For the entire month of October, TechSoup and our donor partners will be participating in National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (also known as NCSAM). October might be a time for ghosts and monsters, but there are some other evils lurking out there: Internet malware, viruses, and threats! MORE
When The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network was brainstorming ideas for their awareness event at an L.A. When the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network designed the flyer for their awareness night, they included two new calls to action: 1) a mobile opt-in via text message and 2) a QR code. MORE
This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath. MORE
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). TechSoup is participating by amplifying what other agencies, collaborators, and libraries in our network are doing to raise awareness on this important issue. staff wear purple ribbons to bring awareness to domestic violence. MORE
Tweet by Tweet, Building Nonprofit Awareness - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy. : The blogger used Facebook as a base for people to send messages in order to allow people to elaborate on their stories (thus bypassing Twitter’s 140 character limit), and he then utilized the fast-paced, infectious nature of Twitter hashtags to spread his message. MORE
Until recently the nonprofit pioneers of the Social Web had to mostly rely on their intuition that their social media campaigns were resulting in more dollars raised online, an increase in brand and cause awareness, and higher rates of volunteer recruitment and retention. MORE
It simply happened and they chose to support it and to do everything they could to keep the awareness momentum going. It was an awareness campaign. It is about ALS awareness and stewarding ALS programs in general, outside of their organization’s programs. MORE
George Durham, Program Manager, Microsoft Global Community Affairs On January 12th, 2010, a devastating earthquake ripped through the Haitian landscape, literally decimating cities like Leogane, Petit Goave, and much of Port-au-Prince. The magnitude of the destruction and the heart-breaking images have remained with us as organizations, governments, and private individuals have struggled beyond the immediate aftermath to effect long-term change and economic impact within Haiti. MORE
What Your Organization Can Learn from WWF By targeting their message based on location and technology, WWF was able to raise awareness among people who could attend the event, without disturbing the vast majority of their list. MORE
How You Can Participate in Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Consider this: in a single day, more than 10,871 requests for help from domestic violence survivors go unmet nationwide. MORE
He’s launched another round of the Big Blue Test , a diabetes awareness and fundraising campaign and naturally I was curious to see how things have progressed between last year and now. Following an exchange I had with my friend Manny who I blogged about last year. MORE
Recently, FWW launched “Take Back the Tap:” a campaign that aimed to get people to drink tap water from reusable bottles by spreading awareness about the detrimental environmental effects of plastic water bottles. MORE
Sierra Club’s text messaging program taps into the public’s growing awareness of how smog can negatively affect one’s health. The launch was timed to both World Asthma Day and Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. MORE
I always struggled with the fuzzy goal of “raising awareness” that came along with most of my nonprofit jobs. If a nonprofit raised awareness and no one measured it… did it really happen. Yesenia Sotelo. Founder. Smart Cause Digital. Your guide to bringing fuzzy metrics into focus. MORE
anniversary of National Cyber Security Awareness Month , the folks from our great donor partner, Symantec, asked us to check out the nonprofit National Cyber Security Alliance website. How to Participate in National Cyber Security Awareness Month. October 2013 being the 10 th. MORE
Project AWARE Goes Deep on Engagement, Turning Scuba Divers into Citizen Scientists – guest post by Darren Barefoot. Project AWARE has always hosted beach and ocean cleanup events around the world. MORE
We are very proud to have helped the ALS Association launch their ChallengeALS campaign to help create a world without ALS. Learn more about how you can help fight ALS and further accelerate finding treatments and a cure for this devastating disease. You can #challangeALS by. MORE
SA non-profits can now use Google products for free to help raise awareness - htxt.africa : "SA NON-PROFITS CAN NOW USE GOOGLE PRODUCTS FOR FREE TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS" 'via Blog this MORE
Timed to the Olympics, the game raised awareness about the difficulties faced by working mothers in the United States. Being a working mother can seem like an Olympic event. MORE
Change the world, one video at a time.Diabetes Awareness PSA | :32 JDRF: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation produced this effective PSA to highlight November, which is National Diabetes Awareness Month. MORE
Launching online fundraising campaigns around cause awareness days is good strategy. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. MORE
Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to craft and launch online fundraising campaigns. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. MORE
Often I get asked how you can raise awareness and/or funds with social media tools. Tags: Marketing and Awareness marketing background basic clutter I think one of the easiest things to do is to make sure your social media pages have as much about your cause on them as possible. MORE
She said that she now sees that social media and online efforts could be very effective in raising awareness of the Bill.” LACVAW also hope to raise global awareness. Happy Fourth of July! MORE
Marketing and Awareness Research benchmark fundraising sauder socialmedia study A recent study done by researchers from the Sauder School of Business found that people who like a post Facebook or retweet something are less likely to give you a donation. MORE
While embracing a comprehensive, long-term breaking news and crisis communications strategy is challenging for many nonprofits, all nonprofits, regardless of their size, can tap into the power of cause awareness days. Many nonprofits already participate in cause awareness day campaigns. MORE
is that it allows nonprofits to embed fundraising into an awareness campaign. Facebook awareness fundraising helpattack micro donationsA few weeks ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to have coffee with Ehren Foss , founder of HelpAttack! If you’re not familiar with HelpAttack!, MORE
Want to raise awareness of your non-profit or your cause? Try newsjacking. publicity public relations nonprofit-communications MORE
The truth is you can turn your social media routine into a revenue generating opportunity for your organization by following a few simple steps. Fundraising Integrated Marketing Retention nonprofit social media Social Media MORE
Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful for online fundraising. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn Mobile Media Fundraising Social Media YouTube Giving Days Cause Awareness Days MORE
If you haven’t noticed QR Codes yet, after you read this post and browse the QR Codes on Flickr you’re going to start to seeing them everywhere. In magazines, on flyers, tabletops, and conference materials. So, what are they? QR Codes are two-dimensional bar code images that when scanned by a camera on a smartphone open a link to a website, send a SMS, or dial a phone number. You can easily create QR Codes for free at sites like qrcode.kaywa.com and qrstuff.com. MORE
Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit on cause awareness days provided that your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay and #LIUB. MORE
Getting more "social" with fundraising can have real impact. Here are some ideas on and examples of social fundraising. social giving Fundraising nonprofit blog carnival MORE
Shane Jones. In the age of social media, anything we say can be transferred across the globe in a matter of seconds. Nonprofit organizations on Twitter are able to leverage this tool and do a lot of good with it. Community nptech nten shane jones Social Media tools twitter Communications MORE
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
One of the tips you always see or hear or read about when it comes to becoming more active in social media is ‘become an industry resource/thought leader/trusted by showing expertise’ There are a couple of ways to do this as an organization or as an individual. MORE
We can also use social media to build brand awareness in the right niche markets. It’s no secret that social media’s strength lies in the user data that it offers to marketers looking to better target their campaigns. . Sites like Facebook and LinkedIn are goldmines of user data! MORE
Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct Dollars - The NonProfit Times Oct 1, 2010: "Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct DollarsBy Mark HrywnaOnly 3 percent of all Tweets by a sample of nonprofits were dedicated to fundraising or solicitation. Nonprofits are more likely to use social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, to raise awareness, reach out to constituents and promote their. MORE
Education and Training Marketing and Awareness chaff engage listen wheatAn article from TalentZoo written by folks at HootSuite got me thinking about how to separate out the good stuff on social media from the bad. MORE
Read the rest of this post over at the Awareness Blog. Facebook awareness networks custom tabs webinar MORE
Millennials, a group of consumers that has now surpassed even the Boomers in number, want to do business with brands, and donate to charities, that are as socially aware as they are. Raising Social Awareness One Tweet at a Time. MORE
Non-profits and membership organizations should mark significant milestones and leverage these celebrations to raise awareness, attract new members, volunteers or supporters and promote your organization’s mission.( read more ). events member communication public relations publicity MORE
In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) Awareness Can Be the Goal, and That’s OK. MORE
Technology, Games Changing Youth Awareness Engagement- The NonProfit Times Jan 12, 2011: "The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has become involved in games in recent years. The field of social impact games has shifted in the past couple of years. We’ve moved from trying to convince people that games are a viable tactic to showing them that they actually are,” said Jessica Goldfin MORE
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DECEMBER 30, 2015
Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful for online fundraising. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn Mobile Media Fundraising Social Media YouTube Giving Days Cause Awareness Days
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JANUARY 1, 2017
Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to craft and launch online fundraising campaigns. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 17, 2013
Launching online fundraising campaigns around cause awareness days is good strategy. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 16, 2014
Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit on cause awareness days provided that your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay and #LIUB.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath.
SocialFish
MAY 31, 2016
Millennials, a group of consumers that has now surpassed even the Boomers in number, want to do business with brands, and donate to charities, that are as socially aware as they are. Raising Social Awareness One Tweet at a Time.
NTEN
AUGUST 2, 2013
Shane Jones. In the age of social media, anything we say can be transferred across the globe in a matter of seconds. Nonprofit organizations on Twitter are able to leverage this tool and do a lot of good with it. Community nptech nten shane jones Social Media tools twitter Communications
Tech Soup Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2015
How You Can Participate in Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Consider this: in a single day, more than 10,871 requests for help from domestic violence survivors go unmet nationwide.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 22, 2013
Until recently the nonprofit pioneers of the Social Web had to mostly rely on their intuition that their social media campaigns were resulting in more dollars raised online, an increase in brand and cause awareness, and higher rates of volunteer recruitment and retention.
NetWits
MARCH 3, 2011
When The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network was brainstorming ideas for their awareness event at an L.A. When the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network designed the flyer for their awareness night, they included two new calls to action: 1) a mobile opt-in via text message and 2) a QR code.
Wild Apricot Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2013
Want to raise awareness of your non-profit or your cause? Try newsjacking. publicity public relations nonprofit-communications
NTEN
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
I always struggled with the fuzzy goal of “raising awareness” that came along with most of my nonprofit jobs. If a nonprofit raised awareness and no one measured it… did it really happen. Yesenia Sotelo. Founder. Smart Cause Digital. Your guide to bringing fuzzy metrics into focus.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
One of the tips you always see or hear or read about when it comes to becoming more active in social media is ‘become an industry resource/thought leader/trusted by showing expertise’ There are a couple of ways to do this as an organization or as an individual.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 19, 2014
Project AWARE Goes Deep on Engagement, Turning Scuba Divers into Citizen Scientists – guest post by Darren Barefoot. Project AWARE has always hosted beach and ocean cleanup events around the world.
Mobile Commons
JUNE 18, 2015
Sierra Club’s text messaging program taps into the public’s growing awareness of how smog can negatively affect one’s health. The launch was timed to both World Asthma Day and Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 4, 2012
She said that she now sees that social media and online efforts could be very effective in raising awareness of the Bill.” LACVAW also hope to raise global awareness. Happy Fourth of July!
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
The truth is you can turn your social media routine into a revenue generating opportunity for your organization by following a few simple steps. Fundraising Integrated Marketing Retention nonprofit social media Social Media
Wild Apricot Blog
AUGUST 10, 2011
Non-profits and membership organizations should mark significant milestones and leverage these celebrations to raise awareness, attract new members, volunteers or supporters and promote your organization’s mission.( read more ). events member communication public relations publicity
Mobile Commons
JULY 14, 2015
Recently, FWW launched “Take Back the Tap:” a campaign that aimed to get people to drink tap water from reusable bottles by spreading awareness about the detrimental environmental effects of plastic water bottles.
Wild Apricot Blog
APRIL 26, 2012
Getting more "social" with fundraising can have real impact. Here are some ideas on and examples of social fundraising. social giving Fundraising nonprofit blog carnival
Beaconfire Wire
MAY 1, 2015
We are very proud to have helped the ALS Association launch their ChallengeALS campaign to help create a world without ALS. Learn more about how you can help fight ALS and further accelerate finding treatments and a cure for this devastating disease. You can #challangeALS by.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 24, 2011
If you haven’t noticed QR Codes yet, after you read this post and browse the QR Codes on Flickr you’re going to start to seeing them everywhere. In magazines, on flyers, tabletops, and conference materials. So, what are they? QR Codes are two-dimensional bar code images that when scanned by a camera on a smartphone open a link to a website, send a SMS, or dial a phone number. You can easily create QR Codes for free at sites like qrcode.kaywa.com and qrstuff.com.
NCE Social Media
JUNE 7, 2010
Often I get asked how you can raise awareness and/or funds with social media tools. Tags: Marketing and Awareness marketing background basic clutter I think one of the easiest things to do is to make sure your social media pages have as much about your cause on them as possible.
Connection Cafe
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
It simply happened and they chose to support it and to do everything they could to keep the awareness momentum going. It was an awareness campaign. It is about ALS awareness and stewarding ALS programs in general, outside of their organization’s programs.
John Haydon
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
He’s launched another round of the Big Blue Test , a diabetes awareness and fundraising campaign and naturally I was curious to see how things have progressed between last year and now. Following an exchange I had with my friend Manny who I blogged about last year.
Tech Soup Blog
OCTOBER 17, 2013
anniversary of National Cyber Security Awareness Month , the folks from our great donor partner, Symantec, asked us to check out the nonprofit National Cyber Security Alliance website. How to Participate in National Cyber Security Awareness Month. October 2013 being the 10 th.
NTEN
JANUARY 13, 2011
George Durham, Program Manager, Microsoft Global Community Affairs On January 12th, 2010, a devastating earthquake ripped through the Haitian landscape, literally decimating cities like Leogane, Petit Goave, and much of Port-au-Prince. The magnitude of the destruction and the heart-breaking images have remained with us as organizations, governments, and private individuals have struggled beyond the immediate aftermath to effect long-term change and economic impact within Haiti.
AFP Blog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
SA non-profits can now use Google products for free to help raise awareness - htxt.africa : "SA NON-PROFITS CAN NOW USE GOOGLE PRODUCTS FOR FREE TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS" 'via Blog this
John Haydon
MARCH 30, 2012
is that it allows nonprofits to embed fundraising into an awareness campaign. Facebook awareness fundraising helpattack micro donationsA few weeks ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to have coffee with Ehren Foss , founder of HelpAttack! If you’re not familiar with HelpAttack!,
NCE Social Media
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
Marketing and Awareness Research benchmark fundraising sauder socialmedia study A recent study done by researchers from the Sauder School of Business found that people who like a post Facebook or retweet something are less likely to give you a donation.
John Haydon
JANUARY 27, 2012
Read the rest of this post over at the Awareness Blog. Facebook awareness networks custom tabs webinar
Tech Soup Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2015
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). TechSoup is participating by amplifying what other agencies, collaborators, and libraries in our network are doing to raise awareness on this important issue. staff wear purple ribbons to bring awareness to domestic violence.
See What's Out There
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
Change the world, one video at a time.Diabetes Awareness PSA | :32 JDRF: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation produced this effective PSA to highlight November, which is National Diabetes Awareness Month.
NetWits
DECEMBER 6, 2010
In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) Awareness Can Be the Goal, and That’s OK.
NCE Social Media
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Education and Training Marketing and Awareness chaff engage listen wheatAn article from TalentZoo written by folks at HootSuite got me thinking about how to separate out the good stuff on social media from the bad.
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2010
Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct Dollars - The NonProfit Times Oct 1, 2010: "Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct DollarsBy Mark HrywnaOnly 3 percent of all Tweets by a sample of nonprofits were dedicated to fundraising or solicitation. Nonprofits are more likely to use social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, to raise awareness, reach out to constituents and promote their.
AFP Blog
JUNE 29, 2012
Tweet by Tweet, Building Nonprofit Awareness - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy. : The blogger used Facebook as a base for people to send messages in order to allow people to elaborate on their stories (thus bypassing Twitter’s 140 character limit), and he then utilized the fast-paced, infectious nature of Twitter hashtags to spread his message.
AFP Blog
JANUARY 13, 2011
Technology, Games Changing Youth Awareness Engagement- The NonProfit Times Jan 12, 2011: "The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has become involved in games in recent years. The field of social impact games has shifted in the past couple of years. We’ve moved from trying to convince people that games are a viable tactic to showing them that they actually are,” said Jessica Goldfin
Mobile Commons
OCTOBER 4, 2016
What Your Organization Can Learn from WWF By targeting their message based on location and technology, WWF was able to raise awareness among people who could attend the event, without disturbing the vast majority of their list.
Mobile Commons
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Timed to the Olympics, the game raised awareness about the difficulties faced by working mothers in the United States. Being a working mother can seem like an Olympic event.
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