Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Submitted by Ivan Boothe, publisher of the Rootwork Blog Over at the NetSquared blog, Joe Solomon provided a great roundup of reasons people might be "jaded about social media for change" and ways they overcome it. Joe runs through some great responses from a whole bevy of social-media-for-change folks, including me.

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JULY 20, 2022

For example, if your audience is older donors who don’t use social media, perhaps focus your efforts on paper flyers. Featuring your fundraising flyer on your website and social media platforms is incredibly effective for reaching a large audience base. First things first: don’t just use text on your flier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The report notes that while AI is not a silver bullet or cure-all, the technology’s powerful capabilities could be harnessed and added to the mix of approaches to address some of the biggest challenges of our time, from hunger and disease to climate change and disaster relief. AI and Faith: Can a computer become God?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The group has an impressive breadth and depth of expertise, including NGO capacity building, social media expertise and training design and delivery. To understand networks and their value as a social media trainer’s tool. To understand networks and their value as a social media trainer’s tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I used a brief pre-survey where I was able to collect information about success stories, challenges, and current social media usage. The survey asked participants to share a story that illustrates how social media has brought value to their organization. It directly increased ticket sales.

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MARCH 22, 2022

The tips that we’ll discuss next are applicable to both print and virtual communication. . Even if your audacious goal is something as seemingly insurmountable as ending world hunger, tangible examples of impact will inspire supporters to help in whatever small ways they can. . Tip #1: Personalize all appeals .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

where he discussed the crossroads of movements and campaigns and the need for an open culture. We got into a discussion in the comments and she agreed to share some of her experience addressing this issue within her nonprofit organization. Over the past five years, we’ve stumbled our way into social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

I was in NYC over the weekend and Monday to attend and speak at the Mashable Social Good Summit , a three-day conference featuring discussions and presentations with global social activists, organizations, and new media experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Facebook users will be able to nominate non profits that serve the general public in the following areas: education, healthcare, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare. Blog posts continue to summarize and dissect the controversy focusing on transparency, design, and social good. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2009

I'm really excited about the Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam. This is a new and improved version of the Social Media Case Study Slam. I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their social media measurement lessons learned. I organized at the NTC last year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Now a parent with my own children, I involved my kids when they younger when I was fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. And it can be a rewarding experience. Youth in Philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Presentation by Laura Lee Dooley a metrics and social media geek for a nonprofit. All of them talking about hunger issues. Why Twitter Matters View more presentations from Laura lee Dooley. Check out blog for in-depth posts on Twitter tools, for example this one about url shorterners. Cohen titled " 26 Charities That Tweet."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease. I baked a lot of cupcakes with my mom for those bake sales.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. Isadora Faber, a 14-year-old Brazilian student, launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Media Genius View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Here are my slides from the Convio " Social Media for Social Good " for tomorrow. Convio asked me to prepare something for organizations that are just getting ready to embrace social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

I started Upwell from the premise that it might be possible to do really big listening with social media. We primarily use Radian6, an enterprise-level social media platform most often used to monitor brands and products. Will hunger ever gain Beiber-like prominence?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

.&# Some people might think this is a waste of time, but it gives an opportunity for people to share something they learned or know about the topic. I never get to find out what all the pairs discuss, but I was thankful that Lisa Colton shared what learned Twitter. As the discussion was unfolding, Jonny Goldstein was capturing it.

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APRIL 21, 2016

At tightly facilitated events called Generators, leaders with a range of expertise from the nonprofit and library communities discuss their daily work. Caravan also does outreach through conferences, social media, and publications to share information about the app. Caravan Studios' App Successes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

Isadora Faber, 14-year-old Brazilian student who launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats. Braeden Quinn Mannering, age 11, is passionate about stopping food insecurity for families in need.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2018

Though the heightened awareness and concern might be attributed to a recent flurry of events in the social media sphere, data privacy has really been a crucial conversation since the dawn of the Digital Age. Elevate the discussion internally if it hasn’t been already. If we have any changes in U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Submitted by Peter Campbell, publisher of Techcafeteria Non Profit social media maven Beth Kanter blogged recently about starting up a residency at a large foundation , and finding herself in a stark transition from a consultant’s home office to a corporate network. More specifically, can you end hunger in a community with a widget ?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. —oh and while youre at it, can you please end all hunger everywhere?" We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Classy

JULY 19, 2021

The biggest increase in nonprofit social media videos happened on Facebook. Nonprofits produced significantly more social media videos in 2020 than in 2019, with Facebook experiencing the largest increase of over 60% more video content. . Elevate Your Social Media Strategy With This Content Planner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. " What do you think about measuring social media? A terrific step-by-step guide guide called Social Bookmarking with del.icio.us from Tim Davies and Practical Participation.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

This book is not just a discussion of how to empower vulnerable communities to become financially self-sufficient. Penned by two successful bloggers and the former director of market development of Facebook, this book is a guide for nonprofits looking to incorporate social media into their strategies. The Blue Sweater .

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

If you see a story in the national news that is relevant to your work in the local community, that can be a great time to be a resource to your local media, offering them a local story. Encourage the journalist to call you to discuss further. Post the link to your social media channels. Be brief and passionate.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By thinking through your fundraising strategy before October 1, you can collect your stories and integrate your efforts, keeping your messaging and images consistent through mail, email, social media, events, and any other channels you may use. Here are some sample end-of-year fundraising campaign themes : Let’s Make Hunger History.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

He goes through the discussion boards and grabs some of the topics -- to give a sense of the gamer's debates. Games you can control character's hunger, comfort, hypgeine, bladder levels. To the extent that my book emplified a discussion taking place around gaming - that conversation could only happen via a book.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It was something that I believed in, and I really like hungered for. I really can't, I can't get over that, but what that says to me, again, is that people are really hungry for good news, they're hungry for things that are positive, they're hungry for some sort of connection because it's showing up in the media more and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Overview slides of what is Web2.0 ( remix from Social Media and Nonprofits Presentation) Core theme Listening - Responding to what people are saying about the topic or the program. A willingness to share information and content, also known as transparency ; planning is discussed and user participation is welcomed. Her points: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

That was one of my ah ha moments from June's presentation and subsequent discussion. One might be drawing the map of the network's connections and facilitating a discussion about what the network looks like. It also made me wonder whether there might be a hunger for a professional peer group of social media network weavers.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Now that’s social engagement #SFBatkid and it’s evidence to the power of social media. In this short episode of Fundraising Fundamentals, How to Use Social Media in Year-End Drive s , Natalie Stamer of St. And we talked. On Friday alone, there were 78,000 tweets and 10,000 photos shared of him.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 7, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, June 7, 2011 The Future is You: Philanthropy in the 21st Century posted by Katie Berta , Graduate Assistant ASU Lodestar Center During a 2007 TED talk , Katherine Fulton discussed the ways philanthropy is evolving — becoming faster, bigger, and more effective — and explained what you can do to keep up.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

By July, the pandemic’s impact on food insecurity and the potential long-term effects on hunger were more well known. Coverage from NPR on a UN report that found the pandemic could potentially push 132 million people into hunger received almost 2 million shares on Facebook—the most of any story about food insecurity from this past year. .

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