Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

million mentions on social media). The United States has Give Local America Day (May 1, 2018). Each state organizes giving campaigns through local community foundations. $68 Prominently feature the date, hashtag, a fundraising goal, a “Donate” button , links to your social networks, and an e-newsletter opt-in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. As a starting point, all nonprofits should be investing time and resources in the “Big Three”: Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube. Once your nonprofit’s Facebook page has been created, it requires no more than three to five hours a week on average to maintain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2009

As we were singing happy birthday, I realized that Harry is growing up with having social networks and generosity in his life. He has watched his mother celebrate her birthday and use it as an excuse to raise money for the Sharing Foundation , a charity that cares for kids in Cambodia. .

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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. . It doesn't work that way."

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook. But the idea of doing this through your online social networks has become normalized in the last few years as online social networks have become intertwined with our lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Note from Beth: I’m facilitating a peer exchange for the Knight Foundation for a group of grantees that are hosting a Giving Days over the next year using its recently published Giving Day Playbook. As the event organizer, we allocated a few thousand dollars to paid promotion of posts on Twitter, Facebook, Google and YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Yesterday, I spent the afternoon with the Sharing Foundation's founder, Dr. 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. Dr. Hendrie has been working tirelessly on this campaign using her social networks.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The Audubon Society's Porter Mason said that EveryAction's network effect "increased conversion rates by a magnitude of 5x to 20x". #2. EveryAction is built to scale and is now trusted by some of the nation's largest nonprofits - from the United Nations Foundation, to Planned Parenthood, Comic Relief, the Audubon Society and Greenpeace.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 Million in donations for charities this past winter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Earlier this week, I flew across the country (thanks Virgin America !) to Boston for two days of book events hosted by Associated Grant Makers , Barr Foundation , Public Conversations Project , TechFoundation and Berkman Center Luncheon series. This post shares a few observations about Networked Nonprofits.

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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 ). Need to go digest.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Everyone's buzzing about the Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge and the Causes Giving Challenge. Here's how: How to Join America's Giving Challenge (December 13, 2007-January 31, 2008) 1. Go to the America's Giving Challenge page in Parade Magazine. For more information, go the Case Foundation's site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2010

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. Social networks and connections let you strengthen loose ties with consequential strangers. His daughters were quickly put on a plane out of the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I couldn’t help but also think how powerful it would be if an organization like the Case Foundation hosted a convening of those involved with various giving days and challenges to share best practices and learning, perhaps leading to something even global. Social media specific webinars. Social media specific webinars.

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2011

are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment). Are you using social media primarily to raise money? Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Learn Basic HTML.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2011

It’s also an amazing opportunity to hear from key leading funders of games including the MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation and the World Bank Institute. It’s a rare occasion when one is able to hear the perspectives of the non-profit/funder and the game designer speaking together about recent projects.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In social media, this event generated over 8,000 tweets using the #give2max hashtag and daylong trending in the Washington region. The Give to the Max Day Facebook page had a 99.4% Public Diplomacy in the Age of Social Media. Hosted by: New America Foundation. Location: New America Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Roger Carr, Everyday Giving Blog , signed up to help me with a Bloggers Campaign part of the Sharing Foundation's Americas Giving Challenge , Today, I observed a twitter exchange from Angela to Roger. I thought she might be referring to our campaign, so thanked her. Yes, indeed Laura is helping us out. Thank you Laura! Thanks Julia.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. Facebook’s Problematic News Feeds.

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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. Kellogg Foundation added another $75,000 to the pot to give away. Check it out right now at America’s Giving Challenge. Kellogg Foundation. “We million for nonprofit causes.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 28, 2012

posted by Sentari Minor , Program Specialist, The Rodel Foundation of Arizona. Networking. It’s simple: networking is necessary to progress at any level in business and is especially paramount for nonprofit leaders. Additionally, social networking has made traditional networking even easier.

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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. Social Networks: It’s About the Relationship by Stephen MacLaughlin, BlackBaud Blog, May 29, 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

Beth Dunn wrote a great piece called " We're The Young Generation " reflecting on an article in the New York Times about the growing use of social networks by young people for social good. He discovered the Sharing Foundation's project on Global Giving and decided to enter the America's Giving Challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Don't Let $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation Slip Away! Social Media ROI: Compare With Paper. Sharing Foundation Has Supporters in Finland. Social Networking: Part of Your Job or Just for Fun?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

The image is from Roger Carr who is raising money to support the Arthritis Foundation???s are sending me broadcast emails and generic private messages on Facebook asking me to donate. Rewards: Dr. Mani offering donors to Roger's campaign a copy of his Social Media Marketing Plan Guide. Hint - the three R words. What no coffee?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2016

You can argue that we haven’t always lived out that truth, but it is, never-the-less, a basic tenet in America—as it is for many other nations. Pursuing grants from foundations and corporations is great, but if you have to make a choice of how to invest time or salary dollars, individuals are the clear winner in the non-equality game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

She was able to go to her boss and get some more resources in the budget for social media. Seattle Symphony created flashmob and promoted it with Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter effectively. Actionable Social Media Listening for Nonprofits. Social Network Analysis Tools for Social Media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Your website is the foundation upon which your digital communications and fundraising campaigns are built. How well your nonprofit’s email and social media campaigns perform depend upon how well your website is designed. Prominently feature your “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. Nonprofits are spicing up their social media communications strategy with language and informalities that may turn-off older supporters and major donors. This is a flawed assumption.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" There was a great discussion about social networking, particularly Facebook apps.

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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. Social Media Marketing Templates. Make-A-Wish America. The way Make-A-Wish win at social media is through their Facebook account.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

LinkedIn launched in 2003, Facebook launched in 2004, and Twitter launched in 2006. Now more than a decade into the Social Web, the use of social networks still continues to grow worldwide and will continue to do so for years to come. Source: The Case Foundation. Source: CAF America. Source: Frogloop.

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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. This is a small example of the networked effect. Thank you Jonti and Nancy White ! So, I twetted it.

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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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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Carie opened with an intro to social media. She says social networks are “not just a bunch of lonely teenage boys.” She notes that people really rely on social networks for influence on decision-making. This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks.

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