Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. Here is what he learned. Technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Read the post below or visit the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog to comment. Note: the @names provide links to the Twitter users who made specific comments, just in case you want to connect and continue the conversation!*. Her question spurred some interesting comments that targeting the idea of taking action.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

NWF - tag mentions in delicious with which programs or projects are mentioned, can share link to that tag on delicious with staff to see their section. Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? 13,000 installs of the facebook app, and $600,000 raised. Sarah - use google alerts and a page that we update with mentions.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) What it Means to Individuals. What other questions do you want answered?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) What it Means to Individuals. What other questions do you want answered?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

More specifically we discussed grass roots fundraising and the rapid growth of online platforms that allow people to raise money for the causes they support. Next, focus on your goals – Are you trying to raise a million dollars or mobilize a group of offline volunteers? Tags: Conferences Guest Post. Check out the video.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2009

You can read it and comment on it over at SSIR as well. we20 wants to inspire people, online, to get together, offline, to talk about ideas to improve our lives and our world. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be spreading their message and mobilizing people into action both on and offline. No, you really don’t. 20 world leaders.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

When you link to your video in an email, include a screenshot of the video in a video player to raise interest. Ask your supporters to share the video with their friends and give specific instructions about what you want them to do—email a link, post to Facebook, leave a comment. Create Relevant Tags. Talk About it Offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2009

Raise more money. Raise more money – Write posts that will guide and encourage people to give. Make it easy for people to give online and offline while also showing people how you are using their money. Reach new supporters, donors and volunteers – Respond to EVERY comment you get on your blog without fail. Build loyalty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

I asked him some questions about connections between offline/online communities and how to encourage non-bloggers into a blogging community. His response: Steve answered my questions both in a comment and back over at his blog. Technorati Tags: blog_communities He's written about this topic here. * " What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

We are also learning in public when we engage in in-depth conversation whether it is offline or online, for example in the comments of a blog post or asking questions on Twitter. Offline/Online Interaction. Tags: backchannel. I find myself doing this on Twitter more and more. Retweeting is boring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Britt Bravo wrote a post several months back defining the term: people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, build community, and/or facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place. I guess I'm a change blogger too. This fall, DC will be one of 35 cities visited by NetSquared???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

Steve MacLaughlin points out "If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now. Earlier this year, I was able to raise $ 6,893 for the Sharing Foundation using Causes birthday application from 167 donors. It's still too early to measure success in aggregate dollars per donor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Many people left comments reflecting on how the landscape has changed for fundraising on social networks, including James Wu from Acumen who graciously expanded his thoughts into this guest post. Tags: movement building. James Wu is a Communications Associate at Acumen Fund where he works with new media and community engagement.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

The landscape has changed dramatically for the nonprofit, charity, and voluntary sector in the UK and I heard people across the country raise the question many times and with many different intentions, asking if there were simply “too many” organizations. The more is raised, the more impact they can make. There’s no limit to either.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

I titled the post " Look Out Here Comes Everybody To Raise Money for charity:water on Twitter " with a wink to Clay Shirky's work. In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns. This made curious: How did Twestival get started? How is it being organized?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

Steve posted a comment with some tips. Steve, I'm wondering if you have any experience with how blog communities integrate offline relationships? Also wondering, if community's intention is to raise awareness of blogging and other tools, what special challenges does that pose?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Conference Tag: CU08 ConnectingUp Conference Warning: I am live blogging these notes as the conference unfolds. Doug mentioned attending the NTC/NTEN conference in New Orleans and had RSS and Tagging ringing in his ears. He got a donate now button and raised $10,000. 1-5% are uber activists who raise the money.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

of Chattanooga , Im always looking for new ways to raise money. decided to raise $300 to fund scholarships for three low-income girls to attend our upcoming spring break science camp. We encouraged people to re-tweet with the #firstfridayfive tag to organize the event. Could that concept be translated to help a local nonprofit?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

We value the expertise of our colleagues and welcome any feedback or comments. Some base the value strictly on the donations raised compared to the cost of acquiring an online supporter. Q: Does this include offline giving too? Tags: Email Marketing Marketing Research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Submitted by Michael Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. Social Fundraising: Leveraging On and Offline Connections.

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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. And, it did.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Submitted by Michael Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

This month's Net2 Think Tank question is: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns ? We need offline events to meet each other, bond eye-to-eye, and forge the collaborations that will make our social networks stronger, better connected, and ultimately transformative. Courtesy of Joe Solomon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

But, take it offline, too. . Keep an eye on your team’s posts and be ready to like, comment or share when applicable. Turn your ambassador program into a club they’re proud to join. . Sure, the digital groups help make this possible – a Facebook or LinkedIn group or ambassador hashtag on Twitter is a must. Don’t like every.

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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! Tags: Books Engagement. Here’s some critiques of the piece (not the book) from Jillian C.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. Right before Thanksgiving, the TweetsGiving effort helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania seeking $10 donations. As Laura noted in a comment , "Imagine it for public radio: hear something great on the drive to work?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

So I help organizations tell powerful stories that have raised collectively around a half billion dollars. They call me their lifesaver because when they first met me, they were raising $23,000 a year from individuals. We were raising $5 million for a capital campaign. They’d never raised money before. .

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A higher percentage of donors 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 give online than offline. 25% of donors aged 65 and older give both online and offline. Also, a higher percentage of donors with annual incomes greater than $50,000 and beyond $100,000 give online than offline. Online donors don’t give offline Wrong.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

The Blackbaud indices include organizations that raised money specifically for Haiti relief in the year-over-year analysis. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

billion was raised for relief efforts. Ten charities raised 75% of all those donations. The Chronicle has a very good breakdown of what organizations raised and what has been spent so far. The organization raised $135 million worldwide and has spent $70 million of that total so far.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The magical kingdom in which offline and online worked together, where strategies that were proven in one place were re-imagined in new ones. In the social paradigm, we recognize the need for both online and offline to be part of our work. Show how much money is being raised! Thus, we entered the social period. Organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Amanda Rose at the London Twestival Photo was taken by @mikebutcher The Twestival combined online twitter fundraising with a groundswell of offline self organized events in 202 cities around the world on February 12th. In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. Key Findings: The majority of giving still comes from offline channels, but online continues to be a significant source of giving and new donors. This is in line with the 2010 Online Giving Report.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2007

One of the presenters last year spoke about an exhibition he had created on animal extinction, which displayed each species on its own domino, with the first several tipped (and presumably, tipping the next ones) to evoke their extinction, commented explicitly that he did not think such an exhibition could have been created by committee.

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