Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2014

While there has been some high-profile efforts to raise awareness and money, most recently by former football player Steve Gleason and his Team Gleason House , research efforts and awareness have been low compared to the other fatal diseases. From local athletes and community members in Boston it quickly became a national movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Here's some inspiring stories, tips and resources: Some Inspirational Stories Last week I wrote the Columbus Foundation's recently launhced Match Day 2.0 , a giving stimulus plan created to matching gifts to PowerPhilanthropy organizations and raise $1 million in 48 hours to support local needs in their community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Not two minutes had passed after I set up my birthday campaign and added it to my profile, I got pinged from Facebook friends asking how they could install it. As friends make a donation, it automically appears in your profile newsfeed. It matches real world philanthropic behavior. I've been doing this for years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities. His work was recently profiled in this New York Times piece. 1) Everybody is People.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

In Ethiopia, she did organizational capacity building work for a local network of NGOs. The tools can be useful for in-country connections, in local languages, or north-south connections. My bloglines profile is public so you can see what I'm reading. are they relevant to the people you work with in developing countries?

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 8, 2021

They generate more personal buy-in , especially if they include the ability to contact local elected officials. Congressional offices and local elected officials may actually engage with your cause. Have supporters change their profile picture. They have a clear target, a clear action, and are low-lift. Use the same hashtag.

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