Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

The messages included pleas for support or retweeting the news, but beyond that the stream included pleas from people on the ground in Haiti asking for emergency assistance or letting loved ones and friends know they’re okay. And they expect a response from emergency and disaster response organizations.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Floodlight, an interesting data storytelling tool for communities is also featured. Data Storytelling. It originally appeared on NetSquared.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Share and Comment on Breaking News. Post Calls to Action.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 9, 2017

Our news feeds will have more and more video in them as this mega-trend continues. Storytelling in a sound-off world. The notion of storytelling might seem grandiose. A new campaign you’re launching or a milestone you’re celebrating are great opportunities to tell your story with video.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Curtis Wong of Microsoft Research has a wonderful presentation of Microsoft’s World Wide Telescope project where the tool for presenting the universe around us sets a stage for storytelling by allowing researchers and students alike to create a narrative through the interface. The Whale Hunt: A Storytelling Experiment by Jonathan Harris.

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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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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

Here comes Wally Wood, and he sees himself and his colleagues trying to find new ways to solve the same problems over and over again. Striving to make storytelling work given the constraints of time, space, the boss’s demands, evolving trends, and how dang hard it is to draw horses. This is my home.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Using the expertise of its Chef Network, WCK works to empower people to be a part of the solution with a focus on health, education, jobs, and disaster relief. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, our founder José felt compelled by the news and flew down. Once there, he started doing what he does best -- cook. million meals!

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2021

If your drive is happening after any natural disasters, during the winter, or when your community is under intense stress, needs might be higher and your goals should reflect those circumstances. Capital Area Food Bank, for example, teamed up with their local news station to spread the word about their “Food Bank Friday” campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

Nonprofits are familiar with writing blog posts that provide program updates, tell success stories, comment on breaking news and current affairs, and promote calls to action. In addition, after breaking news and current affairs, it’s the articles related to daily life that are the most popular on mobile and social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

With the wildlife we're compiling, We could keep the scientists smiling, And lose the grave and stern decorum that was our storytelling before, 'Though tweets are short and fitted,' I said, we'll increase the total submitted. increase transparency about disaster response. disclose “process” of responding to disasters.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore."

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 29, 2017

Turn on any of the local or national news channels at all points of the day, and the stories almost always revolve around an event related to President Trump. 57% of donors under 45 surveyed pointed to social media as their main source of news media. Media’s rampant impact on donor awareness and action.

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