Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. on Facebook, Network for Good, Global Giving and Parade Magazine in 2007. This contest was based on the total amount raised.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

My latest project is called @home , which explores homelessness in America through the story of Mark Horvath (aka @hardlynormal on Twitter). Mark is an e-activist who interviews homeless men and women, and shares their stories across every digital medium he can find — YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Google +, you name it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline. Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook.

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JUNE 30, 2012

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. iOS/Android: Charity Miles is an app that connects your commitment to fitness with your commitment to the causes your support. Facebook Pages Manager.

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JUNE 30, 2012

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. Takes with a fitness and cause driven movement that the app creators are hoping to foster. Facebook’s mobile app has always gotten mixed reviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

I found this slideshare show by Michael Weiksner, BJ Fogg, and Xing Kin Lui from a class at Stanford called " Creating Engaging Applications on Facebook." The visual shows the results of a pattern analysis of the 100 most popular Facebook applications (video of lecture here ). Has anyone done any research on this topic?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Nancy Hendrie, a retired pediatrician in her seventies to work on a couple of projects and get ready for the final phase of the our America's GIving Challenge campaign. mostly offline and email) Yesterday, I had to chance to show her some online social networks like Twitter and Facebook as well as some tools like video blogging.

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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. Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. Designate a cheer leader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

launched a contest on Facebook. Each organization received $25,000 and the announcement caused some controversy because of the contest eligibility rules and lack of a leaderboard. . Friendship Circle, has a web contest landing page that provides instructions on how to vote and a direct link to the Facebook app page. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power. s Alex Steed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Social Fundraising: Leveraging On and Offline Connections. The What, Why, and How of Facebook Fan Pages. America's Giving Challenge: We Came In First! Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter. Sharing Foundation Has Supporters in Finland. Social Media In An Economic Downturn.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

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. What’s more we’ve had our eye on a few nonprofits who are not only doing a great job at promoting themselves, but also their cause.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

The causes seemed mixed: Some groups saw a return to a baseline after a few years of outstanding revenue growth influenced by the pandemic. Among the causes, one platform stands out: Meta, also known as social advertising or simply “Facebook.” Average gift size followed the same trend, with 60% seeing declines.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

But, and here’s the key, cause me to feel something when you do that. 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. They got the little Volunteers of America logo. Creatively thanking. ” .

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MAY 29, 2009

” In contrast, NARAL Pro-Choice America continues to use direct mail to fundraise, but has noted a decline in its effectiveness lately. “That includes sending direct mail to drive traffic online, as well as sending direct mail to get a response in the mail, and sending email to reinforce an offline message,” Kirchoff said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2008

At the end of the day, while taking a little Twitter break and checking on the progress of the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge , I noticed that we were 3 $10 donations shy of $15,000 total raised. What's strange is that I just got connected with Jonti on Facebook today, so I had a chance to get to know who she was.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So you might want to check in with her if maybe if you fit that cause type. So I got interested in communication topics because of my interest in nature actually, because I like nature a lot, I like environmental causes, I like corals, I like the sea. We have all of Latin America. She’s got a heart for that. So this is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

are accelerating change in the sector, and that the nature of how we support causes will shift – from writing checks to being more actively engaged, or ultimately doing both. They are working to combine online and offline organizing. Our hypothesis is that new technologies such as Web 2.0 and see that as critical to their success.

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JULY 21, 2022

And one of the best ways to do that is through integrated, consistent messaging across all channels – online and offline. Younger Gen Z (18-25), though, will rarely open mail, much less respond to it… but the right Facebook, Instagram or TikTok message will engage them and even lead them to take action.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

And it’s really how to communicate your cause in 2021. So the question, “How do I communicate our cause in 2021?” I won’t do it on Facebook. So there is a social media caveat that I say when it comes to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Twitter is fast, Facebook is friendly, LinkedIn is formal.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

We recently sat down with Becka Wall, a Social Media Strategist at Individual Project and former Assistant Director of Digital Content Strategy at NARAL Pro-Choice America, to talk about the basics of running social media for an organization or campaign.

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