Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

Note from Beth: A couple years ago, I organized a “ Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam &# at SXSW. How often does your organization step back and remember your mission? The contest is open to all nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the UK. Panelists told their case studies as poems.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

People and organizations that work on social change are not immune. Develop your Organization’s “Dark Side” information kit: This information, typically on your web site, contains information that would be relevant in the event of the crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org has discovered what social media folks who work for zoos, aquariums, and animal welfare organizations already know. tools from outside the United States that help digital activists evade Internet censorship and promote human rights issues to a wider audience. So, grist-.org Back in 2007, I noticed a pattern in the US.

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MAY 16, 2012

The organization was founded by Elizabeth Dearborn Davis and Dave Hughes. One Student, Giselle, has used Razoo to help raise her travel funds to a conference in the United States. I got an opportunity to do a workshop with second year students during their IT class.

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MAY 3, 2017

Does your organization want to make meeting the needs of the people its serves a top priority? In 2016, 46 organizations across the 50 United States, from Hawaii to Massachusetts, received L4G grants to use that survey instrument to collect feedback from the people they serve. Note from Beth: Melinda T.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

The program accomplished the following: 220 organizations participated. Organizations raised almost $125,000 through integrated social media campaigns from donors. E-Mediat is funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the United States Department of State with support from the craigslist Charitable Fund and Microsoft.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2010

At The Humane Society of the United States , we pride ourselves on on listening. But it’s not just about what people are saying about us. It’s also about what other organizations and businesses are doing and we gather this intelligence by reading blogs on these topics on a daily basis. by Carie Lewis. Have a great example?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

the UNITED STATES !!!! of San Antonio, I’m organizing the very first meeting of MissRepresentation Social Action Reps in San Antonio to help champion for change locally in the way that media portrays women. There’s nothing uglier than a blogger with a sense of entitlement. Why is this cause important to you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Last year, my organization took its first steps. we discussed how the organization might utilize social media in similar ways. I’m also thrilled to include Carie Lewis (Humane Society of the United States) and Alison McQuade (Emily’s List). What “stage” of social media is your organization or company at?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Why do some organizations struggle to manage their data? Along the way, I interviewed more than 20 nonprofit experts from a wide variety of organizations. Any strategy or plan to use Big Data is likely to be devoured if the culture of an organization is not supportive. So, check out this post and be sure to order a copy today!

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MARCH 16, 2012

We could empty the coffers of all the foundations in the United States but still couldn’t offset the cuts from the federal government alone. Given the massive cuts we are seeing across the sector, there is no way that private philanthropy can respond on a dollar for dollar basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2008

The guests include Jonathan Colman of the Nature Conservancy and Carie Lewis of the Humane Society of the United States. Here's a few takeaways: Your supporters already have a voice, but Facebook gives them access to organizations to join the conversation. The podcast is short and worth a listen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

There is a lot of speculation about what has been causing the challenges that fundraising is facing in the United States. These trends are based on Target Analytics’ evaluation of transactions from 77 organizations, including over 37 million donors and more than 77 million gifts totaling over $2.4 What Is Not Happening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

It eventually changed the economy of the United States because it allowed businesses to have a national business and get in touch with customers. She also told a story about technology change inside organizations. Ford asked, can’t we just have a call collect or reverse the charges?

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MARCH 19, 2011

It eventually changed the economy of the United States because it allowed businesses to have a national business and get in touch with customers. She also told a story about technology change inside organizations. Ford asked, can’t we just have a call collect or reverse the charges?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Here are the key takeaways from a discussion with Danielle Brigida (National Wildlife Federation), Carie Lewis (The Humane Society of the United States), Alison Carlman (Global Giving) and Alison McQuade (EMILY’s List). Sometimes our president tweets more than the organization!”. Influence the decision makers.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2007

I thought I'd highlight a few charitable organizations that are working to end hunger and some opportunities for donations. I also discovered a group called " I will donate $1 for every person that joins this group to Fight Hunger " which is being organized by some super activists high school kids.) that's over $250,000. (I

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MAY 27, 2015

Code for America , one of the organizations that we worked with, is already implementing outcome assessments. Demonstrations of what is possible are up and running in communities of every size across the United States. Now we need to find out not only what works, but what works best over time.”.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Campus Party is the biggest technology phenomenon that almost nobody in the United States has ever heard of. It is a huge success in the Spanish-speaking world and plans to debut in the States, in the S.F. Campus Party organizer Futura Networks also recognizes that a big driver for young techies is…social relevance.

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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. They have packaging network with a national headquarters and satellites in 14 states and Canada.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

is a national non-profit dedicated to saving play through engaging communities; creating dialogue; and providing tools, training and resources to build playgrounds across the United States.). is one of the first non-profit organizations to take this approach online. And the results have been impressive.

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MARCH 19, 2012

E-Mediat is funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the United States Department of State with support and in-kind donations from Microsoft, Cisco and craigslist Charitable Fund. I’ll be sharing blog posts about my experience here.

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AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power.

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Save the Children is the leading, independent organization that creates lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. Ettoré has been with Save the Children for nearly 10 years and has been practicing the trade of digital marketing for more than a decade with a focus on innovation. Strategy'

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OCTOBER 16, 2006

Guide released today by MobileActive, a global network of organizations and. mobiles in civil society, targets nonprofit and non-governmental organizations. extremely effective way for organizations to get messages out to the public, monitor elections, and encourage voter participation.??? organizing. With close to 2.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

" It is a version of the Cute Dog Theory - what organizations need to think about to be successful. tools from outside the United States that help digital activists evade Internet censorship and promote human rights issues to a wider audience. I'm doing a presentation on a panel called "Let's Get Social."

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JANUARY 30, 2008

Here's a definition: Circuit riders travel throughout regions of the United States and parts of Europe providing technology assistance to nonprofit organizations. As one organization providing such services defines the group: ???Circuit This is exactly the kind of example we want to give to our clients.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

What’s elevator speech for the organization, he campaign and your role. They raise funds and awareness in the United States for the lifesaving work that more than 6,000 staffers of Geneva-based UNHCR undertake for refugees around the world, 24/7. (Just look at what’s happening in Somalia right now.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Currently, there is a lot of attention on global warming and energy efficiency in the United States, and the Summit organizers believe that we can capitalize on this momentum to bring CFLs to the tipping point. is a tool to track nationwide CFL purchases by metropolitan area and state. a cross-sector ???network

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APRIL 9, 2008

Jen Lemen will visit Grace (12) and Lillian (9), the daughters of Odette Umurerwa, a genocide survivor from Rwanda currently living in the United States. Here's a summary of her plan. Odette and Jen met on a schoolyard playground one year ago. s experience as a seven-year-old Tutsi girl living in poverty in a refugee camp in Uganda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

A number of nonprofit organizations are promoting Valentine's Day giving opportunities, here's a few: A Day for Hearts is an opportunity to raise awareness about congenital heart defects, a lethal constellation of birth defects of the heart that affect millions of newborn infants and children worldwide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

In the United States, I've noticed that over the past 2-3 years, there is a growing divide in participants experience/knowledge gap. 1) Already Doing It, Want To Do It Better: The first group know the definitions of the tools and understands how social media has changed the dynamics between audience and organization.

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JANUARY 31, 2007

Groups from within, across and between organizations can now work together every day without being in the same location. Nancy White is an independent consultant from the United States and a KM4D Journal Editorial Board Member. Beth Kanter is an independent consultant from the United States.

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JULY 29, 2009

The distance between a social enterprise investor, a program officer, or a policy maker or citizen in the United States and a person in the slums of Kenya or India participating in an economic development or health social enterprise has never been smaller. We can now discuss, highlight and organize around the initiatives that work.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Your organization was one of the early adopters of mobile phone apps. Finally, as a conservation organization, we’re always looking at ways to reduce our use of paper. People can tag any of more than one million restaurants and markets across the United States when they find ocean-friendly seafood.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

My own background is rooted in a) on-the-ground community organizing, including 100+ hours of training and many times that in actual organizing, and b) academic study of how nonviolent social change can be successful (my degree is in peace and conflict studies). Social justice organizers are a pretty creative bunch.

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MARCH 1, 2007

IT Adoption among Nonprofits" by Paul-Brian McInerney (who is an editor for the forthcoming NTEN and Gilbert Center "Journal for ICT in Social Change Organizations). As one organization providing such services defines the group: ???Circuit Following changes in the nonprofit sector, the future of circuit riding is unclear.

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