Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

I’ll be talking about the next generation of donors and how they use social media, mobile, and other technology to raise money for causes they care about. This guest post is part of many recent posts you have read from my about Generation Z. Helping Your Teen Give Back. Help them set up and manage their campaign.

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JUNE 1, 2021

These simple fundraising ideas for churches are a great way to raise money and grow your congregation. International giving days like Giving Tuesday have made giving to charities the norm during certain parts of the year. Ask supporters to donate the money they saved by giving up that habit to your church. Themed giving days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. So is giving money.”. Why GoFundMe is a Fundraising Game-Changer: While the GoFundMe platform can be used to raise money for any cause – like funding a vacation – charitable causes are some of the most successful campaigns on the site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

In December, I wrote about Pepsi's bold move of not spending money on Super Bowl ads for Pepsi beverages but using the money for lethal generosity through its Pepsi Refresh Project. Note from Beth: I've been writing about online contests that use social media and crowdsourcing techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

And, a record 47,534 donors logged on to GiveMN.org to donate to their favorite Minnesota charity. 71 percent of respondents said Give to the Max Day helped them raise additional money that would not otherwise be raised. On November 16, 2011, more than $13.4 million was raised to benefit Minnesota nonprofit organizations.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. When people know exactly what their money is going towards, they feel most comfortable donating.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. When people know exactly what their money is going towards, they feel most comfortable donating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Whether I'm raising money for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I try to include them in some way. Notes Sophie in the recent Sharing Foundation newsletter, "Not many people in Cambodia are as lucky as we are, so I decided I just wanted to help give them money to buy food and water, because I was from the country."

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JULY 17, 2015

It might seem scary that the future of the nonprofit sector will soon be in the hands of teens and college graduates who seem to only care about whatever is displayed on the screen of their smartphone or tablet. 55% of Generation Y members follow charities and other nonprofits on social media. Remember, Money isn’t Everything.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Actually, I think they’ve had a bad experience raising money somewhere along the way and they think that’s what it’s about. The short version is I learned to focus on those the money would help – not the money itself. The short version is I learned to focus on those the money would help – not the money itself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

It will be interesting to see if this advice holds true for the voters of the future based on Dannah Boyd's post " What i mean when i say "email is dead" in reference to teens. Its part of the " Have Money Will Vlog." " These are examples of vlog or blog raising - raising money from people via your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. She is trying to raise money by selling one of her horses and crowdfunding money to help with her legal fees. Raising Money To Fight Food Insecurity. Crowdfunding in general has raised more than 5.1

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JULY 4, 2007

And he’s quite revolutionary—what he’s figured out is that charity from multi-nationals goes to social service more than anything. So if he’s serious about it, he can attract money. One person commented about how he loved growing up in DC as a teen and generally using the Smithsonian as a playground. He loves publicity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Starting today and through the weekend, Twestival will rock on, with over 200 local Twestivals happening supporting tweetups to raise money for a designated local charity. There is prize money available for the organizations attracting the most donors and funds. Stop Complaining About Cause Fatigue! Good Reads: Online.

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JULY 17, 2021

So I can tell y’all that stuff, y’all, but I’ll tell you my most important job and how I really, really learned to hone my leadership skills was as solo mama to this teen who, my friends, she has the mack daddy of all summer jobs. ” Everybody is not motivated by money, my friends. We don’t have any money.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Sometimes we get so busy trying to raise money that we lose sight of something important: Why people give. And how do you use that information to raise more money? Many people who donate to charity believe it’s important to help people in need. We’ve all read news stories about national charities that mismanage funds.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

In addition to encouraging donations, North Shore Animal League also enables supporters to raise money on their behalf through an integrated Blackbaud peer-to-peer fundraising tool. Save the Children US is a leading charity dedicated to improving the lives of underprivileged children around the world, and 2019 marks their 100th birthday!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

She and Allison Fine are coming out with our newest books all about AI and charity. So Direct Relief and Mind Heros, they created the service Bots for Charity, and that’s just a quick way that people can get very, very quick information from you, even if they’re trying to message you on Facebook at 4:00 a.m.

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