NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Speaking of volunteers, Wild Apricot ''s post, The Mission Driven Volunteer, discusses a new definition and new models of volunteering. Get the full description and sign up for the webinar here.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. For the event, I used the Facebook Insights, Rowfeeder, and Storify. Approximately 85% of the donations were converted from my personal profile on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. Definitely. All are captured here ).

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. A Facebook page that has a lot of engagement. If you are trying to fundraise without an annual fundraising plan, you are trying to bake a pie with a lot of ingredients but no recipe. Can you do it? A large base of support.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2014

The term "virtual volunteering" is a contested term. So often, organizations are involving online volunteers - they are engaging in virtual volunteering - but because of the definition they've decided upon before the workshop, they have no idea they are engaged in the practice. Is it Facebook?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Not two minutes had passed after I set up my birthday campaign and added it to my profile, I got pinged from Facebook friends asking how they could install it. Celebrating Birthdays is definitely part of Facebook culture.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in recruiting new pro bono consultants and connecting with nonprofits that could benefit from our Service Grant projects. Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Michael Jordan definitely didn’t start out as a professional basketball player. Try holding a contest leading up to the event or on the day of the event. Post your event photos to Facebook and tag as many people as you know so that it shows up in their friends’ newsfeeds. There are hours of practice involved.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2016

Because Snapchat doesn't have the large user base of Facebook or Twitter yet, I encourage nonprofits to follow a variety of Snapchat users — even the ones that you might not be personally or organizationally interested in. Share Exclusive Content, Challenges, and Contests. Remember when Facebook was just for college students?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

What is the definition of success? Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook. The first is easy – dollars raised, # of volunteers, etc. More difficult to measure is the transformation of how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Notes one participant, “It definitely gave us the ability to work around chicken & egg conversations. This conversation was sparked by this post from Richard Becker that shares the numbers from the Pepsi Refresh Contest. Hildy Gottlieb asks for advice about what to do about those pesky community pages on Facebook.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Explore this definitive guide to learn more about Giving Tuesday, get great campaign ideas, and soak up some best practices. You can put a twist on a typical telethon by hosting your own on a platform like Facebook Live or Twitch. Who shares your contests? Create an event on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

tags: blogs facebook ). Adapt The definition of adapt is using insights to make corrections to improve results the next time around. I've watched the Carrie Lewis at the Humane Society do a fantastic job of adapting the organization's social media projects. The next iteration of a photo contest, LOL Seals. Harvest insights.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Raise Funds on Facebook. Photo Contest. As you can see, many of these emails had some good qualities while many others had some definite opportunities for improvement. Learn more about Giving Tuesday storytelling (and how to leverage social media for your campaign) with this helpful Facebook group. . Accept Pledges.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Is Facebook and MySpace a trend? That’s not good a good sign — cause he’s definitely trying to sell something, and this customer doesn’t know what it is. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Read Ariel Beery’s ideas here and let me know what you think.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 21, 2022

You know, one where you are screaming at the actor to look behind them or trying to convince a contestant to pick door #2? Definitely communicate with donors in the way they prefer, regardless of how much it costs or how hard it is to do. Add quotes from your Facebook page to your newsletter or write blog posts around a donor question.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

All we needed to say was I heard they were using facebook; or my son has a YouTube account so I’ll have him set up ours. If facebook was blocked, then start working on facebook at home. We can stop saying that facebook is our strategy and start saying that facebook is one part of our engagement strategy.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

DIY – Do-it-yourself events are skyrocketing in popularity, with people on Facebook starting their own fundraisers for causes they care about. For instance, the Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity hosted a wildly successful Gingerbread Home Build contest, bringing in 132% over their goal.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. The contest is hosted by YouTube, NTEN , and the marketing firm See3. Nonprofits Using Google+ Communities.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

She’s been in your shoes and definitely knows what she’s talking about. So you have two choices around how to approach this contest, right? We do group coaching calls, and there’s a Facebook group where you can ask questions at any time. She’s done tons of training. She’s trained a ton of people. She’s served as an interim ED.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

She’s been in your shoes and definitely knows what she’s talking about. ” So you have two choices around how to approach this contest, right? We do group coaching calls, and there’s a Facebook group where you can ask questions at any time. She’s done tons of training. You can choose Sandy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Lethal Generosity: The Context and Coinage Kami and I have been working on fine-tuning a definition for lethal generosity. Refining the Definition. Let's unpack these two definitions: Cause Marketing is marketing involving the cooperative efforts of a for profit business and a non-profit organization for mutual benefit.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

The emergence of social networking sites like Facebook and user-generated content sites like MapBuzz represents a major change that has yet to play itself out. Seriously, I try to live life without any regrets, but I definitely have a long list of mistakes I made and things I wish I had been able to do more effectively.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

The emergence of social networking sites like Facebook and user-generated content sites like MapBuzz represents a major change that has yet to play itself out. Seriously, I try to live life without any regrets, but I definitely have a long list of mistakes I made and things I wish I had been able to do more effectively.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Facebook As the fifth-most trafficked site in the United States, Facebook is a great social network for nonprofits to build a community and brand their campaigns. In most cases on hosted social networks such as Facebook or Youtube use tags or keywords to gather ads and content that may be related. Friend Feed is another option.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

So for this post, I'd like to share 5 fundraising trends that we saw emerging in 2009 related to fundraising and social media and that will most definitely continue to have impact in 2010. Last year, Facebook Causes added its birthday wish feature and we saw more peer to peer fundraising unfolding on social network sites.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

But whatever you call it, the thing that we’re talking about today are leadership committees focused on providing opportunities for young people, and that’s a part of the definition that might change. Sarah: Yeah, definitely. We’re definitely not, you know. That’s okay. So there wasn’t.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I'm not pretending that this is a comprehensive list, and I definitely have more examples from those advocating for reform since that is the focus of my daily work. A number of applications have been developed to organize causes on Facebook. In this case, a site is running a contest to caption this poster opposing Obama's plan.

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