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. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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JANUARY 24, 2010

Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. " In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. On paper, it seemed simple enough. "Their money, our votes." " pleas.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Based on our post-event survey of more than 9,000 individual donors, 67 percent heard about the event via email, 23 percent via Facebook, and 4 percent via Twitter.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Williamsburg, Virginia is America's #1 Farmers Market! And this past weekend was particularly bountiful at my local market: Williamsburg was crowned this year as America's Favorite Farmers Market ! About the Contest. According to Hoffman, the contest has been a great success and succeeded beyond their original expectations.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

Urgency encourages people to act fast to get involved before it’s too late. A finite timeline gets people to act immediately instead of later. Amigos de las Americas uses peer-to-peer fundraising, a type of community-driven fundraising, to engage their supporters. , this is one of the best fundraising techniques to use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

My first ladder of engagement was developed for the America’s Giving Challenge contest that I won in 2008 - it was a framework that used the “community manager” or “network weaver” as the human face to connect with people and bring them to the next level of involvement. … Read More

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

I'm thrilled to say that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Cary Creative Center , or "C3," an organization working to save materials from the landfill by turning them into beautiful art. The waste problem in America is a real one, and one that in many ways can be daunting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2008

birthday in true social media style with flickr 50th photo birthday card remix contest and I donated 50 bucks to the winner's favorite charity. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

My Facebook friend, Phy, who is a Cambodian attending school in Japan messaged me telling me he really really wanted to donate to the America's Giving Challenge , but the Global Giving online donation tool doesn't support PayPal. The PayPal Donate button is a safe, easier way for people to donate money.

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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. It is a program that encourages nonprofits, large and small, to use the web to engage people in their work, and to encourage small donations. Check it out right now at America’s Giving Challenge.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Because data is powerful! Because data is powerful!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

There's an unfortunate consensus emerging in the nonprofit sector that social media is only helpful for communicating with young people. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own. This is a flawed assumption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint. The Long Tail of Facebook Causes. Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 Frogloop Blog.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Through this research, as well as in his role at Achieve, Derrick has worked with companies and organizations such as AT&T, Facebook, BMW, PBS and the Case Foundation to understand how the next generation of donors, activists and employees are redefining cause work. Kivi Leroux Miller. He loves clubs. And community.

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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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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

These changes in technology are creating fundamental changes in how people see their role, the community and their identity. In philanthropy, for example, the people-to-people connectivity of a Kiva is not a new concept, but the internet makes it possible on a new scale. Is Facebook and MySpace a trend?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

All three winning stories will also be published on the TechSoup.org blog, and will be promoted in our By The Cup and New Product Alert newsletters, as well as our Twitter and Facebook channels. We will share your organization's work to a potential audience of more than 300,000 people! Check out our Green Technology Page.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

All three winning stories will also be published on the TechSoup.org blog, and will be promoted in our By The Cup and New Product Alert newsletters, as well as our Twitter and Facebook channels. We will share your organization's work to a potential audience of more than 300,000 people! Check out our Green Technology Page.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

84% of people comment, 82% message others, and 39% create content. She notes that people really rely on social networks for influence on decision-making. Both HSUS and Oxfam’s primary efforts are on what Carie calls “the big four”: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. On Facebook : I think everyone agrees it’s very early.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

This site, MyGoodDeed is encouraging people to pause and share their plans for a personal good deed. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowdsourcing is defined broadly as: The process of organizing many people to participate in a joint project, often in small ways. Over a century after its inception, over 52,000 people in 1823 places across 17 countries participated in the Christmas Bird Count – using email, web sites, and social media tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

I hope as we get closer to Mother's Day people will make contribution in honor of the women in their lives and send them free, eco-friendly e-cards via GlobalGiving. The America's Giving Challenge was by far the largest of these contests we've run or helped run - generating almost $400,000 to projects on GlobalGiving.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

” We’re willing to bet that the NYCB digital team feels the same way, especially when it comes to getting the right content onto Facebook , Twitter, Instagram , LinkedIn , Pinterest , or any other social media marketing platform (we won’t judge you if you’re still trying to make Friendster happen). Take the Course 12.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Experiment with online contests to build your email list. ? Follow and study Partners in Health , Feeding America , American Cancer Society , African Wildlife Foundation , and charity: water. Offer contests that reward fundraisers who raise the most funds during the campaign. ? Facebook. ? Online Fundraising. ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Experiment with online contests to build your email list. Follow and study Partners in Health , Feeding America , American Cancer Society , African Wildlife Foundation , and charity: water. . □ Follow and study Partners in Health , Feeding America , American Cancer Society , African Wildlife Foundation , and charity: water.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Also in 2008, Daily Bread Food Bank , a local organization, announced that contributions had been sparse and unless something changed, homeless people would go hungry. Several Twitter social change users started to urge others in the community to do something. 600 people attended and they raised $25,000 for the Food Bank.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

I often attend Bloomerang webinars, and so I feel like I’m just, like, talking to my people today. We’re not the only people, sort of, in this virtual space today who have something to share. Inviting those people and giving them opportunities to engage with your organization and helping to further your mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

More than 700 people RSVPed to the event, far more than the capacity of Stubbs BBQ. James Young talked about how nonprofits are using these tools for campaigns , Randi Zuckerberg gave an overview of Facebook and nonprofit activity and Scott Goodstein shared his experience from the Obama Campaign. The panel format was conversational.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

So it's a good time to take a look at how people are using online tools and tactics to influence the reform discussion. Health care reformers very much wish to put a face on the problem, and dozens of groups have set up sites for people to read and publish their health care horror stories. health reform. During the Summer of 2008, C.U.

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