Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Joey (I think) coined a new term, " cause washing." Joey pointed out that Facebook's donation to Donors Choose in lieu of holiday party and Google's $20 million donation to selected charities in lieu of holiday gifts to Adsense and Adwords products is not cause washing.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

That was the logic Lauren Bush Lauren articulated in a 2013 interview about FEED, a for-profit entity she founded that creates simple, eco-friendly tote bags whose price covers the cost of donating school meals to children in Rwanda via the UN World Food Program” What Solutions Are Hiding In Our PDFS? : – eMarketer -.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 2: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal17. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The other 7% comes predominately from the US (where most Mexicans have relatives and connections), then from Spain, and the rest from throughout Latin america. Video: The rising consumption of online video (Instagram and Facebook stories, Snapchat, etc.) 9% have donated directly to an organization using Facebook Fundraising Tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2012

To me, the Google+ Stream feels like a mixture of Twitter and Facebook. However, like Facebook, simply posting a link without a personal statement doesn’t seem to result in much activity on Google+ and to post multiple times per day on Google+ with well-thought out personal statements could become time-consuming. Amazon CARES.

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Classy

AUGUST 17, 2021

Learn more about the evolving situation from a recent Good Morning America ABC News segment below, as well as how you can help Haiti earthquake victims below. Facebook: CoreResponse. Facebook: Hope for Haiti. Facebook: Team Rubicon. Video owned by and featured on the ABC News Youtube channel. Twitter: @CoreResponse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2007

From Nhung Son's Facebook Photos Two weeks ago, Blogger Michele Martin , set up an America's Giving Challenge widget for the Sharing Foundation to support the project over at Global Giving. He contacted me through Facebook to let me know he wanted to help! For most children in Cambodia this is a story that is all too common.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

DECEMBER 7, 2017

A mere nine percent of children from America’s most low-income families graduate – this is compared to 77 percent from the wealthiest families. All you need is a reliable webcam and a video streaming platform like Skype or Facebook Live. The gap is one that nonprofits seek to eliminate.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Facebook Gifts Now Supports Charitable Donations | News & Opinion | PCMag.com : Facebook today launched a new feature that allows you to make charitable contributions through Facebook Gifts. Kiva, Livestrong, Oxfam America, RAINN, St. Kiva, Livestrong, Oxfam America, RAINN, St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? My answer: The America's Giving Challenge campaign that I just finished was my fifth person to person fundraising campaign using social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

Apps allow citizens to use their zip codes to look up their elected officials and voice their concerns or support on a policy issue are not unique to Twitter as I learned from posting about the App on Google+. Voice for America’s Children has a similar app on Facebook. Just tell me how to use it.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

From the ubiquitous Facebook "Like" button to Google’s new +1, it’s never been easier to share what you’ve found exploring. In the fall of 2010, America was horrified by the tragic actions of gay young people who took their lives after suffering prolonged bullying and harassment. It Gets Better. Remember Me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Here’s some statistics about what happens when a girl who makes it through both high quality primary and secondary education is… …less likely to experience violence or marry and have children whilst she is still a child. …more likely to be literate, healthy and survive into adulthood, as are her children.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2023

Feeding America is working with their partners on the ground in Maui to support recovery efforts and provide care in the immediate aftermath of the fires. To support the Maui Humane Society, donate here and join their mutual aid Facebook group to see how else you can help. Donate here to provide support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

It is intended to inspire actions like contributing to charities, educating one’s children about giving, volunteering for a nonprofit, or to encourage people in their networks to do the same. This campaign provides resources, a theme, and asking all who participate to unleash their creativity to spread generosity.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

Amigos de las Americas uses peer-to-peer fundraising, a type of community-driven fundraising, to engage their supporters. A Facebook post engages your donor AND increases your campaign’s audience. A great example that I always hark back to is courtesy of the Children First/Communities in Schools program in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

They also Tweet and post on Facebook: Text SEIU to 787753 for mobile updates! Not only that, after you subscribe from their website you are sent to a page that prompts subscribers to then follow the ASPCA on Twitter, fan them on Facebook, make a donation, etc. NARALPro-Choice America :: Subscribe. DoSomething.org :: Subscribe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. The era of winging it in social media is over.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 3: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal16. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2007

I don't want to you annoy you dear readers, but I can't pass up an opportunity to raise some money for the Sharing Foundation to help care for children in Cambodia. I am thinking of a series -- perhaps sharing one brief story every day or other day about the good work that the Sharing Foundation does by focusing on some of the children.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

Consider implementing one or two solid list-building activities a year, like this one from Children’s Medical Center. Is there an organization you could partner with, as Feeding America did with Mother Jones? Once someone has signed up to receive emails from your organization, they need to know what’s going to happen next.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2014

We found out about BIKERSCAP when the organization's CEO, Greg Reaster , posted on our Facebook page "TechSoup has made all we do here at BIKERSCAP possible. Their work is straightforward: fix up donated computers and give them to needy children. Bikers helping children." " Not Your Ordinary Charity.

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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.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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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. Nate Ritter gives a brilliant example of how Twitter could help save the lives of missing children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2010

I'm celebrating with an action learning experiment and birthday wish fundraiser for Cambodian children. Once they arrived in America, they organized an all-night candlelight vigil in front of the White House to call attention to their father's plight. My birthday is on Monday, January 11th on Monday.

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See3

OCTOBER 30, 2009

America’s Giving Challenge is an amazing program from The Case Foundation that See3 had the opportunity to support this year. Check it out right now at America’s Giving Challenge. Kellogg Foundation Grant to America’s Giving Challenge Significantly Increases Number of Overall and Daily Awards Offered to Nonprofit Causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile. Facebook has been taking down organizational profiles for nonprofits, including Ranger Rick's profile. Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook. Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook. social networking sites.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The leading apps are Snapchat , Facebook Messenger , and WhatsApp. But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Children love it. When major tech players and platforms like Google, Salesforce, Facebook, PayPal, Kickstarter, etc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 23, 2009

I asked my Facebook and Twitter pals for suggestions, and they came up with the list below: Amnesty International Antenna Theater's Ecological Calendar (They have an iPhone app too !) There is something about writing things down by hand with different colored pens that I still love.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The Gift Shop also adopted the family for Christmas, asking community members to donate toys for the children. Limitless Good launched a “Share a Smile, We’ll Share a Meal” campaign to donate to Feeding America. The company was able to fund over 3,500 meals through Feeding America.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

Founded just four years ago, C3 has used the power of art to touch the lives of more than 250,000 people, while also teaching about the importance of getting creative about the issue of waste in America. The waste problem in America is a real one, and one that in many ways can be daunting. " Part of a Movement.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

Solving real-world issues in a virtual world environment is a growing trend, present in initiatives such as Zynga’s in-game Japan Earthquake Relief efforts as well as games like America 2049 , Ecotopia and others. Through melding fact and fiction in an Alternate Reality Game (ARG), America 2049 focused on the future of human rights.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. Burlington hosted its first-ever Day of Civic Hacking event.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2008

Anyway, I'm using my status on Facebook to tell everyone what I want for my birthday later this month. I'm glad we're friends on Facebook and that he reads my status. We've never met face-to-face, but I think he emailed me a question after reading an article I wrote for a print publication and we've been Facebook friends.

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