Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Through an impact-producing grant from the Polk Bros Foundation, we’re helping these local organizations raise awareness of their work and mature their online networks. As we designed the campaign, we married up some key factors that would both influence its success, while helping the organizations understand why it’s beneficial for them.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

The first place to start with organizational change is with your closest sphere of influence as a grantmaker—you! Confirm whether your organization provides a professional development budget Order a standalone alarm clock to replace your smart device alarm Time block your daily start and stop routines on your calendar.

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Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

Though annual reports can come at any time, a key component of finishing the calendar year off strong is to ensure that you are reporting on what you’ve achieved and identifying where there is room to grow.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A key component of finishing the calendar year off strong is to ensure that you are reporting on what you’ve achieved and identifying where there is room to grow. Some of the biggest reporting challenges for nonprofits, associations, and foundations include: Where to get the data: Some data is found easily in data dashboards, some is not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Thought leaders drive conversations – online and off, influence others, and shape perceptions in their field. Conversationalist: Starts conversations with target audience, other influencers or peers. James Canales , CEO of the Barre Foundation, and Carolyn Miles , CEO of Save the Children are two examples.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Investing in marketing helps you build a foundation for growth, community engagement, and impactful change. Developing a content calendar Consistency in marketing delivery is crucial for enhancing recognition of your nonprofit and boosting engagement with your target audience.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Paying for everything yourself removes some of the accountability that nonprofits need and grays the boundaries of public input and influence. Often, these folks are more interested in the candle, calendar, candy bar, etc., There are lots of reasons why this approach is not good in the big picture. Lack of accountability.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As we consider what makes a website successful in 2022, here are four strategies we believe are absolutely essential for foundations to consider when approaching a next website redesign. Ensure your various digital properties work together to positively influence your brand perception and data collection goals.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar is ready for upload right into your Google or Outlook Calendar with a single click. What are you waiting for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Use of editorial calendar. Key influencers take action, including media. ” This generated useful tips and suggestions on how to manage an editorial calendar and content strategy process. Advocates get better at communications – proactive/planning, partner engagement, message discipline. Written social media plan.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

From expanding your nonprofit’s reach and making your events more accessible to donors all over the world to boosting your revenue, a virtual auction is a modern and exciting fundraising event that every nonprofit should consider adding to their calendar. Let’s begin. Social media.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

Take Your Nonprofit Board Meeting Back to the Basics Before we get to the meeting itself, let’s back-track to some basic foundational pieces that will make everyone’s lives easier. I’d like to hear from our other members, though, so they can speak without being influenced by your knowledge or experience.” Don’t influence him.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The workshop was hosted by Compasspoint and its partner Thrive, The Alliance of Nonprofits for San Mateo County and with the support of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Works with free agents , champions, and influencers to spread their mission. Social Media Master Class. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2017

Yet according to The Philanthropy Outlook by Marts & Lundy, giving by foundations is predicted to increase by 5.9 Private foundations continue to be a funding source for most respondents; 81 percent of respondents reported that they received awards from private foundations. Mark your calendar now for May 16 and 17!

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

To attract and hold by influence or power. To reach a level of engagement where somebody is willing to hand over their hard-earned cash, you have to start by building a solid foundation. Create a content calendar. Create a content calendar that you can commit to; don’t set a frequency that will be too difficult to maintain.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

SMART goals are the foundation of your social media strategy and should be tied to building brand awareness, increasing engagement with your community, or raising more funds. Creating a content calendar Plan your content in advance to ensure you’re posting in the most effective manner possible.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Plan ahead and recruit some Instagram influencers to support the cause. Take a page from the Lung Cancer Foundation of America’s #CatsAgainstLungCancer campaign and pull in your cats to talk about you c(l)ause. #Unselfies: Not just for Giving Tuesday. Movies for Impact. World Cat Day (August 8).

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

This makes an employee giving program, or employee relief fund, a big brick in the foundation of any company. Their ability to influence peers over time is the type of champion you want and need. Before you create your annual campaign calendar or set fundraising goals, make sure you take time to assess, assess, assess.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Sharing Foundation Video by Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson. Sharing Foundation Calendar Project. As Wanna Finishes His Thesis, He Supports The Sharing Foundation from Vietnam with Love. Cultural Influences of Online Giving: Dr. Mani's Thoughts. Sina's Story. Cambodian Bloggers Want To Support Our Cause.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 23, 2022

Since 1991, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) has invested more than $230M into a collection of programs seeking to make Jewish life and Jewish community more connected. This allows the organization to better track how certain efforts and programs are impacting or influencing overall goals and effectiveness. .

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In June 2021 Giving USA Foundation and partnership with the Lilly Indiana Family School of Philanthropy released their annual Giving USA report. So A, corporations, B foundations, or C individuals. And foundations this 19% includes both, you know, national foundations and family foundations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Bruce Lesley lead a session on the Children’s Issues editorial calendar. This was exciting because the discussion leads to some opportunities to use synergistic collaboration through social media – and another example of how peer learning in a networked context can lead to collective actions.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 18, 2022

Regularly adding new donors is how you grow your donor base, and a big, loyal donor base is a foundation for success. Foundation spam-a-thon. Instead, look for foundations that are interested in funding the kinds of programs you already have. If you’re working hard trying to find donors for your nonprofit, well done!

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

since 2012, and only continues to grow in reach and influence. Create a PUBLIC calendar invite. Create a public calendar invite on Google (and others) to remind your audience to take action on Giving Tuesday. iCal : here is a guide for how to create your public calendar invite on iCal using the icloud login. Schedule it.

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M+R

JANUARY 31, 2023

The causes seemed mixed: Some groups saw a return to a baseline after a few years of outstanding revenue growth influenced by the pandemic. As we looked to specific channels, we did see a bit more divergence, with potentially more influence from messaging, audiences, timing, offers, and other strategic and tactical choices.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

These benefits can help influence donors who might be on the fence about joining your program to get involved. Create a communications calendar of year-round message ideas and engagement opportunities. These donors enjoy benefits such as a quarterly magazine, an annual calendar, and exclusive members-only emails.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Staff & resource calendar. Grant fundraising and foundations. Daring to Lead found that many executives doubt they can influence their boards’ performance. Common functions: Office functions. Telephones & voicemail. Computer & printer networking. Staff email. Accounting & payroll. Outcomes management.

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sgEngage

APRIL 30, 2021

W e saw healthcare become universally top-of-mind, influencing individuals to shif t to more intentional giving and adopt online fundraising. . healthcare organizations that raised more than $1M in at least one of the past three calendar years reveals three main trends: . Trend: Outpouring of Support.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

What else is on the community calendar? Check on community calendars: Is another nonprofit holding an event the same weekend you’re considering? Your venue choice will influence other details, like your seating options and guest capacity. To ensure good attendance, you’ll want to avoid scheduling conflicts. A 6:00 p.m.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

They sent out an email about a week ago to their list saying that a family foundation has agreed to provide $75,000 if the amount could be matched. Last week I shared the news that, in the spirit of the High Holy Days, a family foundation agreed to match your contributions up to $75,000. In about two days the $75,000 came in online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

As one of the participants said during the end of the day reflection, ”The experience of working together with my peers on brainstorming ideas for our September editorial calendar – makes the work more fun, efficient, and sustainable – than working alone.” Source: Spitfire Twitter Feed.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

And these can continue to influence us in our day-to-day work in a way that can sometimes be a little hard to spot, right? . But I found this has been a total game-changer for me, not only in terms of my own self-care, but in my business is just being really purposeful about actually scheduling into my calendar my top priorities. .

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

Fox Foundation giving form prompts donors to make monthly gifts: Offer a brief description of your monthly giving program and how it helps your organization. Some of these options may even influence donors to give more. Additional ways to get involved, such as by signing up for your email newsletter or checking out your event calendar.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

And these can continue to influence us in our day-to-day work in a way that can sometimes be a little hard to spot, right? . But I found this has been a total game-changer for me, not only in terms of my own self-care, but in my business is just being really purposeful about actually scheduling into my calendar my top priorities. .

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Classy

APRIL 7, 2021

When you get creative about a virtual tool like a dedicated app, you can directly influence the return on investment of your annual event and build a community of global support to nurture into lifelong advocates. HEADstrong Foundation encourages DIY fundraising through creative campaigns like Riding aHead of Cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It helps the donor make a decision about to give your organization and it gives you an opportunity to tie to your mini-goals so donors can see the tangible impact of their gift. For example, when I was raised money for a beach/ocean conservation project for Surfrider Foundation in memory of my father. And everyday until…. Until one day….

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

You want to make a note of this in your file, on your calendar, some kind of system that you have. You still have to ask but this talk builds a foundation that makes asking really not at all creepy, I don’t think. And they can give you a ballpark of what that will be as well. So let’s look at some more walk. I mean talk.

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