M+R

DECEMBER 13, 2022

But for nonprofit fundraisers like me, it’s a day for the time-honored traditions of repeatedly refreshing Google Analytics, double-checking that all of the 12/31 emails launched, and applying final optimizations to make sure our fundraising ads shine. Read time: 5 minutes. Ah, New Years’ Eve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America. They permitted the use of cell phones, so I tweeted that even if you are delayed, it's a pleasant experience on Virgin America. How would you describe Virgin America in social networking analysis and mapping terminology? . Read Power to the Edges ).

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2011

Guest blog alert: Donna from Charity Dynamics (a Convio Solution Provider ) is sharing an real-life example of how integrated marketing and fundraising helped a nonprofit increase online revenue by more than 100%. A couple of weeks ago I shared some insights on integrating online and offline fundraising channels for strong results.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2022

The allure of landing mega gifts from MacKenzie Scott and other ultra wealthy donors captures the imaginations of many nonprofit leaders and gift officers. Myth 5: Donors Judge us Based on Experiences with Other Nonprofits. Retailers know all the ways you engage with them online and offline. You just have to look.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2009

In 2007-2008 America’s Giving Challenge encouraged 70,000 individuals to help raise more than $1.8 million for nonprofit organizations. With the explosion of social media, America’s Giving Challenge hopes to get even more people involved this year and raise a lot more money for nonprofits.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

GivingTuesday may have its roots in America, but it’s a global phenomenon. Check out how other nonprofits are inspiring generosity in their own communities. A vast majority of nonprofits reported experimenting with new techniques last year, which could be anything from new tech tools to a novel strategy for reaching new supporters.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As nonprofits continue to navigate a challenging economic climate, GivingTuesday continues to play a unique role that is special to the nonprofit sector. If that’s the case, we’d expect to see a high volume of one-time donations made by donors who never engage with a nonprofit after their initial transaction. Who Is Giving?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

NTEN is looking for technology, community, and event lovers to join us in our work serving the nonprofit technology sector. Accounting & Operations Coordinator NTEN seeks an experienced full charge bookkeeper with nonprofit experience, also a natural and well honed talent for managing details and problem solving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

One of the reasons I made a commitment to blogging about professional topics regularly was because I was inspired by Marnie’s nonprofit technology blog, ext. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0 I used David Hood as an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Earlier this week, I flew across the country (thanks Virgin America !) This post shares a few observations about Networked Nonprofits. Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties. I’m also thinking of nonprofit technology professionals like John Haydon and Debra Askanase are another example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The campaign will encourage philanthropic activities that support nonprofit organizations. These individuals undertook organizing, fundraising, and advocacy – activities that were once only in the control of nonprofits – outside the “control” of nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations. Social media specific webinars.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

NTEN is looking for technology, community, and event lovers to join us in our work serving the nonprofit technology sector. Accounting & Operations Coordinator NTEN seeks an experienced full charge bookkeeper with nonprofit experience, also a natural and well honed talent for managing details and problem solving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Dan is the Digital Marketing Manager for Feeding America where he oversees the execution of their external digital strategy which includes social media. Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

In the fall of 2010, America was horrified by the tragic actions of gay young people who took their lives after suffering prolonged bullying and harassment. They may even talk about your site offline, sharing without a button. It Gets Better. Ryan Davis is Director of Social Media Strategy at Blue State Digital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Engagement is the first step in building the relationship between your nonprofits’s supporters and the organization. Today’s nonprofit donors, volunteers, and fans are living a complex world, have busy lives and probably receive more messages and information than they can deal with. That’s the secret!

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Care2

AUGUST 23, 2011

Get every little detail of how Planned Parenthood Federation of America turned the most significant funding attack in its history into a movement-building moment with a fast-moving, multifaceted online campaign. Want to learn how an organization turns crisis into opportunity?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Somewhere around 2006 or 2007, I got a call from Michaela asking for advice on a career path for Nonprofit Technology. In 2008, I had my first opportunity to speak on a panel at SXSW called " Pimp My Nonprofit " with Ed Schipul as the moderator. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

On Saturday, the week-long journey will culminate at Arlington in honor of National Wreaths Across America Day. This ceremony that began as Worcester Wreaths’ company project in 1992 has since evolved into something bigger than him, bigger than his company, bigger than all of us, known now as Wreaths Across America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

Note From Beth: I’m on my way to Australia and New Zealand lead a series of workshops on Networked Nonprofits and Measurement, culminating with a keynote at this year’s ConnectingUp Conference in Australia, so expect to see a few interesting guest posts. … Read More Fundraising'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

So, for these organizations, their content pyramid also includes integrating offline w/online channels. On the Ground Engagement: What will you ask people to do offline? Synergistic Collaboration: Who are you aligned partners online/offline? Content Curation on Twitter. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

If you work for a nonprofit, especially a young nonprofit, you can. Even better, their interface is clean, light and user-friendly for volunteer and nonprofits alike. What this means is that if found eligible , your nonprofit will apply. involvement with your nonprofit. connecting nonprofits to eager altruists.

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Forum One

MARCH 17, 2010

We attended numerous panels, connected with colleagues and friends on nonprofit technology and social good, and had skillets of queso in between. Both online and offline, communities are not only the way we identify ourselves, but more importantly, they are the most authentic and powerful vehicle for change.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2013

As a Hunger Games fanatic (if Disney creates a Panem-based theme park, I’ll be first in line to visit the Capitol), I’ve been thinking about how nonprofits can learn from the phenomenon and generate this type of dedicated following. Nonprofit marketing becomes significantly more powerful when stories are used to demonstrate impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

Take a look at the web site of any well-established nonprofit organization , and you'll probably see past invitations to these types of events or one for an upcoming event We're seeing the rise of social media to promote, organize, and in some cases hold the actual charity event itself. events morph and change. Charity Ball 2.0

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2011

This report analyzes data from some of the biggest national nonprofits in the U.S. We’ll also talk about the importance of multichannel fundraising for your nonprofit. How can I leverage online and offline giving for better fundraising results? Jocelyn Harmon, Director of Nonprofit Services at Care2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. We've seen a number of reiterations, from those that allow anyone nonprofit to enter to those that are for a select group of participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! They’ve also leveled the playing field and have a special category for smaller nonprofits (under $1 million budget). And there is also an award category for individual champion, whether board members, volunteers, or a free agent.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. Frogloop has you covered. Google Drive.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. Frogloop has you covered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I appointed two Twitter advocates who live Tweeted the discussion and also verbalized questions and comments from Twitter, providing a link between online and offline. Actionable Social Media Listening for Nonprofits. How Feeding America Uses KPIs to Measure Social Media. Photo by Microsoft Global Citizenship.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

America: A Wasteland of Plenty. In an effort to spread food rescues across the country, Boulder Food Rescue made this logistics tool free to any nonprofit or food rescue that wants to automate some of its program's efforts. In the U.S., Having the equipment … from TechSoup really created a lot of legitimacy to us."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

I'm a longtime member of the Nonprofit Circuit Riders community. Here's a definition: Circuit riders travel throughout regions of the United States and parts of Europe providing technology assistance to nonprofit organizations. Don't know what that means? As one organization providing such services defines the group: ???Circuit

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 24, 2008

When Change.org started less than two years ago, its main focus was to be a social network where nonprofits and their supporters could connect and take action. Each blog's landing page allows members to join the Cause, take action, and connect with related nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

The top 100 included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, health care, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare. . Organizing Offline and Online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." The nonprofit doesn't have to do all the heavy lifting. Flickr Photo by Vaguely Artistic. Credit to Steve MacLaughlin for that) Go read it and come back.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2014

Several community foundations will be part of Give Local America , a campaign that encourages and supports local philanthropy and the 100th anniversary of community foundations in the US and the vital role they play. These community foundations are bringing nonprofits and individuals together to participate in a community-wide giving day.

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