NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

According to the Facebook Causes blog , the application has helped raise more than $12 million for nonprofits based in the U.S. 1) Raise Meaning B efore Money. Facebook describes itself as "a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers." and Canada.

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MARCH 7, 2011

There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users. He loves bacon.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Razoo is a social networking platform built to, "promote social good and to inspire others to get involved by making giving and serving fun, easy, and meaningful." Its primary platforms are: Razoo.com : The social network itself. Good Happens : Their blog. Razoo social network net2 philanthropy water

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Embedded giving is easy for individuals to do, and probably gives them an added psychological boost to know that spending money on purchasing something is not just an act of commerce, it's an act of generosity. Fine Blog . Katya's Non-Profit Marketing Blog. Here's my contest. Tags: contest. Amy Sample Ward.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

It is fueled by easy-to-use blog software, social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and the online video phenomenon of YouTube, and a thousand other video sharing sites. One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. It might not be money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. Since the great wall fell, we've been able to promote initiatives like the Western Union Foundation contest to all of our chapters and blood regions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2012

With strong roots in prior national giving events and contests such as Twestival Local and America’s Giving Challenge , we wanted Twive to have the same fun spirit of those early ground-breaking giving events. Cities across America will compete to win their share of $30,000 in award money for a locally-serving nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Then, why do we keep thinking celebrities are so important to raising money? A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. The celebrity involvement was part of the branding, not part of the winning solution. Getting Over Celebrities. The data says we should move on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. The title of this blog post is of course a wildly inaccurate claim. Here is what he learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

But the idea of doing this through your online social networks has become normalized in the last few years as online social networks have become intertwined with our lives. Their approach empowers everyday individuals to use their creativity to raise money from their networks.

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Care2

JANUARY 3, 2011

There is a lot of buzz about "free agent fundraisers" an individual using personal fundraising to raise money for a nonprofit organization. The free agent fundraiser is described in detail in Allison Fine and Beth Kanter's book The Networked Nonprofit.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 24, 2021

To generate excitement for your virtual audience, consider pre-event contests, social media competitions, watch party gift boxes, and other pre-event activities as a way to get your virtual audience motivated. The post The Hybrid Event: 5 Tips for Better Fundraising Results appeared first on Greater Giving Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

I’ve taken a little break from blogging to enjoy some much needed family time. I’m lucky because my colleague, Joe Waters, offered me a guest post for your to read while I’m away from blogging. For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. So is giving money.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2010

As more and more nonprofits and individuals flock to social networks, creating acacophony of fundraising pitches and the subsequent cause fatigue, how can organizations scale? charity:water was one of the first to create it's own social network for fundraising. There's also a cake contest.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1. Guest blog posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

m a self-proclaimed social networking junkie. Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? important with higher-engagement leveled UGC campaigns PROCESS - marketing Email Website Social networks Web badges Blogger outreach OUTCOMES Both tangible & intangible Increase list members (we don??? I run the org???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The chapter is an analysis of Facebook applications that help raise money or awareness or encourage people to take a social action. Social Actions has designed the Change the Web contest to stimulate innovative and effective web application development that facilitate social actions.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Technology and social networking means, according to Paynter, “Community has never before been more important for organization success.” Care2 has achieved this by providing healthy lifestyle tips and articles through their blog and news feature, the Care2 News Network.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Review the content calendar and tweak it for the upcoming week based on current events or stories happening within your community including day, channel (website, blog post, Facebook, Twitter, etc.), Publish 1-2 blog posts each week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Title (s): Manager, External Affairs and Associate, Social Media & Recruitment. Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog. Dupe: I love our blog – I has surprisingly become one of the strongest presence on our website. We also have an External Affairs Visita Volunteer who manages our blog space. Jumo: [link].

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You have to try and attract new people to Facebook and your Cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

And, those who wanted to make money would head to Wall Street. That’s changed. Does everyone in your nonprofit participate in social networks including the board? What are the benefits and challenges? Rob started off with some observations about the young people he sees in his business school classes.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You have to try and attract new people to Facebook and your Cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

Roger Carr at the Everyday Giving Blog responded to my reflections about networked fundraising , particularly my concern about donor fatique and potentially annoying blog readers here when I'm raising money for the Sharing Foundation. What is the purpose of your blog? The question is "when is enough enough? (in

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

The Wall Street Journal published a very positive piece about the potential for online giving and social networks. The article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation. Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This conversation was sparked by this post from Richard Becker that shares the numbers from the Pepsi Refresh Contest. Numbers are the first tangible indicators, but documenting and seeing the actual change depends on how well equipped and capable those who won the popular vote and the money are to achieve those social change outcomes.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

We developed Causes because we know what it takes to be an activist and we know how much social networking can revolutionize grassroots organizing. million people who now write on the wall about their experiences with cancer, donate money to the Arkansas Children's Hospital, and post pictures on the cause.

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Care2

OCTOBER 13, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You can read all the details on the contest and submit your idea here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. In fact, the campaign went over goal and we able to raise enough money to send another young person to college.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

And a quick look around the social web last Halloween and there were so many companies putting Halloween costumes on their logos, that there was even a contest for the best ones ! The first example and a brilliant one was " Trick or Tweet " cooked up by the good folks at FutureNow.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « How can nonprofits make money off of this?

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

It’s a much richer, more thought-out experience than anything I’ve seen for nonprofits on social networks. [.] 19 Oct 2007 Non-Profit Tech Blog » Convio Facebook App not recommended for use right now [.] Everyone has been drinking the social networking Kool Aid. Interactivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Every year I do a fundraising campaign using social media. Last year, when I turned 51, I posted a challenge on my blog - could I get 51 people to donate $10 to the Sharing Foundation? I recently asked our supporters on Twitter if they'd prefer a personal or organizational blog, but nearly everyone preferred personal blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

I actually joined Twitter because I had just submitted my entry into the Ideablob contest and there were links to share your entry on "social media" so I clicked on Twitter and that was that. This was interesting to me -- that people joined the Facebook social networking site specifically because I (Lend4Health) was there.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" A: The Convio benchmark numbers exclude offline giving.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" A: The Convio benchmark numbers exclude offline giving.

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