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Congrats To Maureen Mayer, Feeding Broward County

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

for poverty, hunger and homeless advocacy and change. s largest food pantry and community kitchen, and they do so much more than just hand out turkeys on Thanksgiving to the homeless. Disclosure: I contributed a big picture essay in one of the chapters ). I shall use it to dominate the Web 2.0 Lauderdale, FL.

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Metrics for Building, Scaling, and Funding Social Movements

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The report captures a conundrum in measuring social change movements or networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children. What is needed to achieve it?

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Nonprofit Storytelling: The Quick and No-Nonsense Guide

Bloomerang

It is important to give your readers or listeners context so they can create a mental picture of what is happening. Hospice and homelessness can both be taboo subjects that can make people uncomfortable. At the Home, he vowed to do whatever he could to “do good” in his final chapter. Step 6: Edit.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Obviously, we can all picture a car. Maybe you’re a homeless shelter, and you want to partner with a shelter on the other side of town to better track and understand the community experiencing homelessness in your city. The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even!

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

Building local chapters. telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. Share pictures, video, Tweets, Facebook posts, and blog reflections from the road. Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. Connecting and enriching a national movement.

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Crafting Impactful Narratives: The Art of Nonprofit Storytelling

CauseVox

You can see here that Miriam’s House uses the donor based brandscript to center the supporter as the hero by saying “you can help end the cycle of homelessness.” Rez Refuge breaks down the beneficiaries goals for the donor to paint a picture of what your support would help them achieve. Again, authenticity is key.

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[VIDEO] The Board’s Role in Fundraising & Resource Development

Bloomerang

That should be one of the expectations of the board members because that is going to give them a true picture of what it means to serve the clients in the community. And you have to think of the bigger picture as the executive director. So they’re not getting off easy. You have to separate yourself from that mentality.

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