Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. This year, we asked school principals to don super hero costumes and ride the new indoor zip line at the Mall of America. PadillaCRT has led our earned media strategies since we launched GiveMN in 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2014

BIKERSCAP is an all-volunteer project that started in March 2009 in the depths of the great recession. After that Reaster began putting ads in the local paper soliciting for computers. Computers and money do come to BIKERSCAP by local businesses and residents. Actually, he still does. Greg Reaster (right) and supporters.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Williamsburg, Virginia is America's #1 Farmers Market! Even as summer winds down, lovers of produce know that the bounty is still flowing at your local Farmers Market (if you are lucky to live near one). Plus, the effort has resulted in increased awareness of AFT's mission and helped garner new subscribers and donors.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

When TV personality Glenn Beck proclaimed in 2009 on the "Fox & Friends" morning show that President Obama was a racist with a "deep-seated hatred for white people," many people were understandably up-in-arms. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Twestival Local Weekend : Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water on Twitter on February 13th with more 200 cities sponsoring local tweet, meet, and give parties. Watch for news about the Case Foundation's second America's Giving Challenge. . You can even add a good deed widget for your site.

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