Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2011

When Cancer Council SA (that’s South Australia, not South Africa) started the Ambassador Project as an experiment in revitalizing volunteerism and community fundraising , jumping in to the social media pond was not even on the agenda. Cancer Council SA is over 80 years old and is the largest and oldest cancer organisation in South Australia.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

The organization I helped found as Colorectal Cancer Coalition in 2005 officially became Fight Colorectal Cancer on Monday, March 6, 2011. I hope it’s a fun read for anyone either looking to redo their own small nonprofit brand, or who wants a deeper dive on what we did at Fight Colorectal Cancer. She got it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2010

As more and more nonprofits and individuals flock to social networks, creating acacophony of fundraising pitches and the subsequent cause fatigue, how can organizations scale? They are encouraging people to declare their birthday to cancer (and adopt a healthy lifestyle). Think Relay for Life fundraising pages with a different theme.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2013

We spoke with Program Director of the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO), Amber Masso, who told us about their previous fundraising methods: mass mailing, cold-calling, etc. The organization spread the word about the shirt using their Facebook page and reached their goal of selling 150 shirts in just 24 hours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Zawadi shared her most recent crowdfunding campaign, probably one of the most successful in Kenya, raising over $71,000 in a couple of days, to help a 24 year old brain cancer patient Emmanuel Otieno (pictured above and known as Jadudi) to get surgery in India. 77% knew someone who had been diagnosed with cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2010

Given the visible success of the Haiti text to give campaigns, SMS is bound to become one of the tools in the an organization's fundraising bag if it isn't already. Today I heard about Drew Olanoff's latest fundraising campaign, a text to give strategy on behalf of Boarding for Breast Cancer. Leverage social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

It’s also the top platform for 18 to 24-year-olds, with 85% of this age group on the platform (compared to just 51% for Facebook). . So how can nonprofits use this powerful tool to build their movements, advance their causes, and raise money for their organizations? . Slaying Childhood Cancer: Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized! Some common metrics to monitor are website traffic, blog traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, online dollars raised, volunteers, and event attendees. The successful implementation of social media for your nonprofit requires forethought and planning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Social Media: To effectively promote your monthly giving program on social media, you’ll need to create a series of promo graphics that are properly sized for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Also, with organic reach at an all-time low, your nonprofit should invest in social media advertising. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2011

CardsThatGive.org aggregates some of the best holiday card programs offered by nonprofits, but some of my favorites and th0se most-recommended by the fans of the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page are listed below: 1. The Jimmy Fund/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute :: View Collection. Museum of Modern Art :: View Collection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

How Cancer Research UK is Exploring AI and Voice Tech: This cancer charity in the UK has been testing chatbots, voice enabled devices, and natural language processing – looking at how those could be useful and where the impact lies.They piloted a chatbot on our fundraising pages to help answer the most common questions people had.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2022

Fundraising dipped or was otherwise diverted to organizations with an immediate need, such as those responding to COVID-related missions. . Because of this, Komen’s Facebook fundraising revenue was down 40% at the outset of COVID-19. . So, just as your organization likely did as well, Susan G. Let’s get started. .

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Care2

MAY 20, 2012

Mark Zuckerberg stopped bathing in money the other week long enough to show the world how you can make your organ donation status a Facebook Timeline Life Event. Wondering how you can market your charity through Facebook timeline? The two step technique was simple to execute, here’s how BeTheMatch did it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

There are many ways your nonprofit can test the AI waters , h owever, in this post, we’re focusing on how you can use AI to improve your organization’s written content. ” Much like a fundraising platform , an enterprise AI platform enables your organization to access an array of resources and templates.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2012

In her role of Community Marketing Manager at Maine Cancer Foundation , Erlene LeBorgne specializes in developing creative ways to cultivate her community of avid supporters and assist them with their fundraising efforts. Another way the folks at the Maine Cancer Foundation support their fundraisers is through their email “Trophy Case”.

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Whole Whale

MAY 23, 2022

For example, if you’re raising money for cancer research, tell stories about how cancer has affected fathers in your community. If you are fundraising on Facebook or Instagram, try to use the native donation tools of that platform. Get creative with your fundraising campaign and make it personal. Use social media.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 12, 2017

You’re probably already aware that Facebook Live lets any nonprofit live-stream fundraising events , breaking news, impact stories, and more, directly from their Facebook Page. But did you know that Facebook now lets some nonprofits add a donate button to their Facebook Live broadcast ? You can apply here.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Facebook provides an unprecedented opportunity for nonprofits: 200 million monthly active users, about half of whom are signing in and communicating with their friends on a daily basis, is an organizer's dream. Then, she grew her cause, The Race to End Cancer, to 5.4 Susan Gordon, Causes. So, Michelle started a cause.

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NetWits

JUNE 30, 2011

If I get four emails a month, even from an organization I like and all they do is ask for money … what kind of relationship is that? For example, if I’ve indicated an interest in cancer research, failing to customize my appeal communications around an urgent need for cancer research funding.” – Mike Snusz. “

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NetWits

APRIL 26, 2012

If they’ve lost someone to breast cancer, they’re most likely interested in funding that type of cancer. The Nomensa report offers a great example from Cancer Research UK : 2) Offer the opportunity to “join the club”. But it may not be a donor’s top priority. let donors also give to projects that are meaningful to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities. Very interesting to see the American Cancer Society on the list as its budget - according to a 2005 annual report linked on their Guidestar Profile is well over $10 million).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Komen Foundation , a leading breast cancer charity, pulled hundreds of thousands of dollars in breast cancer screening funds from Planned Parenthood. Each year millions of women are screened for breast cancer at Planned Parenthood, and Susan G. Source: causes.com via Beth on Pinterest. On Tuesday, the Susan G.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

Amazingly, the organization has surpassed this goal and (as of this article) has raised $11,547. Nonprofit Success Story: The American Childhood Cancer Organization has raised over $43,000 through several successful campaigns, featuring the international symbol of support for those living with childhood cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Facebook is an ever growing force in the internet space and it looks like it will be for a while. Facebook is also a great tool for nonprofits. Facebook also gives others the ability to share their affinity to you with their friends, family and co-workers. Google) of Facebook. Stand up 2 Cancer. Red Cross Fan Page.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2017

There’s a lot of talk about the ways nonprofits can use Facebook to raise money — live streaming fundraising events, breaking news, impact stories, and more, directly from their Facebook Page. Facebook’s live streaming platform is empowering nonprofits to quickly engage supporters around the causes that matter most to them.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 10, 2021

Impact is two fold: what benefits will they get from attending and how will their attendance benefit the organization, and therefore your mission? Fundraising Event Invite Example: Stupid Cancer’s TOAST Gala. They effectively communicated their organization’s mission. The same concept applies to event tickets.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Facebook is hardly a new platform for nonprofit organizations to interact with supporters. At one point, the discussion around using Facebook revolved around how to build an audience on the platform and then direct that audience to another digital location such as your online donation page. Heavier Reliance on Facebook Groups.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2014

Many thought the meme was connected to raising breast cancer awareness, but that was not the intention behind it. The point is to see how far we can spread breast cancer awareness … and make the men wonder what’s up :) ". What’s a Facebook “Like” Worth? Facebook reported yesterday that 1.2

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Animoto is a service that allows you to create videos about your nonprofit using a selection of your organization’s best photos. A couple of things to notice: 1) People can “Share&# your videos on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and via E-mail with one-click. Tags: Animoto Facebook Online Video.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

And that’s just on one channel; think about Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and more. Social fundraising allows your organization to: Increase your exposure. Peer-to-peer and social campaigns bring awareness to your organization. On Instagram alone, the average person has approximately 150 followers.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 27, 2021

Consider which stories you have within your organization that are powerful stories of struggle and overcoming. Consider which groups may connect well to the mission of your organization. For example, take the American Cancer Society. It’s important to note that one of the best forms of messaging is through storytelling.

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

This one probably doesn’t come as a surprise, but by setting up your Facebook Donation Account, your nonprofit can enable donations via Instagram. Boys & Girls Clubs of America) and many other organizations use their Stories to drive people to donate to their Facebook Donation Account. #2: 1: The Donation Sticker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Organizations can better leverage technology through first recognizing three notions. Primarily, those that donate via digital platforms do so because they are influenced by their social network, not by what an organization accomplishes. This demonstrates that the organization wants to engage their networks to fulfill their mission.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 2, 2009

As part of the LIVESTRONG Action campaign the LIVE STRONG day is focused on unifying people from all around the world through local events and activities that celebrate cancer survivorship. It’s also designed to generate awareness and foster support so the world can be freed from cancer. Let’s have a look.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Sponsorship Tips Create a dedicated sponsorship brochure introducing your organization, event information, sponsorship package benefits, and contact information. You may request that guests wear certain colors for awareness like “pink” for breast cancer awareness.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Amazingly, the organization has surpassed this goal and (as of this article) has raised $11,547. Nonprofit Success Story: The American Childhood Cancer Organization recently raised over $7,000 with a T-shirt featuring the international symbol of support for those living with childhood cancer. More Crowdfunding Resources.

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