Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. At SXSW, there….

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2017

Covenant Hous e (helping homeless youth). Facebook Safety Check Page is also coordinating people who need or want to give time, donations, or items and various campaigns. There are many more local nonprofits, focusing on animals, elderly, children, and more. PortLight “Inclusive Disaster Relief” SPCA of Texas.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

Or a Facebook fundraiser that raised so little it was embarrassing. Help us reach our goal Provide a homeless person with a hot meal and a warm bed tonight Fund our budget Find more examples of good and bad Asks here. Other resources Claire Axelrad has a couple of really good articles on her blog about words that work in fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2018

She took selfies with me and I taught her how she could use my phone to look at her children and grandchildren’s Facebook profiles. I remember her wrapping up Thanksgiving leftovers and distributed them to homeless people on the streets of Philadelphia. She also posed for social media photos with all my books.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This is a facebook page where many organizations across the environment, climate and animal welfare sectors came together to share news, updates, action alerts, and much more after the BP Oil Spill. Who’s read a blog post about it? It is less about the number of people to retweet or like or blog. Slacktivism. What is it about?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The cute animal theory has not gone unnoticed by nonprofits, even those that are not animal welfare organizations, zoos or aquariums are sharing content featuring cute animals on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Michelle’s project was focused on measuring engagement through multiple channels, but especially Facebook.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Another resource roundup comes from Kivi Leroux Miller , who hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, themed, ''Getting Along with Others'' in the nonprofit world. Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Another resource roundup comes from Kivi Leroux Miller , who hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, themed, ''Getting Along with Others'' in the nonprofit world. Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I also want to them to discover and follow their own sense of social activism and philanthropy and become Philanthroteens , teens with a passion for social change who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or not to be connected to Facebook. While her parents were concerned about her safety, she kept going.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Disclaimer Friday, April 1, 2011 Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. We've all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics "going viral" online before our eyes - the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. At SXSW, there….

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

TechSoup Blog. Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. Get inspired with these digital storytelling examples: raising awareness of homelessness and sharing indigenous stories online. TechSoup is keeping busy this July. From the TechSoup Community.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Job training for at-risk youth, veterans re-entering the workforce, or even homeless or transitional populations. Building your social media presence with training on Twitter and Facebook. This makes Atomic Training ideal for: General workforce development (the work that Goodwill does, for example). About Atomic Training.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

To quote a somewhat recent YouTube blog piece , "if a picture is worth a thousand words, then is a video worth a million?" It's reasonably easy to upload videos to Facebook or YouTube even without the phone being on a data plan. " May well be. TechSoup has some tools that may come in handy. Tell Your Story.

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Care2

MAY 30, 2011

These organizations provide comfort to the sick, disabled, hungry and homeless. After signing the petition and writing an individual message that Care2 will deliver to your senators, you can press the buttons to post the petition instantly to your Facebook newsfeed and/or to send a Tweet about it. charities!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

New York, NY: Facebook for Nonprofits: Moving Your Marketing Beyond the Like. San Francisco: Let’s Learn About Project Homeless Connect SF: Discussion and Brainstorming. Check out the blog to keep on top of the gossip from our community. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2017

An NFP participant was so amazed by the organization’s robust feedback loop that she posted this on Facebook: “The request for feedback about the program is cool, but after a big survey, having them reply and say, ‘We hear several of you want and we’re doing to accommodate that,’ for each major item is unlike any organization I’ve heard of!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In a letter to their newborn daughter, Max, they announced that they were giving away 99% of their Facebook stock to make the world a better place. While we can’t say for sure that GivingTuesday was factor, yesterday’s most astounding act of generosity and giving was from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2008

Hundreds of thousands are now homeless. The photos, videos, and blog reports are giving us vivid citizen accounts. The photos, videos, and blog reports are giving us vivid citizen accounts. The media reports are horrific. "Witnesses described images of rice field littered with corpses." And BlogHer has responded.

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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. The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2008

A couple weeks ago I asked you and the Have Fun * Do Good Facebook group for suggestions for Changebloggers, people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, build community, and/or facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Following up on one of Julia's points in her blog yesterday, I'd like to focus in on how you can use social media to show "how their contributions have helped", as she put it. This can be as simple as a Facebook post or tweet that says, "Thank you to all of our supporters. Homeless Prenatal Program 20 Years in Action - thank you video.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Facebook Live and YouTube Live are free options that your participants will be used to. John Center for Homeless Men recently added some engagement to their Raisin’ the Rent event with virtual house parties ! You can learn more about deciding your staff assignments on the blog! Allow Alternative Payment Methods. Press releases.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. The afternoon featured six mini-workshops that drilled down in the use of the tools such as Facebook , Blogging , Storytelling , Listening , Twitter , and Social Media 101. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.). Some Reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Are people more compassionate to animals, more generous towards the homeless? Blog: [link]. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Upwell.us. Their time is spent on three areas: (1) monitoring and analyzing online conversations, (2) leading data-driven attention campaigns, and (3) sharing knowledge with the sector. tidereport.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

While they had a relatively smaller number of followers on Twitter or Facebook, they had focused on engaging their community online. Their use of Facebook was instrumental in winning Sears’ Dads Making a Difference Contest.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Tech Council launches first social media fundraiser • Business (www.HometownAnnapolis.com - The Capital): "When helping out the homeless, few people put computers and LCD monitors on their list of donations.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Try sharing blog posts about a recent volunteer opportunity, sharing photos of your volunteers, or giving star volunteers a social media shout out. Paid ads on platforms like Facebook or Instagram can ensure potential volunteers see that you’re looking for more people to sign up for your program. Do so frequently.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Assuming that many of you read the same popular tech blogs as I do, I'm willing to bet that you have noticed all the hype about Quora. Should organizations just ignore it and focus effort on Facebook and Twitter with everyone else? Will Quora be the next Facebook or Twitter for online engagement? Author: Corey Pudhorodsky.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Creating unique content for your blog and social media presence. telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. Mark shared his progress around the country in YouTube videos (he’s been featured on the YouTube homepage, blog posts , and his Twitter feed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Presentation Slides on flickr Blog post here. As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story." AFP Blog picks up on some Web2.0 NpTech Talk.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Amy Bogl uses Facebook parties to help an organization that shelters homeless teens win a fundraising contest. Virtual volunteering carries real benefits -- chicagotribune.com: "Jeanine Handley, a graphic designer, volunteers without ever leaving her house by designing materials for a nonprofit legal aid organization.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

Job training for at-risk youth, veterans reentering the workforce, or even homeless populations. Build your social media presence with training on Twitter and Facebook. Check out a previous blog I wrote on easyLearning and what it has to offer. Learn to use Apple products like iPads and iPod Touch. Train Constituents Anywhere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes – before and after photos. How great it is to be in a room with everyone. Want to do more. Make it easy to give.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You can create everything you need for your campaign with Qgiv’s peer-to-peer fundraising platform , which empowers you to create your own branded fundraising pages, communicate with participants via email, and integrate with Facebook fundraisers. John Center for Homeless Men hosted a virtual Raisin’ the Rent house party event in March 2021.

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