Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook. The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Reality: I think your cause is awesome. In fact, I think your cause is fantastic. You want to help the homeless? Other reality: I don’t have the time or money for your cause. Microgiving is when a person donates small, seemingly insignificant amounts of money to a cause or a nonprofit. ASU Lodestar Center.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. billion to causes they care about, a 29% increase from 2019. Our clients benefited from this incredible jump in donations, too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

She was the recent winner of my son's Green Geek Charity Contest and we contributed a small amount to the charity of her choice, SOS Children's Villages. Reports suggest 15,000 are homeless because of the storm, and 22 dead. If you read Joan's blog or Foko, you will learn that Madagascar is a very poor country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. Instead, focus on the cause. Their fifth wedding anniversary would be a fun news story. .

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Want to know more about how one Philadelphia-based NGO was able to use their TechSoup donation to help homeless teens develop valuable life skills? The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Poke around the map and see for yourself. Click here to read the full story pictured above. Ready to enter?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Photo Contest. If Giving Tuesday gained momentum for your year-end fundraising strategies, caused you to acquire donors who were retained over the years, and yielded many more fundraising dollars than other campaigns, you may decide to maintain or increase your Giving Tuesday efforts. . Fundraising Letters. Text-to-Give. Virtual Tour.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Sometimes, unique or cause-specific holidays can be perfect for your social media. Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans. Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. What are they interested in?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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JUNE 9, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men recently did their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent , with some of their participants raising over $10,000 in their house party. Over the edge – This fundraiser is a challenge where participants rappel down the side of a building to raise money for a cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. The winners of the contest, and their entries, are: · Entoure , Sarah Allen. “My

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The realization that another organization was using a tool, seeing another group’s profile on any given platform, or hearing a colleague at another organization mention something we hadn’t heard before were all causes enough to compel us to register, download, or log in. Digital Tactics. Social Tactics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. It lets you tap into a stream of people who care and may be committed to your organization, cause, program, or subject area. Another example.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Nonprofits might also have access to data that others do not (such as numbers surrounding homelessness, food donations etc.). Provoking thought and invoking emotion contributes to link earning, but you can take it one step further and give people inclusion into an exciting event like fundraising, raising awareness, or a contest.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

In short, when you know the reasons people support your cause, you have an edge in asking for…and getting…donations. There’s always a driving emotion that causes people to give. Developing an understanding of why people give can help you figure out which psychological triggers will lead to donations for your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Also in 2008, Daily Bread Food Bank , a local organization, announced that contributions had been sparse and unless something changed, homeless people would go hungry. Several Twitter social change users started to urge others in the community to do something. A Hybrid of Cause Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility.

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