Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

While I feel a profound sense of loss, what gives me comfort is that I had a remarkable father in so many ways. To honor my Dad’s memory and his love of the ocean, I am raising money for Surfrider Foundation in his memory to support their ocean conservation efforts. Please donate to SurfRider Foundation in his memory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

So, when Pat Brandes from the Barr Foundation sent me this thought piece on building resilience of networks, it resonated on many different levels. Lessons Learned About Resilient Networks from Super Storm Sandy by Pat Brandes, Executive Director, the Barr Foundation. Pat Brandes is executive director at the Barr Foundation.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

Thanks to the pandemic, online giving grew 21 percent in 2020 alone, and that growth isn’t slowing down any time soon. Online fundraising is extremely cost-effective compared to other types of fundraising campaigns, and our Generational Giving Report revealed that almost 55% of donors prefer to go online to make a gift.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Chris Farrell set a 2008 goal to make his charitable giving a monthly activity, not a mad rush in December. He confessed that didn't meet the monthly goal, although he did a lot of research and giving in December. It won't be easy, but it's worth setting a goal of everyday or at least every month giving in small amounts to charities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

The campaign was also noted by Philanthropy 2173 Blog (Lucy Bernholz) who asks, "Texting votes to American Idol is old hat - will it work for giving?" " and subsequently picked up by the Give and Take Bog. According to the ad, one in three children in the United States is overweight or obese.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

A number of nonprofit organizations are promoting Valentine's Day giving opportunities, here's a few: A Day for Hearts is an opportunity to raise awareness about congenital heart defects, a lethal constellation of birth defects of the heart that affect millions of newborn infants and children worldwide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

But the bigger takeaway here is that February 14 is possibly the biggest untapped day of giving on the calendar. billion on gift-giving, flowers, and chocolate on Valentine’s Day 2017. billion ( National Retail Foundation 2017 Survey ) Father’s Day: $15.5 billion ( National Retail Foundation 2017 Survey ) Father’s Day: $15.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Rather than go on, instead, I want to give some examples and highlight the cool factor of how mobile can add some out-of-the-box type thinking to an overall health and/or social marketing-related initiative. Organization(s) : The Fair & Lovely Foundation and Hindustan Unilever Limited. Cool Factor : Mobile Giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I have the honor of working with a cluster of grantees working on children’s healthcare coverage on a networked capacity building project called “ Friending the Finish Line.” What is the average percentage of total fans reached? Set up Experiments! How To Resources.

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