Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2007

On Sunday, 13 May 2007, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and partners are teaming up to call for an end to child hunger. Fight Hunger: Walk the World??? There will also be an opportunity to donate to help end child hunger in real life by donating in donation boxes surrounding the Auditorium.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2007

Last month I interviewed the Web Team over at Fight Hunger I got an email from Cordelia SalterNour telling me that they've selected a winner for their video contest. A little bit NPTech blog kismet, someone just the other day raised the question: "What's good or useful about user-generated content and what's just entertaining or cute?"

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DECEMBER 13, 2006

Meet the Fight Hunger Web Team From left: Anna Yl??-Kauttu, e Forsyth-Sommer, Cordelia Salter-Nour, and Emanuele Quinto - photo in flickr with bios Fight Hunger is a division of the UN World Food Programme set up to help end child hunger by 2015 which is part of the first Millennium Development Goal. Kauttu, Susanne Th??rnqvist,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2018

For example, SevaKitchen is enrolling NGOs to define “hunger zones”, making it easy for people to share excess food near their homes. There are also a number of creative mobile apps to make it easy for people in India from all walks of life to give money, time, and in-kind.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Feeding America is the nation’s leading hunger organization with a network of over 200 food banks serving 37 million Americans struggling with hunger. “ For example, during Hunger Action Month in September, Feeding America created a tab on their Facebook page where people could share a different action every day.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

The report notes that while AI is not a silver bullet or cure-all, the technology’s powerful capabilities could be harnessed and added to the mix of approaches to address some of the biggest challenges of our time, from hunger and disease to climate change and disaster relief. AI and Faith: Can a computer become God?

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NOVEMBER 27, 2008

According to the Food Research and Action Center , more than 36 million people lived in households in America struggling against hunger in 2007. Hunger isn't just a problem in America. I thought I'd highlight a few charitable organizations that are working to end hunger and some opportunities for donations.

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DECEMBER 30, 2008

Tyson Foods was willing to donate 100 pounds of protein to the Boston Food Bank per comment on its Hunger Relief blog. (Tyson Foods has perfected a social media strategy that leverages blog comments for food donations as noted on the Fast Company blog.) . That's a lot of chicken, but the work of addressing hunger never ends.

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JANUARY 15, 2009

Hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these hard times. President-elect Obama pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015 during his presidential campaign. Share Our Strength is the leading national organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger in America. Tags: hunger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

Oracle made donations for all online actions (likes, comments, RTs, photos, etc) during Hunger Action Month , reaching a maximum donation of $25,000. One of the campaigns for the Oracle effort during Hunger Awareness Month was “Hunger: Put a Fork in It.”

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MAY 31, 2009

billshore is Bill Shore and the CEO of Share Our Strength , an organization dedicated to getting rid of hunger. He tweets a lot about leadership issues and of course, his passion - ending hunger. Last hope for ending Hunger - Washington Post article " (Article here , some folks from Share Our Strength quoted) 4.

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JUNE 7, 2005

Nancy White at Full Circle found a great example of a ngo event blog called "Walk the World. Thanks Nancy! Gotta track down Michael and interview him. perhaps after the event is over.

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DECEMBER 10, 2008

Before you read any further, go over to Tyson Foods and c omment on this post about hunger in Massachusetts. This comments for food concept was first implemented very successfully by the Austin Social Media Club during August's Hunger Awareness Month HAM Tweetup.

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OCTOBER 19, 2008

  I also talked to the volunteers about why they were so passionate about the issue of ending childhood hunger. Michael is a founding director and President of End Childhood Hunger. .   I met both of the artists and did live stream interviews with them.     I interviewed him about his work on qik.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2008

This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease. Ed Nicholson from Tyson Foods pointed to two excellent examples of young girl who raised money for hunger relief by asking her friends to donate money to host a mobile food pantry.

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JANUARY 13, 2008

Kids Against Hunger packages and ships highly nutritious, life-saving meals to starving and malnourished children in developing countries and the United States. In addition to Kids Against Hunger, the company is supports SOS Children's Villages , World Vision , and Children's Relief Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Tyson Foods was willing to donate 100 pounds of protein to the Boston Food Bank per comment on its Hunger Relief blog. . To kick off the event, Bob Collins and I organized a call to action for the group. Social Media Breakfast View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Here’s an example from the Food Bank of Monterey County , a Lucile and David Packard Grantee that I’m coaching this year.

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DECEMBER 23, 2008

Innovative Giving: Tyson Foods For Hunger Relief. Innovative Giving: The Open Architecture Network. Innovative Giving: Leverage Your Twitter Network. Innovative Giving: Gaming For Rice. Innovative Giving: Play It Forward With Akoha.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

Watch the video , donate $1, pass it on The most recent web fundraising campaign from Fight Hunger, an part of the UN World Food Programme to end Child Hunger by 2015 is elegantly simple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

When I taught high school English, I saw first-hand the negative effects of hunger on children in school. (the UNITED STATES !!!! – multiple exclamation point worthy) live in food insecure households just kills me! You call yourself activist, what are some causes or ideas that you are standing up for?

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

The Netsquared Net Tuesday meetup in Houston tonight is holding a canned food drive to support the End Hunger Network. Tomorrow, I'll speaking at The Boston Social Media Breakfast. It will include a food drive to support The Greater Boston Food Bank - appropriate given that the theme is social media for social good.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

Here’s some resources from VolunteerMatch if you want to volunteer your time to help out hunger organizations. And it can be a rewarding experience. Youth in Philanthropy. Learning To Give. Youth In Philanthropy. Children for Children Foundation. Kids Can Make A Difference.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Here's the pitch: Make this holiday season special by using your blog, MySpace page, or other website to make a difference for a family facing hunger and poverty. a brighter future and a way out of poverty and hunger. re calling on online community leaders like yourself to help give the ultimate gift ???

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FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Last fall, I wrote about a couple of "click to give" sites, including the Free Rice game and Fight Hunger. Click here. This "click to give" site will help women who can't afford to pay for a mammogram a free screening. This type of online giving would probably be a great match for a Facebook application.

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JUNE 14, 2009

This is just one of the many different ways they are using social media for the fight against global hunger which has only intensified with the financial crisis. Take a quick look around their homebase Web site to easily see their creative use of social media, from bloggers campaigns to Wall Against Hunger.

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MAY 5, 2008

for poverty, hunger and homeless advocacy and change. If you are so inclined, you might to dedicate a little of your economic stimulus check to a hunger organization. I had to define the term blog in a board meeting.3 3 months in a row. Has any of them read it, no. Has any staff or mgmt read it.I I shall use it to dominate the Web 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Here’s an example from the Food Bank of Monterey County , a Lucile and David Packard Grantee that I’m coaching this year.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

.   On Sunday, I'm participating in a Day of Service along with almost 200 conference participants at two of their partner sites, the Capital Area Food Bank and Friendship Public Charter School - both organizations address hunger and poverty issues. 

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DECEMBER 23, 2008

But hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these difficult times. Innovative Giving: Tyson Foods For Hunger Relief. From a blog post in my archives, June, 2005 I took that photo of myself with a sign to illustrate a post that talked about the professionalization of blogging. Innovative Giving: Gaming For Rice.

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MARCH 12, 2010

It is designed to do more than deliver content on the issue of hunger in Central Texas, it also has interactive components such as a game featuring a virtual "Kitchen Cupboard," where users can stock their kitchen shelves with healthy, non-perishable food items they've caught.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

The top 100 included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, healthcare, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare.

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OCTOBER 19, 2008

Today, I'm participating in a Day of Service along with almost 200 conference participants at two of their partner sites, the Capital Area Food Bank and Friendship Public Charter School - both organizations address hunger and poverty issues. 

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The event was designed for the Mashable audience, a younger and social media savvy group that has the hunger and capacity to consumer a lot of content as well as do good in the world. Held during UN Week and Clinton Global Initiative, the speakers and agenda was diverse, interesting, and inspiring.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Hurry the deadline is November 21st) And, companies like Tyson Foods continue to champion the cause of ending hunger and giving food donations. Nonprofits are eligible to apply for the shoes to distribute to clients.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

The causes that are supported are listed here a good mix of wildlife conservation, hunger, and others. Once you’ve collected enough karmas you can donate them to a variety of causes. And, of course, you get badges for various activities. This idea is really cool for a couple of reasons.

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MARCH 24, 2011

Feeding America has a national hunger study. For example, CREW –Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington just released a report about. how payday lenders have increased payments to lobbyists. Amnesty International has a report about housing and water rights for the Roma community in Slovenia, among dozens of others.

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