Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Our Give to the Max Day celebrity PSA video has earned 2,620 views on YouTube , in addition to being aired on numerous local and state television networks. Our Give to the Max Day “Thank You” video has earned 2,413 views on YouTube. We gained 203 new Twitter followers in the month of November.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

This next idea is great if your church has a great youth group with teens old enough to fundraise. While teens may not have a ton of their own disposable income, they can ask family in their social circle to give in support of your church. Say your church is celebrating its 20 th anniversary. Fitness challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Our largest “good idea” to date will be a fully accredited residential high school for homeless teens in San Francisco, which we will look to replicate in other cities across the country. Well…sheer hustle, an inspiring video , and a supportive network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

The point, in the context of this conversation, is that a minority of social media users are creators—people who write blog posts, upload photos onto Flickr, or share homemade videos on YouTube. What if I assigned you to make a video of your ideas about justice? And yet many museums are fixated on creators.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 30, 2009

We have talented members of the team that whip together graphics and even videos to promote these! It was fun singing along in the Bookshare holiday video. The One Year Devotionals For Teens 29. The Celebration Hymnal 35. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma 28. 1,000 Indian Recipes 31. IMPULSE 34.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Keep your employees encouraged and motivated with new opportunities, celebrate their accomplishments and the impact they are making, and the metrics will follow. Multiple employees can sign on to a video call and engage together while volunteering virtually. Perhaps your event is teaching a class or babysitting some kids.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

TikTok is a social media platform that allows users to generate 15-second videos and host live streams. At first, the ability for users to quickly gain fame through their videos is what made the app so appealing to teenagers, but for-profit companies caught wind of the speed at which content could go viral and wanted to get in on the action.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

The point, in the context of this conversation, is that a minority of social media users are creators—people who write blog posts, upload photos onto Flickr, or share homemade videos on YouTube. What if I assigned you to make a video of your ideas about justice? And yet many museums are fixated on creators.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth. Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. Babycastles is New York’s first independent video arcade. We are also planning a big exhibition for next year.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2017

Whenever possible, we held public presentations/celebrations of the project. We empowered a teen intern to make a video featuring MAH visitors to generate support for the project (shown at the top of this post). Most involved a fundraising ask, but we always made sure to welcome donors giving $1 as well as those giving $10,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

million challenge videos. The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) is currently selling a t-shirt with the names of 3,400 children and teens who have fought or are still fighting childhood cancer. Look no further than the Ice Bucket Challenge , which raised over $200 million worldwide last summer. Co-Disruptor: Twitter.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

Each rose or carnation can include a gift card that tells a short story of how an extra $5 or $10 went to support domestic violence survivors or creating a safe space for LGBTQ teens. Have a local celebrity or staff member record messages of love for people that donate to the cause. Ladies celebrating ladies. Premium e-Cards.

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JUNE 21, 2011

Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth. Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Babycastles is New York's first independent video arcade. It lasted for four months.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

Teens as Good Samaritans The November/December issue of Psychology Today has a brief article called, "The Making of a Good Samaritan", about the benefits of community service requirements in schools. They launched an annual fundraiser and gift-collecting drive for the children's hospital in their community (in WA). Mary Oliver, poet.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Oh the hours!!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Oh the hours!!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The NY Chapter of the Red Cross offers Ten Tips in this YouTube Video. One charity:water stakeholder has singlehandely raised $50,000 to celebrate his 50th birthday. To celebrate, you can create a video about a special teacher who inspired you. Twitter Demographics: Last month, we learned that Teens Don't Tweet.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

Here's a photo of one of the retired couples who came with their family to celebrate her 80th birthday in the exhibition. It is a personality test (based on real science) in which you can determine your own love style by answering a series of questions, teen magazine-style. We spent a long time prototyping this one. A DIY wedding!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

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. I know everyone maybe thinks of Twitch and they think of gamers and video games. I recommend joining it and just watching a bunch of videos.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 27, 2014

At the same time, we generate some pretty great digital documentation (mostly photos and videos ) from recent events. Of those clicks, the vast majority - 44% - were on the video of the singing girl. A crass way to look at this is that the video was link-bait. Just the facts, ma''am. Here''s a recent e-blast we sent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

Speakers ranged from Mayor Michael Bloomberg (via Skype), to online ethnographer danah boyd , consultants from the Obama and McCain ’08 campaigns (and the Obama Whitehouse), academics and thoughtleaders such as Mark Pesce and Clay Shirky , and techno-celebrities such as Craig Newmark ( Craigslist ) and Gina Bianchini ( Ning ).

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