Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Zoe Amar and Matt Collins of Platypus Digital created the #SocialCEO Awards in 2013 with the goal to celebrate charity leaders who are using social media in support of their organization’s missions. The guide includes some case studies and practical tips for CEOs. CEO Case Study: Bowl Cancer UK.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The Skills Platform and Zoe Amar have created the Social Media Toolkit to aid professionals within the charity and third sectors. The aim of the toolkit is to equip the charity sector’s already brilliant professionals with the right foundations, tactics and inspirational case studies to use social media effectively.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

The pandemic has impacted unemployment rates, thereby limiting household income available for donations to charity. One research study found that, given similar price and quality, 90% of shoppers worldwide are likely to switch to brands that support a good cause. How to start a social enterprise. foreign policy.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 12, 2016

Last month, a fascinating study was released called the Millennial Running Study. From decades of self-experimentation and study, I can say that these two actions are a winning combination for hacking happiness. American Cancer Society, etc). Something powerful happens when you connect fitness and fundraising.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Donating products to charities helps corporate bottom lines, reduces waste in landfills, and provides relief for people in need. craigconnects – "I took a look at a few articles and studies, and according to ComScore's 2010 Digital Year in Review, email use dropped 59% among Internet users ages 12 to 17 in 2010.

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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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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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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 27, 2013

million charities and religious groups, according to Giving USA. The first step in choosing a charity is thinking about what you would like to accomplish. If the scope of your aspiration is local, find charities that are based in your neighborhood or city. Mandy Fricke. Community Manager. Nursing@Georgetown. Do your research.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Every time you’re in a grocery store and asked if you’d like to donate an extra dollar to breast cancer research, you’re experiencing cause marketing firsthand. Or, if you’ve been to a restaurant where a percentage of the proceeds go to a certain charity, that’s cause marketing, too.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The purpose of no-shave November comes from cancer awareness. More specifically, it’s a fundraising concept that began in the 2000s to raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer. The Testicular Cancer Foundation’s Beard Patrol campaign has got No-Shave November down. Today, it’s a household name. Haunted House.

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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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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

You can see how this works at the case study: How the ACCO Used Crowdfunding to Help Kids with Cancer. CauseVox is also a crowdfunding platform tailored for charities and faith-based organizations including churches, synagogues, and mosques. Find a case study here on how Kilbride Hospice is using it. Bloomerang.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 27, 2018

Lucille was vibrant and kind and generous until, one day, lung cancer struck. She doesn’t know much about lung cancer charities. But when she eventually finds her way to a relevant charity’s website—e.g., But when she eventually finds her way to a relevant charity’s website—e.g., That was three years ago.

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MAY 26, 2011

The discussion featured guest speakers Jen Burton , community director at Causes ; Tom Dawkins , co-founder of StartSomeGood ; and Miles Orkin , national director for mobile and web at the American Cancer Society. Causes allows donors to take control of their donated dollars and choose exactly how their money will make an impact.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Dozens of crowdfunding platforms make it increasingly easier for people to raise money for any cause, from cancer research to disaster relief, often quite independent of direction from any charity. This was a socially influential individual acting independent of a charity to fundraise for a cause meaningful to him.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

hjc, Blackbaud, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies recently studied the giving habits and communication preferences of four generations of Canadian donors and published findings in a report called The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. Highly Active on YouTube (95%).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Let's hope they learn from the recent Chase Bank's Online Contest Fail , other studies on these crowdsourcing contests, and countless examples of crowding sourcing for social change. contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests before Pespi announced their contest, open to more than 500,000 charities.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Quite frankly, ALS is not a very wide spread disease like cancer or heart disease. Fundraising by definition is “an activity done to collect money by a charity, political party or school,” i.e. the Ice Bucket Challenge. There is growing evidence that social media plays an important stewardship role,” the study noted.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Here is an example of a fundraising campaign with a “micro-goal” by Stupid Cancer – a campaign such as this can have its own target that will help you to achieve your organizational goal. Study Past Fundraising Trends. If you don’t know where you have been, how will you know where you need to go?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Further, a Concord Group Study found that 49% of nonprofits don’t have a strategic plan. For example, perhaps your idea for creating a nonprofit focused on raising funds for children fighting cancer started with one family’s need for support in a challenging time. There are over 1.8 The answer could be “both.”

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

In a study released earlier this year, Target Analytics found they have lower retention rates than offline donors. And when they do give again -- which roughly a quarter do, according to the study -- it may not be online but often offline. The trick is getting them to stay once they give.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

million charities in the United States alone and around 10 million worldwide. The American Cancer Society: When prospects explore ways to give on the ACS website, they see a clear statement about what they can expect for their donation. Your gift means we can continue to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Some highlights of the study, ???The Virtually all of online givers (96%) have given to charity before, but a sizable proportion (38%) is new to online philanthropy. Small organizations benefit from listings on aggregation sites; at network for good, half of dollars go to small-medium sized charities. children,??? ???cancer,???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

for every hashtag mention to cancer charities. Next, Danielle Brigida gave a case study about how NWF uses Twitter. 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. Cartoon by Rob Cottingham of Social Signal.

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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. you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Carie Lewis.

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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. you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Carie Lewis.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

To stay current on modern design trends for email, a good first step is to sign up for the email campaigns of large nonprofits similar to yours in mission and programs, and then study their design and implement the design elements you like. According to 14 different studies, the best time to send email campaigns is on Tuesdays at 10 am.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2009

Because I lacked the will-power to get my butt out of bed and run, jump rope, hop on the bike or swim, I signed up for numerous charity runs or rides to incent the behavior. I often donated more to the charity after meeting someone at the event who told the mission-story in a way the moved me to do more.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Brooks, "people who give money to charity are 43 percent more likely than nongivers to say they are very happy. by John Tierney, a recent study published in Science magazine found that, "spending money on others promotes happiness more than spending money on oneself.” Keep a Gratitude Journal. Life is short and surprising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

It raised $3,500 in 15 hours. This campaign was a community-generated effort - spearheaded by Connie Reece and came from people who knew of Susan Reynolds fight with breast cancer and rallied behind her. Connie Reece shared some insights in this interview and you find more links to case studies and post campaign reflections here.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

They have just announced this year’s winners and prepared an excellent briefing for Charity CEOs with articles, case studies, and examples of how to use social in every aspect of the organization from recruiting employees to governance to communications strategy. Mark Flannagan is the CEO of Beating Bowel Cancer.

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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. you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Carie Lewis.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Tell me about your project, The Generation Project The Generation Project is a new charity that seeks to revolutionize educational philanthropy by giving donors creative control over their gifts to kids in low-income communities. Eli Savit, the other co-founder, recognized the same thing during his time teaching eighth-grade social studies.

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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 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 want people making money in charity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2012

Today, nearly 25% of all charity donations on JustGiving’s website come through individuals that discover JustGiving charity projects on Facebook. In 2011, friends posting and sharing different projects on Facebook resulted in £22,000,000 in donations to worthwhile charities through JustGiving.

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