Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last week, in honor of Labor Day, we shared an introduction to unions, including six things people might not know about the role of unions in the social sector. Unions can vary dramatically in size (partially due to the local vs. national structure we explained last week). Trends in unions’ engagement with philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2014

I’ve been a huge fan of GivingTuesday since I first heard about it back in September, 2012 during a conference at Stanford. I’m pleased to see that some of the skepticism and complaints have now morphed in to more capacity builders providing tips for nonprofits to take advantage of this national day of giving.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

Black leaders driving social innovation is not a new phenomenon. . From the civil rights leaders and Black Panther Party to the Black social change leaders of today , Black communities have wielded social innovation as a tool to design and determine their own futures, build collective power, and achieve liberation. .

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Nonprofit news roundup, 12.05.14 « Philanthropy North Carolina : "Launched in 2012 by New York’s 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation, with additional partners, #GivingTuesday is driven mainly by social media and online giving campaigns, the report says.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

85+ countries now have their own GivingTuesday chapters, and 2022 saw nine new countries launch national GivingTuesday movements. They also donate time, talents, in-kind donations, and access to their social and professional networks. GivingTuesday Gets Social Media Attention In 2022, GivingTuesday trended #1 on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place recently in Seattle. Funding Services AND Advocacy: The Smart Choice for Grantmakers – guest post by Aaron Dorfman, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. I sure hope so.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. These debates are rooted in some telling assumptions about the evolving field of philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Young people or new people to the field would bring new ways of thinking and doing philanthropy; older people would die off (or merely retire).

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? Defourny et al.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I’m thrilled to be spending a few days in London where I am keynoting The Future of Social conference hosted by Social Misfits Media. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency. Gen Z have (social) entrepreneurial spirit in their DNA. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

The GeoFunders National Conference takes place from March 12-14th. GEO’s 2012 National Conference will offer a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. Casey Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO 2012 conference is off to a great start. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Phil Buchanan is President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas [.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. During the facilitated discussion session at GEO’s National Conference in Seattle it was my great privilege to convene a group of brave pioneers.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Since 2012, thousands of nonprofits have run campaigns on CauseVox ’s fundraising platform. Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. If so, plan a guest speaker event. Donation Match Drive.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Twive and Receive Reveals the Top 20 Most Generous Cities & Who Would Win In A Fight Between the Hulk and a Kitten | Razoo Media Room – "Julie Nations, the Executive Director of The Ellie Fund said “It’s been the best communications outreach program we’ve ever done. Martin Luther King Jr. What do you think?

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

While on the topic of data extraction, NTEN member and social fundraising guru Matt Bishop recently published an article in Forbes , "The Future of Giving: Warren Buffett and Connected Philanthropy" , foretelling the role that connected giving and social data will play in fundraising in the future. and James L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Social change is incremental at best,” Peter Karoff loves saying, quoting Mike Sviridoff and wagging his finger. Could John Wayne be the world’s most effective philanthropist?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. David focuses on using evidence to improve philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. When does it work? When doesn’t it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Giving USA Foundation , which estimates national charitable giving over a 50-year span, reports that campaign fundraising has historically had no apparent impact on overall individual giving. While giving related to Hurricane Sandy may boost total fundraising in 2012 it is unlikely to change fundraising results for most nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Given the massive cuts we are seeing across the sector, there is no way that private philanthropy can respond on a dollar for dollar basis.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. This analysis is now helping to reframe how sexual violence is studied and understood by groups in Colombia and by the United Nations. and the European Union.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. In many ways, however, the KONY2012 episode is an old story about the power of social capital and strong narratives.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency. Gen Z have (social) entrepreneurial spirit in their DNA. Beth Kanter is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2015

Perhaps you’ve been reading about Gen Z and that they’re tech savvy, passionate about doing good, and might just shake up philanthropy. I recently read an article in the New York Times about conference for Gen Z who were learning entrepreneurial skills. Gen Z holds a great deal of promise to be future leaders in the social change sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Note From Beth: With the rise of mobile adoption and the primary use to access the Internet and social platforms, it is reaching across consumer segments of all income levels. Zero Divide published a report called “Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now”. Please join us for the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. This of particular obsession in my world — the world of Jewish philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Philanthropy lacks the respectful, yet bracing, debate that is so much a part of the culture of the business world and of academia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

This revolution in artistic process is taking place across disciplines, including documentary films. Will a networked approach to documentaries , particularly those that are about social change issues become the norm in our connected world? Guest Post by Vincent Stehle.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Finally, senior volunteers may have developed extensive social and professional networks over the course of their lives and careers, which could lead to more donors and volunteers for the organization. She is currently a student in the Master of Nonprofit Studies program at ASU, planning to graduate in December 2012. Energize, Inc.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. It also sounds less costly and complicated than evaluation.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Beth Kanter is an internationally recognized thought leader in networks, social media and data. Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. Beth Kanter.

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Bloomerang

MAY 11, 2021

Those words, and so many more beautiful thoughts and tributes about Simone, can be found on almost every fundraising blog, publication, and social media feed. We were both speaking at their National Fundraising event held nearly 30 years ago. Instead, I am going to go down a different and very special path.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 22, 2021

This annual “Global Day of Giving” event takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving (this year it’s Nov 30 which might feel late but is sneaking up fast) and has helped to amplify year-end fundraising efforts for nonprofits and charitable causes since 2012. On GivingTuesday 2020, over $2.47 Start Preparations Early. It’s free !

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’ve been going through changes, too, from figuring out new ways to help organizations incorporate new technologies, such as machine learning and AI , to keeping our client organizations in the know on new social media platforms like Threads. Here are this year’s big winners in our world of digital impact.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’ve been going through changes, too, from figuring out new ways to help our clients incorporate technology, such as machine learning and AI , to keeping our clients in the know on new social media platforms like Threads. Forum One worked with the National Rural Health Resource Center to design their new website in Drupal 9.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Nicole Lewis recommends that charities do much more than just signing up on the website: Establish aggressive but reasonable goals for how much to raise and the number of donors to reach. Urge donors to post messages about their gifts on social networks to encourage their friends to give.

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