Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2007

I felt like an NPR station during a pledge drive, and except that I asking people to donate the mugs too. Yesterday I raised several hundred dollars using Twitter in under an hour and got a few t-shirt donations. You can see some of the tweets here on my profile.)

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 10, 2007

Starting Saturday, July 28th at 6 AM PST, 2007 Blogathon bloggers will post a new post every 30 minutes for 24 hours to raise money for their favorite cause. As of this writing, 240 bloggers have registered for the Blogathon and $16,161.91 in pledges have been made. Who needs a walk-a-thon when you can join a Blogathon!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2009

Bloggers have helped raised awareness of this important issue. President-elect Obama pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015 during his presidential campaign. I'm taking about No Kid Hungry Text Donation and Canned Food Campaign just launched by Share Our Strength. Hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these hard times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

writes for Wired, and has worked with pioneering journalism bloggers like Jay Rosen and Jeff Jarvis. I just pledged a small amount to fund a story on California's educational system, something I'm very interested in. Dave interviews Beth - Beth interviews Dave ). Dave is a journalist 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2008

Alex Steed is the blogger at Make Something Happen Blog, the blog of the Point. Fundraising : Unlike traditional fundraisers, on The Point, no one parts with a dime until enough people pledge funds to reach the tipping point. Alex is doing interviews, articles, and roundups. I was just interviewed !

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JULY 18, 2011

When you're trying to convince (inspire, cajole, drag) your nonprofit staff to begin blogging for your organization this is likely to be the first complaint you get and one of your bloggers biggest concerns. Here are some event post ideas you can borrow and adapt to get your bloggers unstuck. This is your big initial wrap up post.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

It looks like David Bernstein at the Volokh Conspiracy was the first major blogger to post about it, Monday at about 5pm, and AllFacebook’s Nick O’Neill tweeted about it two hours later. Here’s an excerpt from his post : Within a day his Facebook Haggadah was all over the web. and 22735 kilograms of CO2 per year.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

How can PledgeBank help me and other bloggers change the world? It allows anyone to create a pledge to action that follows a simple formula: "I will do X action, but only if Y number of people will do Z action." The pledge was successful, and Dana Wefer is on the ballot for the 2007 election.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

namo by signing a pledge protesting the U.S. After you sign the petition, the online pledge rips a pixel from a photograph depicting hooded and handcuffed prisoners at the detention site. Blogger Rik Riel writes about his harrowing experience as a virtual prisoner there. government???s s detention center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2008

It takes only moments - please sign the pledge at [link]. Blog Components There is also a bloggers kit and blogger outreach effort underway. The bloggers kit also provides links to key bloggers on the topic: Chasing The Flame. Most importantly, you can influence others to stand up and be a voice for Darfur.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Chris Brogan, one of my favorite bloggers, has started a project called The Social Media 100 where he has pledged to writing 100 useful blog posts in a row about the tools, techniques, and strategies behind using social media for business, organization, or personal interests. Flickr Photo by My Alieness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2008

Video blogger Jay Dedman is also offering a video blogging workshop (and my old video camera is going to get a new home with some lucky New Orleans Nonprofit that pledges to video blog regularly after we leave.).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

I manage the Memorial Fund’s online community ( Facebook / Twitter / Blogger / Flickr ) and am also the staff photographer/videographer, designer, and handle some online marketing and messaging. In response to the increase in violence, we created a “ Stand with the Thin Blue Line ” pledge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The League of American Orchestras, Chorus America and the Association of California Symphony Orchestras have pledged their support in promoting the event. Participants and bloggers can use these handy banners and already San Francisco Symphony’s Donato Cabrera put on up on his site. What else can we do to ensure success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Gradon Tripp, Boston Blogger, created a fundraiser to support Jane Doe Inc. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest. Several of her regular readers including Deb Roby have pledged to match her donations to their favorite charity. Why not donate to a Women's Shelter in honor of your mom?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. Kickstarter is a perfect place for nonprofits to appeal to small-time donors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Click and Pledge, a company that does SaaS for nonprofits, released a new product, called “Trio&#. Matt Asay, blogger of all things in open source biz models, thinks Google Code may have overtaken Sourceforge. But first, of course, you must be “verified&# as a Kintera Connect partner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tyson's strategy has inspired bloggers and other companies to use this technique to give to charity. Several of her regular readers including Deb Roby have pledged to match her donations to The Bay Area food bank. Here's a few examples. Mizfit is donating a dime per comment to a local women's shelter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

What's cool is that you can pledge a donation too, but you don't have to pay unless I lose the ten pounds. s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. So, here's what else I did: 1. Set Up A Campaign at ThePoint. I set up a campaign over at ThePoint. Social Actions TwitterFeed.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

So they provide the examples and maps, but they let the youth pick and pledge whatever it is they want to do to make a difference. Not just monitoring twitter or tracking who the influential reporters and bloggers are that discuss our programs or issues. They have to let the community drive. We need to be listening for action.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

This week guest blogger Gail Perry is back with her top tips to help us all raise more money by mail. A reply/pledge card. Direct mail is a major workhorse for all nonprofits. And regardless of what you hear or think about online giving, most gifts still come via the mail. Thanks Gail! 112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 22, 2007

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

Blogger Wagner James Au who reports on Second Life is seated next to Susan.) They will be developing virtual pledge cards, sponsorships, teams, and other features. Susan Tenby from TechSoup demos the virtual TechSoup Office during the Netsquared Conference while Ruby Sinreich and Deborah Finn (Cyber-Yenta) blogged about it.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 8, 2020

The school will rely on the students to go door to door asking individuals to pledge money that will then be collected once the run is completed. Whereas traditional peer-to-peer methods will focus on one single event, such as a run, the DIY model does not,” writes Henry Vashon, a blogger at Draftbeyond. What is DIY Fundraising?

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Forum One

APRIL 19, 2006

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Forum One

APRIL 19, 2006

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. This website allows your supporters to pledge to donate with each Facebook Status Update or Tweet they post on Facebook or Twitter. Donors can pledge as little as $.01 Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 30, 2005

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

2) Can you tell me about the "Pledge to End Hunger" that you recently launched to benefit Share Our Strength? An individual "contributed" 35 lbs of Tyson food just by signing an online pledge to take a meaningful action to help end childhood hunger in America. Metrics for Success - Primary: # of people signing the pledge.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. Or, try partnering with a local restaurant for an evening in which you help drive diners to their place and in return, they pledge a portion of their nightly proceeds to you. How about encouraging your strongest supporters to host dinners at their house to increase outreach and raise funds?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Looks other nptech bloggers and social networks are supporting this effort too! When you see someone inappropriately attacking another blogger either on comments on or a blog, say something! I also really appreciate how some bloggers have posted their own code of ethics. REPORT - Every little BIT helps. about civility!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2007

I am sitting here amazed that we were able to meet the campaign goal for the Cambodia Bloggers Summit in about week's time. Tara Hunt pledged a variety of t-shirts from Valley Schwag, thanks! Next thing I know I got an email letting me know that Larry Lessig pledged 14 Creative Commons T-shirts. Photo by Shel Israel.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 1, 2006

Sign a pledge and track the impact of their pledge on a map. Menu of Hope by Chez Pim : Led by Chez Pim, food bloggers donated a delicious array of food-related raffle prizes for the second annual Menu for Hope in 2005. Supporters can: 1. Download Wille Nelson singing Bob Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind." People connecting."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

Maybe the answer is some kind of quarterly bounty which, as soon as financial pledges reach a certain amount, the publication goes to open license (or maybe that’s when the next issue is commenced). Think of the people who now depend on Linux, on Google everything, on MySpace and Blogger, etc. I really don’t know.

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