Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Last week I wrote about a virtual homeless teenager in Second Life who raising awareness of the plight of homeless teens in Spain. Nick Booth from the UK is asking for help in promoting an internet UK-based fundraiser. It isn't just self either, the charity will benefit and be able to help a homeless young person.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Generosity is baked into my DNA and I can’t help it. When I was in the third grade, I volunteered to bake cupcakes to help fundraise for Lucy the Elephant (who thankfully survived super storm Sandy ). Here’s some resources from VolunteerMatch if you want to volunteer your time to help out hunger organizations.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

And because peer-to-peer fundraising recruits the help of your members, it’s an easy way to spread the word of your mission. Here are some scenarios in which peer-to-peer fundraising could benefit your faith-based organization: Help raise money and awareness for an upcoming project. Staff Assignments. How many channels are you using?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

Transgender teen Ali Forney fled his home at age 13. Forney continually helped other youth that were facing similar difficult circumstances, and he became a public advocate for improving safety for homeless youth until his life was tragically cut short. Forney was murdered in 1997. A Continuum of Support That Transforms Lives.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Smooth Transition began working to reach at-risk teens early — before they dropped out of high school or left the foster care system. It later expanded its program to include all at-risk populations, including displaced adults, as a means to better help the community. Breaking Harmful Cycles.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

This location-based apps helps users find LGBT-friendly healthcare providers, mental health specialists, and providers that specialize in transgender health in San Francisco. One of the projects this organization is working on is called Connect 4 Life , a mobile phone program for LGBT homeless youth. well, that's a different story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

And despite their youth (its oldest members are only now leaving their teens), kids in Generation Z are regularly rocking social media for social good. “That’s why I need help from you!” Helping Your Teen Give Back. Having met his goal, he’s doing it again for his twelfth birthday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Does these contests really help build capacity of nonprofits and bring innovative solutions for social to the forefront or not?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

We all look similar in our sweatshirts, and the mission and goals of our work — to do good service, to help others, to create change — unite us even more. Analisa Xavier implemented Native American Connections ' first ever teen after-school programs. We take pay cuts, put ourselves out there, and take risks — all to make a difference.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 20, 2009

Couric wanted our help getting the word out about the issues being covered in CBS Reports' new series, Children of the Recession. One in 50 American children is homeless, and as more homes go into foreclosure that number will rise." You can find info about How to Help or Get Help on the series' landing page.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Amy Bogl uses Facebook parties to help an organization that shelters homeless teens win a fundraising contest. Virtual volunteering carries real benefits -- chicagotribune.com: "Jeanine Handley, a graphic designer, volunteers without ever leaving her house by designing materials for a nonprofit legal aid organization.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2015

This is the mission of Caravan Studios' Range app: helping youth and those who work with them find locations where free summer meals are served. What if technology could help connect kids to the meals? "I thought there was a chance that the app could connect a family in need to a service that would help," she said.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2013

This week we’re talking #bikesandbakedgoods (a winning combination), and how Hands On Nashville used #GivingTuesday to create local impact – with 5 fundraising ideas to help you rock your next campaign. With help from the local community and partner agencies, this program works to give refurbished bikes to the area’s kids in need.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

When I look back at some recent projects that I''m most excited about (like this teen program ), I realize that I had very little to do with their conception or execution. I helped them find funding and partners and time to make amazing work happen. Either way, it helps me stay focused on the work and not on the emotional stress.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2017

Businesspeople asked how we would keep out homeless people, drug addicts, and deviant behavior. We empowered a teen intern to make a video featuring MAH visitors to generate support for the project (shown at the top of this post). We heard suburban moms describe downtown as dangerous, dirty, and unappealing.

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DipJar

JULY 26, 2022

Utah Pride is an events-based organization that supports the community through mental health services; programming for youth and families, teens, adults, and seniors; suicide prevention efforts; education and training; and a community space where people can gather and connect. The Pride Center offers a home.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Are you… Helping youth develop lifelong skills? We want you to tell us how you are using products donated through TechSoup to help the youth in your community develop valuable life skills that will prepare them to take full advantage of their bright futures. A TechSoup customer? Interested in winning this tablet? Ready to enter?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Diane told me several stories about teens who came in thinking of themselves as dumb but changed their perspective as their confidence grew in two areas they associated with intelligence--knowing science and being able to teach. YES students defy expectations.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. The homeless community? These programs are usually used to help staff have a better sense of front-line needs and challenges, but they're also an obvious way to help all staff literally "connect" with visitors.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Diane told me several stories about teens who came in thinking of themselves as dumb but changed their perspective as their confidence grew in two areas they associated with intelligence--knowing science and being able to teach. YES students defy expectations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2015

Hiring data scientists help the organization, DoSomething, collect, store, and analyze data. They also had to think about security and privacy in new ways. For example, they ran a campaign for teens to collect food for a Food Banks around the country. Another example was to help Youth Homeless Shelters.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Then choose the strategies that will help you reach your goals before the ball drops on New Year’s Eve. Plus it’s so helpful to be able to see everything at a glance! Give Every Teen the Chance to Chase Their Dream. Do not ask people to help you meet your $10,000 goal. This helps tie things together in the donor’s mind.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Oh, and her work with her husband has helped to lay the groundwork for much of our understanding of modern science today - no big deal. Foundation for Women , B h Media , and the UN Foundation focus on elevating the voices of women and marginalized populations - help amplify their messages! Marie Curie was a.) Shero Thought Leaders.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking. I don't know what formed the bridge between the artists and the teens in this circumstance. Kyle had brought his baby with him.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Access to the right information can help avoid these problems altogether or lifelong consequences such as infertility, homelessness, and so on. With 93 percent of teens online, 80 percent using social media, and 87 percent sleeping with their phones nearby – technology was a key option to helping find a solution.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2013

We''ve seen surprising and powerful results--visitors from different backgrounds getting to know each other, homeless people and museum volunteers working together, artists from different worlds building new collaborative projects. Programs that emphasize bringing diverse people together are more popular than those that serve intact groups.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

We collaborated with two local organizations--the Rebele Homeless Family Shelter and Dominican Oaks retirement community--to conduct oral histories and produce a small audio and photo-based exhibit on maintaining love in tough situations. interracial marriage, keeping a family together while homeless) and others are more immediate (i.e.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Understanding the psychology behind giving can help you understand the donor’s motivation, which will help you plan your next campaign, your next fundraising event, or your next face-to-face ask. Some give because they want to help others. Many people who donate to charity believe it’s important to help people in need.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In addition to adoptions, North Shore Animal League clearly prioritizes donations to help further their cause. In addition to their mission statement, Mustard Seed also created a dedicated page to showcase the individuals they’re helping every day. And who could say no to their faces?). Why This Nonprofit Website Stands Out.

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