Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

What lies beneath a request for technology capacity or skill building or the rush to adopt the newest social or mobile tool? Are there other more pressing organizational issues that should be addressed first such as poor program quality or lack of a overall communications strategy or leadership issues.

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JULY 23, 2012

Prior to this, Ghazal worked at the award-winning public relations firm Hayes & Associates as a development consultant leading event fundraising efforts. In addition to his work in the environmental advocacy arena, Eric has extensive experience working on political and issue campaigns from Wyoming to South Africa.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

If you answer incorrectly, you have to rematch the tiles and answer another trivia question on the same issue. In this game, you match two tiles and then have to answer a trivia question correctly to progress. NothingButNets.net: Deliver the Net. DISNEY PROJECT GREEN: Play games, donate points and help a charity win $100,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation. Chatting with David Connor , we both had the same reaction – who knew? Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Finally, as a conservation organization, we’re always looking at ways to reduce our use of paper. It’s won awards from Treehugger.com as the “Best of Green in Food and Health” and is cited regularly in mainstream and new media as a trusted source for sustainable seafood information. These days, useful also means context aware.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

We can light the match, we can use lighter fluid and kindling, we can fan the flames, but only the community can make our issue, our movement, burn with the full fire of an inferno. See, the mark of a great social media effort is when the community itself owns it. Movements involve people, not Marketing, PR, Comms, Public Affairs, etc.,

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Joe also shared some great Pinterest use-cases for nonprofits to experiment with including a Pinboards of fashionable used clothes available in Goodwill stores and beautiful images endangered frogs Conservation International is working to save. Pin athletic awards and trophies before putting them in your display case.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 28, 2022

Rule #3: Be conservative. Give yourself some grace by keeping your predictions on the conservative side. Conservative goals will minimize your stress and make it a nice surprise when a fundraising strategy over-performs. Remember – keep it conservative so you don’t find yourself in a hole later.

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The program provides focused attention on key compliance issues for both private foundations and charitable organizations, plus practical walk-throughs of an IRS audit and an Attorney General Investigation. Fundraising & Grants. 2018 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. 2018 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. Jan 17 - 19. Cause Camp 2018.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Even though I’m a Skoll Award winner, it really made me think about my organization, Benetech, and what we are trying to accomplish. I always refer aspiring social entrepreneurs to the article when they ask me how they can win a Skoll Award. But, it’s always useful to explore the framework of one’s work.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

With a mission to inspire conservation of the world’s aquatic treasures, the Aquarium is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s top three aquariums, and as Maryland’s largest paid tourist attraction. It features thousands of fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals — all living in award-winning habitats.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

Less than 50 of the 179,000 groups on Causes have raised $10,000, and just two – The Nature Conservancy and Students for a Free Tibet -- have raised more then $100,000. Others say it’s due to the security issues Facebook has endured with phishing scams. The trends aren’t all bad though.

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JULY 31, 2021

And in terms of the nonprofit sector, again, there was a report that was issued last year, excuse me, about how the nonprofit sector is being prepared and how sort of the outlook. Even maybe you want to be very conservative and say that for a high ranking, maybe it’s only a 50% chance, and a low ranking is only 10%.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Are you passionate about conservation and environmental causes? Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. askformore. Rachel Carson. You can thank marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson for that. Fund their work! Sheroes in the Arts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

And in doing so, of course, we move forward our nonprofit conservation mission of keeping good stuff out of landfills. So we have probably eight different teams of people, either approving new groups or helping existing groups, or handling tech issues on the website. Britt Bravo: Where did the idea for the Freecycle Network come from?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

You can find out what other people are saying or thinking about your topic, community, organization, program or issue area. When you find the people and you find the issues, participate. Say you want to track mentions of a particular public issue or news item. Nature Conservancy. Wiki Issues. Change Issues.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

We're proud to award $1,000 to Pulse Theatre Company. "As a conservation organization working to protect the West's land, air, and water, Western Resource Advocates relies on the Adobe Creative Suite to bring visions of the West's vast blue skies, rushing rivers, and inspiring landscapes to our audiences.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

An ornithologist and manager at the San Diego Zoo, he was involved in the conservation effort for many years and was a proponent of captive breeding. In just a couple of sentences, he addressed all the issues and concerns in a beautiful way,” he said. “He My uncle, Arthur Risser , was another. Harper Collins Publishers, New York.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A winner of numerous “Best App” awards, this app will likely become your favorite new social newsreading app. Powered by OpenSecrets.org , nonprofits that work on issues related to corporate accountability and democracy could use this app as part of their mobile strategy to build awareness about campaign finance reform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. Flipagram :: flipagr.am.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A winner of numerous “Best App” awards, this app will likely become your favorite new social newsreading app. Powered by OpenSecrets.org , nonprofits that work on issues related to corporate accountability and democracy could use this app as part of their mobile strategy to build awareness about campaign finance reform.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Of every philanthropic dollar awarded, it is estimated that only 6 cents goes towards racial equity work and a single cent towards racial justice work. The awarded funds are a drop in the bucket, given that “ less than 1% of venture capital funding goes to businesses owned by Black and Hispanic women.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

They learned about reproductive health issues, such as their anatomy, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy and child birth. Ellee Seymour of the ProActive blog signed up to be a sponsor after meeting Women for Women International's founder, Zainab Salbi, at a Conservative Women’s Organization conference.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2006

They created the award-winning film, The Meatrix , about factory farming, and the hilarious film, Store Wars , about the importance of organic farming. They wanted to do something about factory farming, and that has really been an issue that has been close to Louis' and my heart for a long time.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

When an issue hits the news I try to go specialty blogs (Saudi Arabia, Supreme Court, etc). So, its a huge mistake for a person with conservative opinions to read only rightwing blogs, for example. This is a large, complicated issue. I am inconsistent about my blog reading.

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Care2

AUGUST 29, 2008

When an issue hits the news I try to go specialty blogs (Saudi Arabia, Supreme Court, etc). So, its a huge mistake for a person with conservative opinions to read only rightwing blogs, for example. This is a large, complicated issue. I am inconsistent about my blog reading.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

He has won many honors, including the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the International Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and the Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. Van Jones is the co-founder and President of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.

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