Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Exactly two years ago , the idea of changing the visual of your Twitter avatar to support a cause spontaneously happened as part of the Pea Fund Fridays , a Twitter fundraising campaign created by Connie Reece to support breast cancer research to honor Susan Reynolds. See the range of creative expression in the flickr group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Flickr Photo from DenneyTerrio. Ed Schipul is a colleague from the NetSquared Community that I have had the pleasure of knowing for two years now. I have the honor of joining his SWSX Panel in March about nonprofits, social media, and social good.

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DECEMBER 21, 2007

See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. Watch and listen to Connie Reece explain what this campaign is all about and why it is important to her. Read Susan Reynold 's statement. View the list of people who contributed their smarts, hearts, and souls to this campaign.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. Here’s an example of a video See3 produced in partnership with Charity Dynamics for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. American Cancer Society saw a 10:1 return on investment from this effort.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Flickr: Scott Beale Biking to work last week was like riding through that town in the Andromeda Strain: t here were no other commuters, no car exhaust to cough on while waiting at lights. For better or worse, it was not a zombie apocolypse, but rather a quiet holiday week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Flickr Photo by Mangee. Some of you in the nonprofit technology field may remember this wonderful cartoon " Time Management for Techies " created by Miriam Engelberg who we lost breast cancer about two years ago.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Empower your staff and supporters to use social media - both David Barker of Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Bertie Bosredon of Breast Cancer Care talked about how their organisations use internal awards to encourage staff participation in spreading the word about their missions.

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APRIL 4, 2014

Flickr Photo by Lendingmemo. For example, a group of friends shared stories of their beard-growing journey to raise funds for breast cancer research. They raised $28,000. Tragedy - In Breaking Bad, Walter White dives into the world of making meth. He falls into something bad and gets more and more evil each day.

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JULY 12, 2009

Add applications to your Page and engage your users with videos ( YouTube Box ), photos ( Flickr Box ) reviews, flash content, and more. Stand up 2 Cancer. Prostate Cancer Foundation – Athletes for a Cure. Flickr photo credit: metaweb20 by CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Red Cross Fan Page. One Campaign.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Flickr: JenWaller If you think it's too hot outside to be crunching numbers or analyzing information, pour yourself a fresh glass of lemonade because this week's Member Round Up revolves around data – from a free tool for visualizing data to a hot-off-the press report about the state of hiring in the nonprofit sector. and James L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

I was taking a trip down memory lane through my flickr stream and a search on the word "Halloween" and realized that 30 years ago today I had my first date with my husband!  And here's another social media halloween campaign to help kids with Cancer.   I also found this photo from 1964. 

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg In this article about Twitter and story-telling, NTEN members Beth Kanter and Thomas Negron are mentioned. David Neff shares the social media guidelines he helped develop for the American Cancer Society. (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Thank you, David!

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JANUARY 3, 2012

However, 2012 is a different story all together: TV: Stand Up To Cancer. One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. Since then very few nonprofits have launched their own stations, so the post may have been a bit before its time.

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DECEMBER 22, 2007

Ed Schipu l, who grew a mustache for children with cancer last week, created a peavator. It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos.

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Check out Ace of Cupcakes' photos of dog-related cupcakes they made for a fundraiser, and these Flickr photos of 100+ cupcakes a woman baked to benefit the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society. cross posted on BlogHer ] cupcake nonprofit fundraiser cancer animal The event's website, www.rspcacupcakeday.com.au

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Flickr: forumone Amy Sample Ward wrote in the Stanford Social Innovation Review about community building and the gardening metaphor. Maybe you've heard the gardening metaphor before, but have you heard about landscaping? You should read her article to find out what NOT to do with your community.

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AUGUST 12, 2015

Image courtesy Tsahi Levent-Levi via Flickr. 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. Note from Beth: I hope you are enjoying summer break as much as I am!

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

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AUGUST 4, 2008

Flickr Photo by Beth. Five years ago today, I had to put down my black lab Sadie, at age 15, who was ailing due to cancer. We're in the middle of the dog days of summer when people go on vacations and it's hot outside. Life slows down. It is always a sad time of year for me. That's my favorite photo of her.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. The Mashable write up has a freudian typo and describes the Cancer Society and March of Dimes as "high-profit" organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Incurable Hippie I've been writing a lot about listening through social media channels in preparation for a live workshop for WeAreMedia next month in San Francisco. After trying broad terms and got nothing, they tried phrases like "My elderly mother died of cancer."

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MARCH 27, 2009

Make it interesting and it will just happen," said Dave Neff of American Cancer Society (Social Media ROI Poetry Slam). As Kathy Sierra (Change Your World in 50 Minutes) says, WOO is better than WOM, meaning word of obvious, or just being better, carries more weight than people talking about that you’re better.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

is a nonprofit organization that supports a number of charities including the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the National Wildlife Federation. Images: Image one courtesy of David Paul Ohmer on Fickr Creative Commons, image two courtesy of 911 Cell Phone Bank, image three courtesy of Mcdonaldjeffifer6 on Flickr Creative Commons.

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DECEMBER 29, 2006

Example: Al Gore asked, "What do you think it wil take to reverse the effects of climate change?" • Flickr , "Show how rewarding it is to volunteer, to highlight issues that need extra attention, or to show pride in your cause." Answers, "Raise awareness for your cause." Messenger Avatar has a huge wardrobe of clothes to choose from.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Flickr photo from: Just Me Robin Photos "Fried Green Tomatoes anyone?" " My first thought when I opened this email from Katya Andresen , VP Marketing, Network for Good , pointing me to some new research, " The Young and the Generous " (you have to register to download) was about fried green tomatoes. children,??? ???cancer,???

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

Today my husband and I learned that the wife of a friend, who was diagnosed with cancer not that long ago, has just a few days to live. Flickr photo credit: Happy uploaded by Bev Sykes. A fun way to give, and be part of a larger community, is to join the 29-Day Giving Challenge. Keep a Gratitude Journal. Life is short and surprising.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Have the highest increase in engagement through photo streaming sites: 41% on Instagram and 22% on Flickr. To view engaging sharable Pinterest boards, check out the Canadian Cancer Society and Plan Canada. Here are some highlights: Gen Y: Gen Y is the most active on social networks. Gen X: Second most active social network users.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

If you’re an organization that gets people to donate to support breast cancer research, you can imagine how tough it might be to filter in people talking about breast cancer research and filter out people looking for or discussing unsavory material. You can do this all over the place, like YouTube, Flickr, etc.

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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. Neff from the America Cancer Society quipped during our panel at SXSW, "Twitter meetups just to meet are so 2008. As my colleague David J.

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DECEMBER 28, 2008

For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. October is also breast cancer awareness month, so why not make a donation ? 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?

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JUNE 14, 2006

The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life has announced its" Second Life Relay for Life " event in July (its second time in Second Life). The office will offer an interactive cancer information resource, peer support groups, as well as a headquarters for in-world event planning.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Make it interesting and it will just happen," said Dave Neff of American Cancer Society (Social Media ROI Poetry Slam). As Kathy Sierra (Change Your World in 50 Minutes) says, WOO is better than WOM, meaning word of obvious, or just being better, carries more weight than people talking about that you’re better.

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JUNE 22, 2007

Linden gives the example of American Cancer Society. The flickr stream - photos tagged with macfoundsl and snapzilla stream. Linden: Second Life is building systems for reputation and trust and can go beyond what you can do in the Real World. Question: What charitable organizations have been successful in Second Life?

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MAY 18, 2008

Neff is the Director of Web, Film and Interactive Strategy for the American Cancer Society. He has been with the American Cancer Society for seven years since he graduated from college. is the place for people to share their stories around cancer. Tell me about the project - give me your elevator speech re: project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

More Flickr Photos here. He talked about his first personal fundraising campaign - for cancer research in his mother's memory. Conference Tag: CU08 ConnectingUp Conference Warning: I am live blogging these notes as the conference unfolds. welcomed everyone "The people on the end of your web site will be informed than the CEO.

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MAY 27, 2010

While I was with the American Cancer Society, we were inspired by an amazing monitoring system developed by the Humane Society. You can make one, too: type in Cancer (or your own keyword) at search.twitter.com and see what results are returned. In 2008, I helped start the Frozen Pea Fund against breast cancer.

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