Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. Mobile can’t be this separate tactic or channel in your communications strategy. Also, fundraising may not be your first objective with mobile. Is mobile the best way to reach your target audience?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. Crowdsourcing for Social Change.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Did you know that text messages are reported to have an open rate of over 90 percent according to a number of reputable marketing studies? When following the January 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti, the Red Cross quickly mobilized a text donation campaign that raised an astounding $32 million.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

I blurbed this book with, “If you are looking for a recipe book for tips and tactics to integrate mobile and social media to round out your nonprofit’s marketing plan, look no further than this book.” As a trainer, I was most interested in Chapter 7 about equipping your organization to do multi-channel campaigns.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Mobile phone ownership is reaching a critical mass worldwide. Taking this into consideration, it is not surprising that mobile giving has proven to be a highly effective form of fundraising. Advantages to Mobile Giving Campaigns. But what makes mobile giving so quick and painless? Is mobile giving secure?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

This is an indication that nonprofits are definitely moving in the right direction, which is also reflected in the Nielsen Study (What Americans Do Online, August 2010 ). is through mobile devices! Why Go Mobile? Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? It says that 22.7% Get Engaged!

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2010

There are also projects you can participate in online, to put your nptech skills to work for earthquake-devastated Haiti. Allyson Kapin writes up an article for the Care2 blog about the impact of mobile fundraising for the Red Cross (txt "Haiti" to 90999 to send $10!) And hat tip to Mark Gillingham for the heads up.).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

We are 20 years into this online giving adventure and there is still a tremendous amount of up-side for nonprofit organizations. Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices. Mobile is the New Normal.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

Questions abound: How do donors of different generations learn about nonprofit organizations? What will the on-going value of direct mail be versus online and emerging fundraising channels such as social media and mobile? What are their preferred channels for engagement? What are the most appropriate channels for fundraising?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2010

Questions abound: How do donors of different generations learn about nonprofit organizations? What will the on-going value of direct mail be versus online and emerging fundraising channels such as social media and mobile? What are their preferred channels for engagement? What are the most appropriate channels for fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2010

There has been an explosion in size of nonprofit sector over last twenty years, huge increases in donations and number of organizations, and yet needle hasn’t moved on any serious social issue. Many organizations cannot just flip a switch. Once an organization has assumed this way of being, then comes the doing.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2016

It's true that businesses have gone mobile, but that's because the rest of the world has too. The Red Cross led the nonprofit texting revolution back in 2010 when it launched a successful mobile campaign to ask for donations for the earthquake victims of Haiti. In the U.S. Back then, only 27 percent of the U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

It's a great case study of how individuals and start and drive a campaign and the way that a concept can translate across cultures and countries. Mellon Foundation, we're able to offer the Academy at no charge to qualifying organizations. Even better, thanks to the generous support of Google and the Andrew W.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The iPad's release next month is best considered as another milestone in the phenomenal expansion of mobile computing. Millions more are already using Google's Android mobile operating system and, additionally, a Google tablet prototype was unveiled recently. Petitions and similar forms are the bread and butter of many organizations.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Without mobile email or a service like Twitter, I had no idea if, unknown to us, coworkers sat stranded at the Phoenix airport. I remember the chair I was sitting in when I first scrolled through my Twitter feed and learned of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. And, so quickly, ways to help. They stuck out like a sore thumb.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Tis the Season Is mobile fundraising the next frontier? echoDonations.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping charities start or grow their online fundraising programs by offering financial incentives for donors to give more. More on the study results from Marshall Kirkpatrick at Read/Write Web and here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. Each year we receive over 3,500 proposals from women's organizations all around the world.

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