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. Enter online fundraising contests.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Provide fundraising success stories. While success stories may have provided ideas, these sessions will let fundraisers “ask the experts” and get their questions answered. Make your default “My Story” compelling on fundraising pages.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Veterans Hackday 2011 , kicked off a couple of weeks ago, and alotted their participants four days to create something that will benefits our veterans. Hacking Autism was launched in June 2011 to seek new ideas for technology applications beneficial to people with autism. Share the story of the winner as well as the other participants.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We love our clients at Convio, and we love to hear their success stories. Participating organizations are tasked with saving at least 300 more cats and dogs between August and October 2011 than they did during the same period last year. Author: Brandy Reppy. for winning the ASPCA's nationally run $100K Challenge! Austin Pets Alive!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. The winners of the contest, and their entries, are: · Entoure , Sarah Allen. “My

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We will have maps telling the stories of our impact for us (for examples of this already in use, check out google earth’s nonprofit stories). Community-sourcing is when you launch a contest or campaign to your community. You share stories of your impact so people can be inspired, they will give, and they will join you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Public Insight Network in Minnesota is a network of 75,000 people who help make Minnesota Public Radio News by sharing their observations, insights, and experiences with reporters and editors who may share these insights through a story or on the web site.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

We’ve had multiple celebrations of the web in recent years: the 20 th anniversary of the first public web page in 2011 , another 20 th anniversary webpage anniversary in 2013 , and this month, the 25 th anniversary of the idea of the web. All the news stories I saw on this urged us to not confuse the web with the Internet.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Back in 2011, I started collecting all the emails that nonprofits sent me during the month of December and reviewed what was in my inbox. Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. VIDEO: ‘Life of Pi’ Tiger Owner Caught Viciously Whipping Young Tiger. Stories that haunt me. Happy Holidays!

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