Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2008

Lil) Green Patch is a social gardening game. The plants given by your friends are displayed in a (Lil) Green Patch on your profile. The plants given by your friends are displayed in a (Lil) Green Patch on your profile. ve registered 12 million users who are now supporting more than 80,000 non-profit causes worldwide.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

It is only in recent years that we have seen an emerging shift in the philanthropic response from relief to resilience , from funding recovery efforts to engaging with the root causes of many natural disasters. For example, Hurricane Katrina, in August of 2005, presented as a once-in-a-generation disaster. That is no longer the case.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

If your membership numbers are marching into the red, you and your team are probably focused on trying to identify the cause of the bleeding. The event, which was exclusive to.orgCommunity VIP members , took place on March 2 at the Rolling Green Country Club in Arlington Heights. Is technology tying your audience in knots?

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Greater Giving

MARCH 28, 2023

To play Putter or Purse , event attendees buy tickets to receive: 1) One raffle entry for a chance to win the putter or purse, and 2) The opportunity to take a shot with a putter on the green. It’s an extremely rare occurrence, but it can be a great way to raise money for your cause. Elevate your fundraising game.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

How do you get your appeals in front of your Facebook audience despite the significant decline in organic reach and the resulting reduction in engagement caused by changes to the News Feed algorithm? After your web guru gives the green light, open up Ads Manager and create a new campaign.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2015

However, there is hope: Facebook does include among its “call to action” options a “Donate Now” button that can zip users straight to your website, where hopefully the visitor will carry through with their intention and give a little green to your cause.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 26, 2024

The monthly social trends report from Media Cause spotlights the biggest trends on social media each month, and spotlights how nonprofits and social good organizations can use social media effectively to reach and engage with their audience. It’s entertaining and “unhinged” —you don’t know what that silly green bird is going to do next.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The Green Climate Fund. The Green Climate Fun. The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest climate fund, mandated to support developing countries raise and realize their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) ambitions towards low-emissions, climate-resilient pathways. PADI AWARE Foundation. National Forest Foundation.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

As social media grows in popularity, one fact cannot be ignored: if used well, it can generate impressive amounts of traffic and increase engagement around your cause or organization. Anne is the online media coordinator for Green Hour® , an NWF program geared toward getting children outside in nature.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2007

Causes has a leader board where it shows who recruited the most people, who donated the most, and who got the most donations. Hello, Joe Green , what's up with that? I'm in the older cohort of the baby boom generation. I'm in the older cohort of the baby boom generation. Is this just generational?

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The objective is to avoid data duplication, as duplicate records can cause record issues such as membership miscalculation, address errors, mis-identified contacts, and more. After running the script, an excel file is generated that contains the report. Red and green symbolize there being a difference between the datasets.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

Each year, individuals worldwide take the opportunity to do better for our planet with actions such as planting trees, cleaning local communities, and raising awareness for environmental causes through peer-to-peer fundraising pages. Volkswagen, GM, Amazon, and the USPS pledged a commitment to green vehicles. percent gets recycled.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Spring fundraisers are a great way to bring your community together while gaining support for your cause. It also provides your supporters with more than one way to support your cause by allowing them to donate items to sell or make purchases themselves. Brochure fundraiser Brochure fundraisers are a great option for schools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. On Facebook, we’ve had some great success with Facebook Causes generating donations and our Facebook Fan Page driving traffic to our stories on nature.org. I’d love for people to check out our last social media campaign called Green Gift Monday.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

— My diligent research has proven that the word “viral” will come up within 42 seconds of talking with any nonprofit organization interested in marketing their cause online. How can each of you take your cause viral, whether it’s an exciting announcement, a newly released YouTube video, or the nonprofit you represent?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

There are many amazing causes to give to and support. This is all to say, there is a lot of competition out there, but there are also a lot of donors ready to support your cause. One of the ways you can increase familiarity and brand recognition for your cause is to create and distribute merchandise. Here’s how!

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. If you want to help first generation college students, how do you want to help them? When you start a nonprofit, you need to raise awareness and support for your cause right away.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

"Beyond these trends and landmark event, I think we’ve yet to see what will define our Generation, a Generation with a profound sense of social responsibility and a Generation who does not accept 'impossible' as a valid word in our dictionary. Generation Y spring break alternative social entrepreneurship

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2012

Have a brilliant idea for how to end homelessness, train job seekers , or help small businesses go green? To generate innovative strategies and solve problems in underserved communities, SAP and Ashoka have created a global competition, " The Power of Small: Entrepreneurs Strengthening Local Economies. Green business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

One particular quote jumped out at me, "The Facebook generation wears their causes like the way they wear their favorite fashion." This month's fashion statement is gray and green to match the colors of Creative Commons logo. If your an organization, how will you inspire evangelists for your cause?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 17, 2010

Cause Global: Social Media for Social Change: Crowdsourcing Social Change – Marcia Stepanek has a terrific recap of our sxsw Crowdsourcing session with quotes and links to the case studies we shared. As activism re-invents itself, the experience of the older generations and the innovations of the young each have something to offer."

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Anna is the co-founder, CEO and idea generator behind Fashion Project, a powerful movement turning closets into cash for charities around the world. is a weekly video series produced by PBS Digital Studios, hosted by curator Sarah Urist Green and author/vlogger John Green. I’m also excited to hear from Anna Palmer.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Read on for our explanation of how silent auction software can help your nonprofit go green with successful, sustainable fundraisers. Engage Donors with Your Commitment to Sustainability Are you looking for a way to engage donors and make them feel good about contributing to your cause? Highlight your commitment to sustainability!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Recently, I’ve been reading the ideas from The Presencing Institute (PI), an action-research community that “creates social technologies, builds capacities, and generates holding spaces for profound societal renewal.” But it’s not easy to create effective videos.

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Socialbrite

JANUARY 15, 2021

Revenue generation. As all nonprofits know, fundraising and revenue generation are key to helping the organization function and achieve its overall mission. Sustainability is not just about going “green.” How nonprofits can take advantage. Volunteer and paid employee engagement. Sustainability.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Identify who owns that information and how to access it—generating a report in your CRM , collecting constituent testimonials, etc. Active voice (“We will serve X constituents…”) creates dynamism and clear cause and effect, creating a feeling of movement and impact.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This post is Part 3 in a GreenTech series on buying green office equipment. What's New in Green Mobile Phones. They contain no PVC plastic (polyvinyl chloride) or brominated flame retardants, both of which are commonly used in electronics and generate cancer-causing substances. Motorola uses eco-conscious packaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

com is a joint Green Machine PR (Jo is a partner) and Mobile Active (Katrin Verclas) in partnership with Myxer.com. Jo says in email announcement, "A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes well-chosen short political sound bites can rally a cause, make us laugh, and even sway an election. RingTones08.com Ringtones08.com

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

Evaluation completion rate maintained: Just like in 2009, one of our main concerns with making a major change to our evaluation system was that we would cause confusion and see our completion rate drop significantly, so seeing it instead increase slightly (from 900 to 914) was a great result.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ted Fickes, Electronic Communications Manager, The Wilderness Society (Central Rockies Regional Office) In September, 2008, Green for All , 1Sky and the We Campaign organized a national day of action -- Green Jobs Now -- to demand progress on green jobs and a green economy.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

I hope you'll pardon me if I start with a green tech thing. A woman named Gail Work stopped by to chat about her new non-toxic green battery company in Silicon Valley called SeaWave Battery. She said that it generates more electricity at a lower cost than lead-acid and lithium ion batteries. about this one.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This guide is a great place to start to generate ideas for items and packages that will captivate your audience at your next auction event. Many of these corporate partners would likely be thrilled to support your auction (after all, 77% of consumers want to make purchases from companies that support charitable causes).

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Care2

MAY 19, 2008

60) Search « Landing Page Optimization for Online Fundraising | Main | The Essentials of Online Advocacy Begin With Email » Monday May 19 2008 Care2 Website Goes Green, Saves 341,000 KW-hours Monday, May 19, 2008 at 05:08PM | by Hatef Yamini I was really excited to drive into work this morning in a Toyota Prius. Its a rental car.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

How can nonprofits use game elements to promote their cause? Even if your cause doesn't require that level of interaction, here are some other ideas for games to think about: Trivia and quizzes to educate your audience about your cause. Personality quizzes that help educate people about your cause.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2023

To make matters more complicated, some people donated green marbles to pay for dog and cat food. Different categories can be set up in the software to track exactly how much you’ve designated for specific purposes and to fulfill your obligation to the donors who wanted their dollars to go to a specific cause. Print, sign, send.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Care2’s recent turbo-charged growth is proof of the yearning of millions of people to get involved in supporting causes and making this a better world. New partnership with Blissmo, launching Care2 Daily Deals , creating the largest "green" deal website for shoppers. "We

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Care2 provides visitors to their site green-living advice and the opportunity to act on behalf of the causes they care most about. Meanwhile, Care2’s blogging network is comprised of 80 bloggers writing compellingly about a multitude of causes that matter to its membership.

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