Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 12, 2010

The people of Haiti are going to need a lot of help after today's 7.0 Below is a quick list of organizations asking for donations. I'm particularly interested in hearing about grassroots organizations. • The American Red Cross is accepting donations for its International Response Fund. . • earthquake.

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MARCH 31, 2021

Whether you lead a church, a temple, or another type of faith-based organization, fundraising is a recurring task on your to-do list. Peer-to-peer fundraising is one of the most popular fundraising methods for faith-based organizations. How Can Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Be Used For Faith-based Organizations? Let’s dive into how.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

When it comes to fundraising, though, one of the areas of most interest is motivation – this can help fundraisers and organizations align their message and delivery with the points of interest and the channels that are the most influential to the target audience. Have you seen online donations increasing for your organization?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

A big thank you conference organizers! We kicked off the conference with an interview style keynote about the Networked Nonprofit, moderated by fabulous Shireen Mitchell (aka digitalsista ). Many in the audience were colleagues that I have met through my blog over years and have helped me with Cambodian fundraising, like Roger Carr.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

"There's really no more rewarding work in the world than helping women and girls attain the highest possible quality of life." ~ Carinne Brody This month's Big Vision Podcast interview is special because it's part of the Girl Effect Blogging Campaign organized by Tara Sophia Mohr. Share Tweet.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

New technology tools help Haiti earthquake relief - NashuaTelegraph.com: "Volunteers have built and refined software for tracking missing people, mapping the disaster area and enabling urgent cell-phone text messaging. Organizations including the International Red Cross, the United Nations, the World Bank and the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City. Don’t miss this special offer for Beth’s Blog readers: Get 10% off tickets with the code beth_g4c14.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

For my particular organization -- Mercy Corps, a large international relief and development agency -- that didn't seem like such a compelling prospect. So we used Facebook and Twitter to syndicate the stories and other content we published on our website -- particularly the Mercy Corps Blog, a new feature we launched last May.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

MacArthur Foundation named 13 organizations as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The Award, which recognizes exceptional grantees and helps ensure their long-term sustainability, provides each organization with up to $1.5 and Catherine T. million, depending on the size of its budget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Click to see larger version. Hold weekly interdepartmental meetings.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

Since we received such great feedback from last year's session , Roger Burks and I have hosted a series of webinars since the last NTC, focusing on how organizations can leverage online storytelling and maximize social media in the process. They've also noted over $6 million of online donations since the launch of their blog last May.

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NTEN

JULY 9, 2010

What I love about Beth Kanter's blog is that she. your organization's online engagement. over 40 organizations have and are doing in Haiti. organizations sharing their data are many NTEN members, including. Read this blog post. Britt Bravo is hosting the Nonprofit Blog Carnival this month , and she.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

It was a huge success and it's now become an international drive , with toys and books going to children's hospitals all over. Because many of the armed gangs are into his music, they will allow him to enter territory where other aid organizations are not allowed. Free Books for Kids!

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? The earthquake occurred at 4:53pm EST and the epicenter was 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Nonprofit organizations responded to the disaster and so did their supporters.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

This is the first time that the indices have included fundraising data related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The Blackbaud indices include organizations that raised money specifically for Haiti relief in the year-over-year analysis. Some important trends will be explored later to show analysis of post-Haiti giving.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

I want to hear about why you did that, how you organized it, and tips you might have for other people who hear that and think, "That's cool! So, Chelsea is actually the third organizer of the East Bay Vegan Bake Sale. BB: As you know, I have a blog called Have Fun, Do Good. I want to do something like that." It just makes sense.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2011

The magnitude of the destruction and the heart-breaking images have remained with us as organizations, governments, and private individuals have struggled beyond the immediate aftermath to effect long-term change and economic impact within Haiti.

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

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sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,430 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21 Small and medium sized organizations had a positive growth trend, but large nonprofits were negative over this period of time.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today. The Health, Public?society renewed contracts.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,430 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21 Large and medium sized organizations had a negative growth trend, but smaller organizations continued to experience positive growth.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 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). This is What a Librarian Looks Like – I love this example of a Tumblr blog used for a perspective-changing campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Did a three-hour dinner in London with an international aid worker bring you one quality application (the aid worker’s Facebook friend, no less) for an outstanding position at your non-profit you’ve been trying to fill? Global Citizen Year ( [link] ), another organization featured in my book, is another. Her take-away?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,468 nonprofit organizations representing $2.25 Large and medium sized organizations had a negative growth trend, but smaller organizations continued to experience positive growth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Anne Jackson who writes the Flower Dust raised $1800 of it in 18 hours, $800 in 15 minutes Compassion International's Global Food Crisis. Tell me about your blog. I began blogging before blogging was a term.when I was sixteen, back in the age of Geocities and Members.AOL.Com. blogs to raise money for charity?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

This innovative platform presents new opportunities and challenges for organizations. Who could have predicted that one of the most popular iPhone applications would be one that turns the phone into a flute , or that a first-aid app would save the life of man trapped in the rubble in Haiti? New Platform = New Opportunities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

We didn't actually have a specific organization that would work with us besides Village Enterprise Fund , which is a great non-profit. So now we work with organizations that employ dozens, hundreds, of loan officers who then go out and find the businesses. Shout out to them! And it just spun my world around; I was blown away.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2010 Online Giving Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on February 15th, 2011 Blackbaud released its 2010 Online Giving Report today. growth by large organizations. Smaller nonprofits grew by 22% and medium organizations grew by 15.9%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. Ushahidi has had impressive growth over the past 18 months and most visible was its work with Haiti.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Is that why we're seeing so many charity online stores like the one from Campus Kitchens Project and Amnesty International. Tactical Philanthropy continues the One Post Challenge with a post titled " Beyond Hacking Philanthropy " from Kevin Jones from Good Capital and who blogs xchangexchange. Can't afford to visit Bali?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. Each year we receive over 3,500 proposals from women's organizations all around the world.

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