Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Eager to make my point, I polled my fellow Gen-Xers on which fundraising platforms have had the most disruptive impact on charitable giving since 2000. The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) is currently selling a t-shirt with the names of 3,400 children and teens who have fought or are still fighting childhood cancer.

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Platform Giving Fundraising Game 50

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

A one-time email from a celebrity endorser could also significantly impact the open rate. At our organization, we learned that 80 percent of our volunteers aren’t passionate about fighting cancer generally, they’re passionate about fighting the cancer that impacted them. Did I use the right sender? Was my spam score low?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2016

Recently, we polled some of our Blackbaud’s Champions and asked for them to share examples of ways they see good taking over. Millionth Milestones Achieved: We just celebrated getting access to clean water for the first million people. – Jeremiah Pierce, Project Accountant, Water.org. I see glimpses of good taking over.

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Rhode Island Nepal Houston Cancer 20

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

At the polling place it passed by 75%, that we're wanted to protect this watershed, which 75% in an issue-based election is a huge margin. So we went out and celebrated, and then in the subsequent weeks, it became very clear that the developer who wanted to build on the watershed had no intention of abiding by the citizens' rule.

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