Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. Rather than just talk about the campaign, students has to participate.

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Classy

JUNE 15, 2021

We are excited to announce Classy’s latest advancement in shaping a stronger social sector, Classy Academy —our new learning platform of on-demand courses covering nonprofit best practices for all, as well as how you can optimize Classy to advance your nonprofit’s mission. . Q: What courses are available now? Account Tour and Setup.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Check out this video for tips on writing the best opening sentence you can. A word about inkind gifts: Of course you should always thank a donor who gives an inkind gift, such as a donation of bottled water, laundry detergent, pet food, or whatever. Photo or video of how their gift is being used. It’s just too dull.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

Of course libraries are all about education in its various forms. PowerMyLearning is a new, free online resource that has educational games, videos, and other activities for elementary, middle-school, and high school-aged students. Some of the videos, however, I found to be a bit sleepy. I think I may have a lead for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

That training was either expensive or a hodge podge of low cost webinars and free video tutorials available on the web. Google has launched Analytics Academy , a three-week online course t three-week course offers the basics for those seeking to understand the how to improve results through better digital measurement.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Lots of videos on there you can watch. They moved to a transitional campus, and they began to add students and kind of expand their services to those students. You’re, of course, always trying to get that donated in-kind or try, you know, a board member to cover that for you. And they began to grow.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2011

At 1:42 PM ET today, hundreds of middle school students will do the Let's Move! Initiative with Flash Workout Event on the The National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation And of course, watch the video , and get dancing! Flash Workout together.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Years later, in collaboration with a colleague, she launched her second initiative, an after-school program in New York City to help under-served high school students with career planning and workplace readiness. More Videos. Wendy started a jellybean business during university. Share This Post!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

Rebecca Nesson will be offering a historic new course at Harvard and online. "CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion," will be the first Harvard course. to be open to the public as well as the the first Harvard course to be offered. The course. live interactive sessions with remote students in Second Life.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Last year, bloggers big and small raised $270,000 to provide 65,000 students with the resources needed to learn. At Socialbrite, we’d like to call on our readers to support students in public school classrooms in low-income areas. And, of course, you can always create your own Giving Page. Watch the video in H.264

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students. The people with skills are out there.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2015

I've been getting a taste of what I'm missing by devouring Diane Ragsdale's terrific series of blog posts about the course she is teaching on Approaching Beauty for business students at UW-Madison. You'll burrow down rabbit holes of gorgeous videos, cerebral reading lists, and provocative artist talks.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

Tuition for ten students in an after-school program? Tell the story with photos or a video. Photos do not need to be professionally shot and the video does not need to be professionally filmed and edited. Maybe your organization’s vehicle needs new tires, or maybe your students need headphones for school.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors. We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. Check out the annual report template!

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

These types of events may also provide a sense of community when distance learning, so it is important to put your best foot forward and consider a more sophisticated virtual event platform so that you are sure to impress parents, students, and possible donors. Schedule one night for your students and family members to meet each other.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

These types of events may also provide a sense of community when distance learning, so it is important to put your best foot forward and consider a more sophisticated virtual event platform so that you are sure to impress parents, students, and possible donors. Schedule one night for your students and family members to meet each other.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 1, 2013

In other words, shooting and uploading video to YouTube alone does not a videographer make, at least not in my class of sixty undergraduates who come from any major on campus.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

You’ll want to stay professional as you interact with your donors, of course. Whether you choose to do this over a livestream video, as a post on social media, or in another format, consider having two people support this project. When posting on social media, skip the formalities and embrace your unique voice and tone.

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Qgiv

APRIL 13, 2022

Have you seen high school students from athletics organizations or prom committees washing cars for cash? Of course you have. This type of fundraiser works by encouraging children to complete age-appropriate chores for people in their community (with parental supervision of course). Car wash fundraiser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

.” They provide free web analytics consulting to non-profits and NGOs around the world by matching analytics professionals, students, and charities. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students.

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Media Cause

JUNE 30, 2022

Over the course of a year or more, what types of information would you like to know about each ad that ran? student enrollment or teacher recruitment). static, video, carousel, banner, rich media) (optional). See video example below. It’s important to think long-term about this selection. Sub-Client or Project (i.e.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

On Friday, I co-presented the video blogging presentation at the Cambodian Bloggers Summit with Virak , Cambodia's first Cambodian video blogger (I think). A lot of the reaction to video blogging can be summed up by Chandee's face below which I included in the presentation materials I revised the day before.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

Their text-to-donate keyword is given verbally, is superimposed as a graphic on the video and the text-to-donate keyword is in the caption to the video: Of course not everyone has access to national celebrities, but it doesn’t have to be someone like Jimmy Kimmel to work. The video is short and simple.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

You can decide whether the story is written, told in video , or audio, spoken person to person or to a group, or better yet, in some combination of the above. The founder will take on the problem, which leads directly to the start of your nonprofit. Most importantly, the story needs to be told with enthusiasm. and those you serve.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. The Raspberry Pi was designed to help educators and students understand technology better. 256 MB SDRAM. 512 MB SDRAM.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Video is such an inclusive medium. The League of Women Voters of SF has found that making 1-3 minute (no longer than 5 min) videos gets much better pick-up online. At the end of every presentation, they put up a slide where students can either 1) join their cause on Facebook or 2) text them to sign up. It works really well.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

Teachers used my IQ to recommend me for advanced courses, and such avenues awarded me the ability to attempt learning more difficult topics. But even then, I often felt my mind drifting off in class, doodled on notes, or encountered moments where I was not motivated enough to attempt to process the course content.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

When you post a message, upload a photo or video, or share, you are given the option to select which of your “circles&# are able to view it. .&# Making the options for backing up and downloading your content and data explicit. Privacy within the platform can be on a content by content basis. Circles are how you organize your contacts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2011

One of the first Juicy Blogging E-Course assignments I give to my students is to write a blog post that has more images than words. As you can see from the screenshot of the Tumblr dashboard below, Tumblr's format encourages you to share photos, quotes, links, dialogue, audio, and video, in addition to straight text.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 10, 2011

One of my Juicy Blogging e-course students shared this exquisite video from the blog, tiger in a jar, about baking. While writing a post about Five Father's Day Donation Gift Ideas for WE Volunteer, I came across the HeroRATs project on GlobalGiving. The rats are trained to sniff out landmines! Interesting, no?

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Keep a list of students or your group members on hand to make sure everyone gets a candygram, and add a sign to your table giving people an option to order extra candygrams to cover the cost. For a fun addition, ask students to bring sleeping bags and blankets to school with them. Obstacle course. kids that have food allergies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2007

In a couple of days, video bloggers Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson will be in Cambodia doing some work with Project Hope International to help them document the work they're doing to rehabilitate people involved in human trafficking. They are taking some video cameras, including 3 Kiddie Vcams donated by Doug from the video bloggers list.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Thinking of shopping, maybe before the end of the year, all kinds of videos and stuff that you can check out. ” So I started reverse engineering what was working for us and other nonprofits, really becoming a student, studying other nonprofits, like what’s working for these organizations that are finding success.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and eLearning consultants work together to author content for your courses. But, what about the software used to bring those courses to life? Your choice in course authoring software is just as crucial as the tools you choose to deliver the content to learners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

She assigned students to watch some Citizen Journalism vlogs and post their criticism. " In the thread, one person pointed to Verdi's Video Workshop where people are giving reflective criticism on the vlog genre. There was one particular quote: "And yeah I learned a few things, one being that not just anyone can be.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It can be at night just before you go to bed, or when you get up in the morning (after you have coffee, of course.) Or better yet, get them to participate in a Thank You video ! Be sure to write thank-you notes or shoot thank-you videos for your team to let them know how much you appreciate them. Gratitude journal. That’s okay.

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