Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

I remember him telling me stories about his experience there , one poignant story about going into a rural village and finding it destroyed. There is “Bayanihan’ Spirit” or the Flippino word for community which includes lots grassroots fundraising through smaller nonprofits (offline and online ) and the church.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Most nonprofit leaders have to keep up with their sector, field, or issues anyway – and openly sharing what they are reading – useful content and news with some analysis helps contributes to thought leadership – especially on social channels like Twitter where many reporters use it to source leaders for stories.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

You also have a volunteer program for middle and high school students to work with the children in after-school time in lieu of child care, but find that the current partners you have in the community don’t work for attracting new volunteers to participate. The benefits? These are both tangible and intangible.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

As nonprofit professionals, most of us are already in the business of people, whether we’re building houses, raising money, educating children or another noble pursuit. Be prepared with stories of how your cause is making a difference (my friend and nonprofit storytelling guru Lori Jacobwith calls these “Mission Moments”).

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Fundraising Take a Psychological Approach to Fundraising With These 5 Tips 11 min read Read Now Let’s highlight a few GivingTuesday campaigns from across the Neon One ecosystem that align with each of the different identities: Personal Identity Each year, I give my children a small budget to give to a nonprofit of their choice on GivingTuesday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. Since then, we have published and shipped over 8.5

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 5, 2020

If you want to know how to run an amazing year-end fundraising campaign (both online and offline) for your organization, check out our three part series How to Do Year-End Fundraising the Right Way. The primary difference between offline fundraising letters and e-mail fundraising letters is length. The rule online is less, less, less.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Selling more online than its next 12 biggest competitors combined (see the Wall Street Journal story), this online giant took home $61 billion in online sales in 2012. So while the developed world spends on a new party outfit or the latest toys for their children, a small portion of that can go to feed. Tried and True Concept.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

The emails should include an emotional story , appropriate imagery, and a call to action that expresses urgency. You can add these into your virtual fundraising campaign site on CauseVox as an offline donation to showcase fundraising progress! Valentine’s Day for victims of domestic abuse). Virtual Gala Fundraiser. Then share!

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2014

The podcast let us dive into the topic and discuss how online and offline worlds complement and complicate each other. Finally, if you need a hit of inspiration and historical museum-making, I strongly recommend checking out the Boston Stories project. My career has been shaped significantly by blogging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. Father McKenna Center : The McKenna Center serves the needs of the poor, men, women and children through a variety of programs funded by generous individuals, religious orders and institutions, foundations and government grants.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

You can review the page edits here: [link] ) Links to news stories were included as they emerged and the occasional personal edit of sentiments like “no one knows what’s going on” contributed to the live action growth of the page. The same with live information, personal stories from witnesses, and so on. Examples from Haiti.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Creating a story for rewards will describe how each wish item can help your cause and make a difference in someone’s life. Invites to your organization, volunteer programs, communications with children or seniors your nonprofit is supporting can be great reward ideas for your fundraising campaign. Be creative.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For example, if we are telling a story about a client who lives in a certain area, we make sure the constituents that live in that part of the city know our clients are their neighbors. Offline activities. We recently had a competition for community members to watch a preview of a new movie along with our Kids Cafe children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

At minimum, this application lets people air their concerns to legislators and policy makers easily through Twitter and can amplify more traditional tactics such as email campaigns and signing online/offline petitions. In this example of using grassroots organizing to influence grass tops debates, how do we measure it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

He describes what hopes to do: I intend to examine the methodology of various politically and socially energized young people, contacted through various activist networks, and to listen to, record, and share their stories with present and future doers. I will use a blog rich in video and audio to share my discoveries and analysis.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 26, 2017

According to the latest research from the Charitable Giving Report: The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. Quarterly newsletters, email blasts with stories , events and strategic plans are a few examples of how to communicate with your donor base.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

This past September, Executive Director Karen Worcester shared their incredible story at Blackbaud’s annual conference for nonprofits. Soon, Worcester received close to 6,000 emails from people around the country sharing their wartime experiences, stories of loved ones lost, and humbling appreciation for the project.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I’m talking to organization that have inspiring stories, are doing incredibly important work, and have very real opportunities for the community to join in action. They don’t focus on a dollar number, they focus on the women’s stories and communication all that they wish they could do. But I’m not talking to random individuals.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The result was an 800 page book of narratives, pictures, stories, and much more that will now be part of the library’s collection. My focus is on how children learn science. but there wasn’t an offline space for that. Learning Science by Design.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth is an expert in facilitating online and offline peer learning, curriculum development based on traditional adult learning theory and other instructional approaches. No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children, so that we can grow up to blow you away.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Her organization is a storytelling organization, so the goal is to get people to share and tell their stories. A Different Kind of Story. Have also worked a lot in video because stories need a visual medium. Go where the people are - if they are offline - help them get connected. they have a YouTube Channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

An offline newsletter or meeting is very important in Ghana for instance for reaching people as they don???t in Ghana here and a story about the use of a wiki in Zambia by my colleague Saskia here. re online, you blog and you have young children. But my children still complain at times and tell me to close down the computer!

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

They counteract this by telling the stories of people both past and present who have connections with the American Red Cross. Don’t be afraid to share people’s stories because it will make your organization feel a lot more friendly and open. Like the American Red Cross, they know how to use personal stories to promote their brand.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I know you’ve got a little cold, but that’s what children give you. So I help organizations tell powerful stories that have raised collectively around a half billion dollars. Be an ambassador but tell a specific story? . They have someone that goes out to take photos, learn stories. Are you doing okay?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

They have children, they’re doing all of this. Then around being an advocate, share their personal stories. You have to teach them to share their personal stories, and we’re going to get into that in more detail in what I’m talking about around sharing the personal story. And so the fact that they.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The result was an 800 page book of narratives, pictures, stories, and much more that will now be part of the library's collection. My focus is on how children learn science. but there wasn't an offline space for that. We wanted to created a space where people could get together and talk about games.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

It might be a little tight because we’ve got a lot of good stuff to share with you, but ask questions anyway because we might be able to get to your question offline as well. You have fallen into a new story. Do not confuse the beginning of the story with the end.” And the other way is to just use stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2012

The photo above is of my children, Harry and Sara, who were both adopted from Cambodia. When my husband and I were in Cambodia in 2000 to bring home Harry, our infant son, we got a blessing from a monk. My children will meet her for the first time. I got recognition from BusinessWeek and the story was shared in this post.

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CauseVox

JUNE 14, 2021

The organization also provided updates in the form of powerful client stories. By sharing client stories via Facebook, they’ve increased the number of people who will see (and participate) in their campaign. Nonprofit crowdfunding allows you to tell your org’s story and mobilize direct support for your cause.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And if you have not heard, I have a podcast, “Let’s Take This Offline,” and you can go ahead and binge listen while you do your running, or your walking, or you’re sitting lakeside this summer, kind of decompressing from a really hellish year. First of all, these children have taught themselves.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

Tracking offline and online behaviors in a single database is either a reality or an imminent goal for every nonprofit I’ve worked with. First, they may want to learn some basic facts, history, and read some stories about how the organization makes an impact. Stories and/or News.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

It was my birthday and the culmination of a campaign to raise money for Cambodian children that I used an action learning project for the students. We actually eat chocolate in class as part of the exercise! In the book, the authors tell the story of Sameer Bhatia, a young Silicon Valley entrepreneur who diagnosed with leukemia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

In August, I did a little fundraising experiment that involved Twitter and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. This story is the fundraising equivalent of the bikini-clad woman in the Slimfast ad - a special success story." By the end of the conference, the total had climbed to $3,774.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

They want to hear stories of people that look just like them. Women are more skeptical of advertising than men are because they feel like someone's trying to get one up on them, and so they want to know that real people are engaged in an organization, and that they're hearing real-life stories. I read children's books a lot.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Altruistic donors usually love the story! We’ve all read news stories about national charities that mismanage funds. Those stories hurt every nonprofit because it erodes the public’s trust in our sector. Harness the power of impact by: Telling stories that focus on ONE person or family. Calculating your Core Number.

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