Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

12) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop. The National Park Foundation offer their supporters a great way to show their love for the national parks – while supporting them at the same time. From books and DVDs to toys and party supplies, playtime has never been more educational and fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2020

Lots of fun to show off our neighborhoods or our dogs. Packard Foundation OE staff hosted a birthday party on Zoom. Here’s a fun process to establish meeting norms during a pandemic that can be done online. I’ve been using FaceTime or Zoom to go on virtual walks with people. What can I do for others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2008

But if you look at the Campaign for Breast Cancer Research cause on Facebook, the largest one - it has over 3 million members. If all of them installed the application once, that would earn $60,000 for Breast Cancer Research. The mini games are not specifically designed to educate about the cause or charity - but are pure Facebook fun.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Hello Have Fun Do Gooders! Most of the microvolunteering opportunities are for nonprofits, but the folks at The Extraordinaries recently added a Have Fun Do Good microvolunteer opportunity! My sorority contributes to the Robbie Page Memorial Fund every year and we also create a fun craft for children with terminal illnesses.

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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. Here’s the original meme: “Right girls let’s have some fun. “We are playing a game…… silly, but fun! Let’s have fun!! Can You Build a Base of Supporters with Memes?

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Now is the time to take a good look at your plans for the final months of the year and find a fun, unique fall fundraiser that will make you and your donors feel comfortable and supported. To make it even more fun, consider having a local celebrity (i.e. The purpose of no-shave November comes from cancer awareness.

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network) uses the Countdown sticker AND the Poll sticker in the above screenshot to get followers engaged in their upcoming event. . #4: Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation) uses the Questions sticker in the example above to get to know the patients who follow their account. 4: The Questions Sticker.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

When she’s not representing political prisoners, journalists, and victims of mass atrocities around the world, she co-teaches the Human Rights course at Columbia Law School, and serves as co-founder and President of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which aims to advance justice through accountability for human rights abuses around the world.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

org combines a lot of the elements we love from the reports above: Fun colors to keep the reader engaged, interactiveness, and a sticky table of contents that follows the reader as they scroll down the page. This is an easy to follow “formula” that your nonprofit could use as well. The annual report from 350.org Donate Life America.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

12) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop. The National Park Foundation offer their supporters a great way to show their love for the national parks – while supporting them at the same time. From books and DVDs to toys and party supplies, playtime has never been more educational and fun.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2022

But, the need for breast cancer research and support services didn’t stop just because there was a global crisis. These fundraisers brought together a group of like-minded individuals— Komen’s supporters— to complete a quick, fun task together while raising funds for a cause they care about.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2014

The LIVE STRONG Foundation has always been known for their forward thinking in the technology space. (In I think it will be fun and could really help our constituents. The Jelly platform would be a perfect complement to our new model of crowd-sourcing cancer support. In full disclosure- I worked there for years.)

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

And while there’s nothing wrong with your standard fundraiser, sometimes it’s fun to do something a bit different. Athens Rotary Club is holding a plunge event in February and encouraging costumes, teams, and all kinds of fun for their plunge. Golf tournaments are a great deal of fun for participants. Polar Plunge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

s have fun, connect people and do good. And, hope you'll consider mentioning my favorite charity in the comments - The Sharing Foundation - helps Cambodian children.  And here's another social media halloween campaign to help kids with Cancer. Have a happy and safe Halloween.   Go leave a comment now !

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. Your campaign message will serve as the foundation for all of your outreach efforts, marketing copy, and donation appeals.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Pablove Foundation, an organization focused on pediatric cancer research and treatment, shared a creative stop-motion video highlighting holiday gifts available in their online store for cyber Monday today. Stop-motion video is fun and people love to share it. Nonprofit Online Stores. Good Spotting.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The nonprofit privacy rights community was fully mobilized including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fight for the Future, ACLU, Free Press Access, Demand Progress, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Mozilla Foundation, and many commercial web companies. The New Cancer Research UK Smartphone Game. Here’s the fun part.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Pablove Foundation, an organization focused on pediatric cancer research and treatment, shared a creative stop-motion video highlighting holiday gifts available in their online store for cyber Monday today. Stop-motion video is fun and people love to share it. Nonprofit Online Stores. Good Spotting.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2023

Using CauseVox’s platform, Endure To Cure exemplifies the power of peer-to-peer fundraising by mobilizing almost 1000 individuals to donate to the Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Finally, there is plenty of opportunity for fun when fundraising together!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2020

The community we reinvigorate today will be the foundation of our events tomorrow. Their videos are fun and informative, and the social media materials they’ve put together will inspire many to get their networks involved. It also calls for socially distanced activities the community can participate in on their own terms.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2021

University Health Care Foundation – Miracle Mile Walk. They made it fun by challenging participants to a car decorating contest! Pan-Mass Challenge and Winter Cycle, benefiting the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The Miracle Mile Walk supports University Hospital’s Randy W. Cooper, M.D.,

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Susan is a grandmother, a cancer survivor and the major ingredient that differentiates organizations that truly make change from those that just make a lot of digital noise. Earlier this year, ACS CAN launched a major campaign around increasing federal funding for cancer research. But, you’d be wrong. Enter Susan.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

We’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. Charge an entry fee to cover both a fun low-key activity (pub crawl, wine tasting, bowling league) and babysitting services and bring your community together. Parents’ Day (July 28). Cats with Purrr-pose. World Cat Day (August 8).

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2020

British Heart Foundation is a great example of implementing this approach successfully with the MyMarathon concept (now in it’s 4 th year). Coming up with a fun, engaging, and accessible challenge is unfortunately only half the battle in a virtual world where people come and go as they please. Connect the challenge to YOUR Cause.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

We wanted to create a fun and collaborative environment to pitch an idea, help them think strategically, and find like-minded individuals to work through their ideas together.”. “We wanted to give nonprofits a chance to propel their world changing ideas, especially as they are often overlooked in the tech community,” said Emily. “We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

I had a lot of fun playing with the app over the holidays and generation donations to a handful of charities. A couple of examples: California HealthCare Foundation. American Cancer Society More Birthdays App. Meanwhile, FourSquare, a location-based app, is experimenting with leveraging donations with its leaderboard.

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2022

“I love to spin, and the cycling event is so much fun!” . My family and I are riding to celebrate my niece, who is now cancer free.” . The doctor who helped save my life works at the medical system whose foundation hosts this cycling event.” . The group . “My The tribe . “My The cause . “My The organization . Survivor .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

I shared some of stories of how I got started and my experience in social fundraising to help raise money for the Sharing Foundation. I also spoke about content curation and some best practices for social media measurement. It is also fun to re-mix presentations for an audience outside of the US.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2011

All proceeds raised during Movember go to the causes it supports, specifically the Prostate Cancer Foundation and LIVESTRONG (read this article if you’d like to learn more about where the money goes ).

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Camp Kesem empowers college students across the United States to create a free, life-changing one-week summer camp experience for children affected by a parent’s cancer. Using the hashtag #bigkidsgive, they built social buzz around the fun camp experience given to children affected by a parent’s cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Breast Cancer awareness month (October) is just around the corner! And here's another clever online fundraising strategy for breast cancer. If you go to Purina Cat Chow's web site & take a test on your knowledge of breast cancer they will donate $1. Komen Foundation to support breast cancer research.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2015

Joe Prosperi, Lead, Relay For Life Product Management, American Cancer Society Sue Anne Reed, Project/Production Manager, The Engage Group Julia Reich, Chief Soup-Stirrer, Stone Soup Creative Dar Veverka, Vice President of Technology, LIFT.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Now, the fun and challenging part begins, as our judges for Storymakers 2014 get to choose the finalists. Storymakers 2014 surpassed our expectations in terms of the quality and number of submissions. We’ve been inspired and moved by your stories. Her work reaches a community of more than 5,000 nonprofit professionals each month.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment). If you are not having fun engaging in online communities on behalf of the organization, then don’t do it. Enjoy yourself!

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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. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Submitted by Michael Silberman.

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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. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Tweet-vivors: Social Media Conquers Cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

for every hashtag mention to cancer charities. We did a fun icebreaker having folks take a photo of each other with their smart phones and post on 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.

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