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.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Donors from 100 different countries gave to Neon One users this year—GivingTuesday really is a global movement of generosity! This is a good indicator that campaigns run on other marketing channels, like social media and personal phone calls, influenced the broader awareness of GivingTuesday campaigns. Who Is Giving?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

Most people didn’t “get to participate” in the Arab Spring because we didn’t have an effective role in regime change beyond global support and voice amplification (a crucial role, but not the change per se) and to think otherwise would be paternalistic. Years of network building, offline organizing with young people.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I serve as the Community Development Manager for TechSoup Global’s CDI (Community-Driven Innovation) program, which includes managing community and content strategy for NetSquared.org. Tip #2: Pay attention. Has your organization run a competition online or offline? Are people having trouble participating?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

They raise funds and awareness in the United States for the lifesaving work that more than 6,000 staffers of Geneva-based UNHCR undertake for refugees around the world, 24/7. USA for UNHCR created the Blue Key campaign as a way to drive awareness of this global issue in the US. Given that there are more than 43.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2007

I've had the great pleasure to meet many kindred spirits and interesting people via my blog who I did not know offline or may have never connected. Learning about grassroots resistance to unjust and devastating global economic trends. watercolors are $70, and 8??? oils on canvas are $220.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Drawing national attention to an important issue (and a good bit of recognition for your organization the process). Diverse Goals. Raising funds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water. Focus 24 hour event with broadcasts and all local partners participating to raise awareness (a sort of Blog Action Day on steroids).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

This month's Net2 Think Tank question is: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns ? We need offline events to meet each other, bond eye-to-eye, and forge the collaborations that will make our social networks stronger, better connected, and ultimately transformative. Courtesy of Joe Solomon.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

But with so many elements to modern fundraising—both online and offline—it can be tough to keep up. Try One of These 50 Fundraiser Ideas There are so many different kinds of fundraiser events that your nonprofit could hold to raise money and build broader awareness for your cause. Check it out! Planning a nonprofit event is hard.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

They get people’s attention, not through scaremongering or telling even more lies—they are direct and honest, appealing to just about anyone who will listen. Project Aware. Project Aware somehow manage to slip them in here and there without overdoing it. of nonprofits use Instagram to raise money and awareness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Here is how I would approach it: The Five Phases Online movements are successful because they marry the right set of opportunities for engagement with a level of awareness and passion among the target audience. A strong introduction and increased attention will fuel everything that follows. They are tied to celebrities or major events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Here’s what I learned: Global Social Media and Mobile Usage Studies and Internet Penetration. I’ve been curating infographics summarizing social media and social network studie s of American and global audiences, but one of the best resources global social media and mobile data is We Are Social.

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JULY 21, 2022

They are in one or many channels and your job as a nonprofit marketer is to deliver the right message to them at the right time—ultimately convincing them to spend their attention, time, and money with you. hours each day in their social media account 54% of global website views are from a mobile device, like a smartphone or tablet 54.8%

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

His creative and unusual campaign merged online activism with offline action, and combines the power of the web with live demonstration. Though the web is useful for connecting people around a single cause on a global scale, this support is often difficult to express offline. triggered loads of media attention.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

His creative and unusual campaign merged online activism with offline action, and combines the power of the web with live demonstration. Though the web is useful for connecting people around a single cause on a global scale, this support is often difficult to express offline. triggered loads of media attention.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Annabelle Sreberny, Professor of Global Media and Communication, School of Oriental and African Studies (with special interest in Iran, bloggers & social media). For example, the internet was important because it was difficult to organize offline. Our attention span is ever shorter, time is relative.

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