Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors of the Future?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To avoid getting seduced by “ shiny object syndrome &# get educated about Mobile Campaign Basics for Nonprofits and spend some time reflecting those strategic questions. Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors Via Mobile Phones of the Future? Maybe that first step is research.

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Nonprofits Should Consider SMS Fundraising With Eyes Wide Open

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But having been in the nonprofit technology since 1993, I've seen a predictable pattern of cycles with new tools and technology. With nonprofits, the Trough of Disillusionment comes when we start to understand the real challenges in implementing a new technology and stop looking at as a panacea that will solve all our problems.

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Guest Post by Perli Ni: ow Social Media Can Help Nonprofit Arts Organizations Reconnect With Supporters

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: National Arts Index It's at times like these -- in the midst of an extended recession and the wake of the tragedy in Haiti -- that the role of funding arts in society may be called into question. Nothing tells the story of the typical nonprofit better than the real stories of those involved in its work!

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Book Review: Cause for Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Colleagues Kari Dunn Saratovsky and Derrick Feldmann have published a new book called Cause for Change: The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement. The book is a great read for nonprofit leaders of all generations. I found the chapter about motivations and tips for encouraging Millennnials to volunteer very valuable.

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Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And since, the busy season is coming up for all you nonprofit fundraisers – year end giving and Network for Good has just announced a Year-End Giving Challenge , I thought a guest post from Michael Hoffman about you can incorporate video to power your campaigns was in order. Make a video for lapsed donors. Test, but be careful.

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SMS Fundraising Campaign for Breast Cancer

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. For example: Start with emailing your online activists and donors and place your shortcode and keyword front and center. Follow up with your donors.

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After Marc finished reading the Networked Nonprofit , he was curious about crowdfunding and free agents, chapters in our book. Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009. The positives.