Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2016

What Happened on Give Local America Day? Early on Give Local America Day , reports of slow page loads and server crashes started to trickle in from a couple of community foundations hosting Giving Days using the Kimbia platform. Here’s a case study from Kivi Leroux Miller documenting what they did.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Portland, Oregon: Websites as Storytelling Tools: A Case Study. Jump to events in North America or go international with events in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2011

Each case study will be presented by the designers and their implementing partners. In addition, the “Games for Change Around the World” panel will discuss the efforts of the three current Games for Change international branches in Latin America, Europe, and Korea. June 20 – 22 is fast approaching.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Give to the Max Day Facebook page had a 99.4% Hosted by: New America Foundation. Location: New America Foundation. Department of State will share case studies and professional experiences gleaned directly from the virtual trenches. talking about rate (1,716 of the total 1,726) rolling into days after the event.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America , or go international with events in. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. We experimented with “Conversational Case Studies&# and found that conversation in the comments helped improve the richness of the final report. By Patricia Martin, 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

In addition, we will be using a wiki to showcase learning and a private Facebook group for daily contact and “just in time” support. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones. 3. Create A World Fusion Curriculum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement. Next Bruce Lesley gave a virtuoso case study of how he uses Twitter to curate news articles and resources related to children’s issues. Content Curation on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Beth Dunn’s presentation covers the basics, complete with case studies, and suggests Quick start and Advanced Quick Start tactics to launch your nonprofit into social media. Tips and Case Studies Who’s Doing What, Where, and How? An Introduction to Facebook and Twitter for Nonprofits (Nathan Wright).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I used a “living case study&# approach – doing an interview with them to share how they achieved their success. Seattle Symphony created flashmob and promoted it with Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter effectively. How Feeding America Uses KPIs to Measure Social Media. It directly increased ticket sales.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

You’ll leave this session with a set of simple but effective tactics based on case studies around building your list through advocacy, when to augment earned growth with wise investments in online acquisition, and the ins and outs of low-cost or no-cost marketing options (like online list swaps and Facebook ads).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. While they had a relatively smaller number of followers on Twitter or Facebook, they had focused on engaging their community online.

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Care2

JULY 12, 2012

to Feeding America and charity: water. To be in the drawing all you need to do is write a comment on this post (a relevant one, please) and then click the button to share the post via Facebook or Twitter by July 31st. It also delivers big bucks to thousands of nonprofit food banks and soup kitchens like the ones in your neighborhood.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2011

And every year, the American Heart Association (AHA) utilizes these thinking caps and helps bring critical awareness to kids about fighting America's leading killers - heart disease and stroke. Facebook, iPads, Blackboard, Wikipedia (don't judge me, but there's good stuff there).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Social Networking Links: links to Facebook, Twitter, etc. Case Study: Operation Groundswell. Instead, each participant chooses a destination from eight different locations, including Africa, India, the Middle East, and South America. for your supporters to help spread the word! Communicate throughout the process.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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) Is It Worth It?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

The What, Why, and How of Facebook Fan Pages. America's Giving Challenge: We Came In First! Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? Social Media ROI Case Study Slam. Prioritizing Your Web Strategy Budget: What Slice of the Pie for Social Media? Social Media In An Economic Downturn. Microblogging in a Museum Context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Social Media A couple of really useful posts on Facebook and Nonprofits. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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) Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

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) Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Examples of Successful UVPs Let’s look at some organizations that have mastered the UVP in their messaging: Feeding America: On its donation page, Feeding America clearly states where the money goes. Every dollar you give can provide at least 10 meals to families in need through the Feeding America network of food banks.”

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Case studies of nonprofits winning at social media is an opportunity to see the strategies in action. That’s why we’ve taken the guesswork out of the equation by curating only the best strategic marketing resources for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and Pinterest. Make-A-Wish America.

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Care2

MAY 29, 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) 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead?

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

For example, suppose your social media audience on Facebook is largely made up of older supporters. In that case, you can tailor your story on Facebook to focus on the impact of large donations. While you can include a few paragraphs of text on Facebook and Instagram, you’ll be confined to just 280 characters on Twitter.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

There are all kinds of great videos, case studies you can dive into and kind of get to know us a little bit more. . It will come up in their feed either on Instagram, or Facebook, or even on LinkedIn, and then they will start to comment, or like, or share, or do some of that engagement. We’re a donor database. ” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The Bridgespan Group interviewed more than 45 people to better understand how some of America’s most innovative cities are using hard data and evidence to steer funding decisions and set priorities. The examples and case studies show that data by itself is no panacea, but is how cities organize themselves to act on the data that matters.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

They know, for instance, “Are these people likely to be on Facebook or TikTok or Instagram or Twitter?” I’ll show you a little bit more of this case study I think later. But, on the right, we see an ad for an organization called Math for America. So two more to go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. Watch for news about the Case Foundation's second America's Giving Challenge. . It's open to 501c3's serving U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

For this series, there was a guest post on the blog and a request for people to ask questions via Twitter, Facebook, or email. A simple conversation, except that we a couple of hundred of other people were following along in the chat room, Twitter, and Facebook. I'm going to ask for follow up case studies.)

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Every day I field questions from organizations and community groups looking to use facebook, Twitter or YouTube. Different regions around the global have a very different level of access than those in North America or Western Europe. Please share it with your networks!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

Goals The main goals were to raise awareness of childhood hunger in America, give people the tools to take meaningful action to help end this solvable problem, and create a case study from which non-profits and corporations could learn how to better use social media in their cause marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Every time I have taught a social media and digital communications strategy over the past decade, I always include useful research studies about the who and how people are using these tools. For US nonprofits, we turn to the the Pew Internet and America Life for studies and audience research about the hyper-connected.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

Okay, so let me start with a case study and then I’ll move into the details and break it down for you. Like, “We need to raise money, we should have another Facebook fundraiser. If they’re going to spend one or two hours a month of fundraising to help you, it can’t be done on Facebook fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

We've been reviewing examples for case studies in our research and some use more than one tactic. The Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge , was one of the first large scale contests launching in 2007 and giving away $500,000 to spur citizen philanthropy and nonprofit adoption of social networking sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Target Competition: Ten Nonprofits Compete on Facebook Red Cross Wins Western Union Contest Trip Advisor Contest Humane Society Wins Microsoft Contest Yahoo For Good Contest America's Giving Challenge (2007) America's Giving Challenge Assessment Crowdsourcing To Find Clean Energy for India Case Study Crowdsourcing Pepsi Fresh Contest: Real Time (..)

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