Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

These individuals undertook organizing, fundraising, and advocacy – activities that were once only in the control of nonprofits – outside the “control” of nonprofits. Free Agents still find creative ways to make a difference today. And that’s why I’m supporting Giving Tuesday. What about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

In deck above, you will see a graph that shows that the Ice Bucket Challenge had more search volume than other news such as Ferguson and Iraq during the last few weeks. This shows the importance of timing and playing off current events. 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

The Rucksack" -- a cutting-edge project that I led recently for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) -- is an especially powerful example of an organization using technology in a strategic and transformative way. It describes the project from more of a strategic perspective than a technical one.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community. Today was an example of this. In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Find them all at GivingTuesday.org 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

If you do the math, that's $1 million donated to these organizations. 826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. NRDC a nation-wide environmental action organization that uses law, science and the support of 1.2 the rest of the world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Jake Wood , author of, Take Command , weaves together hard-learned lessons in leadership and teamwork from his experiences in college football , as a former Marine sniper and as cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon -- a disaster relief organization that unites military veterans with first responders deployed to areas hit by natural disasters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. There’s still time for your organization to secure important year-end gifts—if you can capture people’s attention and motivate them to support your cause.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

The Iraq War was raging. They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. " The year was 2005. What Is Web 2.0?

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

In response to Cairo, the attendees sought to work together to forge relationships between the United States and Muslims based on respect and partnerships within the private sector and civil society organizations. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Department of State and Rashad Hussain , the U.S.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

I get their emails — like I do with many other organizations — so I can see what they’re up to and learn from a variety of techniques about best practices in online advocacy and fundraising. In fact, I think the video thing is crowding out the older more traditional asks to give money or send a note to Congress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

I have been providing strategic support to charitable organizations about how to use the internet and technology to engage, educate, and ultimately mobilize audiences – and especially raise money online – for almost a decade. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association. This is not some crazy idea or gimmicky technology solution.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

Dara is motivated by bringing together organizations that offer corporate social responsible resources through our network to the people and organizations who really need help. These laws prohibit financial transactions with individuals and organizations associated with terrorism. Extraordinary People and Organizations.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

That’s the day Iraq invaded Kuwait, an event that would start a domino effect that has lasted more than 20 years. Author: Kent Gilliam. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the only thing on the news on August 2, 1990. I was just 19 at the time and not really sure what I wanted to do with my life.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2008

According to the UN Dispatch , "last year, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees assisted the highest-ever number of refugees and displaced in the organization's history. The Dispatch also reports that the reason for the increase is the war in Iraq. Today, there is a total of 11.4

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

I’m thinking about my grandfathers, both of whom were proud of their military service, my friends who have returned from their fourth and fifth tours, and the recent NPR piece I heard about a couple who deployed to Iraq together but didn’t return that way. This is where Linda Patterson, the president and founder of ANA, comes in.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

PeacePlayers International is a nonprofit organization that uses basketball to unite and educate children and their communities in conflict and post-conflict areas. CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq. Beth Kanter posted about this a couple weeks ago.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2007

Atlasien of Upside-Down Adoption said she was going to become involved in a local organization for immigrant rights. Her resolutions include eating local organic food, teaching her students about healthier eating options, and volunteering at a community garden. What are your 2008 Activist Resolutions?

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Increasingly, this is a challenge as individuals, businesses and organizations, and especially communication outlets -- TV, radio, print -- diversify their existing channels by hosting websites with blogs, podcasts and other interactive media. In the business world, using these new technologies is a matter of survival. and other countries.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

What could be better than a fabulous organization getting recognized for the important work they do by the entire Convio community during our recent Convio Summit in Baltimore ? EG for CC: How do you describe your role at the organization to friends at parties? Author: Emily Goodstein. Not much else, that’s what.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 28, 2006

The Global Fund for Women is a grantmaking foundation that supports women's human right's organizations all over the world. That's an excerpt from a speech given by Muadi Mukenge the Global Fund for Women's Program Officer for Africa, at the Darfur Day of Conscience. It was turned into a post for the Global Fund for Women's blog.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

She points out why this was such a groundbreaking event and suggests a compelling new metaphor for philanthropy: Imagine if philanthropy sought to be an "empowering platform for individuals (and organizations) to make change."

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Care2

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

That task requires you to take off your thick organization glasses and see things from the donor’s fresh point of view. But fundraisers who work in medium-sized organizations may need to consult their program staff for story details. The news values that professional journalists use to choose the best story ideas can help.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Because they make it easy to find your local farmer’s markets and organic food producers. National Organization of Women (NOW). Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Google+ || LinkedIn. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || LinkedIn || Flickr. Local Harvest.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

Britt Bravo: Can you talk a little bit about some of your programs and some of the things that the organization does? We are a Center whose Co-founder just left after 17 years of work in the organization, which is pretty impressive, I think, in the nonprofit world. That is the part that I feel very, very excited and challenged by.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Because they make it easy to find your local farmer’s markets and organic food producers. National Organization of Women (NOW). Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Google+ || LinkedIn. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || LinkedIn || Flickr. Local Harvest.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Serving as a geographical and cultural bridge between Europe and the Middle East, Turkey is a country that shares borders with both Syria and Iraq (not to mention another six * countries). In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

For a long time, in my family, we had discussed importing a dry desert line called "Numi", in Arabic, that we drank as kids in our native Iraq. I would say about 75-80% of our teas are organic. The flowering teas, the tea leaves are organic, the flowers are not yet organic, but we have a goal to transition all that in six months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Malcolm Gladwell’s article “Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted,&# brings the slacktivism , social media for social good or evil , strong and weak ties , and organizations vs networks debates to a mainstream audience. Top Down Command and Control Organizations Are The Only Way Social Change Happens (WRONG!).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Well, that 80%, 60% of that money goes to large institutional organizations like hospitals and universities, and large cultural institutions, like museums, zoos, and libraries, and religious organizations. So that leaves about 20% of the funding pool to organizations like you. And organizations they trust.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

My first thought was how is the experience of one of the most popular, persistent bloggers relevant to most people starting out or blogging for non-profit organizations. He noted that when he turned against the Iraq War he lost two-thirds of his readers, especially after admitting mistakes about his position on the war.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Aid to Artisans "Aid to Artisans (ATA), an international nonprofit organization, is a recognized leader of economic development for the craft industry. We use song as a tool for organizing in communities around the country." Full disclosure: The number of ways these examples are biased is too many to list.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

With finances a little tight this year, I've had to reduce the number of organizations I'm donating to in 2009. Another group is discussing their legal rights, and another group is learning organic farming. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

With programs ranging from education, sports, income generation and more, we’re proud to stand with such an incredible organization! Over the 30 years of our organization, we’ve sent over 25 million dollars in direct aid consisting of food, medical supplies, books, and toys to Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

Habbo’s InfoBus re: curbing violence against gay teens; developing understanding via the Matthew Shepard Foundation visiting ‘in-world’ or the War Child Int’l foundation partnership to focus in-world on kids impacted by violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda etc. What do you think?

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