Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. You have to try and attract new people to Facebook and your Cause. How did they do it?

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

" GlobalGiving recently ran a contest to encourage nonprofits to use social media tools to engage and raise donations for their causes. Thanks to GlobalGiving for giving nonprofits the tools and an extra push to use them for their causes! . You can start here and read their " 5 DIY Video Tips."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

not that this necessarily applies to Oxfam) but its super low budget by using existing infrastructure and orgs of any size could really raise their profile and provide an intense interactive opportunity for supporters this way. What creative twist could your organization do with this technique and support your cause/work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

That's because when I started at the HSUS, I was obsessed with MySpace on a personal level, and I was challenge with the task of figuring out how the org could use it for their benefit of advocacy and fundraising. I did some outreach to my friends and colleagues from other orgs that are involved with doing social media. My job is fun.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. You can create small posters for sponsor businesses to show off that they are giving back and sponsoring your org, team, project, or campaign. People love showing off that they are involved in important causes. These need not look like a commercial.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint. Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 The Long Tail of Facebook Causes. Frogloop Blog.

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See3

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

This whole competition thing has been a good model for your strengths, and I have given to this worthy cause every time you asked. But I wonder about all the orgs who went down this road because of the publicity but were so less equipped than you to be successful. Beth, you are really great at this.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

They are also exemplars of partnership in the field; augmenting reach and showing how big orgs can lift up smaller orgs. John Russick of the Chicago History Center runs the annual label contest for the American Alliance of Museums , and those entries are always worth reading.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Be A Celebrity for Your Cause Katya Andresen from Network for Good has been busy working on the launch of the SixDegrees.org site with Kevin Bacon. Film Contest - " Film Your Issue " from Yahoo and other sponsors. The 59 Smartest orgs online is a list of 59 organizations that make good use of the web2.0

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Sometimes, unique or cause-specific holidays can be perfect for your social media. Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. Memes, stories, photos – anything that causes a laugh or a smile. A great place to share educational information about your org and your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. How have social networking tools helped spread the word about your cause? How has your blog connected you with people to help with your cause?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

And in your case, as the head of a nonprofit open source organization, I think you’re going to find that not publishing site statistics will cause you more grief than you think. And that essentially would boil down to a big old pissing contest. (“Yes! 2 admin 09.18.07

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 12, 2009

Now we have an official Twitter account , a few Facebook causes , a Facebook application for our Cover Your Butt mobile integration and a Facebook fan page. We’re challenged by the “ick&# perception of our cause (no cute kids or puppies as our visual, that’s for sure). We are the organization that is all about action.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 12, 2009

Now we have an official Twitter account , a few Facebook causes , a Facebook application for our Cover Your Butt mobile integration and a Facebook fan page. We’re challenged by the “ick&# perception of our cause (no cute kids or puppies as our visual, that’s for sure). We are the organization that is all about action.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

They need to know that you are aware of all players’ opinions and then they will take your cause or point of view more seriously than if you completely ignore the issue. Q: Should nonprofits have organizational Twitter accounts, or should employees keep their own personal accounts to tweet about the org & engage in conversation?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Initially said, “I have no interest in this cause.” People want to know why they should be the person contributing to the cause. So you have to give to the cause that you’re soliciting for. . Fraser was sitting in a restaurant with another potential major donor to this cause. ” Hung up. .

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. So far, the only real strategy to analyze besides creating groups is the Causes application. Regardless, very few orgs (though some) have raised real cash via the Causes app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Our Flickr photo contest. is a good example of this philosophy in action; we could have held the contest behind closed doors and made people sign up in order to submit and view photos. and Cisco.com, and also caused ???spillover??? Facebook Causes. s Cause and see the donation for themselves without ever leaving Facebook.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

We love how quickly orgs like Stand Up 2 Cancer can turn these out on Instagram. Be alert Set up Google Alerts on key phrases that are related to your organization so you’ll consistently get updates when your cause is buzzing. Giveaways and contests Contests and giveaways will drive action.

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