Media Cause

APRIL 16, 2021

Facebook recently announced that the Facebook community has now raised over $5 billion for nonprofits and personal causes through Facebook and Instagram fundraising tools. Here at Media Cause we recommend including Facebook Fundraisers in Giving Tuesday and Year-end efforts and other special appeals. Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C).

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2024

To make a solid first impression online, you need a captivating web design that draws supporters in and encourages them to take action, such as by registering for your upcoming event, applying to volunteer, or donating to your cause. For example, many breast cancer organizations use pink in their branding.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

During her tenure, she played a critical role charting NYPR’s path forward in the midst of an evolving media landscape, setting the course for the organization’s digital content and local news, talk, and cultural programming. For me, serving on the board of Classy is an opportunity to have impact at scale,” says McGruder.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

For those that prefer to donate money as gifts, consider purchasing a charity gift card from TisBest.org. The Field Museum Store offers gifts for those interested in science and cultural, natural, and human history. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue to treat and defeat childhood cancer and other deadly diseases.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Often the sales funnel is part of the visualization: Awareness Evaluation or Consideration Engagement or Decision Action or Donation Advocacy or Loyalty Michael Johnston, co-founder and president of HJC New Media , encourages nonprofit organizations to take a page from the mapping playbooks of for-profit enterprises.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

A lot of what we’ve inherited, it’s based on white dominant culture,” she said. “If Along with concise, engaging copy, incorporate: Images: If you haven’t already, invest in professional photography that brings your cause to life. If I am building a community, maybe my community needs/wants/desires something different.”

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

A lot of what we’ve inherited, it’s based on white dominant culture,” she said. “If Along with concise, engaging copy, incorporate: Images: If you haven’t already, invest in professional photography that brings your cause to life. If I am building a community, maybe my community needs/wants/desires something different.”

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2014

My favorite part of negative posts are the “save the ice for another day and next time just donate to the cause” ending statements. If you asked the same group if they’d heard of cancer, I’m willing to bet they’d all say yes. For many causes, starting a conversation is the first step towards making something happen.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 3, 2014

We have seen these done with great success and you can easily adapt them to fit into your nonprofit’s culture and mission. Challenge Causes. When is a donation not a donation? This trend started to help raise money for Landon, a child in northwest Missouri who suffers from cancer. Flock away!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Stephen’s Story was a campaign launched by Teenage cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton who passed away from cancer, but not before raising several million pounds for the charity as part of his bucket list. Top down control culture won’t be agile enough to nurture a potential a viral campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

One particular quote jumped out at me, "The Facebook generation wears their causes like the way they wear their favorite fashion." Last month, I turned my blog pink in support of Breast Cancer and in September, I put on a red t-shirt. I have a strong interest in the future of my work and participatory culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

I did a mini-workshop on networked leadership and culture change to support these transformations. She told the story of “ Poop_Strong ” who describes himself in his Twitter profile as “31 year-old sustainability PhD student fighting Stage IV colon cancer.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

” Nonprofits once limited to raising money through cookie sales, charity balls, and foundation grants now have access to almost limitless fundraising streams with new technology platforms, micro-funding models, and evolving culture of giving. Jen Burton, Community Director of Causes Fundraising Focus: Facebook.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. Previously served as CEO of The Seany Foundation, a pediatric cancer foundation. Helped co-found Oncology and Kids, Inc. Caryn York.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Not only did this demonstrate the value of the GE product, but it also created an emotionally and visually visceral image that transported attendees to a specific place and culture. If the goal of your campaign is to raise awareness for breast cancer, then what does that awareness look like? What is the event strategy for the goal?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Donations are essential to the health of your nonprofit organization. However, collecting donations is easier said than done, whether you’re a small nonprofit just starting out or a large, well-established organization. You just need some fresh strategies so you know how to get donations for your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Instead, Pepsi is using the money for lethal generosity through its Pepsi Refresh Project , a crowdsourced cause marketing effort to give away $20 million in grants to help revamp communities. . Arts & Culture. It's not spending money on Super Bowl ads for Pepsi beverages. The grant categories will be: Health. Food & Shelter.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Not only did this demonstrate the value of the GE product, but it also created an emotionally and visually visceral image that transported attendees to a specific place and culture. If the goal of your campaign is to raise awareness for breast cancer, then what does that awareness look like? What is the event strategy for the goal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. During the conference, there was a hashtag campaign – #beatcancer where PayPal and SWAGG will donated $0.05 for every hashtag mention to cancer charities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. What seem to work was: Some influential people responding publically that they had donated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Come hear how we’re changing the world.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Submitted by Ted Fickes. Submitted by Doug Ulman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Come hear how we’re changing the world.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 12, 2016

86% of respondents said they participated in a running event that supports a cause or charity in the past year, and 77% of respondents said that they plan to sign up for one in the next 1-2 years. American Cancer Society, etc). Those concerns quickly dissipated when I connected with my fellow runners and the cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Google announces " Broadcast Your Cause, " a nonprofit channel on YouTube. The Mashable write up has a freudian typo and describes the Cancer Society and March of Dimes as "high-profit" organizations. There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

I wanted to turn this experience into something positive…so, basically, we released BlameDrewsCancer.com which allows you with a twitter hashtag, #blamedrewscancer , to blame anything you want on my cancer.” How can we reach out in creative, compelling ways to bring a diverse group of people together around important causes and ideas?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

He talked about his first personal fundraising campaign - for cancer research in his mother's memory. CRAM = Connect, Reward, Action, Memorable - mentions Technorati as a tool to find your potential audience who have interest in your cause or programs. He got a donate now button and raised $10,000. Two basic skill sets: a.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

Charity Jacking is imitating a successful fundraising campaign theme or idea that has become popular and instead of encouraging donations to the original charity, redirecting donations to another cause. The meme was entertaining and challenged peers — and in the process learn about ALS and donate.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Specifically, for organizations using our Qgiv peer-to-peer platform, we saw the mean donation amount of $87.46 Donate and dare – This is a popular peer-to-peer fundraising strategy that involves participants enticing their friends and family to donate by promising to do a dare if a goal is met.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Millenials: It’s been said that they’re flaky, hard to find, and donate once (but rarely twice). Take a look for ideas on how your nonprofit could empower supporters and advocates to fuel creative buzz around your cause. It’s about reminding them why they care and giving them an opportunity to join your cause.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

In the edited transcript of my September 1st interview with co-author Lisa Witter for the Big Vision Podcast , she discusses how nonprofits can use four principles from the book, Care, Connect, Control, and Cultivate to get the word out about their cause. You can see your impact with your donation, and your engagement right away.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 19, 2019

With the rise of peer-to-peer fundraising and donation drives hosted on social networking apps, coupled with Instagram’s staggering 1 billion monthly active user base, there is no doubt that nonprofits need to sign-up for an account ASAP. . Fifty-five percent of people who engage with causes on social media are inspired to take action. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

I spoke about creating a culture of authentic generosity in your network, Stacey Monk talked about her organization, Epic Change, and Tweetsgiving Campaign, and David Armano talked about how social media is strengthening weak ties and how he leveraged his network to help a woman named Daniella. Twestival is the most famous example.

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