Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Speakers: Douglas Thomas, USC Center on Public Diplomacy Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Stephen Friedman, MTV U Douglas Thomas: We're closet gamers. " Came to the idea that if people play together, they tend not to think of people as different nationalities. Will clean up later.

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Silos Culture Inside the Walls of Nonprofits Prevent Effective Social Media Use - Beth Kanter's post about internal silos in nonprofits reminds me of a post and the ensuing conversation that happened in the comments on my blog about a month ago. " Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!)

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From the article : "For example, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency) partnered with Care2 ,an activist social network of over 8 million Americans, to promoteawareness of the deterioration of coral reefs. The idea was that thefederal agency would work with Care2 to build support for the International Year of the Reef 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

Prior to joining the Eagles in 2000, Julie worked in the television and business affairs department at the National Hockey League in New York. She is a nationally-recognized master storyteller and fundraising culture change expert helping nonprofit organizations raise nearly $300 million dollars from individual donors. And counting.

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There are even a few international reports. The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th. The contest is calling for participants to make a one-minute video that portrays diversity and inclusion.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

There are even a few international reports. The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th. The contest is calling for participants to make a one-minute video that portrays diversity and inclusion.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Guest post by Christina Relacion, Communications Manager at the Scleroderma Foundation’s National Office. Thanks to a brainstorming session, we came up with our highly successful “Sclerodoodle” artwork contest, an opportunity for supporters to create artwork around a theme (I.AM.SCLERODERMA.)

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MARCH 5, 2014

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. Forty-two percent of Pottsboro’s school children are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. More TechSoup Global Resources: The TechSoup Global Local Impact Map for international success stories. success stories.

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For example, British cooking site SORTEDfood had a hilarious series of Snapchat Stories in which its staffers took an international road trip to find delicious food. Share Exclusive Content, Challenges, and Contests. Image 3: National Geographic. Followers could watch them navigate new cities as they got hungrier and hungrier.

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MARCH 31, 2010

Or to vote for you in a contest? Care2 members donate many millions of dollars to charity and help nonprofits win hundreds of major advocacy victories for important causes every year -- locally, nationally and internationally. * Mobilize an army of e-activists to win advocacy victories for your cause (while building your own army)?

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

You can pick up a button or badge (like the one above) on the Peace Primary site to promote the contest on your blog, web site or email. I hope this contest gets a lot of press to re-establish the importance of human rights and peace for the next administration, and to shine a light on the important work these organizations are doing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Fight Hunger is doing a lot of experimentation with social media - from their viral video contest to their fundraising event in Second Life. Should nonprofits that are not national or international campaigns just ignore social media all together? How can this learning be scaled to smaller nonprofits?

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MAY 7, 2013

This is similar to the success of projects like Restart Romania in which social activists got help to develop online tools to address corruption in high places, and also a national website for tracking medication shortages in Romania. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page. Social Media.

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MAY 10, 2007

Two-thirds of our panelists were in the top 10 of all evaluations (Steve Daigneault / Amnesty International and Tim Fullerton / OxFam America) and the overall evaluation of our session was very high. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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APRIL 27, 2009

engage internally. Examples: Yammer for internal sharing, it’s a Twitter for groups. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. Any resources to move from national to local? i have changed my role a bit so that i serve as a consultant internally to get people started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

On Saturday we celebrated a National Day of Giving (which I like to call N-Dog) – all over the country Red Crossers were out and about raising funds for the campaign. Since the great wall fell, we've been able to promote initiatives like the Western Union Foundation contest to all of our chapters and blood regions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Amy Sample Ward , filling in for Britt Bravo, writes about several awards and competitions including the UK Catalyst Awards and Simon Fairway's pointer to the digital makeover contest.

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MARCH 29, 2012

Data Systems International. National Purchasing Partners. The Engage Group Visit us at Booth #36 and enter our contest to see how big of a bubble gum bubble you can blow. CiviCRM is giving away T-shirts, and copies of the CiviCRM User and Administrator Guide. Confluence. Come measure the steps you take with a personal pedometer!

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And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America , or go international with events in. Ilorin, Nigeria: Recession: Reviving the Nation's Economy Through Technology. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

For example, here is a recent email fundraising appeal from the National Wildlife Federation about the urgent need to save pollinators: The header image contains a “Donate” button and an “Act Now” link and both take the reader directly to NWF’s primarily donation page. Create a welcome email.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

And creative problem solving (from puzzles and caption contests to improve and every episode of MacGyver ever). And he saw a lot. Hundreds, probably thousands, of items meant for donors … and built to fail. Beth Kanter. BethKanter.org. Beth Kanter is an internationally recognized thought leader in networks, social media and data.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Sure, he raised over $20 million for Haiti and an impressive array of non-profit organizations including American Red Cross , Oxfam America , Salvation Army , Habitat for Humanity , International Rescue Committee , and the United Nations Foundation used his services. Good for him. But is that it? Is that all he wants to do?

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MARCH 16, 2011

The Science Fair opens at 3 pm in the International Ballroom, check out the full exhibitor list on myNTC. Click & Pledge Free I-POD ClientTrack by Data-Systems International Stop by our booth for a demo of ClientTrack™Online Case Management and Reporting Software. Here's the giveaway line-up: American Technolgoy Services, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Dolnick — former head of exhibits for the National Zoologic Park in Washington DC; noted marsupial expert * Michael Golden — current publisher of the International Herald Tribune; former head of the company’s Women’s Publishing Division; noted sundress expert * William E. . Not noted Internet expert.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. The question is "When is video a good. choice and when it is not. And you have until March 11th at midnight to enter.)

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MARCH 12, 2008

. … …Last year, Princeton University held a conference at which List, Croson, Andreoni and others who study charitable giving got together with fund-raisers from Africare, the National MS Society and elsewhere. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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JULY 5, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. The winners of the contest, and their entries, are: · Entoure , Sarah Allen. “My

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APRIL 23, 2013

This is similar to the success of projects like Restart Romania in which social activists got help to develop online tools to address corruption in high places, and also a national website for tracking medication shortages in Romania. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page. Social Media.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. The competition would progress through in-person competitions to a national competition. Young Adult International Development Community. Vote for this Idea].

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MARCH 20, 2012

Publishers Clearinghouse sends their contest junk mail to nearly every U.S. For tips on how to deal with business junk mail, see the National Waste Prevention Coalition's Reduce Business Junk Mail website. Call 1-888-567-8688 from your home telephone, or visit their website. Acxiom U.S They offer an online opt out form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

However, what we discovered was that social media (once internally accepted and acknowledged) could truly compliment and improve engagement with our programs. Carie Lewis, Humane Society of the US Carie's poem is about the Humane Society's experiments with photo contests and how to use metrics to improve your social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

One test in particular focused on design and photography, using splash pages for a contest called “Dinner with Barack”. Girl Develop It is an international organization, certified by the Board of Education, that provides hands-on instruction and mentorship for women and girls who want to learn coding.

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

And Canada’s 180 international development agencies, what makes you different from them? Some of them are, you know, doing child sponsorship, others long-term international development, others emergency work. So there’s one thing that makes your organization stand out. and so money doesn’t go to the cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Experiment with online contests to build your email list. ? Follow and study UNICEF , SOS Children’s Villages , ONE Campaign , National Park Foundation , and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Offer contests that reward fundraisers who raise the most funds during the campaign. ? Online Fundraising. ? Social Fundraising.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Donors often respond to internal triggers that aren’t clear even to them. Psychologists have studied the dynamics of giving for years and identified some key internal motivators for giving. We’ve all read news stories about national charities that mismanage funds. Ok, so why exactly do people give? Social Dynamics.

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