Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

It takes you through the technologies and tools for each channel for different goals and offers up lots of case studies from organizations such as National Wildlife Federation, Red Cross, AARP, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, American Museum of Natural History, SEIU and others. Click to see larger version.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’ve done this through social media, winning some of the early online fundraising contests. I also donated my share of the royalties from my first book, The Networked Nonprofit , to support the Sharing Foundation’s college education fund. Buy a Copy of the Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Kathy Reich, Director of Organizational Effectiveness Grantmaking at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, write up this summary of the session. I am looking forward to the next chapter of work which will continue to focus on networks, but how they can be used by nonprofit for learning that leads to greater impact. Stay tuned.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 of the recently released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Use a Professional Photo for Your Profile Photo. Some personality is OK, but if you wouldn’t use a photo on the “Staff” page of your nonprofit’s website, then don’t use it on LinkedIn, either.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2010

I also heard a rumor that there will be some really interesting photos. There will also be six book signings at NTC and I've contributed a chapter or been an author of four of them! NONPROFIT tweet: 140 Bite-Sized Ideas for Nonprofit Social Media Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The photo above is me at age 14 in Alaska with my mom. at the Providence Cancer Center for the Alaska Chapter of PRSA. I’m doing various other trainings, book parties, etc. My First Trip to Alaska. We did a cruise up the inside passage and visited the small towns along the way. Welcome To Alaska. A fabulous story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Whether you’ve been using social media for years, months, or days or you have yet to get started, the information and strategies in this chapter can save you a lot of time and frustration. Learn Basic HTML.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Photo by @sdarine. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. Since modeling the use of social media to document and share learning, we began with a discussion about our rules about live tweeting and posting photos. February 27, 2011.

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APRIL 5, 2013

If the program staff posted Facebook photos of the successful food drive? She is the co-founder and volunteer executive director of Paper Darts , a literary arts organization, and currently serves as vice chair of the board of directors for the Twin Cities chapter of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Social media has definitely entered into the chapter of Pay-to-Play. You need to spend money to be good at it and most nonprofits just don’t have the budget or will to budget the funds necessary. Write message, add a link, upload a photo, post. To increase reach on Facebook, you need to pay for sponsored updates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Foko Blog Club, Foko Madagascar Flickr Photo Joan Razafmaharo is an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. Africa the next Chapter??? They project has several components, including: Foko Blog Club is teaching young people in Madagascar blogging skills (See photo above).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Photo by Thomas Hawk. I work at Acumen Fund and I manage the organization's social media work. Stay tuned to Acumen Fund's blog for more news on this soon! Our challenge at Acumen Fund is making the concept of Patient Capital one that is generally accepted as an effective way of fighting poverty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. After Marc finished reading the Networked Nonprofit , he was curious about crowdfunding and free agents, chapters in our book. Don’t think of social media as a quick fix to raise funds. The lessons for arts organizations. Technology and ease of process is very important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

Two years ago, with funds from the Long Island chapter of the American Association of University Women, we were able to replace their highly arsenic contaminated well with a huge rainwater collection tank and delivery system to supply safe drinking water. I was relieved that she didn't use the naked photo of me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2009

The photo is of the Pacific Ocean at Monterey taken by a Flickr user, Amayu. (No, it wasn't a presentation about Google Wave!). peterdeitz Social media is helping nonprofits - and those who fund them - be more open and responsive in how they get things done #packfound. More about that later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

campaign's objective was to encourage social media activists to show solidarity with the Red Cross by displaying Red Cross PSAs, videos, photos, widgets, on their online spaces. Our key objective was to make a viral splash, to spread dynamic content, to increase donations to the ARC Disaster Relief Fund. The Social Media Roadblock.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

One of the events listed is an exhibition of photos at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris from the book Celebrating Women by Paola Gianturco (who I interviewed in October 2007). The Global Fund for Women also has an online toolkit to help you host a house party. You can find UN-related events on WomenWatch. Host your own event.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

The event happens in the week leading up to Mother’s Day and provides a platform where anyone can build a heartspace with text, photos and videos to show their love for their mother, an important woman in their life, or even people that inspire them. Helping the women receiving the funds. What is it about? And that’s hard to ignore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Non profit groups struggle with funding and public support issues on a daily basis. The first photo of hers from Cambodia was this one of the four monks crossing the street titled Abbey Road. " She concludes the chapter with some ways that activist organizations can support the efforts of individuals and stay relevant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

Flickr Photo by Vaguely Artistic. Almost six months ago, I wrote a chapter for BJ Fogg's Psychology of Facebook apps about fundraising applications on Facebook. When I first saw the article, I thought it was the article from a year ago where they said basically the same thing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

The photo and story of the entrepreneur help the donor to visualize how their loan will make a difference, and the updates written by the person receiving the loan make the lenders feel like they are having a direct impact. Photo Credit: Camp by Mark Knobil. All you have to do is: 1. Create a username and password.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ). CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Visitors to their end-of-year campaign page were asked to either donate or raise funds for Family Care Network. As a result of empowering supporters to raise additional funds over the holidays, the nonprofit provided an additional avenue for people to contribute to their cause. They shared what each gift amount funded.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And she also serves on her home chapter of AFP which we always we appreciate. And so really, our focus was on the annual fund. We wanted to build a stronger culture of philanthropy at the school and secure new and increased gifts to our annual fund. You will also see some photos of my adorable toddler.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. You know, those images and videos that tug at the heartstrings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by 1066. I came across Jeff Howe's definitive book on Crowdsourcing and in the last chapter he offer guidelines for crowdsourcing. Photo by hasmil. Crowd Funding: This category taps the collective pocketbook, allowing large groups of people to provide funds one small donation at time.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 23, 2023

People don’t give just because you need funds. Create short videos, post engaging photos, and design eye-catching graphics. Instagram is ideal for telling your organization’s story through photos and videos. Tag them in captions and photos. It’s not an ATM. And like any tool, you have to know how to use it. Make sense?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2009

The book's Table of Contents is a veritable Who's Who of the nonprofit tech world, including an excellent chapter by Kevin and Willow at TechSoup Global. Steve Heye, whose blog has been discussed here before , begins the book with a chapter on IT alignment. Photo: Thomas Hawk.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. FotoFlexer is a free Web-based photo-editing tool that allows you to cut, crop, resize, and embed text and logos onto your photos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. FotoFlexer is a free Web-based photo-editing tool that allows you to cut, crop, resize, and embed text and logos onto your photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

In addition, I'm sending the winner my review copy of Mitch Joel's Six Pixels of Separation because I think she can learn a lot from Chapter 14 on Participation 2.0. Brian Reich author of Media Rules left a comment offering to include a copy of his book. If you're reading this and you left a comment and didn't win a book, don't be sad.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 11, 2007

GCN is a girl's rights organization which has 350 chapters of 20,000 primary and high school members across the country. Eighteen Global Fund for Women grantees are profiled in the book, and Gianturco is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women. Check out the GFW Blog too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2009

Photo by ThinkPanama. which is trying to pioneer “community funded reporting,” the act of distributing the cost of hiring an investigative journalist. While working on the chapter about crowdfunding I began studying Kiva.org , Donors Choose , Sell A Band. Almost ten months ago I launched Spot.Us via a Knight Foundation grant.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. FotoFlexer is a free Web-based photo-editing tool that allows you to cut, crop, resize, and embed text and logos onto your photos.

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