Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2011

Last year, this campaign had hundreds of people sharing their love for hundreds of moms, and nearly $20,000 USD was raised to build a home for the TwitterKids of Tanzania and their classmates who attend Mama Lucy Kamptoni’s school in Arusha, Tanzania.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. Baltimore, Maryland: Google AdWords and Free Tech Help. How Do You Use It?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

While it's true that social media is not a silver bullet for major list growth or mega fundraising yet, it is helping to strengthen social justice movements. Helps to better brand organizations with supporters and potential supporters. Creates more open and transparent conversations about thought-provoking issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Stacey is one who launched the first social media infused gratitude campaign during Thanksgiving back in 2008,successfully raising money for a school project Tanzania. Many in the nonprofit social media community are helping Stacey reach her goal. Here’s an example from John Haydon who is doing a special campaign on her behalf.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2011

Do they feel that one day Twitter and Facebook are going to bring in the big bucks and build a huge base of activists that will come to your organization’s rescue when you need their help the most? But these examples are rarities. Well, I wish you lots of luck and good fortune. Tweetsgiving, created by Amanda Rose, raised $1.2

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

NetSquared Tanzania in Tanga, Tanzania. Columbus, Ohio: Formatting … Styles …Themes — Do You Know How They Can Help or Hurt You in Microsoft Office Programs? Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery — Hands-on Help with Social Media. Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2015

Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Tanzania]([link] in Tanga, Tanzania * [501 Tech Club Austin]([link] in Austin, TX * [Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club]([link] in Kansas City, MO --> Upcoming Events. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery — Hands-on Help with Social Media. Image 2 : Sarah Worthy / CC BY-SA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

Beth Kanter stood on stage at Gnomedex and used Twitter to help raise $2,657 in 90 minutes. Last November, Tweetsgiving used Twitter to raise over $10,000 in 48 hours for a school in Tanzania. And just last month, I used Twitter to raise $350 in a couple hours to help send the NTEN staff out for a relaxing excursion.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Tanzania in Tanga, Tanzania. San Francisco, California: Let's Help 826 Valencia Launch Their Tenderloin Location! HTML EXAMPLE. Attending our events is like going to NTC in Austin — except without the cost of a hotel and flight. Newest Groups. Upcoming Events.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2006

They offer $100-$150 start-up grants to businesses in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. For example, VEF gave a $100 grant to Flora Khaombi who was struggling to provide food, clothing, healthcare and education for her two grown daughters and her grandchildren. Here's how VEF works. All Flora said she needed was enough money to buy a 50 kg.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Before exploring the questions around limitations and needs, I want to share a couple examples of things happening right now to remind us that even though it will take a lot of work, and honestly a good bit of time, that we are already moving. Instead, they are examples of what it looks like when we double down on our focus to make change.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Freedom Fone in Tanzania and Ghana. Freedom Fone was introduced at two radio stations: Radio Maria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Volta Star radio in the Volta region of Ghana. Capturing Voices from the Field in Tanzania. In Tanzania, Sullivan bought a second-hand computer locally to host the Freedom Fone software.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

For example, when you post a message (whether it’s on Twitter, Facebook, or even Change.org) telling your supporters that you’re ramping up for some big news, a new project or something else, include a link where they can sign up with you to be on the email/announcement list. It is, though, one example of trying to make it work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. Who can't relate to Trick or Treat?

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

face and how we could help solve them. discussions, and helped broaden my perspective of how we. themes of the conference, many examples of successful social. Personally, though, the summit helped me realize that we should not only extract and visualise insights from raw data but. However, the surprise was that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. Here’s a few recent examples that I’ve spotted recently in my Facebook newsfeed, comments on my blog, and other online places. She is trying to raise money by selling one of her horses and crowdfunding money to help with her legal fees.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

LocalFreeWeb is an SMS service that helps people find free Internet access in San Francisco. A live example of Ohana is SMCConnect.org , which provides services in neighboring San Mateo County. Aparna Jain represented WellDone , an app that helps maintain water infrastructure in developing countries. Reporting Problems.

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Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

Starting with this year’s research, Candid and HRFN have introduced the population “racial and ethnic groups” to our analysis to help us better understand the scope of these important resources. In addition, we are attentive to ways our research can help push the field toward greater accountability.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

These are events that pair up nonprofits with good ideas and volunteer techies who can help them realize them. An example is Charity Wallet , an online tool that simplifies the online giving process for donors who support more than one organization, which was launched during the event!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

Right before Thanksgiving, the TweetsGiving effort helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania seeking $10 donations. As Lucy Bernholz noted, this might be one more example that fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses. For example, in Kenya, only 7% of the population, of the labor force, has a job in the formal private sector. If you are going to try to solve poverty, you've got to help people to make more money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Last year, TweetsGiving , raised $11,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania using Twitter to spread messages of thanks and opportunities to donate. A great example of how well this multi-channel approach works is the Humane Society’s Spay Day. More than $550,000 was raised last March. . Donors As Program Partners Not Just Check Writers.

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