Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

Vinay Bhagat of Convio was given the 2012 Care2 Impact Prize for his outstanding impact in online advocacy and fundraising. This prize will be given annually to an organization that leverages networks. Annie Leonard, the Story of Stuff, was the recipient. Several individuals in the nonprofit technology community were recognized.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Convio & Event 360 have written about how organizations are making the transition to analytics, and others are beginning to follow this example. Use social media to connect and facilitate dialogue. Event 360 configures the Convio fundraising databases for many nonprofits, and we handle the day-to-day administration of several.

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MAY 9, 2013

The Italian mathematician Fibonacci wrote a book that popularized this revolutionary system in the 13th century; gradually Hindu-Arabic numerals began to replace Roman numerals for bookkeeping, facilitating the expansion of commerce and trade and, eventually, the rise of the modern financial system. Percentage of self-donations.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Congress wants to know who is facilitating the messages and what side of the issue you're on. There's a great article on Frogloop about facilitating grassroots activity to enact social change and moving grassroots supporters up an "engagement ladder" - similar to the tried-and-true techniques for moving a donor up the donor ladder.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Text-to-give : In order to facilitate donations via text-to-give, you will need a relationship with one of two partners: mGive Foundation, or Mobile Giving Foundation. Watt Hamlett is Lead Solutions Engineer with Convio. In other cases, you may need to work with a proxy provider to deliver a mobilized version of your site.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Consider workflow tools that allow easy teamwork to facilitate this. Now from the Convio team to you, Happy Valentine’s Day hot stuff. Employ a few people across your organization to help provide context, answers and details relevant to the conversation. Move beyond yourself.

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MAY 25, 2011

Michelle let us know that congressional staffers have software to sort identical messages into buckets - and that the Hill prefers that you identify your organization when facilitating citizen comments. Provide reasons they support or oppose the issue at hand. Tell a personal story. Stories are golden.

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