Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

My first ladder of engagement was developed for the America’s Giving Challenge contest that I won in 2008 - it was a framework that used the “community manager” or “network weaver” as the human face to connect with people and bring them to the next level of involvement.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Peter Deitz, Social Actions. As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. Over $5 million has been raised in 2009 alone. The author updated this article in September 2009 as part of Mozilla Service Week. and Canada. and Canada.

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JUNE 15, 2010

In November 2009, Oregon was identified as one of the 10 states in most fiscal peril by the Pew Center on the States. In response to the economic crisis, during 2009 MMT expanded its grantmaking strategies to help nonprofit organizations survive the economic downturn by helping with core and general operating expenses.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

The fine people at Social Actions have announced a new contest that hopes to further social change (the hoped-for final result), online democracy (the community will vote to determine winners), and abject geekiness (you get to code for a cause). The winners will be anounced at the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

If you win, you get: two tickets to the Inaugural Ceremony & the Hawaii Inaugural Ball three-nights hotel stay airfare for you and a guest to the Nation’s Capitol a Flip video camera The last day to apply is 3pm EST on January 12, 2009. The contest is open to people who reside in one of the 50 U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Each year since the event started in 2009, we’ve seen these numbers grow. Youthprise, a youth-serving nonprofit and grantmaking organization put up $14,000 in prize grants for the contest. Since the promoted post was a video and had a strong call to action (today is the day to donate) we feel it was a great use of promoted posts.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

There’s been an exciting development in online collaboration this month with GSA’s launch of Challenge.gov – a platform for Federal agencies to conduct challenges and contests. Online contests are not completely new, to be sure. Since 2004 (or earlier!),

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JANUARY 21, 2009

This month's Net2ThinkTank question on NetSquared is, “What do you think will be the big changes, new technologies, hot applications, or successful campaigns of 2009?” I predict that one of them will be iPhone apps for nonprofits. Fundraising parties, trade shows, investment networks, etc."

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JANUARY 14, 2009

You can also search for volunteer opportunities on VolunteerMatch , Idealist , Social Actions , Network for Good , 1-800 Volunteer.org , MLK.gov , servenet.org , Volunteer Solutions , and GuideStar. Vicki of Zazengo shared more ways to spread the word in her Social Actions blog post, Help Promote MLK Day on Facebook + Zazengo.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Peter Deitz, Social Actions. Current best practices will serve nonprofits just fine in 2009. For organizations that stick to a more traditional managerial and communications structure between now and then, however, raising money is going to be tougher in 2012 than in the darkest days of 2009.

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JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The winner will be awarded an all-expense paid trip to the 2009 NTC to be held in San Francisco. For complete contest rules and to submit or view videos, please visit the video contest home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

billion users, who are very engaged, take actions based on recommendations from friends,” he added. Whether it’s sharing a #CecilTheLion cartoon, or sharing a #PlannedParenthood petition, all of these actions are expressions of our passion for causes we love. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2009. More than 1.5

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APRIL 1, 2016

Payne carried Holsworth around the court at the Senior Night basketball game, included her in one of his dunks in the college dunk contest and even had her join him on the ladder to cut the net after winning the Big Ten Tournament in 2014. Mickelson’s wife and mother were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. The PGA Tour.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

They make this happen through a competition that rewards nonprofits daily during the contest period and overall at the end. America’s Giving Challenge, presented by the Case Foundation, Causes and PARADE Publications, launched on October 7, 2009. Today they just announced that the W.K. Challenge Has Already Raised $1.1 WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

One metric for me in measuring success, was I able to inspire other people to take action? (at This one was very creative, dubbed " Trick or Tweet " focused on retweeting, incorporated a contested, and was cooked up by the good folks at FutureNow. How will Twitter be using for fundraising for good causes and by nonprofits in 2009?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

For organizations, web stats are useful indicators of how many people are being reached by their message, the geographical spread of the visitors and whether or not a specific campaign was successful in driving traffic or creating actions (like donations, or letters, etc.)

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Ahern was surprised that basic skills he took for granted as a sales copywriter – like the deft use of emotional triggers to prompt action, for instance; or reverence for the customer – were often missing in the donor communications he saw. He began working with nonprofits full-time about 15 years ago. And he saw a lot. He loves clubs.

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AUGUST 16, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. Good work February 25, 2009 | Mario Erazo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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JULY 14, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. Good work February 25, 2009 | Mario Erazo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

I actually joined Twitter because I had just submitted my entry into the Ideablob contest and there were links to share your entry on "social media" so I clicked on Twitter and that was that. I remember around the beginning of 2009, when I started working on Lend4Health full-time, some of my Twitter followers made loans on Lend4Health.

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MAY 16, 2012

She has nearly 10 years of digital fundraising and marketing experience and launched one of the very first nonprofit iPhone apps, Tap-n-Give on iTunes in 2009. Our insatiable demand to consume content and calls to action effortlessly via mobile web is being met. Tonia’s the Mobile Strategist for Atlantic Business Technologies.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

It doesn’t allow people to take your organizational actions or sign-up for your newsletters the way Convio’s application does. 25 Aug 2009 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Below are a few examples and resources to help you start, or join a social action book group: 1. Each month they'll focus on a different area of social injustice, encourage participants to read about the issues, and take action. Are you part of a social action book club? The Kittredge W.I.S.H. How did you organize it?

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JULY 5, 2011

(This was originally written in June 2009. No Call to Action. Email is not where the action is. The action only happens on your website. Never send an email message or enewsletter without a call to action. That action doesn’t always have to be a financial transaction or advocacy alert. No Follow-Up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

So for this post, I'd like to share 5 fundraising trends that we saw emerging in 2009 related to fundraising and social media and that will most definitely continue to have impact in 2010. In May, 2009, Peter Dietz, founder of Social Actions , reflected on the future of online fundraising and wrote about a shift in donor expectations.

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MAY 4, 2009

But remember don’t treat it as a one way communication tool to just blast out your latest press releases and action alerts. Nonprofits can start a Facebook Group, Cause Page to raise a bit of money, or Fan Page to post recent news, videos, photos, events, launch contests, and talk to your members via discussion boards.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

They were awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for their coverage of China and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2009. NEW People’s Choice: Mission in Action Award: Every cause has a story. There will be major announcements, reveals, deep-dives, contests, beat poetry, and more.

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