Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2012

But when Razoo designed Twive and Receive , a national giving day slated for June 14, we couldn’t help ourselves. With strong roots in prior national giving events and contests such as Twestival Local and America’s Giving Challenge , we wanted Twive to have the same fun spirit of those early ground-breaking giving events.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

7 Things I learned From #Beth53 Fundraiser and PoST Class – Beth's Blog: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Use Social Media to Power Social Networks for Change – Beth shares some great lessons from the fundraising campaign she recently ran for her birthday. "This Design for People To Self Organize! ."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

When traditional recruiting tactics start to return lackluster results, consider implementing these five creative and free approaches to attracting volunteers: Mine Your Social Network. Some possible remote volunteer jobs include writing newsletters, designing websites, consulting and even making small items that can be mailed in.

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MAY 28, 2007

It is fueled by easy-to-use blog software, social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and the online video phenomenon of YouTube, and a thousand other video sharing sites. One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. The prize has to be significant, or seem significant to the target audience. (It

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MAY 25, 2012

For example, when the Center for Reproductive Rights was supporting the case against Texas's mandatory ultrasound law (which was a big news story), they launched a New Yorker Style Cartoon Caption Contest and asked people to submit a caption for the cartoon they designed about the outrageous law.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 24, 2021

To generate excitement for your virtual audience, consider pre-event contests, social media competitions, watch party gift boxes, and other pre-event activities as a way to get your virtual audience motivated. Your virtual event requires a professional IT team to ensure the presentation is always available to online attendees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Social Actions has designed the Change the Web contest to stimulate innovative and effective web application development that facilitate social actions. Social Actions is reaching out to social software tool builders to dream up a new tool to help people find and share actions.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

For example, participants can watch videos, get ringtones for their phones, submit a design to a t-shirt contest, take a quiz about reproductive rights and find information on an interactive map , among other things. Tags: social media see3 new media conference social networking Nonprofits Video nptech.

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

Since there is a good amount of room to work with, the banner can be nicely designed and contain targeted messaging and help separate your organization from others on Twitter. Nonprofits will be able to have a branded banner across the top of their twitter profile page. Highlight A Specific Tweet (aka Call to Action). Running a big campaign?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Like Instagram, the Vine app is designed to be very easy to use. Once recorded, Vine videos are uploaded to Vine's social network and can also be shared on Facebook, Twitter, and other sites. Help , a nonprofit dedicated to helping other nonprofits tell their stories through film and video. Super-Short Video Examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Disruptive Model: Social Network. Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. Disruptive Model: Contest Crowdfunding.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

(Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Plan for any additional staff and budget needed for technology, design, content, online advertising, and other implementation costs for the year. How do think your target audiences will prefer to get info for this initiative?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

15) Brand design contests. Consider a brand design contest for a more inventive competition. This webinar is designed to deliver an actionable blueprint for fundraising success based on real-life examples of nonprofit virtual fundraisers. 30) Social Media Challenge. 16) Hybrid costume party. In Conclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

For “giving days”—which are becoming increasingly popular all over the country—social networking and digital communication such as email and blogging are key to driving big results. Youthprise, a youth-serving nonprofit and grantmaking organization put up $14,000 in prize grants for the contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. Corporations use these contests to engage potential customers. Trust me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2008

He also shares that he wants to create a social fundraising wizard Currently, I am building an automated wizard. that will assist in planning and implementing a peer-to-peer social change campaign. The wizard will recommend platforms to use and best practices for spreading the campaign through social networks.

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MARCH 4, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

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MARCH 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

You can present them with light-weight opportunities to show their support online by voting in a contest, participating in online and offline events, and taking part in volunteer and do-it-yourself actions. Prior to encouraging your supporters to create impact through donations, make sure to engage your fans and supporters in other ways.

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DECEMBER 12, 2007

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman DEC 12, 2007 Why you need social media marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

The Wall Street Journal published a very positive piece about the potential for online giving and social networks. The article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation. Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools.

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MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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MARCH 13, 2008

Work with the Public Affairs team to identify, develop, and execute communication tactics via the organization’s website, including video streaming, blogging, RSS feeds, subscription systems, social networking media, and other forms of electronic communication and convening. Five to ten years of project management experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. " I agree.

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See3

OCTOBER 7, 2007

RSS feeds and blogs, article comments, social networks… it’s all increasingly important. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Avenue A/Razorfish, the high-end web ad agency now owned by Microsoft, did a little study of these so called Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

As many of you know, I get REALLY excited about social networking. I was really excited that he thought this social networking "experiment" was worthy of an email to our file! it was designed by Nathaniel, our new web designer) and we got a good chunk of "Facebook responders" out of it. . -

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FEBRUARY 26, 2008

On the IdeaDrivenMarketing.com blog there is a post about a social networking/content sites for Baby Boomers called Eons.com. The last point is the most salient: Remember, the Toyota Scion and Honda Element were both similarly designed for and marketed to twenty somethings…young people. They might not see themselves that way.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

This innovative video-based online initiative is designed to reach younger activists and recruit a new generation of young women and men into the pro-choice movement. See3 has been working for months with NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation to conceive, develop, and produce their latest youth-oriented initiative: free.will.power.

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JANUARY 17, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 17, 2008 Need a job?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

In today’s New York Times there is a story about how the venture capital community is heavily backing social networking sites that are reaching out to baby boomers. Social networking has so far focused mainly on businesspeople and young people because they are tech-savvy and are treasured by Madison Avenue.

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JULY 17, 2006

Facebook is the second big social networking site behind MySpace. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Take a look. read more | digg story Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Facebook Platform – Opening Up [.]

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

A kind of companion social network then tracks and rates how the people did in predicting the outcomes. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? The thing about games is that it requires the player to make decisions. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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NOVEMBER 17, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Schwartz wrote about an exceptional contest organized by the Knight Foundation.

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

Don’t give me their email, but connect me to them through the social network. Complete with typical social networking “friend&# and “share&# features. Do social networks drive donations? Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

Don’t give me their email, but connect me to them through the social network. Complete with typical social networking “friend&# and “share&# features. Do social networks drive donations? Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

Twitter is often thought of as the social media tool of choice for nonprofits hoping to garner votes for grant contests such as the Chase Giving and Pepsi Refresh Challenges. A more recent and timely example is EpicChange 's Mother's Day fundraising campaign. Tools such as HootSuite , CoTweet , or TweetDeck.

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