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. Most people WANT to make a difference in the world, but they either don’t know how or don’t have time.

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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

MAY 1, 2018

Even though I lived 3,000 miles away, I was blessed to get to spend time with her in the last five years since my Dad died. 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. She also posed for social media photos with all my books.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Before exploring the questions around limitations and needs, I want to share a couple examples of things happening right now to remind us that even though it will take a lot of work, and honestly a good bit of time, that we are already moving. Who’s read a blog post about it? Have people heard of 350.org org before? Slacktivism.

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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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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. Emailing my list of over 4,000 friends took me a few hours and I helped 40-50 friends through this process, quite time consuming.

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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! At the same time I was also giving my time as a volunteer to a few nonprofits.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Throughout the conference, I posted notes from sessions and other highlights from the hallways - and you can get all of the posts from the Nonprofit Times! Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots.

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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. Just-in-Time Training. Just-in-Time Training. Learning to use Apple products like iPads and iPod Touch. About Atomic Training.

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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. Pacific time. TechSoup is keeping busy this July. TechSoup Canada.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

More than any other time of the year it's time for charities to tell their compelling story. To quote a somewhat recent YouTube blog piece , "if a picture is worth a thousand words, then is a video worth a million?" They're a homeless services and neighborhood revitalization nonprofit that serves West Philly.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It’s time to get face-to-face with your nonprofit tech friends! Our goal is to help each other solve our tech challenges, find a tribe of people who share our passions, and have a ridiculously good time while we’re at it! New York, NY: Facebook for Nonprofits: Moving Your Marketing Beyond the Like. Mukono, Uganda.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

As you implement the strategies given in this guide, you’ll be able to find and recruit people who want to dedicate their time and talent to helping your organization. When someone is willing to donate an hour of their time, a nonprofit is able to save money while getting the assistance they need to move their work forward.

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Care2

MAY 30, 2011

At a time when Big Oil, huge agri-businesses and other fat cat corporations receive billions of dollars worth of tax breaks every year, it's obscene for our leaders to even think about curbing our budget deficit by hurting nonprofit charities. These organizations provide comfort to the sick, disabled, hungry and homeless.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2017

First-time mothers, including those lacking typical support systems, are having their voices heard through the L4G participation of Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) , a national nonprofit that works with pregnant women. Proposals from funder-nominated nonprofits will be accepted until Friday, May 26, 2017 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.

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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

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Our team sifts through the vast amount of real-time online content about the ocean and amplifies it. Public opinion polls provide some types of insight, but take time and money. Big listening is fast, and shows changes over time. Are people more compassionate to animals, more generous towards the homeless?

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

These recurring donations can really add for education nonprofits, since monthly donors give 42% more in one year than one-time donors! Facebook Live and YouTube Live are free options that your participants will be used to. Have the Right Staff in the Right Place at the Right Time. Allow Alternative Payment Methods.

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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. I had already made a donation to the BlogHer's act, but I've donated a second time to the Myanmar project, won't you?)

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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. Anyone and everyone who gives anything — time, money, experience, skills, networks — in any amount to create a better world can be philanthropist. Giving Tuesday is also promoting many of the ideas in Giving 2.0

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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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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

There’s a reason the holiday season is called the most wonderful time of the year! Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. Read on to learn more!

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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. The holidays are a fantastic time to thank all of your supporters. Homeless Prenatal Program 20 Years in Action - thank you video.

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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. as a first time donor. They sent a thank you email and asked if she’d sent diapers.

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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. I have to admit, I've been slow to "get it" and I really have spent more time lurking and browsing questions while reading others’ experiences and impressions. I think maybe so.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Creating unique content for your blog and social media presence. Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. They shared updates on the tour blog , Flickr , and YouTube. Raising funds.

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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." Nonprofit Times covers it here. NpTech Talk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

Note from Beth: Next week, I’ll be keynoting the “ Future of Social Media Conference ” in London hosted by Social Misfits in partnership with Facebook, JustGiving, the Hospital Club Foundation, and the Guardian Voluntary Sector Network. Small Givers, Big Impact. Help them set up and manage their campaign.

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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. Social Entrepreneurship.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Yes, there will always be times when spur-of-the-moment posts are best. The best way to make sure you’re saying the right things at the right times is to create and use a nonprofit social media plan. Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Certainly, giving from individuals won't be enough to fix the economy and provide the resources that charities need to deliver important services in hard economic times. Last year, when I turned 51, I posted a challenge on my blog - could I get 51 people to donate $10 to the Sharing Foundation? January: Have a January birthday?

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Prioritizing your online presence and digital engagement methods is key to not just surviving, but thriving, during this time. Even though the calls were simply to check in with donors and see how they were doing during a trying time, it also resulted in gifts. Further, you don’t necessarily have to talk about COVID-19 all the time.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Raise Funds on Facebook. Once you have analyzed the results, you can decide how much time and effort should be expended for Giving Tuesday in the future. . This means it will take some time to plan out your campaigns. Some aspects of the page that lead to a drawn-out or negative experience include: Slow page loading time.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Viral moments are like lightning in a bottle; most of the time, you’re just churning out messaging that you hope will reach and appeal to a wide range of prospective donors. They aren’t interested in large-scale issues like ending homelessness — that goal feels too big. It’s the difference between a one-time gift and sustained loyalty.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

As such, when it comes time to create or grow an online community, tools that allow for and encourage communication and interaction are vital. Forums and blogs too! We want email alerts, RSS, and we want widgets that people can take from our site and stick into Facebook, MySpace, Google or anywhere else for that matter.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

Good feelings and Facebook friends will not solely allow an organization to fulfill its goals or balance a budget, but in a time when technology staffs are particularly stressed, the NTEN Conference allows many of us an invaluable opportunity to recharge our spirits.

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