Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. The wizard behind the Frozen Pea Fund (and many others since) is Connie Reece, who specializes in developing marketing and communications programs that use Web 2.0

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2009

One of our 2009 class of NTENnies, who also happens to be an Austin 501 Tech Club organizer, is at it again: David Neff is organizing another event for media-savvy do-gooders. This festival is the first of its kind in the nation and reflects the spirit of Austin, a prominent city in the non-profit, grassroots and activism communities.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2009

After Idealware 's latest report reviewing Open Source CMS tools , there were, as might be expected, a few dust-ups in the open source developers and users communities, which includes NTEN members like David Geilhufe. There was a long discussion in the NTEN Discuss group , one of the affinity groups in our online community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. One of these is "community funded reporting" which is being pioneered by Spot.us Twitterstorm, anyone?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2009

This festival is the first of its kind and is a pillar of the City of Austin, a prominent city in the non-profit, grass roots and activism communities. These organizations, along with filmmakers, will use the festival to spread the word about their cause, develop a community of followers, and expand the film-for-a-cause genre.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

It raised $3,500 in 15 hours. This campaign was a community-generated effort - spearheaded by Connie Reece and came from people who knew of Susan Reynolds fight with breast cancer and rallied behind her. December 2007 On December 2, 2007, the first Frozen Pea Friday Campaign on Twitter Launched.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Every year as we approach the end of the year and holiday giving season, millions of Americans give to charities hoping to have a positive impact on the communities where they live and work. HEP Development Services will be an exhibitor at the Fourth Annual Convio Summit , November 16-18, 2009, in Austin, TX.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 7, 2021

It will take all of us sharing our challenges and successes to develop best practices and achieve the needed impact for our communities. Austin Gallagher, chief scientist at Beneath The Waves discusses how his organization leveraged Salesforce to drive 900% YoY increase in their Giving Tuesday Campaign. Watch the session here.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2009

In it, she says organizations can use Twitter to spread the word, connect to the community and humanize your organization. People from the Austin area who are on Twitter and either came across the tweet-up or were in by someone else via tweet congregated to meet each other, and of course, donate blood. Learn more about the tweet-up.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2009

In it, she says organizations can use Twitter to spread the word, connect to the community and humanize your organization. People from the Austin area who are on Twitter and either came across the tweet-up or were in by someone else via tweet congregated to meet each other, and of course, donate blood. Learn more about the tweet-up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

David Neff, American Cancer Society David will be perform a spoken word and video poem about using Twitter to recruit blood donors and the Austin Twestival. You see Communities Listen, Communities respond, To them. Austin is no different. Communities Listen, Communities Respond. your word is bond.

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See3

OCTOBER 17, 2009

I am in Austin. Although I belong to a Synagogue, I am stuck at home recovering from cancer treatments. You are making me feel part of a greater community, thank you. Toda Raba and Shalom to you and your community. This is truly a wonderful option for those of us without access to live services. Adam Greenberg.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

At least wait an hour because we’ve got some good year-end tips for you from my good buddy, Rachel Muir, joining us from beautiful Austin, Texas. Nancy says, “We do a gratitude month in November with video shares from our community that listen to a grateful give Tuesday.” But don’t do that right now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

And so I thought well, it seems like if we're going to actually change the human patterns that are so severely impacting our environment and communities around the world, maybe there are some other ways to do it. Got the citizens of Austin to sign their names enough times to get it on the ballot.

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