Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2014

But it is also a quiet time of year and a good time to catch up on reading. Also, if you are looking for a last minute gift for the nonprofit networking and data nerd in your life, here’s some book recommendations. The Digital Mystique by Sarah Granger. Impact and Excellence by Sheri Chaney Jones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Photo Tweeted by @starfocus during a network mapping session at NWF. Danielle connected me to Daniel Chu, Vice President, Affiliate and Regional Strategies and resident network weaving enthusiast. Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 11, 2022

Save the Children : When crises happen, like this one in Ukraine, children are undoubtedly the most vulnerable. Save the Children focuses on responding quickly with life-saving humanitarian aid to children who are fleeing their homes and, in the process, are exposed to injury, hunger, and freezing temperatures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

The Kony story resonates because it’s the story of an identifible individual doing bodily harm to children. Mary Joyce points out that the film comes off as racist: Invisible Children has no Africans on its board of directors and collects money for itself rather than for Ugandan organizations. ( source ).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

I believe that our children’s generation is key to creating lasting change in equality, justice, climate change, and human rights. It’s the gift of having my children teach me that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Children are teaching their parents that everyday actions can make a world of difference.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Thanks to Darren DeRose, the IT Administrator for Children's Network of Solano County in Fairfield, California, having a shared database is no longer such a problem. The Children’s Network of Solano County does lots of things to support low-income families across their county.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 14, 2022

See giving as a family tradition and seek to teach their children generosity. Network for Good ‘s easy-to-use, all-in-one platform empowers small and growing nonprofits to build strong donor relationships, fundraise confidently, and make a bigger impact. Desire to repay or pay forward in gratitude through their giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Keo Savon, the young Cambodian woman supported by Measuring Networked Nonprofit book royalties. The money went to support students like Maneth, an IT major who now teaches computer lessons in the orphanage where my children lived. Buy a Copy of the Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2009

As we were singing happy birthday, I realized that Harry is growing up with having social networks and generosity in his life. The Sharing Foundation 's core volunteers are, like me, parents of adopted children from Cambodia. And, like our family, they want to encourage their children to give back to Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’ve wrote about the importance of building resilience in networks given the complex and connected environment we live in today. So, when Pat Brandes from the Barr Foundation sent me this thought piece on building resilience of networks, it resonated on many different levels. How did it happen?

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Global Fund For Children. Global Fund For Children. The Global Fund For Children believes that educating children and youth is the key to building a more peaceful and just society. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education. Mellon Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We have designed and been delivering “ Friending the Finish Line ” with the goals of having organizations create an integrated social media strategy into their overall communications plan and as a way to accelerate the progress of their children’s health care advocacy work and create a peer networked learning community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2010

Join Allison Fine and me on June 21st at 1-2 PM PST/4-5 PM EST for the launch of The Networked Nonprofit published by Jossey-Bass. Our party goal: Make The Networked Nonprofit a top ten bestseller in Amazon.com’s business book section before the book is issued (Official release date: July 6). More Incentives!

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Global Fund for Children. Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. WHAS Crusade for Children. Global Fund for Children. They accept submissions from any United States-based, IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations focused on work that benefits America’s children. Funding Priority: Youth Programs.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The entire conference is virtual and free this year, so everyone can join for inspiring content and peer networking opportunities. Families now look for the best fit for their children instead of the “best school” by reputation. Register now for bbcon 2022. This speaks directly to how a school communicates its unique culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in. I reached out to my readers for suggestions about how to raise more charitable and socially aware children. Network Solutions partnered with a 12-year old Connor who was raising money for hunger by selling popcorn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2010

It was a special launch day for our book, The Networked Nonprofit , thanks to you! Here’s some of themes we touched with links to posts by others (and some of our own): How Nonprofits Need To Adjust in a Networked World. Strategies for Being A Networked Nonprofit. Tags: Networked Nonprofit. Social Culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

The term Peeragogy came fluttering through my network, like a butterfly, and it caught my interest. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate. It resonated.

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DonorDrive

JULY 10, 2018

At over 400 colleges, universities, and K-12 schools across North America, students dance 8 - 40 hours straight in support of their local children’s hospital. In 2018, Dance Marathon was named the fastest growing program in the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising 30.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2023

Encourage your network to thank their own mentors and consider becoming mentors themselves! They work towards this mission with programs catering to community-based and school-based mentoring relationships, children of military families, and children with incarcerated parents. Find an event to attend.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit’s cause on cause awareness days and provided your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance, cause awareness days provide ample opportunity to create visual and text-based content that inspires engagement and interaction on your social networks.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For example, your output of 3,000 meals and food security for 300 families may have given: Parents the energy to take care of their children. Children a full stomach so they could thrive at school. How many children won’t be successful at school because they are hungry? Adults energy so they can be successful at work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Social Media Lab: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

If you have not read Beth Kanter and KD Paine's awesome new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , then you must check out Care2's webinar on December 4th at 2PM ET led by Beth, Ashley Boyd of MomsRising, and Ryann Miller of Care2. What you'll learn: How to lead with a networked mindset. What it means to be data-informed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2010

Join Allison Fine and me on June 21st at 1-2 PM PST/4-5 PM EST for the launch of The Networked Nonprofit. Stop by and chat with us on Twitter or watch the live stream. Our party goal: Make the Networked Nonprofit a top ten bestseller in Amazon.com’s business book section. Tags: Housekeeping Networked Nonprofit.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

For example, if your organization works with children, have the children that you work with create personalized thank-you notes or pictures. Outside of work, Sarah can be found reading, hiking, kayaking, volunteering for Florida Access Network, or getting lost in the woods while photographing birds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Many years ago before the digital cameras and children, my husband used to spend many hours combining two past times: birding and photography. Black-Crowned Night Heron. What is your system for professional learning? What role does social media play in it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2017

When a natural disaster strikes, I make a donation to my go to national or global charities for disaster relief Team Rubicon, Save the Children , and/or Global Giving. There are many more local nonprofits, focusing on animals, elderly, children, and more. I also ask for recommendations for local charities from colleagues.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

It was my first first experience with online social networking and from that first “Friend Request” I was absolutely hooked – obsessed even – with the potential of social networking for social good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit on cause awareness days provided that your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

All Parent Centers have the same mission: to help families of children with disabilities succeed in life, find tools and resources, and develop advocacy strategies despite the many barriers including segregated classrooms, inaccessible communities, and old cultural belief systems about disability. Our tagline, " For your mission, and beyond.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 15, 2010

My pals, Beth Kanter and Allison Fine , have a new book coming out early next month, The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change. They'll be talking about The Networked Nonprofit at a free webinar, produced by Care2 , on Thursday, June 17th at 2pm ET/11AM PT. To register, click here.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Over 14 million people, primarily women and children, have fled to other countries or locations inside Ukraine and are currently unsheltered. One of the most critical and well-known international crises today is happening in Ukraine.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Kids Care Clubs are a program of the HandsOn Network whose mission is to, "develop compassion and to inspire a spirit of volunteering in elementary and middle school age youth." I liked a couple party ideas from their site: A treasure hunt where everything the guests find is donated to a children's hospital. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

They support a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs nationwide. Their network reaches children, seniors, and families no matter where they live or spend time. Most Executive Directors in the network make regular calls to their top donors, a practice encouraged by the national office.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 21, 2022

Now’s the time to block your calendar and RSVP for two days of outstanding thought leadership, networking, and continued learning opportunities. How ChildFund Leverages a 360-Degree View to Make a World of Difference for Children. The second annual Salesforce Nonprofit Summit is just around the corner! 2022 Nonprofit Summit .

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