Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

."      Other ideas include a special Museum badge. After some more research, I did uncover an experiment from the Kansas Repertory Theatre with FourSquare and the coveted Swarm badge. " I like the idea of leveraging a networked effect of the swarm badge.  

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2008

Dank Apps (creators of the popular Lotto app ) has launched a new series of Social Change applications that allow Facebook users to raise money for a cause through advertising revenue. This means users do not have to donate, but just need to install the application, recruit their friends, or play the games.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. The technology "enables anyone to build any application that.Facebook could build."

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. Not only does Indiegogo offer discounts on fees, you can also get a badge on your campaign that says you're a verified 503(c) nonprofit (which, according to the Indiegogo rep I spoke with, helps with garnering donations).

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. The technology "enables anyone to build any application that.Facebook could build."

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

Find sites that provide information directly related to your nonprofit’s cause and then use Delicious to quickly find content to post. They use Foursquare to create partner badges. When people check in X number of times, they receive a badge from the application. It’s an easy way to organize your nonprofit’s life.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. Not only does Indiegogo offer discounts on fees, you can also get a badge on your campaign that says you're a verified 503(c) nonprofit (which, according to the Indiegogo rep I spoke with, helps with garnering donations).

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Gone are the days of sending cash or a check through the mail or needing to show up in person to make a gift to the causes your donors support. Bonus features like team fundraising pages, milestone badges, fundraising thermometers, and leaderboards can make your fundraiser more engaging and exciting for all of your peer-to-peer participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Many of this latter group of are veterans of what Extraordinaries’ Jacob Colker calls the “Command & Control Model” – programs that seek to control the relationship of the volunteer with the organization and/or cause. As applications come in, the VC helps to narrow the pool, coordinate interviews, and run background checks.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The goal of this technology is to help companies structure valuable CSR programs to support the causes that are important to the business and its employees. Common examples include points, badges, and leaderboards. Who Uses CSR Software? Corporate giving touches everyone within a company. Submit volunteer grant requests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

I'm An Embedded Free Agent Fundraiser My most recent social media fundraising experiment was a birthday campaign that raised $6225 from 161 donors using Facebook Causes Birthday application to benefit the non profit organization, The Sharing Foundation. I hope Facebook Causes makes the ask a little bit more flexible.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

We see this a lot in event fundraising, where FB badges and other tools are deployed for event participants (to help them raise more $$ for the charity), but all peer-to-peer giving actually takes place BACK on the organization’s website. .

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Interested in knowing how to prioritize resources, analyze a donor database, create mobile applications or visualize community indicators? Receive up to 1,000 contacts free from a petition posted at GreaterGood Network's Take Action Center: a great way to connect with people supporting your cause. We can help you with that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Verified Badges. If approved, a blue verification badge will be added next to your nonprofit’s name on Instagram. The application process is easy, but approval is uncertain. If you are a location-based nonprofit, such as a museum or zoo, then also add your address. In addition, apply to get verified.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Interested in knowing how to prioritize resources, analyze a donor database, create mobile applications or visualize community indicators? Receive up to 1,000 contacts free from a petition posted at GreaterGood Network's Take Action Center: a great way to connect with people supporting your cause. We can help you with that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

non-IT professionals understand web applications for collaboration. The best question to come through the "Ask Your Friends" application on Facebook thjs week is "Have you used Mechanical Turk?" Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Over 180 people with over 635,000 total followers signed up to participate by authorizing Epic Change to post via their Twitter account using JustCoz , an online relay system that lets you donate a tweet a day to help raise awareness for causes that matter to you. Stacey felt it was a great tool, but they didn't use it effectively.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Segment your supporters within NeonCRM to make your fundraising appeals and marketing initiatives more relatable and applicable to each group. Supporters can create their own fundraising pages and encourage their friends and family to contribute to the cause. Segmentation. Online store. DonorPerfect. Seamless Integrations.

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2011

Like the Xbox Live achievement system, when you accomplish certain goals like your first checkin you get the “Newbie” badge. After you check in at 10 different locations you earn the “Adventurer” badge. After you check in at 10 different locations you earn the “Adventurer” badge.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Despite the recent challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are still ready and willing to give to the causes they feel strongly about. You just need some fresh strategies so you know how to get donations for your cause. This will make the giving process feel tied directly to your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake. Here's a few examples: Delicious Badge : I use this widget to publish my social bookmarking bookmarks on my blog. personal fundraising???

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Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

Companies are now starting to realize the interrelations of social media platforms and the ability to carry over some of the training and development to after hours, as well as using public badging as a reward, allowing for employees to proudly display some of their accomplishments externally. But, where can they go from here?

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

Offer participant engagement tools once they’ve registered, like gamification and badges. This is because there are no requirements or application processes, meaning organizations of all sizes and missions can use text fundraising. However, there is an application process, which can be timely and even deem you unqualified.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

We had a great cause. If your cause isn’t just, people will feel icky promoting it. We put badges on the Beers For Canada website encouraging people to Digg us and promote us on other social news aggregators. If after that you say, “donate to this cause” they’re less likely to: they’ve already seen it. We tested it a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

Since becoming widely adopted just a couple years ago, social media has supercharged social action, cause marketing, and social entrepreneurship. By offering badges, mayorships, and other intangible rewards, millions of people are checking in to the places they go. The global citizenry has become a global network. Here are #10Ways : 1.

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