Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2012

We used this opportunity to support the work of MALDEF and reach Latinos with information about the ACA by tweeting out questions — in English — and links to our member stories related to our platform of issues, including the economy, early childhood education and health care, specifically the Affordable Care Act.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Parents report much more engagement and conversation with their kids at home, and this all leads to a stronger family unit! Please give so that we can end childhood hunger in India and help these children realize their full potential. Who would have thought a simple meal could change a family’s life? Your donation of $7.32

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2020

Twitter is how I first learned about the #museumsarenotneutral and #museumsrespondtofurgusion (from Aleia Brown and Adrianne Russell) and ongoing conversations about transparency in hiring practices. I felt like one on one of these conversations could be honest, supportive, and genuine in our feelings. I set up digital lunches.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I’ll stop hiding the recipe in the middle of my childhood stories and get to the meat that you’re scanning this blog for—at the beginning of 2021, I applied and was chosen alongside two others for the RiseUP Fellowship Program. Applying for the RiseUP Fellowship Program.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Others may be more comfortable in a one-on-one conversation over coffee or lunch. Having face-to-face conversations with potential major donors (in addition to all the other donor stewardship activities you manage) will be an important part of building these relationships. Say your donor is very interested in early childhood education.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

While you’re at it, read about the IRC’s awesome partnership with Sesame Workshop , BRAC and NYU to develop the largest early childhood intervention program in history with the support of a LEGO Foundation grant! We especially love DLA’s report for highlighting how their digital marketing funnel of engagement drives conversions.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Primary colors evoke childhood and optimism. Keep your explanations simple and conversational, as though you were telling a friend about the work your organization does. Choose a color palette for your website that reflects your brand and how you want people to feel. You want the essence of your work to shine through. Keep it current.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

Just as media and technology have affected the nature of childhood and education, they’ve also affected the nature of parenting. Check out our Parent Media Education Program for resources and ideas about how to integrate digital citizenship conversations into your parent-engagement plans. Make it a whole-community priority.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 17, 2017

days include lightning talks from campers, team design bursts, movement and meditation, delicious food, and late-night conversations. There will also be a deep dive into the MAH's new issue-driven exhibition pilot, Lost Childhoods. You can sleep at the museum. You can swim with sea lions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 18, 2009

Tell me something in your childhood that you wished were different and go toward it." --Rosie O'Donnell, AWEARNESS Feeling blue? "If someone says, 'I really want to serve humanity,' I'd say, 'Tell me what your dreams are. I've got the book to cheer you up-- AWEARNESS: Inspiring Stories about How to Make a Difference by Kenneth Cole.

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Forum One

JANUARY 4, 2024

We’ve edited our conversation, below: How do you think about CX for a nonprofit like ZERO TO THREE? Our policy agenda is quite wide: everything from paid family leave to early childhood education, and constituents have specific interests within broad ranges. We think, “What’s the journey for this person?”

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. I’m really excited that we have opened up our program to folks with DACA status (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 12, 2016

The participants of the challenge ranged from your childhood friends to celebrities, athletes, politicians and business moguls. You have to use the account to engage with your audience and spark conversations about your cause. A smart social media campaign can go viral and overwhelm your nonprofit with donations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Use tags to not only find content but to identify individuals or organizations who are creating or sharing useful information and, in the case of Twitter, to engage in actual real time conversations or tweetchats. " UNICEF used mobile tagging technology to raise awareness of the childhood hunger and raise money. The campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Their hope was to develop a fun way to bring families together - old and young - to have some fun while ultimately raising money and funds for those battling childhood cancers. In fact, Taylor was named VP of Game Development throughout that time. For more, read her notes here. From Crowd Sourcing to Crowd Funding With A Purpose.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 13, 2015

They’re extremely user-friendly and have actually been linked to raising conversion rates if your organization has the means. Plain and simple—they’re a foundation that raises money for childhood cancer research, “because research saves lives.” Need inspiration or examples of these tips? Here are three sites that I like: St.

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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. Regardless of what Facebook and MySpace do and don't allow, their members want to interact and converse with authentic, real, responsive individuals, not institutions. So a hat tip to Katrin Verclas and Progressive Exchange listserv.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

During the morning and early afternoon session, I felt that some tables were having difficult conversations. One of the scenarios focused on how to use social networking/media for a campaign around childhood obesity. This speaks to another "c" for social media besides community and conversation - creativity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

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. " Create a Holiday Tradition of Giving Happy Katie recalls her own childhood traditions of giving, both during the holidays and year round.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

I’m a big believer in having conversations across the industry ( check out my podcast, if you haven’t already) to share honest advice about what’s working and what’s not—I feel that it’s one of the best ways for us learn and lift the fundraising profession together. Building year-end content strategies.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2008

We have childhood memories of social bus rides. If people have childhood memories of trains, they more likely recall the scenery, the long trip, the feel of moving along the tracks. Elevators are unfacilitated, speedy automatons that are so non-conducive to social behavior that good friend will cease their conversation during the ride.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

You’ve probably heard the phrase “I have a dream” at least some point in your childhood. Having courageous conversations about race and injustice isn’t easy. King’s legacy and ways to give back while carrying his legacy forward. Listen to Dr. King’s Most Famous Speech. Ask and Listen.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2023

Listen to Dr. King’s most famous speech You’ve probably heard the phrase “I have a dream” at least at some point in your childhood. Ask and Listen Having courageous conversations about race and injustice isn’t easy. King’s legacy, and ways to give back while carrying his legacy forward.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. And yet in 2004, I listened to an exhibit manager vent about the challenge of creating an early childhood development exhibition in his science center.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Volo City Kids Foundation asks their donors to change their profile picture to a childhood picture of themselves playing a sport) Give them the opportunity to create their own personal fundraising page , where they can share their own story and fundraise on your behalf on #GivingTuesday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2010

Last week, the community foundation finished its first Minnesota Open Idea contest to fund the best idea to address the childhood obesity issue. Why did you pick the childhood obesity issue for the challenge? The winner was Christine Tubbs, whose idea “ Kids Lead the Way &# is described in the above video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Some wounds were fresh; others, like mine, were decades old or took place during childhood. Occasionally she will bring out the book herself during story time and she makes references to it in casual conversation. For parents, Psychology Today recently published tips on how to speak with loved ones about disclosure.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 27, 2020

Facebook has performed the best, but the cost per conversion has been much higher than standard content marketing, especially when we are paying for ads. . Organization: Kantor Early Childhood Education Center. What your organization does: The Kantor ECEC is an early childhood education center in Henderson, Nevada. Matt Seltzer.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Our distaste for writing followed us into adulthood because we still suffer from the same writing inadequacies we had in childhood. During conversation, Stu’s mom asked about the cost of the program and the volunteer assured her the ski program was free. We suffer writer’s block. We struggle to organize thoughts.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Why are they the same size as the person whom I casually had a short conversation with at a conference I don’t even remember? Historians can narrate stories of a city’s development or you can tell your own story of fond childhood memories. Zooming in, it’s my dad’s childhood story. They are larger in our minds.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Yvonne Atkinson, the Early Childhood Specialist who runs the Nursery discussion board, shared with me a few favorite questions from the many years she's been running the board: "What was the best conversation you've ever had with your child?" "How It just has to host the space for the conversation. What's the next step?

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

The Village Network considers itself a not-for-profit with a for-profit mentality, in the sense that they use sound business principles such as research-based leadership to build a forward-thinking and constantly developing model for helping youth rise above adverse childhood experiences to lead healthy and positive lives.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 3, 2015

Imagine a community with 50 different organizations working to reduce childhood obesity. What happens when those 50 different organizations agree on one indicator for success in reducing childhood obesity? If you are reading this via email, you can join the conversation here. Ask the United Way. It doesn't have to be you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

Unfortunately, I had to cancel and asked Scott Henderson if he'd do on my behalf. I met Scott online over a conversation in the comments when I wrote some reflections about David Armano's personal fundraising campaign back in January. be prepared to converse and respond to people with little delay, and 6.

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Everyaction

MARCH 14, 2018

Our conversation ranged from the importance of a sisterhood of support, the necessity of empowering all girls to create positive social change, and how EveryAction’s best-in-class nonprofit tools have been instrumental in helping Girls Inc. Another huge issue is the uncertain fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

For causes, this can range from increasing conversion rates by testing simple design tweaks, to nailing rapid response and raising $24M in a weekend. An idea that has captured the attention of the startup tech sector is the notion of growth hacking, a way to quickly scale a business through rapid experimentation.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So I think we can be a little bit like fish in water when it comes to our limiting beliefs, right, especially those that we have about ourselves because these can be beliefs we pick up in childhood, for example, beliefs about money are really big ones that we pick up from our families very, very early. But I wanted to leave you with this.

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