Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

Some of the best grassroots fundraising for projects in developing countries take the form of clothing donation campaigns. And without offering an alternative to the cheap pieces, vendors sell them anyway and people continue to purchase them. million and build 333 wells in Ethiopia. They hope to raise $1.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids. My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. But it doesn't involve baking cupcakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

In our family, I have involved my kids in fundraising activities from the time they were old enough to walk. My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

In the below example, Amnesty International joined other NGOs and diaspora organizations to advocate for humanitarian access to the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The #hashtag is short, descriptive, and includes the ask The tweet targets the person who is most likely to be able to change the situation, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali.

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