Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2012

I got to hear Scott Dunlap who is VP, Emerging Opportunities/New Ventures at PayPal deliver a great talk that offers some persona for different actors in your nonprofits network and how they influence, activate, or raise awareness for your cause through social channels. He was asked to donate to cancer charity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned. I'm drawing from my experience using Twitter drawing and those of others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Komen Foundation , a leading breast cancer charity, pulled hundreds of thousands of dollars in breast cancer screening funds from Planned Parenthood. Each year millions of women are screened for breast cancer at Planned Parenthood, and Susan G. Source: causes.com via Beth on Pinterest. On Tuesday, the Susan G.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2014

If you asked the same group if they’d heard of cancer, I’m willing to bet they’d all say yes. I’m also willing to bet that those same people either know a cancer survivor or someone who lost the fight. My point here isn’t to devalue cancer awareness, but to show that more awareness is needed for diseases like ALS.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2014

Many thought the meme was connected to raising breast cancer awareness, but that was not the intention behind it. The point is to see how far we can spread breast cancer awareness … and make the men wonder what’s up :) ". Could they have leveraged this opportunity to build their email list, and raise money?

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Charity: Water. Charity: Water’s annual report is the perfect example of keeping it simple, but effective. million: we raised X which equaled Y and resulted in Z. Please share them with us on Twitter with the hashtag #WhaledIt! Annual report template. Save time on design and focus on showing your impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote a reflection on a CNET article called "Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0," musing about the solution. A number folks offers some insights in the comments or on Twitter, including Amanda. I think too many times people are raising money without a specific objective in mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by DaveFishernc Charity Balls, Dinner Dances, Black Tie Charity Events, and other parties where people donate money to a charity to have fun together are nothing new. From an article in the New York Times dated April, 1896 about the Hackensack Hospital's Charity Ball) . Charity Ball 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012. How are you managing your data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

What about making a donation to a charity in honor the special someone in your life. Give a Virtual Gift on Facebook and Support Breast Cancer (or another charity) : Thinking about sending a virtual gift, maybe a teddy bear, flowers, hearts, or whatever? Why not send some geek love from NTEN ? Join the Red Campaign.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Social network updates a friend to charities: "Got a tweet to spare? It could help the charity of your choice.A week ago, a record number of status updates on Twitter and Facebook using the phrase '#BeatCancer' helped raise $70,000 for four non-profit cancer organizations". NPtech NPTwitterFundraising.

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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. Look no further than the Ice Bucket Challenge , which raised over $200 million worldwide last summer.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

If the goal of your campaign is to raise awareness for breast cancer, then what does that awareness look like? Does it look like a dollar value donated to a charity? If the goal only makes sense to a small niche, how will this message advance your agenda and grow your brand? . What is the event strategy for the goal?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. Joining the Safer Internet Day Twitter party.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

He raised $28 million online, of which, “90% [of the contributions] were under $100, with over 250,000 contributors.” While there are many new and exciting organizations and platforms emerging we are speaking with three we know at the forefront - Causes.com, American Cancer Society, and StartSomeGood.com.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. Causes differs from Kickstarter in that even if fundraising goals are unmet, money that is raised is still donated.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Movember is a "moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men's health.” ” This all started back in 2003 where a couple of friends in Australia, where a Mo is slang for mustache, decided to grow a mustache and raise money for some good causes.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Walk into a coffee shop in any size town, and you will see a bulletin board chock-a-block with posters for charity walks, runs, and similar events. The charity 5K and walk is so common that municipalities struggle to schedule parks and roadways for these events every weekend. Create a “surround sound” effect with Facebook and Twitter.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” Send us a tweet if you’re a Twitter type person, I’ll be looking at those as well. And the better you get at the whole suite of donor engagement, the more money you’re going to raise.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

If the goal of your campaign is to raise awareness for breast cancer, then what does that awareness look like? Does it look like a dollar value donated to a charity? If the goal only makes sense to a small niche, how will this message advance your agenda and grow your brand? . What is the event strategy for the goal?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

He has helped raised over a billion dollars for his clients. But, can you really raise money through social networks? Twitter use increased by 20% from our 2010 study to 59%. Twitter use increased by 20% since 2010 to 47%. There are numerous of charities with examples in these types of networks.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2015

Latest research from the 2015 Millennial Impact Report shows that donating to charities and volunteering are important to the group that now represents the majority of the U.S. 55% of Generation Y members follow charities and other nonprofits on social media. The Statistics: Generation Y gives 62% through their mobile phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Submitted by Michael Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Submitted by Michael Smith.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

I realize that I may have just lost my credibility after that first bullet point, but trust me, after double-digit years in the nonprofit consulting business, the main reason our struggling clients are not raising the funds they want to raise is because they are simply not asking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

" Also quoted is Sean Stannard-Stockton, author of the Tactical Philanthropy blog was also quoted and he shares his expanded predictions here , including "Charities recognize the potential of social-media tools and finally get serious about integrated online strategies." Diego Fires using the Twitter network.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. (There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). Submitted by Michael Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Laura's Notebook has turned pink for the month of October to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month and so has Michelle Martin. Finding a cure for breast cancer takes more than virtual pink ribbons. Alexandra Samuel has a great idea for using twitter - provide updates on how you've changed the world! Early detection is important.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

But before we get to far here’s a simple way to think about task-based fundraising contest: Instead of asking participants to raise a [insert $ amount here] ask them to complete a series of tasks that will lead to them raising more money. Use social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Belong to a team.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

This blog post is for nonprofit organizations and charities that are looking to increase their online exposure (without spending loads of money) so they can receive more volunteers, donations, attention etc. Don’t forget to use a custom hashtag for twitter too. posted by Melanie Nathan SEO & Link Earning Strategist Top Draw.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

It's easy to see why Twitter wanted a foothold in the video messaging game — dynamic storytelling apps like Instagram and Cinemagram. It was only a matter of time then, that Twitter re-imagined its. It was only a matter of time then, that Twitter re-imagined its. So, how did Twitter respond to the marketplace demand?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Even though it says "businesses" in the title, there is an entire chapter devoted to nonprofits and fundraising on Twitter in the book. Like a sociologist digging up the remains of an ancient civilization or someone researching their family history, he went to great lengths to uncover the beginning of fundraising on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2009

The t-shirts were provided by Network Solutions and Shashi was creating customized versions by ironing our Twitter handles! Like a sociologist digging up the remains of an ancient civilization or someone researching their family history, he went to great lengths to uncover the beginning of fundraising on Twitter. So stay tuned.

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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. In 2008, we started to see click action philanthropy on Facebook with Lil Green Patch raising over $100,000 for the Nature Conservancy.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Twitter and Facebook serve different functions, but two things should always be consistent: your ask and your story. In Julia Campbell’s Top 10 Twitter To Do’s for Nonprofits , she provides some much needed direction for nonprofits surveying the field. Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

That year we had to raise a ridiculous amount of money and also we had to do a rebrand of the organization. So I might not know that grandma has colon cancer, but I know your primary care for grandma and something has gone left. Steven, you know what I’ll do, Juliana, and Charity, and Jessica came back with a thing.

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