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. Build the Internal Partnership.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 12, 2022

Jude drive the survival rate of childhood cancer patients from 20% to 80% since the hospital was founded in 1962 — how’s that for impact? With such passionate constituents, Bodell and her team are taking time to uncover local grassroots innovation coming from their community. . — David Jacques, CIO, ALSAC. Connect with me on LinkedIn.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 3: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal16. 17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

An example of impact-driven fundraising gifts are hand-sewn scarves from a family who started a local business as a result of your donor’s micro-finance loan or a personal letter from a child who you sponsored for her education. Now, if you do decide to go the publicity route, here are the three steps to getting press.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. The key to getting your nonprofit’s story in the news is building relationships with local journalists.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

“We’re having a 5K/bike ride/walk this weekend … it’s for a good cause” is not as newsworthy as “couple to marry while running in a 5K for breast cancer research, this is why…”. The traditional press release has been eclipsed in the modern news cycle. Dozer’s fundraising page raised over $25,000 for cancer research that first year.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

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. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. The answer could be “both.”

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

However, while in Asia I got to watch CNN Asia and the BBC and read the local press. However, 2012 is a different story all together: TV: Stand Up To Cancer. By early December I was anxious, angry, and hopeless. Those are definitely not the qualities of a good social media manager. In fact, quite the opposite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

Last week, I had the honor of participating on a keynote panel at Celgene Corporation’s Patient Partners annual meeting ahead of the ASCO Conference (ASCO is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, prevention and delivery of high-quality patient care).

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Help pay for Sally’s cancer treatment. That’s challenging if you’re the American Cancer Society because you’ve got a big, broad anti-cancer mission and it’s hard to drill that back down to Sally’s cancer treatment. Tip: to reach local media, check out our post on how to Write a Press Release for Your Nonprofit.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

For example, one of our local clients, Volunteers in Service to the Elderly (VISTE), runs VISTEBall, a golf-themed event that combines the fun of a golf tournament with the convenience of an indoor event. All you have to do is send out sponsorship requests to local watering holes to get them to host a stop on your tour.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

He talked about his first personal fundraising campaign - for cancer research in his mother's memory. Every local news station showed up. We moderate comments because of spam and word press has a good tool for spam, but you need to moderate. He introduced Networked For Good and the features. Do you moderate comments or not?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2012

Before Zamzee, their game Remission, which was designed to help boost treatment adherence in pediatric cancer patients, was distributed for free to hospitals. Thanks to social sharing features and widespread press coverage, the game was played by over 2 million people in 190 countries.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 13, 2008

It's that feeling that compels me to do all the work that I do, whether it's taking young people into the mountains, or promoting organic food and supporting local farmers. More and more people know that in addition to making trash, they off-gas all sorts of chemicals, and they cause cancer, and all sorts of stuff.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Komen Foundation would not be renewing grants to support 19 local Planned Parenthood affiliates, which provided 170,000 clinical breast exams and 6,400 mammogram referrals to women in low-income communities through the Komen grant. And it won’t be pretty. They went dark for 24 hours.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

They were a rich collection museum with some local history—they had many dolls, a famous toy collection. There are press releases from their reopening last year here.] If you get diagnosed with cancer you’re going home to look it up. How can you change or adopt aspects of other types without losing your focus or mission?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

They might go from seeing a poster about your organization at their favorite local coffee shop to scrolling through your organization’s website. Here are a few other media opportunities you can pursue: Press releases: Press releases are official statements drafted by an organization to announce achievements or events to the news media.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

Colin served as Senior Email Campaigner for Advocacy and Elections at Organizing for America (OFA) during the health reform fight, writing for President Obama and helping to integrate online, field, press, and fundraising efforts into one national advocacy campaign. Before OFA, he served as Internet Director for Rep.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

M ore than $20,000 was raised by employees of a tech company, and over $24,000 raised by a local photographer. For some, it may be a giving week and for others (like Breast Cancer Awareness Month) extend to multiple weeks. . We also expect these 24-hour challenges to extend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

media: local and national. saw increased press for each disaster based on newsroom. Well, we got thousands of mentions by press. We continue to change and grow and press. set goals: decrease number of incoming media calls. increase transparency about disaster response. disclose “process” of responding to disasters.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It could be, you know, my mom had cancer that’s why I’m doing this volunteer work for the cancer organization. . Local university, my wife was working there as a major gift person. Maybe you have a very pressing need that you want to communicate to a donor. Harvey: Okay.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

And I know some of my clients are very local. They do very local work, and it’s only the small local foundations that are interested, at least initially, in funding them. Don’t hide any bad press or challenges that your organization is facing. You name it. That’s often helpful. Definitely be honest.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

And it doesn’t matter if your copywriter is local. They press X, and they close the box, or they click the donate button, and they’re taken to your donate page. Teresa said, “I’m raising money for lung cancer research. Those are two people that I know that are. as well as Sarah Masterson. Interesting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Follow and study Partners in Health , Feeding America , American Cancer Society , African Wildlife Foundation , and charity: water. Integrate mobile and social media into news articles and press releases. ? Claim your Google+ Local Page. ? Add your tribute giving and monthly giving campaigns to your “More Ways to Give” page. ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Follow and study Partners in Health , Feeding America , American Cancer Society , African Wildlife Foundation , and charity: water. Integrate mobile and social media into news articles and press releases. Claim your Google+ Local Page. Add your tribute giving and monthly giving campaigns to your “More Ways to Give” page.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

So I actually moved home to Texas and started to work on a local initiative to do some water resource protection and did everything right. Went through the democractic system, went door-to-door. Got the citizens of Austin to sign their names enough times to get it on the ballot.

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