Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and projects to help kids learn better,” said Best in a 2014 interview in Fast Company. Co-Disruptor: Ink to the People. “I’d listened to my colleagues in the teachers’ lunchroom. They just didn’t have the resources. Co-Disruptor: YouCaring.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children, so that we can grow up to blow you away.”. 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. And they are already blowing us away.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Ask people to donate to a cause instead of gifts. Last year, when I turned 51, I posted a challenge on my blog - could I get 51 people to donate $10 to the Sharing Foundation? But it doesn' t always have to be you asking people to donate. October is also breast cancer awareness month, so why not make a donation ?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

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. 58,000 people voted (12% of total file) and acquired 9000 new donors, waising $50k usinge "soft" asks within two emails.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

We're not actually acknowledging the people around us. I think that people really, actually want that. People started emailing me and saying, "Oh my gosh! I started emailing people a PDF of this business card that I was attaching to my little acts of kindness, my little missions. We're plugged into our phones.

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Care2

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. This year they did something a little different.

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Classy

APRIL 7, 2021

To Write Love On Her Arms took their dedication to present hope and find help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide and shared it with supporters everywhere. Build passion around a focus word like “resilient” that brings people together. Use Movement to Mobilize Donors Around the World.

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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 want people making money in charity.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

You don’t have to be a people person, but you do have to be prepared. People give to people. It’s preached that in order to successfully raise funds you must truly know your supporters- your people. But how much attention is being paid to ensure that your people know you? Connections.

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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. The game was very engaging for adults and children alike. . For each click, 10 grains of rice is donated.

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