Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

The good news is this is completely avoidable in the Age of Social Media. Over the last six years since our founding, MomsRising has worked with hundreds of bloggers and has learned how to strategically use social media to ensure that key audiences don’t miss compelling posts. This proved to be fruitful.

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Since childhood, we have been taught to expect a certain structure for stories to follow. Especially when it comes to social media, keeping a story concise is key. It is okay to share the same story more than once in different contexts, such as through social media, at fundraising events, through direct mailers, and by e-mail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

Would you stop doing crowd funding, social media infused fundraising and revert back to traditional methods of fundraising? For a low-income family with two children, the application fee adds up. Diversify the “ask” strategies: Personal and informal appeals, Social Media, & inspirational Newsletters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The conference brings together professionals who working on early learning research, practice, and policy to promote improvement and expansion of services for children ages 0 to 5 in the state. And, of course, if you care about early childhood education in California, be sure to vote or add your questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2008

  I also talked to the volunteers about why they were so passionate about the issue of ending childhood hunger. I also met Alex Volkonsky who design depicts whimsical vegetables and fruits as well as a milk cartoon (emphasizing the need to children who need to drink their milk everyday for healthy bones).  

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MARCH 2, 2009

Many organizations struggle with the idea of ROI and metrics when it comes to social media because so much of it feels, well, untouchable. Be sure to focus in on the problems you plan to address with your social media strategies (we all want to change the world, but that’s not a specific).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. To date, the fundraiser has sold nearly 5,000 t-shirts and raised $75,000.

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JUNE 4, 2014

Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. This early childhood program initially serves 400 preschoolers and their families, providing them with up to 40,000 eBooks and learning apps. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2006

Her focus is on "the ways that digital tools, particularly social media, are enhancing our connectedness to one another and our ability and willingness to work for the collective social good." when introducing it to people -- it made want to play with the idea -- social media and the tooth fairy.

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JULY 8, 2014

Parents fixate on trying to understand their children’s generation in order to better engage and motivate them. Put simply, it’s their drive to be the “cool” parent (I’ll spare my mother any personal embarrassment by recounting childhood anecdotes about that very drive). Take parents, for example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine, Duke University and the virtual network of HASTAC, announced its second annual open-call competition that will provide $2 million in awards to innovators shaping the field of digital media and learning. Glassbooth.org blog. Who are they?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

Get Well Gamers brings video games systems and games to children's hospitals by collecting used game systems and other donated product and sends them children's programs at hospitals. The organization was founded by Ryan Sharpe who spent a number of days in his childhood in a hospital ward.

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MARCH 16, 2011

She was an example for me throughout my childhood, bringing me along as she volunteered at soup kitchens, with the LDS cannery, and in the Scouts. I hope to teach my own children, someday, all that I’ve learned about service and citizenship. ► May (9) Research Friday: Social Media is all around us - H.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Check out Train for Humanity that weaves together getting fit, social media, and raising funds for charity. There was so much support for the idea, that he started an entire fundraising organization fueled by social media to support Jane Doe. Is someone you know training to run a marathon for charity? It's your choice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2009

PledgeToEndHunger.com , a website designed to shine a bright light on the very real problem of childhood hunger in America. This will provide 140,000 meals for children in Austin. That means every person who joins the movement will help feed 140 children. And You can too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

A number of nonprofit organizations are promoting Valentine's Day giving opportunities, here's a few: A Day for Hearts is an opportunity to raise awareness about congenital heart defects, a lethal constellation of birth defects of the heart that affect millions of newborn infants and children worldwide.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

GivingTuesday has historically famous for engaging audiences on social media: in fact, it’s estimated that there were an astounding 14.2 billion social media impressions and over 110 community coalitions in 2018, meaning supporters weren’t just giving, they were engaging with organizations online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

I was curious about my colleagues, who work for nonprofits and are parents, what do they do to encourage their children's spirit of giving at a young age? Hans shared a story about how his wife donated her hair to Locks of Love which sparked a conversation with their 4 year old about children who are in need. s World Food Programme.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Email Ideas Website Ideas Social Media Ideas Online Marketing Ideas Community Activity Ideas Digital Donor Acquisition Ideas Using Email If you’re looking to connect with online donors, email is going to be a powerful tool. Digital Donor Acquisition Ideas for Social Media People log billions of hours on social media channels every day.

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JULY 27, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit operating in support of a vision that one day all children in the United States will have the opportunity to attain an equitable and excellent education. You May Also Enjoy: Success Story: How Zero to Three Improves Childhood Development Through Salesforce Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook. Ranger Rick Raccoon, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation and logical representative for the voice to inspire Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future has been silenced.

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APRIL 28, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) has been in business for over 31 years with the mission to find, develop, and support a diverse network of leaders who expand opportunities for children from classrooms, schools, and any sector that shapes the broader systems in which schools operate. Report: 2020 – 2021 State of Salesforce In the Nonprofit Sector.

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MAY 16, 2018

According to their website, “Through integrated special education and mental health services, Positive Education Program (PEP) is able to provide individualized care to children and youth experiencing emotional disturbances and demonstrating severe and challenging behaviors.” The Village Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2018

This blog post references rape, sexual assault and harassment, but also offers suggestions on how to reach out for help, resources for talking with children and self-care tips. Some wounds were fresh; others, like mine, were decades old or took place during childhood. TRIGGER WARNING. by Neil Parekh. Director of Network Communications.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

While we had a decade to adjust to websites being important, we’ve had a lot less time to figure out social media, and even less time to adopt a mobile first world. Dramatically increasing participation by mobilizing real-time passion for your supporters on social media. What worked a few years ago, may not today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

Immunizing the Village's Children. The Sharing Foundation's programs have touched all the children of Roteang Village who have been immunized, full series. childhood immunizations are routine and taken for granted. In Cambodia, rural children often die from preventable infection and disease. In the U.S.,

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2017

Social media influencers aren’t elusive. There’s a good chance you have hundreds, if not thousands, who would gladly share your campaign message with their social networks if you did one thing—asked them (and not in a wimpy “p.s. 3 types of social media influencers and how social scoring works.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2012

I choose nonprofits that in my mind have excelled at social media throughout the previous year and represent causes that I feel are timely for the coming year. Prevent children from dying from lack of access to clean water or medical care: @ Water , @ AlexsLemonade. Every January Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2018

Note from Beth: Momsrising continues to forge ahead with innovative and effective ways to use social media for engagement and results. We’ve successfully done this for over a decade through our unique, powerful parent mobilization strategies – including our ever-evolving innovative use of social media.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) is the political voice for kids. While we didn’t endorse any candidates in the primaries or general presidential election, starting in Iowa in the summer of 2015 all the way through to Election Day, we worked to elevate the issue of early childhood education in the U.S.

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