Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In some cases, money also exchanges hands such as in innovation challenges where you might be seeking a solution to a complex R&D problem and provide an award to the solver. If speed is a goal, crowdsourcing may not be your best option, however, saving money and freeing up staff time can be reasonable outcomes. You raise $9,000?

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NTEN

JANUARY 31, 2013

Tis the season: the season for Google Flu Trends to demonstrate the power of aggregated search data. Not as hard as raising money through social media, though. So, if you were procrastinating on getting that flu shot, well. maybe procrastination isn't such a bad thing. But please, at least wash your hands.

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2013

Are people who like or comment on these videos signing up for organization’s enewsletters, are they donating money, volunteering, taking an advocacy action? Nonetheless the video helped Invisible Children raise significant money, which will be publicly released later this year in their 990 form.

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Care2

JANUARY 30, 2012

The results below come from aggregate data from 14 organizations we work with – a big thanks to them for letting us include their data in this post. So without further ado, here’s the scoop: A lot more money – Every organization in this data set raised more money in 2011 than they did in 2010.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 27, 2020

For instance, many organizations use large aggregators like PayPal due to its convenience. However, placing profit as your main goal can cause you to raise less than if relationship-building was your objective. This is especially true for your nonprofit payment processor. However, this can actually cause more problems down the road.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

The week we launched TwitCause , TechCrunch called us a “ Causes for Twitter ,” today our platform for supporting nonprofit causes on Twitter has surpassed 500,000 followers , spotlighted dozens of nonprofits , raised tens of thousands of dollars, and won the hearts of celebrities, nonprofits, and caring Twitterers.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2014

Specifically, people should be able to track everything they give to their favorite causes, including time spent volunteering, miles walked or run for a cause, awareness spread via social media, as well as the dollars raised. Giving is so much more than just money and people should be empowered to see and feel good about everything they give.

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2011

Industry news on your topic – Don’t just regurgitate the news for them, they can set up a Google e-alert for that, but rather, aggregate the news in a way that is engaging by asking them what they think. What was the incentive that helped them raise $176K in less than a month? Here are a few of her tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

It's still too early to measure success in aggregate dollars per donor. Steve MacLaughlin points out "If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now. Earlier this year, I was able to raise $ 6,893 for the Sharing Foundation using Causes birthday application from 167 donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Which is why Twestival Local hopes to challenge city organizers with two important questions with their selected cause: (1) What will the not-for-profit do with the funds raised? . I think too many times people are raising money without a specific objective in mind. If you want to catch up in the stream, here's some links.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Aggregating data over time will give you a much clearer picture of your subscribers' interests. If you start broadly, sending every message to your full list, you should be able to go back and aggregate the clicks they generate across your subscriber base. We'd also love to hear about your favorite metrics. E-mail Metrics.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2017

It can simplify your administrative work, allow for 360 degree view of your organization, and even help you raise more money. Automation, however, makes aggregating the information nonprofits need to make high level decisions simple by syncing it between otherwise separate apps. More time for your mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

I titled the post " Look Out Here Comes Everybody To Raise Money for charity:water on Twitter " with a wink to Clay Shirky's work. In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns. This made curious: How did Twestival get started?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Can Twitter help your cause raise money?, Avi Kaplan has published some basic stats from the recent Tweetsgiving Campaign that raised over $10,000 in 48 hours right before and during Thanksgiving to build a classroom in Tanzania. TwitLinks aggregates the latest links from the worlds top tech twitter users.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 12, 2015

For example, if you have an organization raising money for pediatric cancer, you wouldn’t want your branding to be harsh and abrasive, but rather soft and inviting. The second point of view to consider is people who would be willing to donate time or money to your organization. First is all of the people affected by your cause.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

These days everyone is releasing it, visualizing it, aggregating it, and mashing it up. Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. And for good reason. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

After some time on our list, Mathew pulls the information by source and aggregates what they gave, factoring in the cost of acquiring them. It's important to understand that we don't judge our Facebook efforts strictly by funds raised. (If you're on Convio, sourcing Facebook recruits is easy. actions each thus far.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

AllysonKapin reviews 3 new tools that could help your organization and supporters raise money and/or awareness for your cause over on the Care2 blog. They're using a combination of free online tools and crowdsourcing to tag and aggregate information. Check out their project -- it's a great example !

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The only way to truly know what works to raise more money through your email appeals is to test. A lot of emails we receive in our aggregate donor inbox, and a lot of the examples you’ll see in other blog posts about email appeals, use images. Element 1 – The Sender. Are images helpful or hindering in emails ?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 31, 2016

Too often, data is aggregated, and many groups are lumped together, making for data that is not only inaccurate, but also potentially harmful. A fascinating tidbit: Although most people won’t admit it when asked, studies show that donors are 80% more likely to give money next year if they’re publicly recognized.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

These days everyone is releasing it, visualizing it, aggregating it, and mashing it up. Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. Data is the new black. And for good reason. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

These days everyone is releasing it, visualizing it, aggregating it, and mashing it up. Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. Data is the new black. And for good reason. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2019

For many institutions, the topic raises more questions than answers. How do you engage with former students beyond asking them for money? Without a tool of record, it was next to impossible to aggregate all our information, measure our impact, and share success with the board or outside stakeholders. What does success look like?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

There was much speculation as to whether they mover to Jaiku (with its newly minted Google money), or Pownce, BrightKite, Tumblr, plurk or FriendFeed. FriendFeed is in a category called digital lifestyle aggregators that let you aggregate all your various feeds and share with your friends. Causes Raised $2.5

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

The emphasis on producing social value and placing clients' well-being first converges with high performing organizations' need to raise money effectively. When faced with grant applications from organizations that can show results and organizations that cannot, most funders' choices are clear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Since conversations are getting more distributed and in addition to using the NpTech tag to discover, aggregate, and summarize resources, I'm incorporating nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, nptech friendfeed room, and networks. and describes SocialVibe. TechSoup blog profiles Taproot Foundation. Shiny Object Syndrome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

How to aggregating and distributing content using tagging and widgets. How are nonprofits using online social networks effectively as part of campaigns to build awareness, build community, drive traffic or raise money? Getting others to tell your story, social media style. Energizing and prospecting with Micro Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

We see the Local Food Movement, Slow Money, Local Resiliency all growing. If the new story could be aggregated and given momentum, the shift will take place sooner. . To do this we have to add our trust and our power to aggregate the right kind of stories. . We have all been raised in the latter model and know no other.

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Classy

JULY 1, 2021

Year-round, or DIY peer-to-peer fundraising , allows your supporters to raise funds for your organization at any point in time. Do people tend to raise money for endurance events? Are you in a position to easily aggregate and examine the data from multiple pages? . What Are the Benefits of This Strategy? .

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 28, 2023

For example, most of these services do not categorize payments neatly and limit how much money can be deposited and withdrawn from your account each week. It also has a host of other benefits—helping you reach more donors, raise more money, and strengthen donor relationships. Limited insight into fundraising progress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

For next week's summary, I'm going to be using a different aggregator called index cards. Katya Andresen's post titled " Dying Man Throws Himself From Plane to Raise Money " is attention grabbing way to say, "I would like to see more sessions at fundraising conferences on 'how to ask donors to ask for money."

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

For more information, check out the Tech Soup article, "Easy Ways to Publish Your Own RSS: Use RSS to Help Your Constituents Stay On Top of News and Announcements," and the Social Signal article, "Make Your Nonprofit More Effective with RSS Aggregation." Chez Pim raised almost $62,000 with her Menu for Hope Campaign in 2.5

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Bloomerang

APRIL 21, 2021

Spending your financial resources wisely to raise more for your cause is an admirable goal. they have the same goal – efficiently finding their best prospects so that they can spend less time (and money) pursuing people who are not good prospects. . Since when is wanting to know more about your prospects and donors a bad thing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

They use social media to achieve goals of increased transparency and increased donations of blood, time, and money. She would listen, aggregate, analyze, and distribute to key subject matter experts within the organization on a consistent basis. The Red Cross has overcome these hurdles. In that order. This was over two years ago.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The idea of using the Internet to aggregate a crowd to fund a project is a modern complement to, if not a full-on replacement for, traditional fundraising methods that are aging badly in the non-profit space. We’re not talking about a list of 500 or 5,000 people who may or may not have given you money. Even email is falling off.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Admittedly most tools are a waste of time and money, however, we’ve managed to track down a few exceptions to this rule and provide a brief overview of how nonprofits can leverage them to get results. 45 million was raised by nonprofits through Facebook fundraisers on Giving Tuesday. 5 NONPROFITS WINNING AT SOCIAL MEDIA.

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Classy

APRIL 5, 2021

Whether they want to fundraise for their birthday, an athletic milestone, or even their wedding, they choose when and how to raise money on behalf of your organization. . DIY fundraising takes the form of a traditional peer-to-peer campaign, but without the pre-set stop date.

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