Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2010

The lucky winner, Invisible Children, has won $1 million , but the Huffington Post is reporting that the second place winner, engaged in voter fraud. Invisible Children has also been accused of fraud during the duration of the contest. The events happened right before Christmas when everyone distracted by holiday celebrations.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 24, 2020

Combine children being out of school and people working from home or being out of work with a fervent global curiosity, and we have a recipe for unprecedented levels of screen time and social media usage. One of the JDRF Southern Florida Chapter most watched videos from their virtual walk was bloopers! .

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2011

Many people ( Paul Orselli , Linda Norris , Pete Newcurator ) in the museum field have written about the question of museum "tribes"--based partly on Seth Godin's book , partly on the longstanding fan culture that pervades our lives through sport , celebrity, and shared experience of mass events. There are staff in plush costumes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 18, 2009

The collection of essays by changemakers (lots are celebrities) is organized by cause: political activism, human rights, civil liberties, homelessnes and poverty, well-being, HIV/AIDS, criminal justice, the environment, youth and education, and volunteerism. The Youth and Education chapter was my personal favorite.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2016

This month, I'm sharing a few chapters from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. Here's a chapter from Part 2 of the book, Outside In, that explores the differences in how insiders and outsiders perceive institutional change. By 2015, the Elks Lodge had become a haven for LGBT parents of young children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

TSF has helped support a poor school named Beng Krom School, with 595 grammar school children on the far side of the Mekong. s children really need three latrines to expand from the two they have for all their children and teachers. Now Beng Krom???s So, thank you to those who donated.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

For the last time this summer, I'm sharing a chapter from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. This chapter, from the last section of the book, is very personal to me. Before their teen years, children are sponges. It’s not “let’s talk about celebrities” relevance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2009

We've raised $1, 206 to help children in Cambodia. The Causes Birthday Application Makes You Feel Good What's more fun than a birthday celebration? I contributed a chapter on this topic to the Psychology of Facebook , so I'm going to stop myself from going on about that now. Notes about application. Social Fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 18, 2022

Celebrities known for generosity: Oh, gosh, speaking of universal frustrations for people working in nonprofits: let’s talk about Board members and well-meaning friends who suggest you contact Oprah, Bill and Melinda Gates, or Mackenzie Scott for a few million dollars. There are many ways to find donors for your nonprofit.

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, and Black Independence Day, is celebrated on June 19th, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans, and often also a celebration of African-American culture. Black Youth Project — BYP has various local chapters. Find yours here.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2007

This week, we look at Chapter 5 of Elaine Gurian's book Civilizing Museums , Choosing Among the Options: An opinion about museum definitions in two parts. National museums have huge reach and ability to represent and celebrate a nation but are decried as tightly-controlled beauracratic machines.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i,

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i,

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So these three, and Steven and I were just talking about and celebrating Mallory Erickson. But still, it’s going back to that foundation to say, we all believe in, you know, we want the best for our children. That’s something that will really connect you.” She is beautiful and brilliant inside and out.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 23, 2023

Yet Twitter is a great way to build relationships with journalists, organizations that work in the same cause area, and people who care passionately about the type of work you do, including academics, researchers, and celebrities. Share content from partner organizations and celebrate their big milestones.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. That seems to represent the indomitability of the spirit of these women for whom singing is a real celebration, on the one hand, and they told me, on the other hand, it helps them forget their troubles, which are huge.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

And I wrote two books which are also like my other two children. Now, and I can even speak from my own experience, the majority of the time I spend on social media is connecting with brands, and celebrities, and causes that I’ve never met. Boston Children’s Hospital, learn more about us. Learn more. So thank you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2012

The Glasspocket’s blog has a post from Claire Gibbons, a senior program officer in the Research & Evaluation Unit at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that illustrates or describes the change. (KD Paine and I devoted an entire chapter to this topic in our forthcoming book , Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.).

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