Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

I presented a plenary session on networked mindsets and leadership and facilitated two workshops on SMARTer Social Media. The concept is simple – ask supporters to take a photo of themselves with your campaign message and share it on social media channels. Twitter: https://twitter.com/nfswildfish. The Hold A Sign Meme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Note from Beth: Many nonprofits do not have dedicated teams for social media and social media strategy and implementation is typically only a part of a someone’s job. Nonprofits nowadays invest serious resources to keep pace with the latest social media trends. What are the right tools to help measure success?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

As I read case studies, blog posts and participate in sessions, I imagine replacing the term "social media" with "direct mail" or "email marketing." Social media fundraising is driven by a combination of relationships and immediacy. Social media doesn't raise money, people raise money." By Ehren Foss, CTO, HelpAttack!

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Pledges to reduce use or avoid a purchase decision can be built with any basic form tool and offer a way to promote a campaign that builds an email list with an evergreen ask. The added benefit is that the pledge helps align the person’s identity with your cause, increasing the chance of a later donation. Paid: Twitter ads.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

To help nonprofit board and staff leaders address this challenge, I created a list of more than 100 fundraising tasks for nonprofit board members. Board members can practice telling the story of one person helped by the organization, or the story of how they came to be on the board. They simply need to be good storytellers.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Operations & Leadership 7 Donor Survey Questions You Should Be Asking 11 min read Read Now Set Realistic Strategic Goals Through Reporting Reports help guide board members on strategic goals and objectives. They can also help make strategic goals more attainable and objective.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Social Media: To effectively promote your monthly giving program on social media, you’ll need to create a series of promo graphics that are properly sized for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ). Compare that to 36% that said social media and 19% that said print.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Jolkona partnered with the Seattle International Foundation (SIF), which pledged to match every donation, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000.

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APRIL 16, 2021

Volkswagen, GM, Amazon, and the USPS pledged a commitment to green vehicles. Twitter: @Energy_Leaders. California State Park’s Virtual Earth Day Report helps them track their progress and record their impact for prizes. Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram: @calparks and @REI . The six largest banks in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

In February 19th, Joel Comm has organized an event called " Tweetathon " on Twitter to promote and sell copies of his new book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time and help a nonprofit that supports children in Africa, China, and India. This foundation helps children at risk around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

I was lucky enough to snag an interview with Jessica Kirkwood from HandsOn Network who oversees social media strategy about how the strategy and measurement component for this campaign. We decided to try to get 500 emergency plans pledged; 2,000 emergency kits built and 250 service leaders affiliated (meaning certified as first responders.).

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2021

If you don’t have any money to spend on acquisition it makes sense you’d put your efforts into getting your inner circle to help you identify donor prospects since that is 100% free. . Use this strategy to convert visitors from your website, on social media or traditional ads into a name on your email (or direct mail) house file.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2016

Goodwill’s mission is to help people find jobs, earn paychecks and care for their families. The #LaborOfLove Campaign urges people across the nation to pledge to spread awareness about Goodwill and the importance of job placement and training programs. Every day, Goodwill helps more people enter the workforce. percent in July.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

Note from Beth: Over five years ago , I connected with Sam Mayfield, an independent media maker, through my blog. In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. My background is in community media. We scrape it together.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Here are a few tips to help you make the most out of your fundraising campaigns this holiday season, as according to Entrepreneur. Do Not Forget About Social Media. The donors you are trying to reach may not be in the office, but they’re most certainly still on their smartphones checking their social media.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

It’s your job to remind folks who’ve not yet renewed or fulfilled on their pledges that it’s time to do so. You can also create lists of SYBNTs (gave some year but not this), pledge reminders, and downgrades. You can organize this as a live or virtual phonathon and enlist your board and other volunteers to help. Don’t let them!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

There is little argument that email and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are fast becoming mandatory tools for supporter outreach. From a pure fundraising standpoint, email and social media channels are only effective when the recipient is able to respond immediately to a CTA (call to action). gurgo.mobi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The Cute Dog Theory or more precisely the Cute Animal Theory states that including cute animals in your social media content inspires more people to share the content. If don’t believe that is true, check out this YouTube video from VW of dogs barking the theme from Star Wars as a Superbowl Teaser. And now, mobile.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). We're opening a call for nominations, and we're accepting them through all forms of social media, using the hashtag #wit11."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The hashtag, #GivingTuesday, was trending on Twitter. As some nonprofit insiders complained, #GivingTuesday making too much noise. Using statistics only from highest-level influencers, #GivingTuesday had a reach to over 425 million individuals on Twitter, and over 300 million on Facebook. On Tuesday,Dec.3rd,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Laura Fitton (aka @pistachio ) or otherwise known as the maven of Twitter asks : 1. I realized just $2 from each of my Twitter readers would be $25,000. liked my idea and will 1) waive ALL fees for their “micropayments via Twitter” tool, and 2) match up to $10,000. What can $2 do? What do I want most of all for Christmas?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Well, that’s a stretch – but a book that has an embedded donation to a charity with a mission to end Malaria can help that charity save lives. The Domino Project in conjunction with Box of Crayons is working with Malaria No More to help raise money to end malaria. The race was part of the World Malaria Day in 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

It was a no-brainer for me, despite the daunting $4500 minimum pledge goal that I'm now working towards, as I knew that this disease not only touches my family, but millions of others in North America, as well. What have you learned about personal fundraising that might be helpful to other bloghers? Use Twitter.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Thanks to a generous grant from Microsoft , TechSoup is proud to kick off an initiative to help nonprofits tackle this important issue: Safer Online for Nonprofits. The Safer Online for Nonprofits campaign will focus on basic, practical tips that you can start using right away to stay safe online, on the go, on social media, and in the cloud.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Surprise offers and gifts helped alleviate some of the financial strain many felt during a pandemic and recession, while convenient shopping experiences reduced stress and anxiety. Help them out : Make donate buttons stand out using bold, contrasting colors. It’s helpful to: Inform donors how their gift was used.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Can local fundraising campaigns like Give to the Max Day , which is modeled after the successful GiveMN day in Minnesota help boost funding and brand awareness for DC metro area nonprofits? “Our goal is for 10,000 supporters to come and help raise $3 million for nonprofits serving the DC area by 12 a.m. November 10.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The goal is to help nonprofits find and fix problems for their online donors ahead of giving season. Download the Be Your Donor checklist and join other nonprofits in pledging to be donor-centric this year. [link]. Share on your blog: Have a piece of advice that is all about “being your donor”?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

See how Qgiv can help you bring your Giving Tuesday campaign ideas to life! How does Giving Tuesday help nonprofits? A little competition can go a long way in helping you secure donations. Social media is a great tool for supporters to share their personal fundraising pages, so make sure you encourage them to post their pages.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This time I’ll review some new developments in privacy and security, social media, cloud computing, digital inclusion, gaming for good, and the new tech blog, Re/code. Joining the Safer Internet Day Twitter party. Apple is a major donor with a pledge of $100 million. Privacy and Security. The Day We Fight Back.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some. In this case. Muslim relations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tyson Foods has perfected a social media strategy that leverages blog comments for food donations as noted on the Fast Company blog , (part of its innovative giving series which included a profile of me !) Several of her regular readers including Deb Roby have pledged to match her donations to The Bay Area food bank.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

You don’t necessarily have to do this with an online fundraising platform: you can start by using social media to encourage people to interact with and be vocal about your cause. followers on Twitter and nearly 10k followers on Instagram. How can your organization apply this? Harrison has over 61.5k

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Forum One

JUNE 24, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some. In this case. Muslim relations.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some. In this case. Muslim relations.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some. In this case. Muslim relations.

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Forum One

MARCH 24, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some. In this case. Muslim relations.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some. In this case. Muslim relations.

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