Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2009

created by four Seattle-based travel bloggers, returns for a second. year with the goal of raising USD13,000 to build a school in rural Cambodia. I started blogging as expat and honestly, expat bloggers saved my life. When I started to meet my fellow bloggers and they were 73 times more awesome in person, well.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Tumblr, Photo Blogger Raise $100K for Hurricane Sandy Relief | News & Opinion | PCMag.com : In less than 24 hours, a joint Hurricane Sandy fundraising effort from Tumblr and New York photo blog Humans of New York (HONY) has topped their goal of raising $100,000 for victims of the storm.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Gretchen Jennings convened a group of bloggers and colleagues online to develop a statement about museums'' responsibilities and opportunities in response to the events in Ferguson, Cleveland and Staten Island. We are a community of museum bloggers who write from a variety of perspectives and museum disciplines. Do you have volunteers?

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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. money raised online. Source: Artez. Source: MDG Advertising.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Allison Schwalm is Marketing Engagement Manager at Network for Good and a new guest blogger on the TechSoup.org blog. We're committed to helping nonprofits (just like yours) raise more money online. Check out our free mini-guide series on creating more loyal supporters and raising more money this year. The Broken Button.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Note from Beth:   I'm always excited to see inspiring examples of personal fundraising and the dollars raised have come a long way since my first experiment in 2006, a testament to how much more connected we are and the rise of popularity of this technique.  In 3 days @ fatcyclist raised about $50K. 5 Takeaways.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 15, 2009

A Cycling Blogger @ fatcyclist sent the Manager of Lance Armstrong’s racing team @ johanbruyneel a resume (joking) as if he were applying for a job. Personal Fundraising, Social Media and Friends Asking Friends all converge to make an incredible impact!

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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. 112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail. I’ve updated my annual list of Top Tips to Raise More Money by Mail with the latest 2014 research and recommendations from my favorite mail gurus. Raising more from your top donors.

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NetWits

MARCH 25, 2013

The npEXPERTS e-book includes Forbes’ most influential, top bloggers, CFRE/ACFREs, animal lovers and association pros, pioneers and innovators, peer-to-peer fundraisers, and direct response agitators all in one place. by John Haydon, Author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies and blogger at www.johnhaydon.com. Want to Raise Money Online?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2007

Cambodian young people are joining the global conversation in the blogosphere and sharing their perspectives through different forms of grassroots citizen's media thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team of Cambodian bloggers. Learn about and document how the blogging team is doing outreach and encouraging new bloggers and share on my blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

I can't do this alone and that's why I'm asking my blogger friends to join me and in helping to raise money to help the many children who are touched by the Sharing Foundation's programs. Donate $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation through Global Giving Fundraiser set up by Blogger Michele Martin of the Bamboo project!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

4 Ways Board Members Can Raise Money Without Making the Ask – Sabrina Walker Hernandez. Guest bloggers will be compensated for their submissions. Nonprofits – Are You Really Restricting Your Restricted Funds? – Otwan Lowery. Reimagining the Nonprofit Board in the Throes of a Pandemic – JC Rivers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 24, 2009

For 24 hours starting tomorrow, Saturday, July 25th at 6:00 AM PT, 195 bloggers will be posting on their blogs every 30 minutes to raise money for the charity of their choice as part of the 2009 Blogathon. has been pledged to all of the participating bloggers combined. blogging blogger blogathon fundraiser nonprofit

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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. Over $5 million has been raised in 2009 alone. 1) Raise Meaning B efore Money. Then and only then should a nonprofit or cause concern itself with number of donors and amount raised. #3

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Are you a bread baking blogger who wants to make the world a better place? Sign on up for Breadline Africa's Blogger Bakeoff , a year-long campaign (October 15, 2008-October 15, 2009) to raise 1 million dollars for Breadline Africa's projects by, "baking bread and giving dough." Here's how it works. Join the campaign.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Guest post by the one and only Allyson Kapin - co-founder of Rad Campaign and blogger at frogloop – Care2′s nonprofit marketing blog. This is the time of year that your organization should be raising up to 40% of its donations online. In 2010 an estimated $291 billion was raised. Year-end fundraising is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

David has discovered the power of social media for social good and raised over $8,000 through his network to help Daniela a recently divorced wife and mother and victim of physical abuse. How can you sustain this level of using social media to help others or raise money for charity? David Armano - another Geek Who Gives !

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2021

Frequent and consistent contact with local media raises the odds of getting some great exposure. Deliver that pitch through the channel that reporter or blogger prefers–email is often the preferred method–and only approach one reporter or media outlet at a time. Writers, bloggers, and reporters work on deadlines.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

DonorsChoose has launched a new program called BloggersChoose which allows bloggers to search through mini-grant proposals that school teachers have submitted to DonorsChoose, and ask their readers to fund them. blogger fundraising education bloggerschoose philanthropy Photo of Children's Garden from spacecadet's Flickr stream.

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NetWits

JULY 12, 2011

Like other studies have noted, social networks like Facebook are not raising much money. In 2010, 78% of nonprofits surveyed by NTEN who had raised money on Facebook raised $1K or less in 12 months. of the organizations fundraising on Facebook, raised $10K or more. Check out the key Facebook data below.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Please support the SocialBrite team (or any other blogger) in the Social Media Challenge! technologies to raise funds for a cause, DonorsChoose.org should be near the top of a very short list. technologies to raise funds for a cause, DonorsChoose.org should be near the top of a very short list. Watch the video in H.264

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Contact them and let them know you need to raise a specific dollar amount by the end of the year to fund a specific, urgent need. Also look for local social media bloggers and celebrities who might be happy to lend their name to your year-end giving campaign. Secure a last-minute matching gift. And that’s what it’s all about!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. It calculates how much money you’ve raised for every dollar spent. His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. Cost Per Result tells you how much you’ve spent on average to secure a donation.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. Raising more money makes you better looking. Having a pulse on the current giving environment is critical for any nonprofit organization that is looking to raise more money and spend less money doing so. Well, maybe not. But you’ll feel like you are better looking.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 22, 2006

The most touching part of the program was when some students from a local middle school came up and presented him with a check for $1,325 for the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation that they raised by selling sweatshirts with their school name on the front, Piedmont Middle School, and "Be an Upstander. darfur genocide rwanda bloggers

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

David shares why he decided to respond to the blogger outreach - a counterpoint to my advice about what not to do: I went along because an email from Svetlana was a model of how an organization can reach out to bloggers. The old adage about fund raising is that people give to people.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The challenge runs throughout October, with hundreds of bloggers and Twitterers rallying to support classroom requests on DonorsChoose.org. During last year’s challenge , more than 165 bloggers participated, including Fred Wilson , TechCrunch , Kara Swisher , Ars Technica , and Julia Allison.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 11, 2006

That's how much food blogger, Pim Techamuanvivit of Chez Pim , raised for UNICEF in 2005. This year she is hoping to raise $25,000 for the UN World Food Programme. They raised $2,000 for the Red Cross. In 2005, 80 food bloggers were involved in the campaign, and together they raised $17,000 for UNICEF.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2006

She has a wonderful tradition - sending other bloggers postcards from her travels. We created postcards for the Sharing Foundation to see to raise money. Most recently, she visited Bangkok. I was the lucky recipient of the above postcard with the cool Red Cross stamp. My kids loved it and Sara took it to pre-school with her.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

Jen Lemen is a writer, illustrator, blogger and immigrant advocate living in Silver Spring, Maryland. Georgia Popplewell from Global Voices asked people if they would consider donating their schwag for the Cambodian bloggers conference. I first met Jen at BlogHer in Chicago last summer at the Global Women's panel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2017

And, as blogger Vu Le says, donating to organizations on the ground can be a form of self-care. Crowdfunding – the practice of raising small donations from a large number of donors online – raises over a billion-dollars a year, with donations going to support start ups, gadgets, nonprofits, and directly to individuals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

So, as a prelude to the Cambodian Bloggers Summit , I'm going to tag 8 of them. When I'm invited to do social dancing khmer style, I have to repeat to myself left foot than right, raise right hand, twist wrist, and down. But, today, I got tagged again. by CogDog Blog. I hate memes as much as Alan does. Here it goes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

Julia Smith, who blogs at the idealist and was in the room asked "Where are the twenty something/millennial bloggers writing about social change, activism, and nonprofits?" There are lots of twenty-something bloggers and gen-y bloggers. He is a terrific blogger, knows his beat, and very generous too.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Stacey Monk and I exchanged messages last week, brainstorming the idea of pulling bloggers together to support Beth’s birthday campaign. Her birthday wish is to raise money for the Sharing Foundation using Causes and we think we could help her crush her goal of sending 53 Cambodian children to school by raising $530.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

That includes the time necessary to research and write material and to secure images, videos, and graphics, as well the time necessary to manage and edit guest bloggers. Peer-to-Peer Fund-Raising Networks (Razoo, Crowdrise, FirstGiving, GlobalGiving): 5 to 10 Hours Weekly. It’s a brave new world in online fund-raising.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Thus, for 2013, please: 1) Ask for a raise. That said, 70 percent of nonprofit staff positions in the United States are held by females who many say aren’t so good at asking for raises. Even if it is only a small raise, this is the year that all nonprofit social media managers (female and male) should ask for a raise.

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