Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

What if our child had cancer? As Parr points out, empathy is powerful because our innate ability and need to understand and connect with others – even we don’t know them personally. Empathy creates a connection that makes us pay more attention to something. We can’t help but to feel for Miles Scott and his family.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Certainly, giving from individuals won't be enough to fix the economy and provide the resources that charities need to deliver important services in hard economic times. 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.

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MAY 20, 2016

The Boston Marathon — Supporters of an organization can pledge to raise a certain amount of money, in order to run the race in the name of a charity. Walk for Hunger. American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Some of the best examples include. The Pan-Mass Challenge. Incorporate Technology.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society. Winner: National Relief Charities. Honorable Mention: CauseForce and Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger. Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Created a wall of 5,000 signers' photos.

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JULY 13, 2021

Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up For Itself and Really Change the World. Dan Pallotta is a titan of the charity event industry, creating campaigns such as the AIDS Rides and 3 Day Walk for Breast Cancer. By Dan Pallotta. Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofit.

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APRIL 4, 2013

Dan Pallotta’s recent TED Talk, “The way we think about charity is dead wrong” , has garnered more than 1.2 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. But we don’t want people making money in charity.

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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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DECEMBER 22, 2013

Dolores McDonagh of Charity Dynamics write on npEngage about the Top 3 Roadblocks to Event Registration. If you’re a fan of the trilogy, you’ll understand: 5 Important Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn From The Hunger Games. Oftentimes, registration rates suffer because of the process itself.

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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. For each click, 10 grains of rice is donated.

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