Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by DaveFishernc Charity Balls, Dinner Dances, Black Tie Charity Events, and other parties where people donate money to a charity to have fun together are nothing new. From an article in the New York Times dated April, 1896 about the Hackensack Hospital's Charity Ball) . Charity Ball 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. David is based on Austin — wanted to share with you a post about crowdfunding to celebrate Austin Giving Day #AmplifyAtx that raised over $2 million earlier this week. million for Minnesota charities in just 24 hours. Crowdfunding. Crowdfunding. Crowdfunding. I’m so glad you asked.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon. TechSoup has just published a thoughtful article from Idealware that raises the question, " Should Your Organization Use Social Networking Sites ?"

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. The campaign raised $120,000 which provided education for 400 Dalit children. Storytelling: One of the Most Important Things that Charities Do.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2014

nonprofits to raise funds for technology projects. They provide a way for entrepreneurs to pitch their business idea to the public and raise operating capital, usually in small amounts. The Crowdfunding Industry Report that finds that crowdfunding is an effective way of raising money and is expected to grow substantially.

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JUNE 12, 2009

Case Study: World Vision’s ‘Week For Children’ | Bright One - Check out this case study of World Vision's "Week for Children" - World Vision is a UK charity, and this case study discusses the use of various social media tools (include Facebook, Flickr, Yoube, Twitter, and Blogs) for the Week for Children campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Image courtesy Tsahi Levent-Levi via Flickr. For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. ” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. Of course things have changed a lot. “No, No, No,” I protested.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Earlier this month, I did a call to action for all charities to Join Giving Tuesday! TechSoup Global has taken up the gauntlet and is raising awareness about #GivingTuesday for nonprofits globally. GivingTuesday is a movement to get an international day of giving gong on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving.

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MAY 26, 2011

Whether you or not you understand how to use tags, chances are you have come across them if you have ever used blogs, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, or bookmarking sites such as Delicious. " UNICEF used mobile tagging technology to raise awareness of the childhood hunger and raise money. Tagging Tutorials - Part 1 Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Photo by Krystyl We've been hearing a lot about larger scale fundraising efforts on Twitter and cause fatigue and how it will become more and more difficult for charities to distinguish their social giving campaigns amid the noise. I’m known to care about charity. He brought together his three passions: I’m known to get tattoos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Flickr Photo from DenneyTerrio. The fundraiser is where group of volunteers grew mustaches and asked their friends to support the charity, the Texas Children's Hospital Center. He just emailed me to let me know that the groups raised was able to raise $7805.25 " I did. in its inaugural year! Congratulations Ed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2008

Alan Levine (AKA Cogdog Blog) - Flickr Photo. Alan has been raising money for American Diabetes Association by participating in an annual marathon. Last year, I supported his charity because he won my birthday challenge. That's a photo of Alan (on flickr) and posted to his running training blog right before he started the race.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2013

Build an online store and raise funds for your organization with Shopify. FundRazr is a crowdfunding platform that helps organizations raise awareness and donations for their cause. Donating via text message is one of the easiest ways to raise money for your organization. Image: Donation jar, ( Flickr ). PayAnywhere.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2011

Nonprofit organizations across the country have raised more than $100 million in three years using Charity Dynamics' boundless fundraising solutions. A few years ago, he was a blogging novice; now, he now uses Flickr, Delicious, Facebook, and Google alerts to strengthen his museum's community.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. Jamie brings a strong perspective on nonprofit communities having worked for Charities Review Council and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Support Peace Work Around the World Peace Project Fellow, Alison Long Photo in Flickr, Used with Permission. Shaping Youth recommends supporting Age of Conversation to Benefit Variety, The Children's Charity. Rather shop till your drop with a portion of the proceeds going to charity? Support Children. Details here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2009

Photo in Flickr. book giveaway by Dan Schawbel is Lloyd Budd who in a gracious act of pay it forward asked me for a Canadian charity to make a donation to in my honor. To close the circle, I connected him with Tanya Davis who raises money for Diabetes in Canada. The winner of the ME 2.0

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

He has helped raised over a billion dollars for his clients. But, can you really raise money through social networks? Have the highest increase in engagement through photo streaming sites: 41% on Instagram and 22% on Flickr. There are numerous of charities with examples in these types of networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Certainly, giving from individuals won't be enough to fix the economy and provide the resources that charities need to deliver important services in hard economic times. But donating money to a charity, even a small amount (or in-kind items ) can certainly help with part of the need and raise awareness in others.

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MARCH 12, 2008

Here’s the release: Somerville, MA (PRWEB) March 12, 2008 — Firstgiving, a leader in providing Web-based fundraising services for individuals and charities, today announced the ability for its users to add YouTube™ video and Flickr photos to their personal Web pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy. Chris Hughes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Image by Codilicious from Flickr. The training event, which will be live streamed starting at 9:00 am , will feature fundraising and social media gurus Katya Andresen, Danielle Brigida, Tracy Equality Viselli, Jocelyn Harmon and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Whether you want to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia, vaccinations for children in Haiti, or a safe home for a puppy in Mississipi, with a Birthday Cause your friends can give in honor of your special day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Photo in my flickr stream here. As many of you know, the Sharing Foundation won the Yahoo/Network for Good Charity Badge contest at the end of 2006. The blog campaign raised $49,000 which was matched by Yahoo. We had that meeting over the weekend and Dr. Hendrie, had almost literally, just stepped off the plane.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

So much of the real-estate space in nonprofit rags is devoted to a) our own salaries; b) how to raise money; or c) what nifty new accounting software we should buy. If you are a visual/spatial type, check out their route on a Wayfaring map and their flickr stream. Check out the flickr stream here.).

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2009

Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg: Can you idnetify the NTEN superstars? Charity Dynamics has been up to some good this year , working with other NTEN member organizations like FreeCause , the Humane Society , and the American Heart Association to leverage social technologies to raise money and awareness for good causes.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

Celebrities are using the Super Bowl to raise money too. According to the blog, Look to the Stars: The World of Celebrity Giving , actor Ashton Kutcher is hosting a p arty in Tampa, FL to raise money for the Giving Back Fund. The New York Times article, Is Star Power Enough to Sell Beer in Hard Times?

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DECEMBER 29, 2006

Answers, "Raise awareness for your cause." Example: Al Gore asked, "What do you think it wil take to reverse the effects of climate change?" • Flickr , "Show how rewarding it is to volunteer, to highlight issues that need extra attention, or to show pride in your cause." Examples: Climate Concern's Group and the ONE Campaign's Groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

" She was referring to sites like YouTube and Flickr, perhaps just the act of browsing content or what we might call "lurking" in online communities. Meanwhile, there was an article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy called "Giving Face Time to Charity" that talks about nonprofits, fundraising, and Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Vlog and Blog Raising Lost in Light is a videoblog about small gauge filmmaking featuring home movies, work by artists, articles by preservationists and film scholars, video tutorials and other film gems. " These are examples of vlog or blog raising - raising money from people via your blog. Newly Discovered NpTech Blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

  He is doing this on his own - and not as a nonprofit organization, fundraiser, or charity.   Observe is his photos in flickr , read his blog , follow him on Twitter , join his Ning community , and learn why you should care about poverty.    He says it better in his own words: I???m

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. Seb Chan, of the Fresh + New Blog, raises an interesting question about web site stickness in a web2.0 The Give and Take Blog raises a question " Are anonymous blog authors as credible as those who write under their real names ? Engagement Strategie s. A Few NpTech Conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. from Sundance where she was busy running around asking celebs to join Six Degrees and getting them sign swag for charity.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

People will try to tell you they don’t care if they don’t hear from charities for a week… a month… whatever. Or, check out the Attitude of Gratitude Donor Guide to help you raise more money every year from here on out. Photo cred: Flickr. If you don’t thank donors promptly, you’re destroying all the rest of your hard work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I did this for my recent birthday campaign , using the Facebook Causes matching challenge that if our cause raised $5,200, I'd donate ten times my age or $520. Source: Beth Kanter, Flickr Account. While a modest amount raised, Erin surpassed his fundraising goal by 50%. Bunting raised $75,000! . Gary Vaynerchuk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This year I'm indulging in three of my passions: raising money for Cambodian children with social media, teaching a social media nonprofit strategy class, and eating chocolate. I donated $50 to the winner's charity. What was my birthday Wish At Age 6 ? Monday, January 11th is my 53rd Birthday! I hope you'll join the fun.

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