Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird.) I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

I titled the post " Look Out Here Comes Everybody To Raise Money for charity:water on Twitter " with a wink to Clay Shirky's work. In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns. This made curious: How did Twestival get started?

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Raising funds. telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. 350 also carefully timed the road trip one month before its 10/10/10 Global Work Party in which volunteers challenged world leaders to join them in doing the hard work to create climate solutions.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

Since 1949, May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness month to bring attention the ongoing need for proper support and health care services for those affected. Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Your nonprofit tackles several fundraising efforts each year with the same threefold goal—to increase donations, unite supporters, and raise awareness for your cause. Because it can be used to raise awareness for a specific project, crowdfunding is a reliable way to educate donors about where they’re donations are going.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

L3Cs were specifically designed to help social entrepreneurs raise capital from a much broader range of investors. The B Lab “promotes socially aware business practices by providing an opportunity for a business to voluntarily adopt responsible standards of decision making” (Hiller, 2013, p. Banks were not lending.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The Women of Color Resource Center has been around for a little over 17 years and we are a pretty impressive place, I think, because we are one of the very few places in the nation, and globally, that holds the interest of women of color, and girls of color as a central piece of our work. What can people do to change that?

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

They tackle everything from local environmental efforts to major global humanitarian causes. For example, instead of “increasing community engagement,” a specific goal could be “organizing monthly neighborhood clean-up events to promote environmental awareness and community participation.”

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

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% Display Ads (both banner and native) are great for brand awareness and fundraising – they can provide the broadest reach in your target market. Looking for inspiration? Incorporate evocative details.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So you raised $20,000. “Because we raised this $20,000 and have this gallery and classroom space, 200 children from our local special-needs programs are able to do art therapy on site for free or reduced rates.” If you’re not familiar with Charity Water, they’re a leading nonprofit at the global level.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2016

For Red Nose Day , Steven König helped create a wildy interactive donation form experience to raise money for a local farm. This great interactive example of a frictionaless user experience with warm colors and a clear layout makes for a winning design all around by Jenna Hubert for Pets for the Homeless.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

For example, you could also explain goals such as building a new homeless shelter by pulling statistics about how long the process will take or how much funding per day would be necessary to cover the length of the project. Supporters can help spread awareness for you through social media even if they are unable to donate.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

Even if all the emails were not specifically focused on #GivingTuesday, it’s clear that many organizations wanted their appeals to take advantage of heightened awareness happening on December 3rd. This lines up with the time frame when the most money was raised during December. Email by Hour. Only 11% were received before 8am ET.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Mobilization raises awareness, engages, educates, and equips key audiences to be more powerful advocates and increase their involvement (in the short and long term). We tapped into the power of the many for Tipping Point Community’s All In campaign by building support for solutions to homelessness in San Francisco. .

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

There's the "program" side that wants to tell you all the amazing ways your programs help save homeless pets, feed the hungry, find cures, protect our children, or empower women. And don't forget the "communications" side, whose press releases and news items help raise awareness. There's the "events" side that must sell tickets.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Along with 14 other global nonprofit leaders , I was selected as an American Express Leadership Academy Aspen 2.0 These challenges are faced by organizations globally, organizations of all size and scale and across focus areas – from education to equity; homelessness to environment; immigration to arts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment." The homicide rate, as people are probably aware of, has just really increased in the last few years in Oakland, where I live. We have four initiatives.

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