Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

" Hunger is not only local issue, but also a global one. Then I remembered the invitation to participate in the Weight Watchers Lose for Good , a campaign created to empower people to get healthier while also giving back to others in need. obesity and chronic hunger and malnutrition. Set Up A Campaign at ThePoint.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

What would happen, instead, if organizations focused on eliminating hunger?) I’m incredibly inspired to participate in this year’s To Mama With Love campaign from Epic Change. To Mama With Love is an open, community campaign. Build your own heartspace, share the campaign, and share your love!

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Whether your priority is to host a year-round giving campaign or a yearly holiday event, you have plenty of options for your program. Employee Giving Program Ideas Engaging employees is easy with a few fundraising events or campaigns. To raise more money and entice your employees to attend, you have to offer them an experience.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If you can get yourself organized and get a plan in place, you can take advantage of the best time of year to make Asks and raise money. It takes time to plan a successful year end fundraising campaign, and the more you want to do, the earlier you should start. 10 Common Mistakes Made in Year End Fundraising 1. Waiting too late.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

Send A Postcard from the Hunger site As we approach the annual Thanksgiving feast , there are more than 850 million people in the world who go hungry. In developing countries, nearly 11 million children die every year from preventable and treatable, with 60% of these deaths from hunger and malnutrition. ll give you an easier one.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

This can be a great option for nonprofits looking to sell merchandise as a way to raise funds or promote their cause. Dropshipping can be a convenient and cost-effective way for nonprofits to sell merchandise and raise funds. Intrigued by the idea? Here are some steps to get started with dropshipping for your nonprofit 1.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

Virtual peer-to-peer fundraisers can increase the reach of your organization, are often more cost-effective to plan and host than on-the-ground campaigns, and provide an added level of flexibility and convenience for supporters who can’t attend an in-person event. million peer-to-peer volunteers raised over $1.3 Movie nights.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

Either way, you may find that the bylaws you created before you started raising money and running programs are probably outdated. For example: “The organization’s purpose is to fight hunger in our community.”. The post The Why and the How of Updating Your Nonprofit Bylaws appeared first on Get Fully Funded.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 13, 2017

Online fundraising is one of the most effective, low-cost ways to raise funds for your organization. Team fundraising is an effective way to boost your fundraising campaigns. On Razoo, teams raise 80% more than solo fundraisers. Online fundraising provides the environment needed to help grow peer-to-peer campaigns (P2P).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. ” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

While you can (and should) adjust your approach to each donor as much as possible, marketing campaigns and fundraising asks should also be adjusted depending on which entity you are requesting the donation from. The three main people or groups you’ll request funding from include: Individuals. Create a donor database.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Mani Children Heart Foundation : To raise money using social media as part of your strategy, you need a group of champions with tight connections to your mission and voluntary opt-in email works well for this. Jewish Federations : When developing a strategy for an engagement campaign, don’t be off the cuff. Partnerships.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2020

In conversations this week with several healthcare foundation CEOs, I heard vastly different stories: one is moving forward with a $1 billion campaign in which they have already raised $600M and they plan to keep going. You don’t need this story to run a campaign. Let’s not make giving decisions for the donor. Let them decide.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

This year, Blog Action Day’s focus is FOOD as it coincides with World Food Day that aims to increase awareness, understanding and fuel year-around action to alleviate hunger. The stats on world hunger are staggering: According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, close to one billion people are chronically hungry.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

When it’s time to plan your annual campaign, your annual appeal will be one of the most important parts of your fundraising strategy. Your annual appeal is just one (very important) part of your annual campaign plan , but it’s a critical element in helping you secure the funding you need to run operations throughout the year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

Malalla Yousafzai is the poster child for Generation Z, the young Pakastani education campaigner, who survived being shot by the Taliban, and who became the world’s youngest ever Nobel Prize recipient. She funded her first pilot with her allowance! And they are already blowing us away. And, they have generosity in their genes.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

How leading nonprofits use benchmarks to optimize their campaigns. Her team raises funds to help secure and distribute more than 200M meals annually for families struggling with hunger. Strategies for using benchmarks to reach your goals faster and more effectively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Their team also leads attention campaigns, informed by data and inspired by online conversations. Listening beyond a brand, a program or a campaign. Even better, we discovered that we can use this practice to both inform and measure campaigns. Upwell is a pilot project, testing the waters to transform the ocean conversation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 28, 2009

It never hurts to organize a fundraising campaign around an event, even the Super Bowl. I've compiled some Super Bowl fundraiser ideas, celebrity events, and corporate cause marketing campaigns below. Celebrities are using the Super Bowl to raise money too. Fans were asked to "click" their team to victory on the Campbell's site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Even if you have the most awesome web site, campaign, or cause out there, you need a thoughtful and dedicated community behind it in order for it to be successful. For example, through a Twitter campaign during the conference, Mark Horwath raised $50,000 for his organization InvisiblePeople.tv

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

2012 Stacey Edgar, Founder, Global Girlfriend listen 2011 Gabriela Masala, Founder, One Love Alliance listen Robert Wolfe, Co-Founder, Crowdrise listen Aneesha Raghunathan, Founder, Hope Line Fashions listen Rachel Cohen, Founder and Executive Director, Hand2Paw listen Kathy LeMay, Founder, Raising Change. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

But donating money to a charity, even a small amount (or in-kind items ) can certainly help with part of the need and raise awareness in others. Dr. Mani holds an annual Heart Kids Blogathon on Valentine's Day to raise money for heart surgeries for poor kids from rural India. April: We celebrate Earth Day this month.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

It's fun to play with, engaging for constituents and has helped us raise 28% more funds online since this time last year. We recently sent out a thank-you email to thank our community for successes during Hunger Action Month in September. However, when you are launching social media campaigns on Twitter, Facebook, etc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

For others, it is a day of political significance to raise awareness around women's rights. Numerous nonprofits and NGOs are organizing events and campaign to celebrate. The campaign is trying to raise awareness that, "Each year, around 1 in 10 women in Britain experience rape, or other violence." Host your own event.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Even if you have the most awesome web site, campaign, or cause out there, you need a thoughtful and dedicated community behind it in order for it to be successful. For example, through a Twitter campaign during the conference, Mark Horwath raised $50,000 for his organization InvisiblePeople.tv

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Malalla Yousafzai is the poster child for Generation Z, the young Pakastani education campaigner, who survived being shot by the Taliban, and who became the world’s youngest ever Nobel Prize recipient. She funded her first pilot with her allowance! And they are already blowing us away. And, they have generosity in their genes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. The wizard behind the Frozen Pea Fund (and many others since) is Connie Reece, who specializes in developing marketing and communications programs that use Web 2.0

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Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Each year, at the annual Convio Summit, Convio honors a few of their clients who have pushed the envelope with their online campaigns. Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program. Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign. integrated fundraising campaign or program.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Case in point: I shared some results from M+R Strategic Services' work with the Human Rights Campaign, where we've repeatedly tested online premiums as a way to get that all-important gift from first-time donors. But Sam Parry from Environmental Defense Fund had the opposite experience. They may not work for your organization.

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sgEngage

MAY 8, 2023

Of the many ways a nonprofit organization can get funding, grants often seem like the holy grail. There is a lot more to grant funding than “free money.” Before you start applying for grants, you need to understand where the funding is coming from and the expectations from that organization. If only it were that easy.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Komen for the Cure race.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2021

Unfortunately, COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the progress towards accomplishing the SDGs, reversing years of improvement for Goal 1–no poverty, Goal 2–zero hunger, and Goal 3–good health and well-being, in particular. Read more about Purpose at PIMCO and their mission to combat global hunger specifically aligned with SDG 2.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

The nature center may have introduced new programs, expanded its staff, and launched a multi-million-dollar capital campaign, but the essence of the organization remained beautifully simple. This ambiguity can limit your ability to raise money and attract supporters. We unite our community to nourish our neighbors in need.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Yep, there’s a marathon of opportunity coming up and you don’t want to miss the chance to raise big bucks for your nonprofit. For half of nonprofit organizations, the bulk of their annual operating funds come in during October, November, and December. So, what does an integrated year-end fundraising campaign look like?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Whatever you might think of Hitchens though, one of his main criticisms raises an interesting point. For example, Convio client Environmental Defense Fund ( [link] ) started out as an advocacy organization focused on preventing the use of DDT. Hitchens assumes that saints should always be presumed guilty until proven innocent.

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