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24 hours, millions of dollars, thousands of nonprofits—What gives in Minnesota?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Last week, Washington, DC held its first ever Give to the Max Day where 1300 nonprofits were fundraising and experimenting with social media tools and raised over $2 million in 24 hours. The campaign was modeled after the grand daddy of match days that happens throughout the entire state of Minnesota.

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3 Nonprofit Social Media Challenges, And How To Overcome Them

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Image courtesy of University of Minnesota. Nonprofits have been told since Facebook’s rise to prominence that they need to be investing in a social media marketing / fundraising campaigns. Nonprofits don’t understand what needs to go into their campaigns are too often unsuccessful. Too many social media channels.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Serving The LGBTQ+ Community

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Pride Month is a great time to celebrate and reflect on the work activists and nonprofit organizations are doing to support the LGBTQ+ community. With that in mind, I wanted to share a list of funding and grant resources available for nonprofits serving that community. Areas served: United States. Pride Foundation. Areas served: Maine.

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How Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ Raised over $10M in 1 Day!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised over $10M in one day by Jeff Achen of GiveMN.org. “Do That’s simple, but wise advice from the definitive nonprofit social media strategy manual, “ The Networked Nonprofit.” All told, Minnesota nonprofits collectively raised $10,041,021 in one incredible day.

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Digital Natives Speak from Minnesota Conference, I Twitter, Twitterverse Responds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I had the honor of delivering the keynote this morning at the Message + Medium + Mission Conference in Minnesota. A few minutes before speaking I remembered a Minnesota story about my early years as a executive director for a small organization and using social networking to get Garrison Keillor as our celebrity for a fundraiser.

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How One Nonprofit Used Social Media for Damage Control During A PR Crisis That Erupted During a Fundraiser

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

#TechFail #GenerosityWin on Minnesota’s Give to the Max Day: Understanding social media’s role in damage control and crisis communication Guest post by Jeff Achen, GiveMN Digital Strategist. Thousands of Minnesota nonprofits and schools were lighting up Twitter and Facebook with posts about the need for support and requests for donations.

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How to use social media to inspire 40,000 people to give on one day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Go Minnesota! This incredible online fund raising event raised more than $14 million last year, and we’re hoping to raise the bar higher this year by engaging more than 40,000 donors to donate to any of Minnesota’s more than 26,000 nonprofits using GiveMN.org. by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org. We also have Minneapolis/St.