Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

We took care of it.&# The Red Cross managed to turn a PR disaster into a fundraising opportunity. Thinking quickly, they did disaster recovery on the rogue Tweet. You can’t hide or not respond : The Red Cross is an organization that deals with life-changing disasters.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2015

But more than likely you’re a smart phone user. Being ready for mobile donations to float in—if a natural disaster arises or the next big philanthropic challenge occurs—is a priority. Use your own life and mobile device use as an example for your pitch if you have to convince those that are still hesitant to invest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. What phones and apps are they using? Qwerty Monsters.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By using a mobile phone, they can collect data on the go and easily sync it to their Salesforce platform if they are in an area where the internet is unavailable. They can’t afford a Salesforce developer, nor can they make the additional technology investment, to bring something like this to life and keep it going. DV: I agree.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Despite moving quickly, Allied Airlift 21 recognized that they were collecting sensitive, personally identifiable information, and keeping that data secure could mean the difference between life and death. Brown recalls, “In less than 24 hours, we were on the phone with members of Vetforce to get a solution in place.”.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Host a virtual phone bank for supporters to contact local businesses and grocery stores requesting excess food donations. – Host a phone bank where supporters reach out to their networks to donate excess food to local dropoff spot. Host a virtual phone or text bank to get out the word about COVID’s impact on program changes.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Walk2Help tracks the distance you've walked using the built-in GPS on your phone and converts it into points. SF Heroes is a disaster preparedness iPhone app for the San Francisco area created for the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management. You can use the points you collected to contribute to a charity cause.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

The more detail you include in your fundraising plan template, the easier fundraising will be throughout the year because you’ll always know what to do next with no more guessing or DIY disasters. This includes rent/facility costs, payroll, admin, fundraising, phones, and any other expenses you need to keep the organization’s doors open.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2012

Big data, open data, charity reporting, and crowdsourcing were the order of the day at the recent Transforming your charity by bringing your data to life. Mobile phones were identified as one of the. This post is republished with permission from GuideStar International's blog. of their communities. other development issues.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2010

Nonprofits: Time to Get Mobile - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop: "83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones. 35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Like the Pew Internet & American Life Project , we believe that over the next decade most people will access software applications online using several different types of devices rather than depending primarily on tools and information housed on their individual, personal computers. Find the first and second post in this series online.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

The European Court of Justice has taken a landmark decision to reverse this fact of modern life. It hooks up to a phone, tablet or computer so the information can be messaged to a hospital. Disaster Relief in Eastern Europe. Up to now our digital selves have been pretty indelible on the Internet. Find more on this project here.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2012

The Product : These headsets work with almost all office phones (VoIP and PBX). They feature a 400 foot range, 12-hour battery life, and 64-bit digital signal encryption that keeps calls private. Plus: you can download free and low-cost apps from the Windows Phone Marketplace.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

The Red Cross has been around for 130 years and so much has changed – for example with text-to-give after disasters. I just had the honor of being part of a new leaders group studying how different generations were leading in the work force and we found there were lots of differences between where people were in life.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

PCs aren’t going away, but mobile devices (phones and tablets) are flooding in to the nonprofit workplace. That basically entails figuring out how to allow staff and volunteers to get work email, documents and other data on their own mobile devices – and what to do when phones and tablets get lost or stolen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Maybe the love of your life is allergic to roses or maybe he or she is trying to drop a few pounds, so chocolates (even if they are fair trade chocolates ) may not fly. What about making a donation to a charity in honor the special someone in your life. Do you have a special techie in your life who works for a nonprofit?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 8, 2012

Games structure participation in vital civic actions like voting, budgeting, advocacy, movement-building, solving major challenges, and simulations for disaster preparedness. (BS). Think about your intended audience first when creating a social impact game. (MB). Set goals with impact objectives including metrics of success. (MB).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Ironically, and what made that lesson so powerful, is that I wasn’t at the training program on social media to learn, but to conduct it with Ana-Marie Jones of CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disaster. If you can see it in your mind, you can create it in your life.&#. I wasn’t the only one, who felt that way either.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Built over a weekend with a friend, Statement is a simple app that allows a person to type what he or she wants to say into her or his phone and show another person the text in a large font. The Community Resilience Platform also pulls together important information for citizens, but specifically in times of disaster.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This wasn’t Tacker’s first go at responding to a disaster. Reaching people in the midst of a major disaster is challenging, said Tacker, and the Foundation depends heavily on its technology platform for outreach and processing. “In The amount of money we can give isn’t life-changing for them, but it can help out in a tight situation.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2024

FUNDRAISING EXAMPLE : Once I was engaged in an hour-plus phone conversation with a supporter who was a Holocaust survivor. When you become an important part of your donor’s life, they’ll be inclined to reciprocate and become a part of the life of your organization. It turns out to be immensely powerful and personal.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

The Red Cross has been around for 130 years and so much has changed - for example with text-to-give after disasters. I just had the honor of being part of a new leaders group studying how different generations were leading in the work force and we found there were lots of differences between where people were in life.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I’ve lived here most of my life. You require some dollars, you’re fundraising, because of that face, that person whose life is different because you walk alongside them. . George heard about this and he grabbed his phone and he videoed a whole bunch of people saying, “Thank you to the Smith Family Foundation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report, "Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers" from July 2006: 8% of Internet users, or about 12 million American adults, keep a blog. Today, the blogosphere is doubling in size approximately every 230 days.

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Qgiv

JUNE 16, 2021

To show you just how easy it can be, we’ve compiled five of our favorite text message fundraising campaigns from real-life nonprofits to inspire you. Not only does video content get the most reach on social media, but allowing potential supporters to hear from current real-life supporters can make all the difference in securing that donation.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

It’s helpful to test whether your word will be autocorrected by typing it in various phones. To give consent, all people have to do is provide their phone numbers with the knowledge that they’ll be receiving communications. Replace your old-school phone-a-thon with a modern and easy text-a-thon! Use common terminology.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

The get-to-know-you visit, or phone call, or Zoom meeting, in this day and age, whatever it may be, is one of the most important steps in cultivating relationships with prospective major donors. We didn’t practice, and all of that equaled disaster. Or will they be happiest with just a monthly or quarterly phone call from you?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Norman Rockwell is one of the great iconic painters and illustrators of American life in the 20th century. The Norman Rockwell Museum is located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where Rockwell spent the last part of his celebrated life. Simplified disaster recovery. These options and features include. Exchange Server backup.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

We love this example from Americares , a leader in disaster recovery and preparation within the United States. Check out our podcast episode with Extra Life to learn more about how they raised so much through video games! Telethons and Live Streaming Events. Use the Roundup App. Digital Tribute Wall.

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Forum One

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. Disaster Response. International Disaster Community of Practice. Public Social Media Platform for International Disaster Response. Vote for this Idea].

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2011

We've tried to get word out through the media and through every Facebook relief page we could find that we are open for cell phone and computer charging and have good Internet connection. I know she barely scratched the surface with those incidents, since that particular hospital was designated as a place for only life-threatening cases.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

A team from Circle of Life , and myself, went around and started studying organizing models. He'd been going around the country looking at everything from disaster sites, to CEOs of corporations, and seeing how people were empowered from the ground up. A team of us said, "We would study what works in citizen engagement."

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Well, I still recommend phone calling. And again, when you make those phone calls to funders, these are some ideas you might want to talk about. Now, some of you are probably like, “Oh, that sounds like a disaster.” “And constantly emailing and phone calling people.” It was the early ’90s.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2022

For instance, if someone has “talking on the phone” in a category below the line, you definitely don’t want to ask them to call monthly donors to thank them. That would be a disaster! One of our clients serves single Moms who are trying to climb out of poverty and create a better life. Update and thank-you phone calls.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 14, 2024

For instance, if someone has “talking on the phone” in a category below the line, you definitely don’t want to ask them to call monthly donors to thank them. That would be a disaster! One of our clients serves single moms who are trying to climb out of poverty and create a better life.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

International phone lines were jammed & I couldn’t reach my husband where he was working in France, to let him know I’d flown to LA, and I’d made it. Back then, he took comfort when he saw a small charge at a RadioShack in Phoenix, and rightly guessed we’d stopped to pick up cell-phone chargers.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Making sure you let your donors know exactly why their help is needed, who will benefit, and exactly how their life or situation will be made better. We see this a lot after natural disasters when hundreds of thousands of people need aid. Tell people how the beneficiary’s life is improved and all the things that person can now do.

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