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Thank You for the Best Birthday Ever!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We crushed that goal and raised $4,540 because of your generosity in donating and calling attention to the birthday wish. I met Spencer Brodsky last December when he was doing a fundraiser campaign for his project in Rwanda. He helped me with reaching my influencers on Twitter. And connected with Mark Horvath.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Day 4: Action Learning Projects, Communicating After Workshop, and Managing Our Attention. We demonstrated and showed how Twitter can be used to connect with colleagues and extend a brand or campaign. We made people go up and down the stairs three times before settling in after lunch. Day 2: Integrated Social Media Strategy.

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Spamming for Good is the Wrong Description of What Dr. Mani, Roger Carr, Jen Lemens, and Other Good Personal Fundraisers Really Do!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm thinking about the personal approach the Jen Lemen used to raised for her mission to Rwanda - and she did it in record time -- that is the result of relationship building. Pay attention. Then, when you've earned the right to attention and respect, months and months later, sure, ask. Contact them about them, not about you.

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7 Things I learned From #Beth53 Fundraiser and PoST Class

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's hard to do when you get pulled in to the fast moving, forward current of Twitter or start chipping away to get your email in box to zero. . We crushed that goal and raised $4,840 because of your generosity in donating and calling attention to the birthday wish. Here's what I wasn't able to measure: Attention.

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[VIDEO] The Science of Philanthropic Psychology

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I’ll keep an eye on Twitter every once in a while. So when we talk about people loving people, there are three things that I would like to draw your attention to. Are we giving our donors the same attention as we are giving the people we ask them to love? Thank you very much for your attention. Thanks, Jen.

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Are You Being Left Behind as Technology Ushers In a Whole New Approach to Philanthropy? #CoFLA

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: Just before I left for Rwanda, I caught some interesting discussion threads about organizational adoption of networked ways of working on Twitter coming from the #COFLA hashtag as a result of the Council on Foundations gathering in Florida. community!