Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Have you ever wanted to translate newspaper articles from Turkish to English for UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)? Help the UNDP's (United Nations Development Programme) International Poverty Centre forge research partnerships in the Arab States region? Do graphic design for Lawyers without Borders?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Neither does linking to desktop sites inside smartphone apps, in group text alerts, or on location-based communities like Foursquare and Gowalla. Nature Conservancy :: m.nature.org. National Geographic :: m.nationalgeographic.com. National Public Radio :: m.npr.org. Monterey Bay Aquarium :: m.montereybayaquarium.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

With all the new tools out there to experiment with, why would individuals and brands want to start over on site with a bad brand name and tainted history? Once again, Myspace old and new, misunderstood and underestimated the affection that Myspacers once had for this site. So, does your nonprofit need to be on the new Myspace?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2011

Neither does linking to desktop sites inside smartphone apps, in group text alerts, or on location-based communities like Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places. Nature Conservancy :: m.nature.org. National Public Radio :: m.npr.org. Smithsonian National Postal Museum :: postalmuseum.si.edu/mobile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

A pioneer of crowdfunding and online fundraising, GlobalGiving.org is a site to study and learn from. For example, the Nature Conservancy offers both honor gifts and memorial gifts – each with their own donation page. Double the Donation is only open to U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

In an online world where anyone or any brand can launch online fundraising campaign through third-party crowdfunding sites (such as GoFundMe and Indiegogo ), it will become increasingly important to communicate to online donors and advocates that your nonprofit is legal, valid, and an online brand to be trusted. United States.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The firm is especially committed to working with partners involved in performing arts, the environment and conservation, education, and women. Want to get your site checked for inclusive language before the end of 2021? Chase Solutions is a national leader in prospect research and wealth intelligence for nonprofits and philosophy.

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CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2021

They’ve conserved more than 80,000 acres of prime desert habitat, forever weaving together National Parks, wilderness areas, and wildlife linkage corridors. But with some careful outreach and the resource of a beautiful national park, they nearly doubled their fundraising goal.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Brooke Sadowsky, Program Manager, RARE Conservation. SMS allows conservation campaigns to reach a bigger audience, especially of people who are harder to find in rural and expansive areas. SMS allows conservation campaigns to reach a bigger audience, especially of people who are harder to find in rural and expansive areas.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Using donor conversion data from Covenant House, Human Rights Campaign, IFAW and Nature Conservancy Canada, we’ll drill down on how the time-tested multichannel fundraising approach is producing strong results. Multichannel Strategies to Convert Online-Acquired Supporters into Donors Tuesday, 9/10 at 3pm ET. Magazine and many others.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2011

Should you invest your time and money in building a mobile version of your site, or developing an app? These are some good examples of nonprofit mobile sites. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's Bedsider Project. The Bronx Zoo (no word yet on what the Bronx Zoo's Cobra thinks of the mobile site).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. As a regualr MySpace user, there is no denying that MySpace is more diverse than any other social networking site. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

60) Search « Think Like a Designer: Viral Video and Paradox | Main | Web Metrics Wilderness: Find Your Site Conversion Pages. Last August, a draft of policies and rules for National Parks was leaked that emphasized commercialization, tourism, and motorized recreation within the parks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Large national and international nonprofits are often ahead of the curve. Intro to Coding’s website features animated geometric shapes in the hero area of their site (aka the “above the fold” area), in-line with 2020 geometric shape and animation trends. Study and implement modern design trends.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Here are 3 arts and cultural organizations that have given crowd fundraising a go for compelling causes: National Air & Space Museum. The National Air and Space Museum raised nearly $720,000 in 30 days to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon, far surpassing their goal of $500,000. More detail here.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I thought a library was one of the few sites where the urge to conserve and the desire to improve—twin poles of our political mind—were easily and naturally united. Check out the comments for more unlikely connections between Mao and the American national past time. Give yourself a long afternoon and read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

A few weeks ago, HandsOn Network launched The Good & Ready Campaign that leverages interactive technologies and social networking to support their partners, The American Red Cross , Ready.gov and FLASH by recruiting, inspiring and mobilizing volunteers in support of their goals for September, National Emergency Preparedness Month.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 15, 2014

He wished us well, updated us on his work with Conservation Colorado ( [link] ) and directed us to his personal fundraising page within the organization’s page at Colorado Gives. Byrne went on to build a nationally recognized, multi-site summer and after school tutoring program for inner city youth.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Ever wonder who the man (or woman) behind the curtain is on your favorite Convio powered site (sort of like the Wizard of Oz but in a less ruby slippers are more online strategy kind of way)? The elevator pitch for Canadian Wildlife is “CWF helps protect wildlife through conservation education, awareness and outreach.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2009

According to the GoodSearch site, up to 30% of your purchase goes to the cause of your choice. You can also Adopt an Acre in your Dad's name through Nature Conservancy. Below are a few gift ideas to add to my Do-Good Gifts for Dad list from last year: 1.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 19, 2007

" Fortune magazine calls water the oil of the 21st century — 'the precious commodity that determines the wealth of nations.'"-- Food & Water Watch The 1993 novel, The Fifth Sacred Thing , takes place in 2048 in a world where corporations control water, and Northern and Southern California are in a civil water war. Here are tips from the EPA.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

Disney has partnered with WWF , Ocean Conservancy , Fauna & Flora International and UNICEFUSA to offer three games for kids: a Simon-like dancing game, a game where you catch flying laundry, and a game where you toss recyclables toward bins. DISNEY PROJECT GREEN: Play games, donate points and help a charity win $100,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

She is the online campaign coordinator for a national grassroots organization, ANTar , that supports indigenous people. I liked the audio welcome message at this site. Some sites are using the blog feature to write about their organizations, while others haven't set it up. Amazon Conservation Team. National Farmers Union.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2008

Slide 1: My name is Danielle Brigida and I work on the Operations team for National Wildlife Federation. Slide 2: The National Wildlife Federation is one of the largest conservation organizations in the U.S. The more thumbs, the greater the traffic the site receives. The rest of the case studies are here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 9, 2008

The Interfaith Power and Light campaign is, "mobilizing a national religious response to global warming while promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation." You can download a copy of the article on the Regeneration Project site.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association. Honorable Mention: NRDC - National Resource Defense Council. Winner: National Relief Charities. They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months. Winner: National Philanthropic Trust for the Susan B.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Komen for the Cure race.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

The blog is written by Pamela Ashlund who works for the Los Angeles Conservation Corps , although this is her personal blog. She recently introduced her blog on the Netsquared site: Don't know where I fit in the scheme of things here, but I have to start somewhere. You can read their trip blog here: NRDC Drive Beyond Oil Blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Effective sites and campaigns provide space for people to express themselves. March for Women's Lives allowed people who couldn't march to post messages and stories on the March for Women's Lives' web site. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation created a site for young people. It is the most popular part of the site.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 4, 2015

Buckley, the conservative political commentator, said: “Modern formulations are necessary even in defense of very ancient truths. When a museum hosts a one-off community conversation in response to a national crisis, I often wonder: is this opportunistic? They are making canonical content relevant by updating the form.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Here's a site that already has the audience everyone wants: women and moms who make most of the household buying decisions.” Add “pin it” buttons to your blog or web site so your visitors and supporters can create their own pin boards that highlight your cause. A Creative Opportunity.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2010

The Nature Conservancy – The ecommerce offerings of the organization highlights a ton of “gifts” including adopting reefs, trees, habitats for hummingbirds and jaguars – things similar to the organizations above.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This week at the National Digital Forum in New Zealand, a librarian stood up and said, “one of the great challenges of this sector is to make preservation sexy.” People laughed with incredulity; no matter how CSI-like the pitch, it’s hard to capture public attention with preservation projects. But let's get back to the good stuff.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 01:28PM | by Allyson Kapin Facebook is the 5th most trafficked site in the United States. Less than 50 of the 179,000 groups on Causes have raised $10,000, and just two – The Nature Conservancy and Students for a Free Tibet -- have raised more then $100,000.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Modern systems should provide automated off-site, multiple-redundancy back-ups. The recruitment of good bosses has never been more important than it is now, with time-tested financial models seeming to topple over night, rapid geo-political and technological changes, and the retirement of the nation’s largest-ever generation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

So, don't forget to include a link back to your blog your web site. Don't forget to include a link to your web site or blog (if you have one, but wait a minute.see next step). It takes time to visit those sites and find what you want to read! and without having to consume a lot of time clicking through to each web site.

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