Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! The good folks at Care2 (Heather Holdridge, Justin Perkins, and James O'Malley) have a detailed case study on the NTEN blog about the top Facebook winner of the recent Case Foundation America's Giving Challenge. NpTech Conversations. So, you want to build a MashUp? Haven't dug into Digg yet?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2015

A few months ago, PewDiePie and the Bro Army raised more than $630,000 for Save the Children through a crowdfundraiser on Indiegogo , a gaming bundle on The Humble Bundle, live-streams on Twitch and an anonymous matching donation of $150,000. The agency had a direct, pre-existing personal connection with Save the Children.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Storytelling with Mobile Video. The donated Dell smartphones normally use AT&T or T-Mobile pay-as-you-go or contract plans, but they can function without it because they are Wi-Fi-capable. You can essentially use them as a $31 (admin fee) HD mobile recording device. Her Moments In Mobile piece describes the experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2015

” We’ve been researching and interviewing nonprofit leaders about self-care. One surefire way to ruin your sleep is to use your mobile phone as an alarm clock. What happened to me is that mobile phone alarm goes off, I wake up, shut it off, and check email, news, or Facebook sometimes before getting out of bed.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Robert takes another look at mobile giving. Kelly Czarnecki of ImaginOn uses technology to challenge and inspire children. Don't forget about the Human Rights Center Mobile Challenge! Alex considers an interview with Paul Levinson on the future of media and human interaction.

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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) As you can tell, the interview is pretty long.

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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) As you can tell, the interview is pretty long.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are some ways to mobilize your volunteers to help you recruit: Ask volunteers for referrals. Learn about the challenges that faced your volunteer program then and identify if there are improvements that you could make now. Sponsors who are involved like this are more likely to mobilize their employees to volunteer for your event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange Webinar for Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart ). The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For Fiver, this means pulling client testimonials from thank you letters written by program participants or through phone interviews with families. SOS Children’s Villages Illinois acquired 75% of their new donors for the entire year with their year-end peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. Ask to share their stories.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 26, 2006

I thought I'd share this week's interview with Mary Brune, co-founder of MOMS (Making Our Milk Safe). MOMS is a grassroots movement of pregnant women, nursing mothers, and other caregivers who are concerned about the threat that environmental contaminants pose to our unborn and nursing children. Describe the work you do for MOMS.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

You can hear the interview on the Big Vision Podcast , or read the transcript below. So women cook, clean and take care of their children, and these are all uncompensated activities. So there is also a very high rate of orphans, and most of the women are supporting anywhere from five to eight children, most of whom are not their own.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After the conversation, diners engage in an interactive activity to consider challenging questions about race, identity, and economic justice over a meal. The 2022 Seat the Table program examined “The Triumphs and Challenges of Black Education.” Participants observe a conversation on a select topic amongst an expert panel.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After the conversation, diners engage in an interactive activity to consider challenging questions about race, identity, and economic justice over a meal. The 2022 Seat the Table program examined “The Triumphs and Challenges of Black Education.” Participants observe a conversation on a select topic amongst an expert panel.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? Do they like those one-time projects, those capital projects where you can build that outdoor classroom or,” you know, “purchase that mobile mammogram unit for your hospital and be able to create impact for years to come? You know, how many people are impacted by that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. The rise of mobile and social media has profoundly altered how journalists frame and format their stories, and the same is true for nonprofit bloggers. Write Numbered Lists. Photo Essays.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

Today I am posting the transcript from my interview with Brahm Ahmadi, the Executive Director of People's Grocery. If you are inspired by the interview and live in the Bay Area, People's Grocery is launching its 2-acre farm in Sunol this weekend and they are looking for volunteers. We do a lot of work with teens in the summertime.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The Bridgespan Group interviewed more than 45 people to better understand how some of America’s most innovative cities are using hard data and evidence to steer funding decisions and set priorities. The actions include improving jobs, the quality of education, children’s health and other innovations.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

The entire fundraiser is run via the Double Good mobile app and all the orders are shipped directly to folks in the US, so you avoid the in person contact. Holidayheroes.org , a local Chicago nonprofit whose mission is to provide joy and entertainment to children who are seriously ill, created a Double Good virtual fundraiser.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2016

It can help mobilize your existing supporters, bring in new donors, and serve as the online center of your campaign. For example: "X number of children in our community live more than X miles from a public library, so we're raising money to increase the library's mobile program to provide books to all children."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

My business supports an organisation called Entoure in Australia who stages challenging events to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for critically injured kids. Mobilizing 1 million people! In 2010, SAF’s “Drill Down for Safety” project mobilized nearly 800,000 people with national texting drills! Now that’s social impact!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Are there any who you'd like to hear interviewed on the Big Vision Podcast ? Jasmine Beach-Ferrara | WE DO Campaign: Stage 4 | Asheville, NC The WE DO Campaign mobilizes LGBT couples requesting – and being denied – marriage licenses in their hometowns across the Southern United States. Twitter: @CSElive ) 6. Twitter: @thecaase ) 18.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2015

And with more than 50% of all emails now opened on a mobile device it’s vital to be mobile friendly. The text message was sent to me at 8:08pm ET, which is outside of peak online giving hours, but perfect for mobile users. My only recommendation would have been to text a link to a mobile optimized donation form.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Mobile-responsive design. Save the Children. Create Amazing looks, well, amazing on the big screen, but the landing page’s full-width layout and high-quality video loop still work just as well on tablets and mobile devices. Top Nonprofit Website: Save the Children US. Streamlined navigation. High-quality visuals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Save the Children’s Ettoré Rossetti, Director of Digital Marketing & Social Media for Save the Children USA, emailed me an infographic on the impact of the Syria crisis on children. The crisis in Syria is now entering year three and the situation is getting worse for children not better.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

I had an opportunity to interview Paola for the Big Vision Podcast, and wanted to share the transcript with you. And, at a time when the international women's movement is facing challenges, it would be great to have a reminder that good news is going on, that good work is being done, that progress is happening.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. What's the biggest challenges in activism and using the arts and activism and how do you keep from giving up? Alli: There's a few answers to what are the challenges and how do we keep going.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I had the opportunity to interview her on March 6th for the Big Vision Podcast, and have included an edited transcript of the interview below. I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems.

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