Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

” Barb says she thought it was great that they might raise some money and some visibility on Facebook, but never in a million years did they anticipate that the fundraiser would transform into a global event. ” According to Newhouse, the Ice Bucket Challenge raised over $115 million from 2.6

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

For example, you need to raise $250,500 to achieve the organization’s mission of feeding 1,000 families. To calculate your organizational goal you should know how much you need to raise in 2021 (or your whatever your fiscal year looks like). We encourage you to begin this process by understanding your needs to pinpoint your goal.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2014

He taught me how to listen for the pulse and passions of charities and libraries over social media. He was also committed: often joining #commbuild chats, signing onto webinars, leading webinars, whatever needed to happen, he often raised his hand to do it. He was an understated quiet man with a keen intellect and fine sense of humor.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Charity: Water. Charity: Water’s annual report is the perfect example of keeping it simple, but effective. million: we raised X which equaled Y and resulted in Z. That said, Girls Who Code does have an option to download the whole report as a PDF for those who still like the old-school version. Annual report template.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

When a good story is shared, scientific research shows our brains connect to storytelling can have on us: Stories are remembered 22x more easily than data, facts, and stats. Storytelling engages our sensory cortex in the brain , allowing the listener to feel, hear, taste, and even smell the story. Video storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote a reflection on a CNET article called "Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0," musing about the solution. Which is why Twestival Local hopes to challenge city organizers with two important questions with their selected cause: (1) What will the not-for-profit do with the funds raised? .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” And the better you get at the whole suite of donor engagement, the more money you’re going to raise. The charity got a $2,500 check the following week without any ask. Well, good afternoon, everybody. It takes time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Don’t run to play Mario just yet though — the game has to be specially designed to fill in lapses in brain activity from the start! This nonprofit social arm of the juggernaut game developer has helped to raise more than $7 million for charities through FarmVille 24 million users alone.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Social media icons According to Charity Net USA, incorporating social media buttons into your nonprofit website is essential for effective marketing. Research has shown that the human brain retains information more effectively when presented repeatedly. Here are eight features your nonprofit website should include: 1.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The campaign we named “Wardrobe” earned the most direct engagement: It was the most effective at raising awareness, generating buzz, and bringing in donations (bonus!). Going to this site and seeing the way they presented important information in the same format as those fast fashion sites really messed with my brain and woke me up a little.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2012

Since there are no 211-type phone/internet services in Australia (that I know of), I was lucky enough to speak about our unique service (provided in the US and Canada) with many nonprofits and charities in Australia. I spoke with him afterwards to pick his brain on how he got involved with such an ambitious global project.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky's claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus' - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. According to research by Adobe, only 3 percent of people find charities by following social media links. Forty percent find charities through plain old web searches.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2015

I was born and raised in the Northeast, where the joke is there are four seasons—almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction. Reading through 400+ session proposals made my brain hurt, but at the same time pumped me up. Be inspired, delighted and thoroughly entertained with unforgettable eye candy examples.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky’s claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus’ - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky’s claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus’ - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. from Sundance where she was busy running around asking celebs to join Six Degrees and getting them sign swag for charity. Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Myth #3 : You can’t raise major gifts without face-to-face meetings. Myth #5 : You’re too small to raise major gifts. We have a ton of Canadians for whom their legacies will be charity”. Myth #1 : Big donors are somewhere “out there”. Myth #2 : You should pause on major gifts and wait for things to get better.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Email List Growth Honorable Mention: HSUS - Humane Society of the United States Winner: National Relief Charities Changed from brochure to interactive website, multi-facteed file building strategy and acquired over 1000 new names per month and have converted about 1% to donors in 6 weeks. 2 Comments | by Share Article in Misc.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

[Event-ebook-top] There are plenty of ways to raise money, but one of the most popular (and let’s face it: fun!) If you’ve got event fundraising on the brain, you’ve come to the right post. In addition to raising money, you might also use a fundraising event to facilitate other goals, such as: Acquiring new donors.

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OneCause

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This doesn’t mean that you should talk down to your donors or that they’re unintelligent: it just means that they’re probably using their brain power for other things and quickly skimming emails and mailers. For example, are they passionate about charities that support children? Raise $X by a certain day for a specific project.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, Last year we scrapped our in-person Gala and substituted a virtual event. Dear Charity Clairity, Last year we scrapped our in-person Gala and substituted a virtual event. Net/net it was a huge win. Job assistance. Counseling .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Our 5-year-anniversary video from charity: water on Vimeo. Since then, over 10,000 individual fundraisers have raised more than $11 million – including over $1 million for Central African Republic as part of the 2010 September Campaign to bring clean water to all of the Bayaka people. The overall goal is to raise $1.2

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

So I help organizations tell powerful stories that have raised collectively around a half billion dollars. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . Some of the folks that do a really great job of taking pictures in the field are the folks at Charity Water. I’ve made a ton of mistakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Spencer Brodsky is 17 and he is spending his time online to raise money to bring Green Stoves to Rwanda , something he's been doing for the past 2 years. . Teach Your Kids About Charities: YouthGive. is a site that helps young peole and their families easily donate to charities while learning more about the organizations.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Actually, I think they’ve had a bad experience raising money somewhere along the way and they think that’s what it’s about. It might take a minute to get your brain around that idea, that the donor is more important to you and your organization than their donation. You see, not everyone gives to charity – shocker, I know!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Give me a yes if you’ve seen this TED talk by Dan Pallotta on “The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong?” Now we just have to raise $800,000, so we can start doing our plan.” Oh yes, nine millionaires per Canadian charity. But three months is a little too long for that human brain to imagine.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Sometimes we get so busy trying to raise money that we lose sight of something important: Why people give. And how do you use that information to raise more money? Many people who donate to charity believe it’s important to help people in need. We’ve all read news stories about national charities that mismanage funds.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

That year we had to raise a ridiculous amount of money and also we had to do a rebrand of the organization. What do you want to pick my brain about, how do y’all want to dig in a little bit more with me while we have our time together? Steven, you know what I’ll do, Juliana, and Charity, and Jessica came back with a thing.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Dolores McDonagh of Charity Dynamics write on npEngage about the Top 3 Roadblocks to Event Registration. It’s preached that in order to successfully raise funds you must truly know your supporters- your people. Speak to the part of the brain that controls action-taking. People give to people. Tell stories. Evoke emotion.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

These are Third World development groups that don't want charity. You have the idea, you raise money around the idea, and then you hire the right people. We have raised enough to go this far, and develop a web site, and materials, and a video, and some staff and outreach, and we have got 100,000 square feet of office tenants lined up.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2015

In the last decade, with the growth of social media marketing and engagement, we’ve seen a shift in how funds are raised, the average age of donors and the average size of donations. More than any other event in the history, this campaign gave food for thought to many who were critics of slacktivism and clicktivism. Decentralization of Power.

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