NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ted Fickes, Electronic Communications Manager, The Wilderness Society (Central Rockies Regional Office) In September, 2008, Green for All , 1Sky and the We Campaign organized a national day of action -- Green Jobs Now -- to demand progress on green jobs and a green economy. Larger numbers of friends/fans/followers indicate strength.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

While beautiful charity galas and creative offline campaigns still gather support for nonprofits’ causes, they slowly slip away from donors’ focus. Online fundraising platforms – an easy way to get help for both monetary support and for spreading your cause on a network to gain supporters.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace.

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Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Posted on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Opinion blog. It’s back-to-school time for many countries and that means a switch from summer programs, outdoor community events, and many youth campaigns. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) Visit the original post here.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

What’s most interesting to me within the nonprofits-in-social-space is the difference between organization-driven and individual-driven fundraising (and other promotion) campaigns. Social media is a space where the individual reigns, relationships are required, and conversations are public. So, how do you respond?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

But collective action isn’t enough unless there is collective impact. The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline. Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

" This analysis caught my eye because helped crystalize some thinking about Facebook causes based on an experiment I did as part my fundraising for the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge (please consider donating $10). According to this analysis, Causes probably falls in the Adapted Patterns/Competition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

I'm An Embedded Free Agent Fundraiser My most recent social media fundraising experiment was a birthday campaign that raised $6225 from 161 donors using Facebook Causes Birthday application to benefit the non profit organization, The Sharing Foundation. Make It Personal : I've said this before and so has Katya Andresen. "The

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

But simply put, cross-platform campaigns are the future of documentary film, and issue advocacy. Right now, we are running a crowdfunding campaign to finish the documentary at the project’s core and develop the @home game. His films have explored causes from human rights and curing cancer to animal welfare and religious coexistence.

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Care2

OCTOBER 28, 2010

16 “Mobilizing your social network&# panel with this all-star lineup: Andres Glusman of Meetup.com , Justin Perkins of Care2 , George Weiner of DoSomething and Giselle Diaz Campagna of Free Speech TV. Also, download this free flyer on 12 steps to mobilize your cause. Such is the case with the Oct.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

She is passionate about crowdfunding and coaching customers to help their fundraising campaigns succeed. Let’s be honest, nonprofits face many struggles in getting additional financing, attracting new donors and bringing attention to their causes. They need to make sure that their hard-earned money supports the right cause.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

The episode examined some of the ways technology and social media can be harnessed to support causes. Social media adoption continues to grow and technology becomes more accessible. The Growth in Smartphones and Social Media. A recent study finds that 73 percent of Internet users in Europe use social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

How do we activate the online activists to take action offline?" I was not presenting, but decided to use Twitter crowd source some suggestions, screencapture them, and put those into my presentation later in the day. Just as Catrina has done with their new campaign! Here's the round up of suggestions: Via Commonknow.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

In a study released earlier this year, Target Analytics found they have lower retention rates than offline donors. And when they do give again -- which roughly a quarter do, according to the study -- it may not be online but often offline. Imagine a scenario when a check arrives in the mail as a result of a direct mail campaign.

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Donor Online Mail Social Network 84

Everyaction

APRIL 23, 2018

Leverage the power of social networks with peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. This type of social fundraising campaign harnesses the power of that personal network-based trust to help you promote your organization through your existing members. Activate & organize supporters on and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. . It doesn't work that way."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Here’s the article from today’s New York Times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. But consider the following: Networking. But don’t let this geographic boundary limit your campaign. This was also about the same time as the flood in Nashville.

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Nashville Twitter Blogger Contest 97

Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. Causes' fundraising platform allows nonprofits to tell their story and engage donors. based 501(c)(3) nonprofits.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The most well-known among them is Facebook Causes , with over 30 million active monthly users. According to the Facebook Causes blog , the application has helped raise more than $12 million for nonprofits based in the U.S. Instead, it embeds messages about the nonprofit and cause in these exchanges. and Canada.

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Facebook Money Raise Strategy 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Kanter will bring together a group of highly visible free agents working on important social change causes and representatives from different nonprofits for a lively discussion with the audience. What are the change issues for traditional nonprofits that want to become “networked nonprofits? They want to connect.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

They created a campaign video spoofing the new film “ Moneyball ,” which the Huffington Post San Francisco called “the most entertaining campaign commercial yet. The campaign is also on Google+ and uses SoundCloud , a social media company that allows one to record audio messages and share them online.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Can you give an example of how a voluntary organization has used Social media effectively to engage with their supporters to generate income for their campaign/cause?&# -Claire. The difference with using social media for fundraising is that your organization may not even be involved anymore, the way it was offline.

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Care2

MARCH 18, 2010

SXSW was a total whirlwind filled with some of the biggest thought leaders discussing social media (of course) but also about the power of online fundraising and crowdsourcing. While many nonprofit campaigners didn't make SXSW this year, we at Care2's Frogloop and some of our guest writers attended several sessions.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Instead of focusing on your fundraising event as a time-bound, one-off moneymaker, make sure it connects to your other fundraising and advocacy campaigns. Don’t abandon all your offline communication—just be sure to support it with online efforts; you’ll get more bang for your buck. Make Your Event Relevant for Your Donor.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Maximize email signup opportunities across your websites and social media channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Nancy Hendrie, a retired pediatrician in her seventies to work on a couple of projects and get ready for the final phase of the our America's GIving Challenge campaign. Dr. Hendrie has been working tirelessly on this campaign using her social networks. She made the above video with my son, Harry.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Best Practices to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan From your website to social media, email to mobile messages, online to offline, multichannel strategies require coordination and creative thinking across teams and departments, and a focus on the core of your work beyond any one specific call to action.

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NTC Minneapolis Facebook Audience 51

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ” Think about it. Word of mouth, etc.

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Track Social Media Media Advocacy 41

Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2009

He asked the question – is organizing the same whether it is done online or offline? Community Organizers work with and develop new local leaders, facilitating coalitions and assisting in the development of campaigns. Campaign: win on specific interests. In many cases, yes, but the process is very different. Start small.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

One participant said, "A good tweet is something that elicits action offline, for example, a laugh or a conversation. The first, and often easiest, step is identifying who are the influencers on the subject of your cause and/or in the nonprofit field, in your local community and beyond. Granted, that's hard to measure."

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Social Media Twitter Media Social 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The Real House Wives of Social Media You've heard the buzz around how nonprofit organizations and corporations are using social media for social good. Now hear from the "real housewives of social media" who are driving successful online campaigns, as well as others who are helping lead the social media revolution.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!"

Advocacy 28

Advocacy Social Media email Online 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Social Fundraising: Leveraging On and Offline Connections. Social Networking: Part of Your Job or Just for Fun?

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Care2

MAY 9, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!"

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