Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? I also tracked down the avatar in Second Life and did an interview with the people from NGO involved in this campaign. We will start to train someone in Mensajeros de la Paz who's gonna be responsible for the avatar if the action works.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Hire a graphic designer to design a square avatar(s). Add charity ratings graphics to your “Donate Now” landing page, if applicable. Create a 6- × 6-inch hard copy of your nonprofit’s avatar for photo check ins, if applicable. Create a Google account. Sign up for Google Alerts. Experiment with social media dashboards.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Launched in 2002, GlobalGiving.org is a crowdfunding platform for NGOs, charities, and nonprofits worldwide which has raised nearly $500 million online. For example, the American Cancer Society on GoFundMe Charity : 7) Sign up for Facebook & Instagram Charitable Giving Tools.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Business, non-profits, and charities should consider hosting a virtual holiday fundraiser like a virtual gala. While virtual events may not be considered as much fun as in-person charity events, they are still a great way to raise money for a cause and to promote a social issue. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. As discovered in the Global Trends in Giving Report , the.org domain is by far the most trusted domain for nonprofit website and email communications.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A user-generated charity review site that’s ideal for nonprofits that are too small to get officially reviewed by Charity Navigator or the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, your supporters can write reviews for your nonprofit that you can then link to on your “Donate Now&# landing page. It is a must download!

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Business, non-profits, and charities should consider hosting a virtual holiday fundraiser like a virtual gala. While virtual events may not be considered as much fun as in-person charity events, they are still a great way to raise money for a cause and to promote a social issue. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I use it to call people to action to benefit a nonprofit/charity: Example Tweet: #CharityTuesday :: Add a “Cause&# Twibbon to your Twitter Avatar: [link]. #CharityTuesday : This hashtag is very popular on Twitter, but people use it in different ways. You use it to send a shout out to your followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

It’s built on the simple concept of donating your loose change to charity and thus far almost 400 nonprofits have signed up and been approved. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Twitter Mosaic :: sxoop.com/twitter.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2013

They were used for visual effects, for instance, in the James Cameron film, Avatar. Essentially the program is for 501(c)(3) nonprofits or Canadian charities that have a demonstrable need for design and engineering software. Autodesk entertainment products have won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for several years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. It’s for this reason that your avatar should be well-designed, not include text that is too small to read in the News Feed, or show any obvious errors in cropping.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

It will automatically pull in your avatar, apply your Twitter username to your Pinterest account (such as pinterest.com/nonprofitorgs ), and sync your account with Twitter in case you occasionally want to share Pinterest Pins with your Twitter community. If you have a Twitter account, sign up with your Twitter username and password.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2007

Make A Wish Donation Box in Second Life On the Web, you can become a messenger for your cause by adding a charity badge or fundraising widget to your blog or web site. In Second Life, you can build a 3-D display and donation box where avatars can contribute Linden dollars. That's my avatar sitting on top of the donation box (it spins!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The LA Kings have recently embraced the organization as a charity. 3) Creating a webpage on our website specifically for the social media community and offer Twitter backgrounds, avatars, copy and paste status updates/tweets and downloads for people to use and share. (4) 5) Launch a mobile version of www.pancan.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Last month, I presented at the NCVO Foresight seminar: Changing ICT – what does it mean for your charity with a focus on the future of online revenue generation for nonprofit organizations. You can read the full post and comment on the SSIR blog or be part of the conversation below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote a reflection on a CNET article called "Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0," musing about the solution. You wouldn’t know it, but charity: water had very little Twitter presence before Twestival, compared to the way they use it now. Twestival Tweet Report reviewed by Tweetag.com.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Yahoo Messenger Avatars , "Your Yahoo! Messenger Avatar has a huge wardrobe of clothes to choose from. Examples: For World AIDS Day, avatars wore shirts with red ribbons and for Breast Cancer Awareness month they wore shirts with pink ribbons. Examples: Climate Concern's Group and the ONE Campaign's Groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

The event attracted a lot of attention because it was an example of integrating a live charity event with Twitter. (See Twitter users may donate their avatar and replace it with an image of the red female sign. for clean drinking water in developing countries. See this white paper by Susan Mernit for a detailed case study.).

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He has served on multiple charity boards. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

After a supporter follows your nonprofit, your avatar is how they will mentally and visually connect your brand to your Instagram posts. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He has served on multiple charity boards. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

As an outside observer, the lessons that I took away from this effort were: Having people change their avatar to a pea photo gave a visual clue to the campaign and helped it spread. His Tweet-a-thon raised over $5,000 for his charity on Twitter. This was the first time I observed the use of "retweeting" a fundraising message.

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JULY 27, 2006

And throughout the fantastic landscape, three-dimensional avatars walk and fly and talk - and spend a new and very real form of currency. Real money to real charities.". They buy land and buildings (all virtual of course), clothing and accessories, movies, vehicles, and music. And more and more, they give money away.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Games for Social Change gaming and libraries was recently published and the author is the Shifted Librarian and My Avatar Wears Tight Jeans and 4 Other Things I learned from Internet Librarian 2006 is worth the read from Michael Stephens. Newly Discovered NpTech Blogs. And while we're looking at Web2.0, by Simon Pavitt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

from Sundance where she was busy running around asking celebs to join Six Degrees and getting them sign swag for charity. Democracy in Action has invited everyone into the NpTech Oscar Pool Katya Andresen from Network for Good gives us the lastest celebrity news (what no gossip?) " Web 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

why does someone spend so much time in a game world customising their avatar???? Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! Check out the top ten charity badges over at the Six Degrees -- the contest is in the home stretch. social media rather than try to develop their own (competing) ones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section. JustCoz.org is a platform that enables charities, nonprofits, and NGOs to increase their social media reach by way of tweet and status update donations. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. It is a must download!

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

In 2013, Jason led Pathways to Education to became the first national Canadian charity to issue tax receipts for Bitcoin donations. Jason also serves as an instructor in Digital Media Marketing at George Brown College, has held positions on several governing boards is also a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

Her first tip: Use your nonprofit’s avatar as your profile picture! Charity Dynamics announced that nonprofit leader Dolores McDonagh joined their staff as Vice President of Consulting. It’s a beautiful example how video can be used as a tool for good. They believe her expertise will be a perfect fit for their consulting practices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Twibbon is a tool that allows your supporters on Twitter and Facebook to add a micro version of your nonprofit’s avatar to their profile pics. It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section. Twibbon :: twibbon.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Each month, DollarPerMonth.org selects three charities for its members (who have pledged to donate a minimum of $1 per month) to vote on. The winning charity receives 50% of the community donations, the 2nd charity receives 30%, and the 3rd charity receives 20%. It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Each month, DollarPerMonth.org selects three charities for its members (who have pledged to donate a minimum of $1 per month) to vote on. The winning charity receives 50% of the community donations, the 2nd charity receives 30%, and the 3rd charity receives 20%. It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section. JustCoz.org is a platform that enables charities, nonprofits, and NGOs to increase their social media reach by way of tweet and status update donations. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. It is a must download!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section. If your nonprofit is on Google+, be sure to add your Page to the “ Nonprofit ” and “ Charity ” groups. JustCoz.org is a platform that enables charities, nonprofits, and NGOs to increase their social media reach by way of tweet and status update donations.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 17, 2023

Some people don’t give to charity (gasp!) Find New Donors with an Ideal Donor Profile Ok, hang on, because this is an old marketing tool called an avatar that I’ve adapted for fundraising. Look, start by understanding that not everyone will give to your organization, and that’s okay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section. JustCoz.org is a platform that enables charities, nonprofits, and NGOs to increase their social media reach by way of tweet and status update donations. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. It is a must download!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Lotusmedia posts about the RootsCampSL's Smashing Success -- Avatars Against War in Second Life. Perhaps a better title, a "Crashing Success," given that so many avatars showed up that it exceeded the server's and crashed! Charity Newswire blog provides the UK perspective on fundraising.

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