Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Blog Components There is also a bloggers kit and blogger outreach effort underway. The bloggers kit gives you links and content that make it easier to write a post - so much easier than someone sending you a two page press release in a word document attached to an email which gets lots in your way too full email box.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

It will be a powerful grassroots greening machine; with bloggers, writers, and volunteers all contributing to local greening efforts; and held together by the added sticky-ness of good dynamic content, great search engine optimization, and of course that Web 2.0 60) Search « Care2.com 60) Search « Care2.com

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2017

One way to generate some excitement is to invite high-powered people to your event. And the more likely it is that the press will be there, and that it will ultimately be a high-class event that raises a lot of money for your cause. For more tips on finding a cheaper venue, check out this article. Tip #4: Have a Budget.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

It's not often that a little do-good blogger like myself gets invited to cover a big 'ole event, but I am! I'm sitting in the press area at the Presidential Forum on Service at Columbia University in New York City. I know it's dorky, but I'm totally loving the stream of "Immediate Release" press releases being dropped on our table.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By comparison, when Epic Change launched the original TweetsGiving in 2008 - when Stacey herself had far fewer followers & the Twitter ecosystem itself was exponentially smaller – the campaign generated over 3,000 tweets in just 48 hours. We thought we could generate a conversation but it didn't happen. Information for bloggers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

MacArthur Foundation will make a major announcement that will generate a greater understanding of the impact technology and digital media has on today's youth. "Digital Learning" Press Briefing and Panel Discussion. On Thursday, October 19, 2006, The John D. and Catherine T. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy. What you think of Jumo’s potential?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 27, 2015

She is a writer and blogger with a passion for self-improvement and helping others. In addition, it raises awareness for the foundation, while generating good press for the companies involved. Kayla Matthews is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter to read all of her latest posts. _.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It’s never too early to start generating excitement and creating a fanbase for your new app! By leveraging social media at all three stages of the app launch process, you can attract your target audience, generate downloads, and build engagement and awareness with potential users. Create a press kit. Create a landing page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

He covered the following platforms: Blogs: It is more than a web site, built by one person or a small community or group of bloggers. User generated content - Web 2.0 Collective intelligence - The written press can no longer lie. There 10-15 bloggers - a wide range of ages. A mix of conversational marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

important with higher-engagement leveled UGC campaigns PROCESS - marketing Email Website Social networks Web badges Blogger outreach OUTCOMES Both tangible & intangible Increase list members (we don??? Did you build a relationship with a blogger that will cover your stuff in the future? s choice winner This gave people who didn???t

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Care2

DECEMBER 6, 2007

60) Search « So Easy, a Chicken Could Do It: frogloop 2008 Reader Survey | Main | Blogger Uses Petition Site to Create Better Transportation for NY » Thursday Dec 06 2007 Care2.com You can read all about the strides weve made since 7 million here on our official press release.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

Earned media is media you dont “buy” but earn the old-fashioned way - by taking the time to properly engage reporters, bloggers, and influentials about your issue. Also, when appropriate tailor your pitches to broader topics that are generating news and frame your story in a similar context. What is Earned Media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Phillip Smith has a thoughtful post called " Social tech meets the Social Innovation Generation " The Nonprofit Eye blog writes about leadership challenges in the nonprofit sector. Official press release here. is coming " Bloggers go to the SF Symphony! Some New (to me) NpTech Bloggers - Welcome!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Also, be sure to read Sean's summary of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about how a new generation is reinventing fundraising. The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. about user-generated conferences and asks "What's the best conference you've been to?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 24, 2007

During the Starbucks Challenge , Green LA Girl motivated readers to push Starbucks to keep their promise that they would make a French-pressed cup of fair trade coffee for any customer who asked for it. They provide a platform to spread calls to action, post event announcements, gather petition signatures, and generate discussion.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

put together a "Beltway Bloggers Boot Camp" scheduled for today, November 13 from 1:00 p.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Update on Friday, November 17, 2006 at 02:59PM by Jordan Wait Well we did it - we managed to tough it out and graduate from Blogger Bootcamp. Issues Dynamic, Inc. to 5:00 p.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

Papyrus, printing press. Do you have ways of generating physical support? What about blogger outreach? It depends on what the goal of the blog is and also how much investment the company (and the blogger) puts into it. Take a minute and jot down all of the breakthroughs in communications history you can think of.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2017

The report also examines the impact of gender, generation, and ideology upon giving and volunteerism. If you are blogger or journalist and on September 7 would like to receive a press release and early embargoed release of the report and corresponding infographics, please email Heather Mansfield at heather@nptechforgood.com.

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Care2

APRIL 14, 2009

Look at other platforms to create appropriate engagement such as YouTube with a Video Response, on Facebook with a Note about the situation in an organization’s Fan Page or contact bloggers to attend a press conference and hear the facts from you. Monitor the Results. Then Turn the Frown Upside Down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Six Degrees of Separatio: Cult of celebrity, user-generated content, online giving, and social networking. Generally I wrote an honest comment and respond to what the blogger wrote. We moderate comments because of spam and word press has a good tool for spam, but you need to moderate. Every local news station showed up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

He was also in NYC and live blogging the event as was Danah Boyd - the official MacArthur Foundation live blogger. "As a blogger, one issue is 'who is reading?' Jenkins answered, "What does the next generation of Blues Clues look like? Press Release for the Event ( Blog post about the PR aspect ).

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2021

Post news, updates, and press releases related to your cause. According to statistics , visual content can generate up to 94% more views, with a projected 37% increase in engagements if an article contains compelling visual elements. . Your blog posts need to show that your nonprofit organization is an authority.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

A day in the PR office of an orchestra is never the same; it goes beyond cranking out press releases and pitches. d like to see it as a small sign that classical music is still important in many households and a whole new generation of patrons is growing up. s what makes it fun. t work in communicating. Right now, we???re

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Link earning is building relationships with valuable websites within ones specific industry that generate high quality content. Even creating press releases about data may be useful. Events are press-worthy and should have a press release to go with them. Get Bloggers Involved. Focus on Quality Content.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Monumental Fundraising Conference is a two-day event where you will exchange innovative marketing and fundraising ideas, generate insightful solutions and think creatively to help you make the relationship with your donors even stronger. Feb 18 - 19. DMA / Washington, DC / Not available. Join us in Washington, D.C., Entrepreneurship.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This time of ye ar, I find that many of my favorite artists , designers, and bloggers start rounding up the trending items and making predictions. It generates brand awareness and allows new supporters to get connected to the important work we do at the North Texas Food Bank.” —Lexi Kay, Annual Campaign Manager . That and food.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Facebook tends to leak information that only keeps bloggers and nonprofits guessing and confused. Community Pages, on the other hand, won’t generate stories in your News Feed, and won’t be maintained by a single author. - Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. The Page is going viral.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

“Official” Conference Bloggers Knock it Out of the Park. For us giving three bloggers a special perch (and actually the table was cramped), electricity, and internet, we got amazing results. My dream would be next year to find a way to know that there is a blogger in every conference session! We will definitely do this again.

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Forum One

JUNE 1, 2009

The Twitter discussion was substantive, and generated interest in our work amongst participants. This follows on three recent press events with newspapers, radio and bloggers on similar topics, so it will be interesting to compare the Twitter results and my experience from these different media channels.

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Forum One

JUNE 1, 2009

The Twitter discussion was substantive, and generated interest in our work amongst participants. This follows on three recent press events with newspapers, radio and bloggers on similar topics, so it will be interesting to compare the Twitter results and my experience from these different media channels.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Is the press release still the cornerstone of our recipe book? In a world where our email in-box is too much to deal with, the kind noise levels generated by social media can seem overwhelming. Will a dash of humor spoil the soup, or reinvent it beautifully? The average number of tweets per day across all of Twitter is 27.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

We told a few key bloggers and Twitter personalities about it beforehand; then, on June 30, we started talking about it online. The timeframe also meant that most blog coverage only hit on July 1st (and thanks to all the bloggers who covered us!). We had links to the Visible Government website, and generated enquiries there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

There are also other platform-specific widget directories: wordpress ( here and here ) and blogger If you're on another platform, try the Squidoo Widget Finder Lens. " Widgetbox For bloggers like me, Widgetbox offers a Widget panel. It's one click! There is a widget gallery where you can go shopping for widgets.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2008

Many of the most active bloggers and Web 2.0 talkers do most of their talking on other peoples’ sites--check out this post from a blogger explaining why he comments on 36 blogs each morning. But she didn’t issue press releases or just blog about it on the BADM site. And Jennifer talked it up online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

So I'm not spending time to generate god's spreadsheet of monthly number of posts and words per post. Word Press users can use General Stats plugin.). " That's a hard question for me to answer because as Kaushik notes and all of us bloggers know all too well -- many analytics programs do not track RSS feeds.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2021

Without it, you’ll be hard-pressed to accomplish your goals. To Generate Leads. through you they fulfill a moral obligation; give back to an organization that helped them or a loved one; solve a problem they agree is pressing, etc.). Let’s look at why you, as a fundraiser, need to sweat the content. To Get Traffic.

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