Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human , has been serializing chapters from his book on Medium. Chronic Homelessness Artificial Intelligence model (CHAI) . Read more about the methodology and findings here and download the full paper here. The Key to Successful A.I.? Continual Human Intervention.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

The new book, Bridgebuilders , should be on the reading list of every public official, CEO, and civic leader. That is because throughout the book, authors William D. You will discover more than one hundred specific strategies and tips , proven by some of the world’s best managers that Eggers and Kettl share in their book.

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MAY 14, 2024

For example, perhaps a donor gave a large gift for the construction of a new shelter for people experiencing homelessness. Whether to give information to the board, track the success of a specific campaign or event, or just to close the books, your organization needs accurate reports.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

Help us cultivate a love of reading in 250 inner-city Preschoolers during this school year by giving to our Books for Babes Campaign ! . Help us build 4 new homes for homeless veterans in need this winter by supporting our Shelter from the Strom Campaign ! AMOUNT NOUN (such as animals, people, homes, meals, etc.) by CALL TO ACTION !

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Breaking: Record number of homeless people need help in Atlanta . Veterans at risk of homelessness. When the donor opened the email, it explained that the school was celebrating Curl Up With A Good Book Day, a day devoted to reading and writing. Help a homeless person come in from the cold. By midnight ! By noon today!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay. 17: International Homeless Animal Day — #IHAD19. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay.

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DECEMBER 31, 2017

23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay. 18: International Homeless Animal Day — #IHAD18. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 14: World Dolphin Day — #DolphinDay.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

But did you know that when Allyson isn't running her consulting firm Rad Campaign , or writing and editing Frogloop, or running popular conferences, she writes books? Allyson's newest book -- co-authored with Amy Sample Ward -- is hot off the presses (almost literally!). It's about how to plan a mutlichannel fundraising campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2018

She also posed for social media photos with all my books. I remember her wrapping up Thanksgiving leftovers and distributed them to homeless people on the streets of Philadelphia. She was proud of my accomplishments in the Nonprofit Technology field, including being a board member of NTEN, and that prompted her to learn about it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2013

If we receive a $100 cash contribution and enter it into our development office’s software, it needs to be tagged with the donor’s designation, such as "building fund" or "meals for homeless children." A new fiscal year does not mean a new designation: What if things get a little more complicated?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Mark Horvath, known as " HardlyNormal " on Twitter and who is a tireless advocate for the cause of homelessness, was the winner of the SXSW Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. The SXSW Pepsi Fresh Challenge matched three different causes with three social media rock stars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2010

One of the most gratifying things about the publication of the book, The Networked Nonprofit , is that it has re-connected me to colleagues and past clients as well as making connections to new people. Devon was inspired to write a book review as well as a ten-point Networked Theatre Manifesto. I trained her staff on how to blog.

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MAY 10, 2013

If we receive a $100 cash contribution and enter it into our development office’s software, it needs to be tagged with the donor’s designation, such as “Building Fund” or “Meals for Homeless Children”. We’ve followed our donor’s wishes and made the world a little better in the process; everything is fine! Absolutely not!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2013

He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources. Note from Beth: I am looking forward to the NCVS Conference. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. By Ben Duda. Last summer, I met a young man in Arizona named Kyle.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

As I explored this critical issue in my new book, Nonprofit Fundraising 101 , I interviewed Roderick Campbell, the CEO of nonprofit fundraising platform CommitChange. nonprofit that has provided housing and support to California’s homeless since 1989.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers. A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

They even got to meet Keo Savon, the young Cambodian women that we are sending to college by donating the royalties from my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” to the Sharing Foundation. I asked her, “If you could give a donation to any charity to support whatever cause you feel is important, what would it be?”

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

With Ultralingua, you can put language reference and translation tools at your staff's and volunteers' fingertips, while saving the cost, paper, and shelf space of printed books. On public computers. In communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

Last week Ben Rigby of Mobile Voter, and the folks from Rock the Vote gave me a copy of their a new book. Technologies to Recruit, Organize and Engage Youth for a book giveaway on my blog. Why would we want a free book? for poverty, hunger and homeless advocacy and change. Mobilizing Generation 2.0: 3 months in a row.

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JUNE 4, 2014

Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. GLIDE is a faith-based homeless services program in San Francisco that supplies hot meals, violence prevention, and education services in one of worst neighborhoods. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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MAY 21, 2017

One Seattle nonprofit I know of uses the parking lot of one of its company sponsors to fit homeless people with eyeglasses, delivering a critical service to constituents in need while creating a meaningful (and convenient) volunteer opportunity for the company’s employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report captures a conundrum in measuring social change movements or networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. Leap of Reason Books (Free download). Presenting Data Effectively: Communicating About Impact by Stephanie Evergreen.

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AUGUST 19, 2011

(If you want to know more, an excellent book that summarizes research on this concept is Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling on Happiness.). Most people don't know how it feels to, for example, read to kids at homeless shelter, until they do it. [4] So, go ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

I’d read about PdF in Steven Johnson ’s book “Future Perfect” and heard about them from Rachel Weidinger of Upwell. The whole speech is 12 minutes, and if you want some tips about reaching millenials I’d advise watching the whole thing [quick tip: animals and homelessness]. Also, there’s mild profanity.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

StoryCorps provides a free, downloadable Do-It-Yourself Instruction Guide , as well as an Education Toolkit to use in a classroom or library, and a Community Service Toolkit to use in, "veteran’s hospitals, senior centers, homeless shelters, and other community centers." I also like their Great Question List.

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JUNE 17, 2013

I became a huge supporter of storytelling after I read the book, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. There’s a chapter in the book called Emotional – in this chapter the authors share a study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to understand how people give to nonprofits.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? Give books to needy children or build a performing arts center? We want to figure out how to do a better job letting people know who we are and why we matter in a way they’ll listen. We paint “nonprofits” in broad strokes.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Karin Walser who started Horton’s Kids, a community center in SE Washington, DC, after she met a group of homeless kids while she was getting gas on her way from work. The following are excerpts from the book detailing Walser’s experiences starting Horton’s Kids. It’s been torn down since then.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2014

If you have gifts from both the Golf Tournament and the Phone-a-thon given in support of the Clothes For The Homeless program, for example, there’s no need to worry about spending “golf tournament dollars” versus spending “phone-a-thon dollars” – as long as the donor designation is fulfilled, those monies can be pooled. Get Excited!

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MARCH 9, 2016

As I explored this critical issue in my new book, Nonprofit Fundraising 101 , I interviewed Roderick Campbell, the CEO of nonprofit fundraising platform CommitChange. nonprofit that has provided housing and support to California’s homeless since 1989.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

Online discount book sales. Once you’ve collected these discounts, you can begin selling discount books online so your fans can save money whenever they shop local or dine out. John Center for Homeless Men. Fans and supporters will jump at the opportunity to rep their favorite players and show support for their favorite team.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. Book speaking gigs at your church, community group, garden club, anywhere that will have you. Avoid jargon, acronyms and insider talk. And if you aren’t active, get active!)

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MAY 2, 2008

Readers suggested giving to local organizations, food banks, homeless shelters, Heifer International , Building with Books , Global Fund for Women , Planned Parenthood , DonorsChoose , Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking , Modest Needs , Women for Women International , Camfed, and many more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

That’s what lead them to write the book. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes – before and after photos. He showed examples when change comes joyfully, like weddings and having children. He talked about changes in technology and fashion. Make it easy to give.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men’s virtual house parties event. Not only will you raise funds to support your mission, but you’ll also make the scariest holiday of the year one for the (spell)books. If you’re committed to hosting a WNO but seek a virtual alternative, check out the St.

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DECEMBER 19, 2006

Betty Christiansen's book, Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time , captures 28 stories of people and organizations who are using knitting to comfort, empower and heal. Last week I wrote about my Favorite Do-Good Books of 2006. Book Cover from Harry N. knitting peace book Abrams site.

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