Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

MacLaughlin serves on the board of the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) and is a frequent speaker at conferences and events. Culture of Data: There is a high value placed on data and it is a fundamental driving force to support and validate decisions at the nonprofit.

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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 ). I literally saw the average donations jump from around $25 to $50 almost immediately after the challenge was issued.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

But they aren’t going to cure cancer, reduce hunger, or improve pre-K education. Day 3 Plenary: Ignite with Ideas, Part 2 : You Can Change Your Story Speaker: Debra Askanase, Digital Engagement Strategist, National Brain Tumor Society. They are created from stories we tell about ourselves, and stories affixed to us by others.

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JUNE 18, 2009

One of our favorite stories came about because Michelle Miles didn't have time to volunteer at her local hospital, the Arkansas Children's Hospital, due to her busy school and work schedule. Then, she grew her cause, The Race to End Cancer, to 5.4 Tags: facebook facebook causes Fundraising Newsletter NPTech NTEN susan gordon.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Removing barriers to nonprofits telling their stories, making it possible to engage new and different stakeholders who may not have traditionally been engaged without a PC. We are connecting otherwise isolated groups to share information about parenting, cancer recovery, etc.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Removing barriers to nonprofits telling their stories, making it possible to engage new and different stakeholders who may not have traditionally been engaged without a PC. We are connecting otherwise isolated groups to share information about parenting, cancer recovery, etc.

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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. This panel will go over success stories from nonprofit organizations and professionals. Tweet-vivors: Social Media Conquers Cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Stand up 2 Cancer. Prostate Cancer Foundation – Athletes for a Cure. Share news, video, photos, stories and what ever else makes sense for your organization. According to the “ eNonprofit Benchmarks Study ” done by NTEN (shout out to Holly Ross ) email is still the “killer app” that reaches the most people. One Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

.&# According to this recent nonprofits and mobile survey summarized on the NTEN Blog , only 16% of the surveyed nonprofits plan on having mobile websites in 2011 compared to 90% of surveyed nonprofits use email marketing and social media in their engagement strategies.

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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. This panel will go over success stories from nonprofit organizations and professionals. Come hear how we’re changing the world. Submitted by Doug Ulman.

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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. This panel will go over success stories from nonprofit organizations and professionals. Come hear how we’re changing the world. Submitted by Doug Ulman.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Feature one to four news stories in your e-newsletter and focus on one story in your fundraising appeals. Through links (underlined text or buttons), e-newsletters send subscribers to your website where they can read the full story and become inspired to take action (donate, sign an online petition, follow on social media, etc.).

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MAY 3, 2011

By Colin Holtz and Steve Daigneault, M+R Strategic Services Everyone is talking about "the power of stories" — social scientists, nonprofit directors, your mother, you name it. Nonprofits are adding stories to their fundraising messages. Their four central points may sound familiar: Stories are universal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Doug mentioned attending the NTC/NTEN conference in New Orleans and had RSS and Tagging ringing in his ears. Bill Strathmann Opened with his personal story about he got started with Networked For Good. He talked about his first personal fundraising campaign - for cancer research in his mother's memory.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Social Media Nonprofit Poetry Slam When: Saturday, March 14th from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Room 18BCD Description: Using a poetry slam format, each panelist will present a five-minute poem or story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy experiment and how they considered the ROI.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

On the NTEN blog, Lauren Giardin says it’s time to Take Charge of Your Editorial Process as Air Traffic Control. Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. Creating share-worthy content means understanding your audience and the story they want to tell. bonus: she includes video and slides}.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

It’s clearly self promotional but may be popular because the photographs they tell a story and since they already have this content on their web site, it is smart to leverage it by creating a pin board with inks back to the site. View more presentations from NTEN. Universal human themes appear to spark engagement.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

million views online and he is the keynote speaker at NTEN’s upcoming 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Dan Pallotta would go on to invent the multi-day charitable event industry with the AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Days. Since then he has authored several books and has become a voice for change in the nonprofit sector.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Your year-end gift helps others find life after cancer. Stories that haunt me. A Community That Gives: NTEN Member News. Hurry – just 2 days left. This can’t keep happening to dogs! There’s still time to reduce your taxes & double your impact! Double Your Impact Today! One day left, three more reasons.

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JUNE 11, 2014

This September 3-6, NTEN will debut the Leading Change Summit. Alexandra will address how we tell stories with data, sharing a roadmap for your organization to create a data plan, understanding staff support, and share stories of your work. Do you have a data plan?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Over the past six months, I've been collaborating on a book with Allison Fine , titled " The Networked Nonprofit " and we've been sifting through stories, research, and seeing many patterns. And finally, fun and public humiliation - as NTEN's executive director Holly Ross discovered, can be good levers for donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

The "Social Media for Social Good" panel, in particular, led off with stories of fundraising and good deeds on behalf of individuals, as opposed to scalable social change. His Daniella story is an example as is the story of Hollis Hawthrone and probably countless others. Random acts of kindness are not unique to social media.

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