Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Charity:Water used it for its Rwanda Campaign. Some nonprofits are experimenting with a group of tools called “Amplifiers” that allow you sign up your fans and friends to tweet all together at the start of the event. One of the more popular with nonprofits is ThunderClap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

I met Spencer Brodsky last December when he was doing a fundraiser campaign for his project in Rwanda. He helped me with reaching my influencers on Twitter. So, being able do some real time network weaving while the birthday campaign was unfolding was highly satsifying. And connected with Mark Horvath.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

If you are interested in online fundraising but don’t have the resources to build a custom platform for donations like charity: water, there are applications that help nonprofits get started with online fundraising quickly, including Salsa and Network for Good. Partner With Well-Known Organizations, Brands & Influencers.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2011

With a successful photo-essay or multimedia piece, organizations can attract partners, appeal to donors and grantmakers, influence policymakers, and perhaps most importantly, drive a movement. Christy helped found the San Francisco-based digital photography publication, Once Magazine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

The exercise is intended to help you slow down, be in the moment, and shift you into a reflective mindset or at least feel what it is like. For example, I noticed that Spencer Brodsky , who I helped last December when he was doing a fundraiser campaign for his project in Rwanda, re-tweeting the birthday call to action.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

JG: I had the opportunity to spend some time in Rwanda when I was in college, and what really struck me about that experience was the willingness and openness of the survivors, who are both victims and perpetrators, to heal their country and to move on. JG: I think it may be helpful if I explain how it works.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

It is a jack-of-all trades position: I do everything from helping to maintain our Intranet, manage our internal news bulletin, work with our Board of Directors, conduct research that helps shape the strategic direction of our organization, and more. What should AIUSA’s role be in improving or resolving those situations?

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