Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

This book draws on case studies from Donor’s Choose, DoSomething.org, Idealist.org, Move For Hunger, Women Deliver, The USO and decades of experience of running internship programs. Custom photo stock This is a fun excuse for an intern to run around the office and any physical sites to take good pictures of work in action.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Founded by the United Nations , WHD advocates for the "safety and security of humanitarian aid workers, and for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises.". To make that vision a reality, they work tirelessly to combat the conditions that cause poverty, hunger, and social justice. Oxfam America. Equality Now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

"With living costs soaring, many local families are struggling to makes ends meet, and nowhere can it be seen with more clarity than on the lengthening lists of people being helped by the local food pantry." " Hunger is not only local issue, but also a global one. obesity and chronic hunger and malnutrition.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After months of unresponsiveness and no progress, they realized they’d placed their trust in the wrong people. So, they shifted their fundraising efforts to focus on Hunger Action Month and their “Stand in the Gap End-of-Year Match Appeal.”. Hunger Action Month. Stand in the Gap. Moral of the Story.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

If you are generous, you have a heart that seeks to help people and make them happy. GivingTuesday encourages people to give back and celebrate the holiday season by making donations to their favorite charities, and nonprofits. Your message should be clear and concise, with a strong call to action. Get familiar with the big day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

Send A Postcard from the Hunger site As we approach the annual Thanksgiving feast , there are more than 850 million people in the world who go hungry. In developing countries, nearly 11 million children die every year from preventable and treatable, with 60% of these deaths from hunger and malnutrition. Miss it and they???ll

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The Cute Dog Theory or more precisely the Cute Animal Theory states that including cute animals in your social media content inspires more people to share the content. If don’t believe that is true, check out this YouTube video from VW of dogs barking the theme from Star Wars as a Superbowl Teaser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Feeding America is the nation’s leading hunger organization with a network of over 200 food banks serving 37 million Americans struggling with hunger. “ For example, during Hunger Action Month in September, Feeding America created a tab on their Facebook page where people could share a different action every day. .

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AFP Blog

JUNE 29, 2012

Tweet by Tweet, Building Nonprofit Awareness - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy. :

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Today is Blog Action Day where over 11,000 bloggers/sites around the world will publish, donate, or promote the issue of poverty.    The event will certainly spread awareness of the issue. The project started by a college student named Shawn whose wants to make the world a better place one small personal action at a time.  

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Sparking action in a community encourages advocates for community engagement; it can be a “potential catalyst, seeking to fan an initial flame.” This is connecting and interacting with others, building relationships, cultivating awareness and ensuring these actions are purposeful. Outreach leads to an action.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

If your browsing habits are anything like the majority of people’s, chances are you see at least a couple of videos every day. It also gives you a platform to include a compelling call-to-action that prompt your audience to take the next step – visit your site, fill out a form … – without seeming too “ salesy.”

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

A reality, though, for many nonprofits is that they have a hard time marketing their fundraising needs and getting a diverse portfolio of people to invest in their cause. billion people using social media worldwide, social platforms are the place to be. The short answer: Digital advertising and marketing. Why Do You Need It?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2013

The Trust for Public Land TransForm Transportation Alternatives United Nations Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan United Way of Genesee County Vermont Foodbank Volunteers of America Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab Women Employed World Food Program USA YES!

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Once a year, Blog Action Day unites bloggers around the world to focus on an important global issue and to create a dialogue that transcends international borders. This year, Blog Action Day’s focus is FOOD as it coincides with World Food Day that aims to increase awareness, understanding and fuel year-around action to alleviate hunger.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Given the high cost of new donor acquisition, the best course of action may be to focus on the supporters you already have and get them more involved in your mission. Take a look at your existing supporter base, seeking out ways you can cultivate stronger relationships with the people and organizations that have invested in your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

” A ‘Little Bet” as defined by Peter Sims, author of the book – Little Bets, is a small action that you can take to discover something new. Here is a summary of the stories and what people learned from the experience: Events. It’s an affordable loss that leads to innovation. Test your assumptions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger. These two differing cultures recently came to head over social networking.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2013

From hunger to homelessness, HON connects volunteers to critical issues facing the Middle Tennessee community, and serves as one of the largest volunteer resource centers in the world. . – Over 70 people came out, 115 bikes were collected, and enough donations were raised to purchase 20 new bike helmets. Stand Out From the Crowd.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Our communities vet good ideas, apply the "trust" layer, and motivate us to take real action — from donating to becoming an advocate. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. Even if people weren't nonprofit technologists, many were still focused on making the world a greener, more diverse, and selfless place.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

BONUS – See this idea in action! BONUS – See this idea in action! With just a couple of clicks, anyone can register their own fundraiser and raise money to help CityTeam with combating hunger and homelessness in their city. BONUS – See this idea in action! BONUS – See this idea in action! In the last year, the St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

There are people who just want an expert on the stage to share their wisdom. I incorporated examples from people in the room and then asked them talk about it. I used a “living case study&# approach – doing an interview with them to share how they achieved their success. It’s a design challenge.

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Forum One

MARCH 17, 2010

Our communities vet good ideas, apply the "trust" layer, and motivate us to take real action — from donating to becoming an advocate. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. I felt honored to be part of such an amazing group of people using their awesome technology powers for good.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For example, a nonprofit focused on AIDS awareness and research may choose to kick off their annual campaign on World AIDS Day. Asking people to donate to a food pantry to feed 7,000 families is overwhelming. Donors understand that their $30 will not realistically solve hunger in their city.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and projects to help kids learn better,” said Best in a 2014 interview in Fast Company. billion users, who are very engaged, take actions based on recommendations from friends,” he added. Co-Disruptor: Ink to the People. More than 1.5

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Many nonprofits deal with difficult subjects—illness, hunger, abuse, war, loneliness, addiction—and it’s often detailed accounts of those subjects that inspire people to give. You also have the people in the stories to consider. How do we tell stories of struggle without exploiting the people who are struggling? .

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Classy

APRIL 7, 2021

To Write Love On Her Arms took their dedication to present hope and find help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide and shared it with supporters everywhere. CREATIVE IDEAS TO TAKE YOUR VIRTUAL EVENT GLOBAL : Use strong call to action buttons to provide fundraising and direct donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

" This post from a few months back from Search England Land titled " How To Win Friends and Influence People in Social News Networks " offers some tips for leveraging sites like Digg, and Stumbleupon. This week was Blog Action Day for the Environment. Help with world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

One thing I've come to appreciate Twitter is that it allows me read the thoughts, ideas, and musings of lots of smart people and thought leaders in many different disciplines. However, she did point out that there is actually a connection between Einstein and Social Media: Social media is like a FIELD / SPACE where people 'meet'.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Let’s assume your organization’s mission is to address a really big problem — say eliminating hunger in the United States. Such a goal, and the language used to articulate it, can be hard for many people to process. So many people in America struggle with hunger and food insecurity – how can her small donation possibly help?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

2) Can you tell me about the "Pledge to End Hunger" that you recently launched to benefit Share Our Strength? We were seeking to find individuals who cared about the cause and would be willing to rally their respective communities (social media and in-person) to take action. Twitter found that out in 2007.)

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

Back then, Dan was the chair of the Harvard Hunger Action Committee that led a 4,200 mile cross-country bike ride to fight hunger. Compensation: We let the for-profit sector pay people a competitive wage based on the value of what they produce. But we don’t want people making money in charity.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2008

During the interview Wallis said, "The two great hungers in the world today are the hunger for spirituality and the hunger for social justice. It could transcend traditional divisions and bring people together across the theological and political spectrum on the major moral issues of our time. You can watch it here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 8, 2006

And when we, my co-author Bryant Terry and I, were talking about doing this book project together, and we were trying to think about, is there one word out there to describe the food that we talk about in the book, and that we encourage people to support and to buy and to eat, and we celebrate? For instance, "organic".

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2017

Our quick guide breaks down how you can find the people who are best positioned to share your campaign on social media, so that you can cultivate them to share on behalf of your cause. This could be exponentially more impactful than asking your supporters to take one-off actions. Attentive.ly® That’s big deal!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Here are the 7 Things You Need to Know About 2013 Online Donors from Gail Perry, with action steps you must take to ensure your site is armed and ready for the online giving season, and every season in between. Being liked isn’t everything, especially if those likes don’t translate into further action. Connections.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 28, 2017

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily grant the Trump administration's request to reinstate portions of its travel ban (blocking people from six countries - Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Somalia - from entering the United States), CARE reignited their #BetterThanTheBan campaign. Take Action |. Take Action.

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