Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. So far, the Give to the Max Day events in 2009 and 2010 have raised $14 million and $10 million respectively, more than in any other community. Relationships with sponsors. Jeff Achen gives us the inside view. Good luck and Go Minnesota!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 29, 2012

If you have suggestions for people I should interview, or a do-good business that would like to sponsor the show, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com *Show notes* I mentioned in the intro that I was first introduced to Will's work in FRESH the Movie , which came out in 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Based on our post-event survey of more than 9,000 individual donors, 67 percent heard about the event via email, 23 percent via Facebook, and 4 percent via Twitter.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

As donor acquisition declined from 2005-2009, peer-to-peer fundraising was one way to find new donors. In addition, provide links of other ways they can get involved, such as upcoming events, current volunteer opportunities and becoming a Facebook fan. Would your sponsors sell you discounted gift cards?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

These are some links I wanted to share from May 6th. Find me on Delicious for more! However, many women in technology and social media still face a digital ceiling." " Nonprofit Social Network Survey | Common Knowledge - "Learn how commercial social networks and house social networks fit into your nonprofit's online ecosystem.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2014

We found out about BIKERSCAP when the organization's CEO, Greg Reaster , posted on our Facebook page "TechSoup has made all we do here at BIKERSCAP possible. BIKERSCAP is an all-volunteer project that started in March 2009 in the depths of the great recession. isn't yet sponsoring their work. In the Beginning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Here's a summary and chronology of blog posts and Facebook and Twitter chatter. The press release from Chase describes the two-step process: In Round One of the Chase Community Giving program, Facebook users will vote for non-profit organizations they think should receive a portion of Chase's philanthropy funds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. As an expert on commerce and culture, I am sometimes commissioned to do sponsored research. Every year over 7,800 grants are made in the U.S. It’s downloadable as an ePub or as a PDF.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Jen Burton, Community Director of Causes Fundraising Focus: Facebook. Causes is the largest Facebook fundraising application and most nonprofits are likely familiar with it. Nearly 100 years later, in 2009, they became the “official sponsor of birthdays,” launching a movement for more birthdays.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2009

Despite the tough economic times, it seems the community is really excited about the 2009 NTC. You're registering at a break-neck pace, and our sponsors have provided more support than ever before. Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or MySpace profile (among other sharing options). .

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

You will be able to tag everything from Facebook updates to the txt messages you send your friends. Imagine the ROI you could present back to a sponsor or major donor about how many times people talked about the event online and across streams. The hashtag could become the universal way to add metadata to a piece of online content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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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. Come learn the ups and downs of these contests from brands that sponsor them. They want to connect.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

The UnRoad Trip - In summer 2009, Boaz Frankel undertook trip around the United States in 100 non-automobile forms of transportation and The UnRoad Trip was born. He was able to fund his trip largely through corporate sponsors that he recognizes on the UnRoad Trip website. They shared updates on the tour blog , Flickr , and YouTube.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

Last week in Berkeley, California the Human Rights Center, with the support of sponsors like the John D. TechSoup's NetSquared Initiative partnered with the HRC in the first conference The Soul of the New Machine in 2009 to help select a winner in their Mobile Challenge. & Catherine T.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2013

In 2009 Dosta! took to Facebook to start its first online campaign. In 2 days, the group had reached more than 7,000 members, turning "I wrote the graffiti" into a movement where people all across the country joined in solidarity, wearing t-shirts, sponsoring billboards, and ultimately forcing the Prime Minister to resign.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 14, 2009

Vicki of Zazengo shared more ways to spread the word in her Social Actions blog post, Help Promote MLK Day on Facebook + Zazengo. Enter the YouTube Contest Usaservice.org is also sponsoring a YouTube contest. Submissions are due by 11:59pm EST January 15th, 2009, so you don't have much time!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The workshop was presented by the Colorado Association of Funders and the Colorado Nonprofit Association and sponsored by Gill Foundation , Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado , The Colorado Health Foundation , and The Colorado Trust. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.). Some Reflections.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users. billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide). Natalie has found that many more people are online and available to take action or respond in the evening - sending a message or call to action via Facebook in the evening can garner far more responses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Here's a few ideas to help make charitable giving get on your calendar each month for 2009. An easy way to support the Nature Conservancy if you're on Facebook is to install (Lil) Green Patch. Another option, is to sponsor a woman who wants to make a better life some place in the world. January: Have a January birthday?

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? February 9, 2009 | KM - Milwaukee, USA Marketing is only a part of it. April 6, 2009 | Swan Wow, this is huge. It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users The fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older More than 3.5 state and 30+ countries signed their online petition to stop the dumping of mountaintop mining waste into waterways ; More than 150 congressional co-sponsors from the U.S.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? February 9, 2009 | KM - Milwaukee, USA Marketing is only a part of it. April 6, 2009 | Swan Wow, this is huge. It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

Good feelings and Facebook friends will not solely allow an organization to fulfill its goals or balance a budget, but in a time when technology staffs are particularly stressed, the NTEN Conference allows many of us an invaluable opportunity to recharge our spirits. Cisco sponsored the project and provided the hardware for the network.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? February 9, 2009 | KM - Milwaukee, USA Marketing is only a part of it. April 6, 2009 | Swan Wow, this is huge. It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

This can take place in a variety ways, including brown bag lunches "Facebook Friday," presenting examples from other organizations experiences, sharing market research data about consumer trends and social media. His tweets reveal him as a renaissance thinker, not just a narrow-minded tech geek. . Especially in this economy.

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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. Facebook Picks: If you have joined my Facebook Fan Page , then you'd know that I run more like a focus group where insights and links are shared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

I was looking forward to it because Michael Hoffman at C3 was a sponsor and participating. The online strategy called for a standalone website to serve as the campaign's main hub and social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to help create traffic. Interestingly, she didn't use Twitter, Facebook, or other social media.

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2009

Feeding America has launched a Causes campaign, sponsored by Kellogg's. It's not your typical Cause campaign , though: Kellogg's will make a matching donation of 15% of ALL donations made to Facebook Causes between midnight June 18th and midnight June 19th to Feeding America. Pretty cool, eh? (Oh,

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

Additionally, $10,000 to $15,000 was raised through avatar sponsoring; though most sponsoring came in the form of free services, (ie: free printing, and advertising in the form of media coverage). We also raised money getting avatars sponsored, but only about $10,000 - $15,000. Do you think it could be replicated?

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

Additionally, $10,000 to $15,000 was raised through avatar sponsoring; though most sponsoring came in the form of free services, (ie: free printing, and advertising in the form of media coverage). We also raised money getting avatars sponsored, but only about $10,000 - $15,000. Do you think it could be replicated?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

TweetsGiving 2009. Sponsored Tweets/Hashtags. Sponsored Tweets or Hashtags is a form of click philanthropy and has been used by nonprofits on their web sites before it was common Facebook and Twitter. . An alternative approach is to experiment and find ways to improve results. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

Facebook: facebook.com/witness. WITNESS currently utilizes the following social media tools: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and “Video for Change” (blog). The blog has been the key standardized staple that helps to regularly generate content for readers, which then is further shared via Twitter and Facebook.

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Double the Donation

APRIL 24, 2021

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2009

Tell your Congressperson to co-sponsor the Healthy Families Act.” Try updating your Facebook status with this handy info: "92% of waiters and waitresses have no paid sick days? You probably know the list of campaigners April 20, 2009 | alex Great analysis! April 20, 2009 | Garth Moore Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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