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Social Media and Cute Dogs Go Mobile And Other Cute Animal and Nonprofit Tales

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They came up with “Perky the Turkey,” who was the mascot for their Thanksgiving Turkey Donation Drive. They used Perky across channels to invite people to donate a Turkey for a Thanksgiving meal for Second Harvest to distribute. Perky the Turkey’s popularity continued into December.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Serving The LGBTQ+ Community

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One way to track those is by setting up a grant calendar. Areas served: Canada, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Russia, The South Caucasus, Turkey, United States, and Western Europe. With that in mind, I wanted to share a list of funding and grant resources available for nonprofits serving that community.

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Getting Insight from Facebook Insight Requires Sense Making Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I check my insights monthly against my editorial calendar. In the example above, I discovered a turkey in the canyon. That’s all well and good, but the data – in and of itself – is pretty useless unless I use my sense-making skills. Here’s how I do it: 1. Look for the Patterns.

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15+ Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas (and Expert Tips) for 2021

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You might even offer a small branded item, like a t-shirt or calendar for the coming year, to motivate your supporters to give. As we mentioned before, it can be difficult for your supporters to find time for a big Giving Tuesday event if it isn’t on their holiday season calendar. Book a venue, entertainment, and catering.

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How your organization's IT department can help support your social media strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She offered me a helpful list of tips and Outlook 2007 cheat sheets, the Foundation's email/calendar or productivity system. Almost two years ago, I gave up Outlook cold turkey, went into rehab, and switched to gmail , so now I will be using both systems to manage different portions of my work.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Media Roundup There are places in the world where YouTube has been banned, including Turkey and Thailand. I love the excel spreadsheet topic calendar, although personally, as an individual I would probably not be that disciplined. Another option might be to use a shared google calendar. What do you think?

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

This isn’t to underplay Christmas’s role but to include the other moments of the fall and winter calendar which are culturally significant to minorities within our potential donor pool. For example, there is no Christmas cake but instead a Christmas chocolate log, and no roast turkey but instead a Christmas fish dish.

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