Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Back in 2007, the Colorectal Cancer Coalition rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Essentially, aside from some short speeches, ringing the NASDAQ closing bell is one long string of photo opps. It starts with green screen photo of small groups. Very touristy.

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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. Whether you’re a seasoned nonprofit professional or you’re new to the sector, you’ve seen an effective holiday fundraiser.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In the past, World Press Photo has been largely relying on funds from their traveling exhibition until the pandemic forced them to largely reduce those exhibitions by 50%, of course leaving a considerable income gap. Perhaps an interview with a beneficiary or a fun competition that involves supporters?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2007

Judi Sohn, Director of Operations and Communications, for the Colorectal Cancer Coalition. s always fun when I???m Photo Credit Used with Permission from Flickr User c3colorectal. "We need to draw attention to colon cancer. I had the pleasure of interviewing Judi Sohn for Blogher and have finally published it.

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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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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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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! Say Thanks! Be sure to end your appeal with a thank you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

  I also found this photo from 1964.  s have fun, connect people and do good. And here's another social media halloween campaign to help kids with Cancer.   When I was kid, our folks let us collect candy, but I also remember those orange boxes and collecting money for Unicef.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2010

Some have even declared it to be the “ Twitter of 2010 “ I am not so sure about that, but it is fun. I could literally see the American Cancer Society just across the street, but because they have not been added to FourSquare, the ACS didn’t show up in the Check-in search results. It is Different.

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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. Over 1,300 #bigkidsgive photos were shared on social media, including celebrity posts from NBA star Blake Griffin and B.J. Prepare for #GivingTuesday Ahead of Time.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

It’s a fun idea that ties in the organization to the activity. Plus it’s super fun. That’s why cancer research fundraisers that ask participants to shave their head are so viral. It’s super fun and a great way to build community while bringing in donations. Need to sell tickets for your gala? The more dramatic the better.

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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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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. Invite your supporters to share their cutest feline photos.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Photo by Rob de la Cretaz "We're so busy. A big thanks to the Big Vision podcast listener/Have Fun, Do Good reader, Terez Williamson , who suggested that I interview Laura for this show. She said, "You know, Laura, I think that birthdays aren't any fun, and I don't like them. This is fun." This is so fun.

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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. He also founded the Positive Light project, a crowdsourced and crowdfunded photography project and coffee table photo book that is changing the way the world sees Bangladesh. We’ve been inspired and moved by your stories.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 13, 2008

Cupcakes + a good cause = Fun + yum. 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. Photo from my cupcake tasting party a few years ago.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

That’s what keeps things fun and engaging! But before, during, and after the fun, your message and the voice of your organization need to come through. Schedule those posts then wait for the fun. Photos and video will help your passion will come through. JUST for fun! LearnWorlds. Call to Action. Original Content.

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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. Photo by KK. During the conference, there was a hashtag campaign – #beatcancer where PayPal and SWAGG will donated $0.05 Insights From Vegas.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 18, 2007

The Keep A Breast Foundation is a nonprofit organization that creates plaster casts of women's breasts which are customized by fine artists and auctioned off to raise money for breast cancer. You can see photos of the casts here , and a couple more photos of casts in Jill Midthun's Gallery on Blog for a Cure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

After a year or so of building the brand recognition of your avatar, you can then switch and rotate square photos as avatars to spark curiosity and add variety, as long as they include a smaller version of your logo somewhere in the avatar. Learn Basic HTML. Enjoy yourself! Social media is not for every personality type. Learn from them.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

For example, an organization seeking to support those with cancer might see if local cancer care clinics are willing to post flyers advertising your program. You could also make it extra fun by giving away free branded swag to all who attend! Going outside of the box. Leave time for questions at the end of the session.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Use photos in your Tweets! Photo/Quote from a Survivor “Little Johnny wants to say thanks and wish everyone a safe ride! She’s proudly wearing her “kick cancer’s butt” shirt.” Tweet a photo of the crowd lined up at the starting line. Hashtag EVERYTHING with your org & event names.

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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 Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

And I think it’s good that we’re building such a fun, vibrant community…but not good enough. Photo by clyatt.jasper ( Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 On the power of individual storytelling & fun. There’s these kids sitting at the other lunch tables in our global cafeteria. Generic license ). And it helps.

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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

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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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

A fun way to give, and be part of a larger community, is to join the 29-Day Giving Challenge. 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. Keep a Gratitude Journal.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 11, 2006

Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. During September, October and November (October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month) you will be able to buy pink M&Ms and a percentage of your purchase will go to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation!),

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Their fifth wedding anniversary would be a fun news story. . Include 1 – 3 photos and a short video, if you have one. Provide cutlines with the first and last names of everyone in the photo as well as the photographer. Get release forms from everyone in the photos and videos, in accordance with your organization’s policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

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. The takeaway here is the retweet message shouldn't necessarily be the ask, but something fun or related to the theme of the campaign.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2010

They each “act” perhaps 10 different outgoing, flirty, and fun online personalities at a time. The most productive employees each week win bikinis, plus beach photo-shoots to properly prime their Facebook profile pics. Over 100 multi-lingual young women sit at desks, picking up lonely guys via social media.

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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. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Examples: Users' Earthday photos and the LGBT photo pool • YahooGroups , "Start a new group or join an existing group. Examples: For World AIDS Day, avatars wore shirts with red ribbons and for Breast Cancer Awareness month they wore shirts with pink ribbons. Discuss issues and events.

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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. 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. July: Ah, those summer months when we spend hours outside in the sun and fun. October is also breast cancer awareness month, so why not make a donation ? And, yes they did !

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