Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. They not afraid to stand up for cause they are passionate about. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency. They are not content to just sit and click.

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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. How did you get first get interested/involved in using social media for social causes? Through Twitter, I became aware of your work with social causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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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. . It's not spending money on Super Bowl ads for Pepsi beverages. The top 100. Pepsi is taking a bold move.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. They are not afraid to stand up for cause they are passionate about. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency. They are not content to just sit and click.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. Ask people to donate to a cause instead of gifts. But it doesn' t always have to be you asking people to donate.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Be sure to include a link to your donation form at the end of your video. Make it personal – Include value propositions next to the giving levels on your donation form. They have a hunger to make a connection – they have a hunger to make a connection with you. They are waving to themselves.

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APRIL 7, 2021

A virtual event for fundraising is your opportunity to introduce your cause directly to a worldwide audience of donors, as long as you have a solid plan to attract them. We only expect that statistic to rise as organizations see their donation volume grow right alongside their geographic footprint.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2010

Here are some thoughts I took away, for anyone who wants to stack the deck against poverty & hunger, despair & disease. Got a good example of such forums serving as cause-related entertainment, though? There’s tremendous value in that companionship for sure. Bummer, as my checkbook is currently AWOL.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Constituent Empowerment Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society Winner: Children International Used TeamRaiser to recruit new sponsors and recuited 5,000 sponsors since 2005 and sponsored over 560 children. Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos. Komen for the Cure race.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

Back then, Dan was the chair of the Harvard Hunger Action Committee that led a 4,200 mile cross-country bike ride to fight hunger. Dan Pallotta would go on to invent the multi-day charitable event industry with the AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Days. But we don’t like to see charitable donations spent on advertising.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

2) Spreading Person to Person Asks : This approach uses twitter and encourages people to ask their friends through Twitter to donate to a charity and spread the ask to their friends. All you had to do was click and play a word game, and that leveraged a food donation to fight hunger.

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