Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Dan is the Digital Marketing Manager for Feeding America where he oversees the execution of their external digital strategy which includes social media. As Michel notes, The bill passed and our advocacy folks are taking a well-deserved break.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). We reached out to people we’ve never met and got them onboard. Feeding America has utilized numerous Call2Action Sparks.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After months of unresponsiveness and no progress, they realized they’d placed their trust in the wrong people. So, they shifted their fundraising efforts to focus on Hunger Action Month and their “Stand in the Gap End-of-Year Match Appeal.”. Hunger Action Month. They raised $5,711 online during the month of September.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

It represents people positively, in a way that feels true and empowering to them.” It paints a complete picture of the people you serve and the opportunities they can capitalize on with some help from within their community. This acknowledges your constituents’ agency, or control over their actions and consequences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2009

Foodbanks, soup kitchens, and many other nonprofits that address the hunger issue are being hit by a triple whammy. That's why I'm taking the pledge to end hunger because if we all do a little bit - it can go a long way. To become a Champion, all you need to do is: Sign the Hunger Pledge. One Click Feeds 140 Kids.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2009

Or that 34 million people in the United States live on a food stamp budget? I didn't, until I read about the San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge. Last year, 6 food bloggers and recipe developers tried to eat 3 meals on $3 per day during the 2008 San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Oxfam America. Feeding America. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Her career has been dedicated to connecting people and places through performing arts . Bush Presidential Center Stand-To Veterans Leadership Program Scholar .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

Send A Postcard from the Hunger site As we approach the annual Thanksgiving feast , there are more than 850 million people in the world who go hungry. In developing countries, nearly 11 million children die every year from preventable and treatable, with 60% of these deaths from hunger and malnutrition. Miss it and they???ll

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

America: A Wasteland of Plenty. To date, the organization has redirected more than 800,000 pounds of food from the landfill to the hungry people of Boulder. A lot of food banks measure impact by number of mouths fed … when I hear that I think, that's more hungry people that need food! In the U.S., Results That Matter.

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Givinga

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Kraft Heinz’s Rise Against Hunger Partnership. Several years ago, Kraft Heinz began a digital giving campaign called Huddle to Fight Hunger. After a successful first campaign the arrangement evolved into a permanent partnership with Rise Against Hunger, an international nonprofit that’s working to end world hunger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

"With living costs soaring, many local families are struggling to makes ends meet, and nowhere can it be seen with more clarity than on the lengthening lists of people being helped by the local food pantry." " Hunger is not only local issue, but also a global one. obesity and chronic hunger and malnutrition.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2013

The Trust for Public Land TransForm Transportation Alternatives United Nations Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan United Way of Genesee County Vermont Foodbank Volunteers of America Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab Women Employed World Food Program USA YES!

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Join Care2, Blackbaud and Feeding America for this free Expert Webinar, and discover the essential tips that can help you stay ahead of the curve. Her team raises funds to help secure and distribute more than 200M meals annually for families struggling with hunger. How Do You Measure Up?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2009

Hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these hard times. President-elect Obama pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015 during his presidential campaign. In response, Share Our Strength is asking people to send a text donation and hold food drives to help feed those in need. Tags: hunger.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 23, 2020

Food Lifeline, a member of Feeding America, is the largest food bank in Western Washington , distributing donated food to more than 300 food banks, shelters and meal programs throughout their region. They put out roughly 134,000 meals every day to hungry children, adults and seniors.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2020

Many people are finding themselves unable to put food on the table for the first time, and those previously counting on the safety net of school breakfasts and lunches are even more vulnerable now that schools have shuttered. The massive shifts in the food supply chain are further devastating communities.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Big buttons, white space, and colored text keep Feeding America ’s mobile donation form feeling fresh and clean. What motivates people to pay monthly for these products and services? We like this range because it anchors people at a higher donation amount. Our favorite mobile giving experiences are simple.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Beyond employee retention, having an employee giving program also makes your company an attractive option to people outside of your company—jobseekers and consumers. Studies show that jobseekers, and particularly younger workers, are more likely to work for a company based on their dedication to corporate responsibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

People who reading content on their smartphones or tablets will not be consuming text heavy information – it has to brief text and visual or videos. Feeding America has a national hunger study. But people are less and less likely to need. And… social media has become a very important way for us to tell people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

There are people who just want an expert on the stage to share their wisdom. The full group discussion allowed people at different levels to share their experiences. Use Twitter to Bring More People Into The Conversation. What people in the room were most hungry for were tips and steps on listening and measurement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

They whisk people away from their everyday lives and connect them with ideas that can revolutionize how they think. Many of the issues they champion have taken a backseat in people’s minds this year, as our nation’s attention has been captured by one shocking event after another. Stories are windows into new worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Peter Dietz has an article explaining why we need group fundraising RSS feeds. Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World." Marshall Kirkpatrick's Comparing 5 Ways To Tag Videos hit dig popular. without leaving the virtual world! You know, I'll have what she's having).

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

We're not actually acknowledging the people around us. I think that people really, actually want that. People started emailing me and saying, "Oh my gosh! I started emailing people a PDF of this business card that I was attaching to my little acts of kindness, my little missions. We're plugged into our phones.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

At the 2021 Collaborative: Virtual Sessions , our annual nonprofit conference, over 7,000 people from across the world came together to learn how to advance their mission within the social sector. The six practices are explained through real stories from organizations like Feeding America and Habitat for Humanity.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

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!" This year they did something a little different. Komen for the Cure race.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Let’s assume your organization’s mission is to address a really big problem — say eliminating hunger in the United States. Such a goal, and the language used to articulate it, can be hard for many people to process. So many people in America struggle with hunger and food insecurity – how can her small donation possibly help?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Hunger is a solvable problem. Of 6,000 people surveyed last year, 82% of parents sometimes or often worried about running out of food. Too many people will put your appeal down, or delete your email, simply because their brain won’t allow them to be drawn in. Help people walk in the shoes of others. What other programs?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2012

Using real-time tools to engage people through data can help increase both the time people spend on your site and the amount of information you can convey quickly. It’s easy to see and understand a map right away (especially using something like Google Maps, which most people have seen before or even used themselves).

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M+R

JUNE 15, 2021

We began to unpack the challenges and obligations of developing ethical creative in a roundtable discussion with our friends Amirio Freeman of Feeding America and Rosa Del Angel of Oxfam America. Loss aversion—the tendency of people to prefer avoiding losses rather than acquiring gains—can be a powerful urgency lever.

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