Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2010

Here's some specific examples of how, if you're a techie, you can find ways to donate your technical expertise or time to Haiti or some of the many ways techies are helping out: The Crisis Commons facilitates partnerships and maintains a network of technology volunteers to respond to specific needs in times of crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

coordinate efforts with volunteers, share information with partners, and collaborate with other tech-based efforts e.g. the people finder at Haitianquake (since merged with Google’s).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

We need volunteers to review the wiki section by section and make sure that there are resources collected for Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. If you come across any useful Twitter accounts related to Ida - local news accounts, weather spotters, volunteers, local orgs, etc - please add them to the wiki here: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

Another example includes using AI to optimize volunteer engagement by aligning opportunities with individual skills and interests. She pointed out there was a wide range of use cases for staff as well as volunteers. And to create buy-in with staff and volunteers, an area where nonprofit adoption of Copilot tools is growing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Andy Carvin of NPR's Social Media guru, interrupted his self-imposed summer blogging siesta, to help organize online efforts and coordinate volunteers. For coordinating online volunteer efforts, he has set up a social network called the Gustav Information Center. If you want to volunteer for a page, see the wiki to-do list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2008

and my first video is on " Using VIdeo to Support Online Volunteers/Remote Volunteers." Also see these suggestions for using real-time tools with volunteers (VoIP, chat, instant messaging, etc.). Anyway, she has started a YouTube Channel. Go subscribe. I've started my own YouTube channel (but then, hasn't everyone?),

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2019

By letting each volunteer create an individual donation page, they can easily post it on social media and ask their friends and families for support. Urge your volunteers to explain why your nonprofit’s cause means so much to them. A fun event is also a great way to thank your volunteers for their hard work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2007

I recently received a review copy of this book and wanted to recommend in response to a question on the progressives list that Andy Oare asked: What attracts Gen Y and Millennials to volunteer? What sources to go to, what research they can do. Has anyone had any particular success in specific methods of recruiting the Gen Y demographic?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2006

Our friends over at Green Media Toolshed / Netcentric Campaigns are about to launch a powerful new service which harnesses distributed research from a loose network of volunteers. Volunteers are quickly checking and verifying changes in media lists. is distrubted volunteer created "citizen media" far behind?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2007

Second Life kiva.org volunteer: Julles Boucher Kiva.org , a micro-finance organization, has funded nearly 17,0000 loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries and last week crossed the $11 million rank. Julles Boucher or ( Julia Bailey, PhD ) serves as kiva.org's Second Life Coordinator on a volunteer basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Smart Nonprofit is a jargon-free roadmap for nonprofit staff, boards, volunteers, and funders on the ways “smart technologies” like artificial intelligence are changing social change work. The article highlights some of the themes in our book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World , coming out in March, 2022.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

I participated in my first Day of Service in 2001 as a volunteer. This year's Day of Service will take place on April 26th and there are several options to volunteer. This year we have had far more requests from nonprofits for volunteers than ever! Every year we also do a group community project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2008

Neff from the American Cancer Society just gave me a heads up that he is speaking on a SXSW Panel called Adapt or Die: The Future of Volunteers and Nonprofits. Who else is attending or speaking at SXSW?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2013

I found the chapter about motivations and tips for encouraging Millennnials to volunteer very valuable. Build a continuum of engagement from micro-volunteering to deep engagement of serving on a board of trustees. Build a continuum of engagement from micro-volunteering to deep engagement of serving on a board of trustees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2017

Collecting stories from your donors as to why they give and from your volunteers as to why they volunteer. Gather their success stories (or their on-the-road-to-success. stories—maybe their story is still being told). They all have stories of. their own and a reason to be giving back to your organization. Finding a local celebrity.

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MARCH 9, 2022

The Smart Nonprofit is a jargon-free roadmap for nonprofit staff, boards, volunteers, and funders on the ways “smart technologies” like artificial intelligence are changing social change work. Today, my new book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World , co-authored with Allison Fine, launches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

The bot replies to frequently asked questions about the organization’s emergency response programs such as applying to receive help as well as volunteering and donating to support specific programs. The volume and urgency of incoming messages made it impossible for the staff to reply manually with requested information efficiently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2022

The Smart Nonprofit is a jargon-free roadmap for nonprofit staff, boards, volunteers, and funders on the ways “smart technologies” like artificial intelligence are changing social change work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2013

Yesterday, at the Points of Light annual Conference on Volunteering and Service I attended a session called “ It’s About Science! Unpacking the Relationship Between Volunteering, the Brain and the Body ” featuring author Adam Grant, “ Give and Take.” The study reveals that U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Fortunately, we had a team of social media volunteers at a central location (our “command center”) at the Mall of America which made it easy to coordinate our response via email, blog, Facebook and Twitter. We had additional volunteers who were curating content and monitoring conversation via social media. Our Response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2012

You can read more about the framework in the free report , but we wanted to share with you a case study about an organization that began using social media for volunteer recruitment—a solution that cost nothing, but had immediate community-wide returns. We appreciate all that your nonprofit does. Case Study: Community Thread, Stillwater, MN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Next, she asked for a volunteer to come to the front of the room and read their card. And then a second volunteer, until organically everyone in the room had shared their #IamRemarkable. The next step was for everyone to read out loud what they wrote or share with the room. She modeled reading hers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Myth 9: I’ve heard GT can only involve donors, not my staff or volunteers. Myth 7: If my org doesn’t have a big online following, #GivingTuesday won’t be successful for us. Myth 8: Raising money through Facebook is the best way to win #GivingTuesday. Is your nonprofit ready for GivingTuesday?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Maybe your passion got someone else to give, advocate, or volunteer. And once I do something kind, or volunteer, or make a donation, or share a few good things, or even pause to truly feel gratitude, the world becomes more sparkly again. And then a maybe a larger impact. Maybe even a legacy. That’s still not all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Last week I was got to work on a week-long service trip in Cusco, Peru as part of Wake: Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange #Tech2empower program where womwn in who work in technology volunteer to share their professional skills and knowledge with women-run business owners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

According to this post by Craig Newmark , the site allows voters to report problems at the polls, receive assistance from trained volunteers more quickly and easily, and allow for better tracking and reporting on the nature and location of these incidents. Features include: Easier reporting. Faster, more accurate response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

He described how volunteers, previously spending hours on research for culturally resonant welcome baskets, turned to Copilot for quicker insights. AI is more like hot sauce, you can use it sparingly. During our panel, Joel Ramjohn from Agape Source illustrated the power of playful experimentation with AI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

What’s the best way to recruit and train volunteers on a Giving Day? Volunteers: Organizers have used volunteers for a variety of tasks during Giving Days. Now, with foundations across the country participating in Give Local America on May 6, we have refreshed the playbook with new insights to help in the planning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2020

3: Gratitude Day for Your Supporters, Volunteers, and Others. There are many ways your nonprofit can express gratitude for your supporters, volunteers, and staff on GivingTuesdayNow. Check out these other GivingTuesday ideas for partnering with small businesses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities. This volunteer service opportunity was intended to provide the homeless with job opportunities and an income through electronics recycling. On the wall, was something that Robert Egger referred to as “Codified Transparency&# a bill of volunteer rights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2017

Special thanks to our sponsors: Reward Volunteers is a free, easy way to track the time you spend volunteering in your community – and to earn rewards for your contributions! Georgetown University, Center for Social Impact Communication, 640 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, DC 20001. REGISTER HERE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

These volunteer service leaders have enabled the scale we’ve reached by providing volunteer leadership and management capacity to our more than 70,000 nonprofit partners. Some might be working with our local affiliates, some with other volunteer organizations and others might be leading efforts on their own. Perhaps that’s true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

I had the privilege of attending an event for A Billion + Change , a national campaign to mobilize billions of dollars in skills-based and pro bono volunteer services to help build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to effectively meet community needs. And she should know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2011

We wanted to create a more flexible and dynamic volunteer space that we believed would be necessary to engage younger people in the mission of our organization – to beat cancer in SA. There were passionate people raising thousands of dollars in the fight against cancer … and they’d never met another Cancer Council SA volunteer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I asked for volunteers who wanted to work on their target audience. While we didn’t have time for everyone to do a report out, several groups volunteered to share a brief report. I needed to get the 45 participants into ten small groups, each with station that included a poster, markers, and sticky notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I’ve been volunteering for community causes since I was a kid, something my family encouraged. When I was in the third grade, I volunteered to bake cupcakes to help fundraise for Lucy the Elephant (who thankfully survived super storm Sandy ). Generosity is baked into my DNA and I can’t help it. I grew up at the Jersey Shore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Joan has been an executive director, board member, donor, and volunteer – so she brings to her consulting and educator practice so much perspective and wisdom. I consider the “Dear Abby” of the nonprofit world, dispensing practical and brilliant advice to nonprofits with her wonderful sense of humor.

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