Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The last thing people from Staten Island or New Jersey needed last week was an ill-timed fundraising ask. No matter what you choose to do, let it sit for at least an hour or two to make sure it feels thoughtful and responsive, rather than reactive and out of touch. Be specific.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

We turned on CNN and watched together as scenes from New Jersey and New York flashed across the screen. Two weeks after Sandy hit, 300,000 people in New York and New Jersey were still without power. I led him and my mother to the sofa in my living room – complete with modern comforts like heat and light.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

People in New Jersey, Nebraska, and New York who were learning about A Good Idea were emailing me asking how they could start a chapter in their hometown and asking their friends to vote. I began emailing people after they voted, asking them to consider using one of their votes for AGI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2007

But here's what has surprised me, Nhuong Son , a Cambodian American attending college in New Jersey. From Nhung Son's Facebook Photos Two weeks ago, Blogger Michele Martin , set up an America's Giving Challenge widget for the Sharing Foundation to support the project over at Global Giving. thanks so much.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

There are many good examples of people using PledgeBank to pull off remarkable work, including these: First, there was a great pledge called " Draft Dana ", in which New Jersey residents successfully drafted a woman into the race for New Jersey State Assembly in District 25.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

Women’s Center of Tarrant County , Susan Fine. The Women’s Center of Tarrant County has a name problem, as we serve women, men and children…about 82,000 a year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I started off in Camden, Maine to teach at the PopTech Fellows program, New Jersey Center for the Performing Arts for a session with arts marketers , and finally to Washington, DC to attend a briefing at the White House and to keynote the last BlogPotomac conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2013

What New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has to say about ways volunteers can drive recovery after a natural disaster. What Republican strategist Karl Rove and Democratic strategist David Plouffe have in common. Why Frans Johansson subtitled his bestselling book, “What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation.”.

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