013

The winner will receive a cash award of $1,000, plus Care2 will donate an additional $1,000 to their favorite charity. The 2013 Care2 Impact Prize finalists are (drumroll please): James Rucker – co-founder of Color of Change. Share your vote and comments with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, and email.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

interacting with their favorite charities has evolved: they’ve gone. In October 2013, mobile phone users sent an average of 678 texts a month! Donors are following their favorite charities on Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites. All the traditional fundraising tools (phone-a-thons, direct mail) are.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

hjc, Blackbaud, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies recently studied the giving habits and communication preferences of four generations of Canadian donors and published findings in a report called The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. Highly Active on YouTube (95%).

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APRIL 5, 2013

However, when it comes to building communities online, often the first place an organization starts is with social networking accounts -- creating organizational Twitter and Facebook accounts. Jamie brings a strong perspective on nonprofit communities having worked for Charities Review Council and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

Community foundations across the country have been promoting local giving days to motivate people to support nearby charities, encourage nonprofits to embrace technology, and bolster their reputations. It says it processed more than $29 million in donations and estimates that altogether charities brought in $50 million.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The next conference will be in New Delhi on December 5, and then we'll be back in North America in 2013, heading to New York City , Silicon Valley , and Vancouver , plus most other major U.S. In particular, their free reports give you your social audience’s pulse on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, and other platforms.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

We’ve been talking to folks from some of the 350,000 congregations around the country and have been hearing that they’d like more coverage of IT resources for religious oriented charities on TechSoup. Most of them are social media quick guides for using things like Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. Joining the Safer Internet Day Twitter party.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Walk into a coffee shop in any size town, and you will see a bulletin board chock-a-block with posters for charity walks, runs, and similar events. The charity 5K and walk is so common that municipalities struggle to schedule parks and roadways for these events every weekend. Create a “surround sound” effect with Facebook and Twitter.

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

By partnering with Case Foundation, Network for Good, and CrowdRise, SixDegrees.org was able to create a #GivingTuesday Challenge that encouraged supporters to give to their favorite charities, and offered up some pretty hefty prizes as incentive. The breakdown shows what can happen when we come together for causes bigger than ourselves.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The official hashtag, #14NTC , is starting to buzz on Twitter, and I’m getting hyped about connecting with nonprofit leaders from around the globe! Last year, Dan Palotta and Beth Kanter put dynamite on the way I think about charity and about failure. Twitter was a mysterious platform I always forgot my password to.

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JULY 17, 2015

Latest research from the 2015 Millennial Impact Report shows that donating to charities and volunteering are important to the group that now represents the majority of the U.S. 55% of Generation Y members follow charities and other nonprofits on social media. The Statistics: Generation Y gives 62% through their mobile phones.

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JULY 6, 2011

Follow Jay on Twitter at @gordonjayfrost or reach him by email at jay@fundraisinginfo.com. Only about a quarter of the world’s wealthiest people live in North America and China is projected to be home to the world’s largest population of millionaires by 2013.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

While beautiful charity galas and creative offline campaigns still gather support for nonprofits’ causes, they slowly slip away from donors’ focus. According to the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , online revenue grew by 21% over 2011 totals, presenting nonprofits even more reasons to pull out the heavy gear and start online fundraising.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Fundraising by definition is “an activity done to collect money by a charity, political party or school,” i.e. the Ice Bucket Challenge. Studies of Facebook and Twitter users suggest a large percentage of these individuals are already highly committed to their causes and seeking more contact with the associated organizations.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I’ll review some new developments in email technology including Gmail’s new tabbed inbox and how it affects your charity newsletters, and the array of new email filtering services that cut down on email overload. TwtPoll enables nonprofits to create polls that can be shared on Twitter or any other social network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

In 2013, Zoe Amar and Matt Collins, digital strategy consultants for nonprofits, started the “ Social CEOs Award ” after being inspired by LinkedIn’s top 30 social CEOs list. It gives more space to explain and expand beyond the 140 characters on Twitter. Click to see full infographic. Want some more examples and tips?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Here is a short list of innovations that happened after online giving began in 1999: Airbnb, Android, Bitcoin, Chrome, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Github, Hashtags, iPod, iPhone, iPad, jQuery, Kindle, LinkedIn, MySpace, Netflix, Oculus Rift, Pinterest, Reddit, Slack, Tesla, Twitter, USB Flash Drive, Venmo, Wii, Xbox, YouTube, and the Zettabyte.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

LinkedIn launched in 2003, Facebook launched in 2004, and Twitter launched in 2006. GivingTuesday 2014 raised 63% more than 2013. Individual that earn $25,000US or less donate the largest share of their income to charity. PayPal mobile donations on Giving Tuesday 2014 increased 101% over 2013 in the United States and Canada.

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