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. Tags: hunger. And You can too!

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2023

According to the USDA , over 10% of households in America worked with food security at some point in 2018. Fortunately, investing in volunteer management software can help your organization run smoothly and help even more people struggling with hunger. Get the Buyer’s Guide to Volunteer Management Software Download the Guide 1.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Fans’ obsession with the Hunger Games saga isn’t by chance. As a Hunger Games fanatic (if Disney creates a Panem-based theme park, I’ll be first in line to visit the Capitol), I’ve been thinking about how nonprofits can learn from the phenomenon and generate this type of dedicated following. Hunger Games Lesson 3: Precision Matters.

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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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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. At the end of the month, we could gauge our share of conversation in the hunger through listening tools.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

And the need to combat hunger and poverty in our communities became all the more urgent. So, for the benefit of the entire industry looking to solve hunger across communities, cities, and nations, I present to you your guide for Foodbank Fundraising in 2021. Unprecedented challenges appeared. Events were cancelled. Data is great.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Oxfam America. Feeding America. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Teach For America. Prior to this, he established an in-house “Zero Hunger” innovation accelerator and created an award winning crowdfunding smartphone app, ShareTheMeal.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

We’ve filled out a lot of online donation forms. With online giving (including mobile giving) on the rise, we’re always hunting for shining examples of the very best donation experiences. To see how the average online giving experience is faring in 2019, we recently did a little experiment. Where We’re Winning in Online Giving.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Food insecurity and hunger are some of the most prominent issues that plague our modern society. 41 million people, or 12% of the population, struggles with hunger. Food banks work hard to fight against increasingly pervasive hunger in our communities. In the U.S., Donors are 34% more likely to give on a responsive website.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success. How Do You Measure Up?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities. Here's what Stephanie Strom, New York Times reported: JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Both online and offline, communities are not only the way we identify ourselves, but more importantly, they are the most authentic and powerful vehicle for change. Some may exist solely online. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. Human contact leverages passion that sometimes gets lost online.

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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. There have been many remixes of online contests since the Giving Challenge, so many that I can't quite remember all of them. I'm of two minds about online contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

There are different media forms that mandate different types of content — and nonprofits must consider this as part of the online content strategy. Feeding America has a national hunger study. You can learn more about online video and the work of See3 at [link]. how payday lenders have increased payments to lobbyists.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Both online and offline, communities are not only the way we identify ourselves, but more importantly, they are the most authentic and powerful vehicle for change. Some may exist solely online. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. Human contact leverages passion that sometimes gets lost online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

But hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these difficult times. Advergirl heard this story too and made the following observation: Online is quickly becoming the most personal thing we do. There's a great moment in this NPR story when Melissa Block asks if it's less personal to give online.

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DECEMBER 30, 2009

Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America 4. The Online Copywriter's Handbook : Everything You Need to Know to Write Electronic Copy That Sells 5. Hunger's Brides: A Novel of the Baroque 30. Rural Nurse 2. Celtic Myths and Legends 3. Where Love Rules 6. Piece de Resistance: A Novel 7.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2009

Mashable Party Monday, March 16, 9:30pm-12:30am Six Lounge, 117 W 4th, Austin, TX 7870 There will also be an effort to help raise awareness of childhood hunger issue during SXSW, so stay tuned. Join us for live music, drinks, nptech application demos and plenty of free swag!

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JUNE 18, 2009

It's not often that four professional online fundraisers give you a notebook's worth of great ideas from their own programs, then repeatedly instruct you to ignore them. All those tried-and-true strategies you read about in case studies, blogs and, yes, this venerable online publication? Old-line direct mail programs can work online.

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MAY 15, 2015

America: A Wasteland of Plenty. Each volunteer can carry up to 600 pounds of food, and logistics are coordinated through an online application called the Robot , making this model replicable and easy to handle with only one full-time employee. In the U.S., " Gaining Legitimacy with TechSoup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I appointed two Twitter advocates who live Tweeted the discussion and also verbalized questions and comments from Twitter, providing a link between online and offline. How Feeding America Uses KPIs to Measure Social Media. 4. Give Them A Couple of Practical Tips or Insights To Solve Their Problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In Organizing Offline and Online. There is also the importance of offline/online connection that can't be ignored. (Screen capture of Leaderboard as of Monday, Jan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World." Reports, Conferences, and Webinars The Pew Internet and America Life Project recently released report on the "Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users" has created a buzz in the nonprofit tech spaces.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

And sectors that were more likely to see outpourings of pandemic-related support like cultural institutions and hunger & poverty groups were also more likely to see year-over-year declines. Digital Revenue Unplugged The median nonprofit saw their overall online giving decline by 4.0%.

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JULY 13, 2021

But he says that the public perception of charities and how they should be run is keeping nonprofits from solving large-scale problems like hunger and poverty. The six practices are explained through real stories from organizations like Feeding America and Habitat for Humanity. Visit Classy Academy today. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

Unfortunately, I had to cancel and asked Scott Henderson if he'd do on my behalf. I met Scott online over a conversation in the comments when I wrote some reflections about David Armano's personal fundraising campaign back in January. In terms of online and social media, the main principles are: 1.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In fact, he was named one of the 10 best retreat facilitators in America. Because it’s not just about the issue, because let’s say you’re helping with hunger relief, well, there might be 10 organizations in your community helping with hunger relief. He’s also won the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

Speaking of strategic priorities you just mentioned, can you give some examples of those a couple people have been asking is, does that read kind of like we want to reduce hunger by 10% this year? From 2018 - 2020, she served as the Director of Communications for the Public Relations Society of America's local Hoosier chapter.

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JULY 19, 2022

A great example is our client, Louisiana State University Online and Continuing Education. Despite a global pandemic, political turmoil, and civil unrest stemming from the racial and social justice environment of America, funds raised by charities and nonprofits actually increased 13.8% from 2019 to 2021.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2017

We live in an era where the power of an individual or organization is determined in part by their influence online. Solutions like Luminate Online (Beta) and Attentive.ly and Luminate Online, there’s no way around the time it takes to cultivate working relationships. Why Your Campaigns Need Influencer Marketing.

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