Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

We spent Day 2 of the E-Mediat Train the Trainer sessions on “ Translating The Networked NGO in the Arab World.&# To localize Networked Nonprofit concepts to an Arab NGO context, as appropriate, for improved project outcomes. The specific learning objectives: To understand the principles of “being” a Networked Nonprofit.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Based on our analysis that incorporates an adjusted linear regression, trends in Google Search terms around “Giving Tuesday,” and national giving trends, we predict that $3.048 Billion will be raised on Giving Tuesday 202 1. Giving Tuesday partners: +20,000 (15,000 of which were NGOs) Total amount donated: $47.5

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APRIL 14, 2022

Company-sponsored foundation. Independent foundation. Family Foundation. Governmentally linked foundation. With the identification of 87 new contributions from public charities, foundations and public charities now account for 47% of grants and 44% of dollar value. $31,500,000. IKEA Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Preliminary results from the 2015 NGO Global Technology Survey reveal that social media is increasingly a primary source of online giving inspiration, but social media calls-to-follow were rarely integrated into the donation and “Thank you” process, and if they were, they were visually underwhelming. Africa Wildlife Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

72% of all charitable contributions are made by individuals; followed by foundations at 15%, bequests at 8%, and corporations 5%. 88% of dollars raised comes from 12% of an organization’s donors. For every 1,000 website visitors, a nonprofit raises $612. Source: Maximillion. Source: Classy. S ource: Abila. Source: mGive.

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MARCH 5, 2024

What is an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization)? An NGO is a type of nonprofit organized at the local, national, or international level that works independently of any government involvement. Private foundations: Private foundations are entities established by individuals or families to support charitable causes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

My last stop in New Delhi was to visit the American India Foundation, which is the largest Silicon Valley/India foundation. This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The one I was most interested in is the Digital Equalizer Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2009

Cambodian youngster in the Sharing Foundation 's Education program practices her alphabet. In Roteang Village, where the Sharing Foundation has programs that help over 1,500 children each and every day, there was a birthday bash at the orphanage for the 70 plus children. We raised $6,158 from 157 donors!

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

" Facebook app causes raises $16m – "Causes, the popular Facebook charity application, has raised another $9 million in funding and introduced gift cards to let people donate online without using a credit card.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Therefore, below are 10 tell-tale signs that your small nonprofit is on the right path and laying a good foundation for excelling at social media. The lack of an international database that can be used to prevent fraud is the number one obstacle to raising funds online internationally. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2006

I just set up a ChipIn page and widget (see above) to help raise money for an NGO, the Sharing Foundation that supports children in Cambodia. I'm on the board. One of its many programs is the college sponsorship program.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

The goal of these case studies is to raise awareness of the impact these nonprofits are making in South Africa. Peace Parks Foundation was spearheaded by former South African President Nelson Mandela with the mission to protect natural preserves in South Africa and beyond. Art and Media. Poverty Relief and Social Services.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The end of the Guatemalan Civil War resulted in a flood of non-governmental organization (NGO) programs spreading across the country in the hope of helping desperately poor people gain everything from their human rights, to better health care, food and nutrition, and training in governance. Make sure you know what minimum wage laws provide.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

Our BigTech program is run by our local partner, the NASSCOM Foundation in India. The campaign gave exposure to 168 NGOs and raised 125,000 rupees in addition to in-kind donations. " GuideStar India is also helping NGOs take advantage of the BigTech program and NASSCOM Foundation’s supportive technology activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

We not only kept that promise, but our family went on to support various projects in Cambodia through the Sharing Foundation and through the connections I made through my first blog, Cambodia4kids. This is the first of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia. p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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MARCH 30, 2012

The company stated that they will not be selling the dolls at stores, but instead will donate them to children's hospitals and other hospitals, as well as the National Alopecia Areata Foundation." " Care2 Impact Prize | NTEN – A group of inspiring, talented people!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013. GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees. Community Foundation of Monterey County. The map above is a visualization of the Community Foundation of Monterey Twitter following using TwitterMap. Radio Bilingue.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

million: we raised X which equaled Y and resulted in Z. Their stellar 2018 Annual Report helps distill the operations of a very large International NGO into a readable and well-designed report. The nonprofit lets the impact stand on its own on certain pages – no pictures, very little language, and lots of white space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2009

As I do every year for my birthday, I ask for donations to the Sharing Foundation in lieu of gifts or cards. The sewing girls, who are employed by the Sharing Foundation's vocational training program, earn from the first day of their training, so this is a win-win situation. . This nonprofit helps to care for children in Cambodia.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Disaster relief is one of the primary activities of the NGO sector, and crowdsourced volunteer digital disaster work is an important and expanding part of it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Access , the organizers of RightsCon, who work for digital freedom worldwide, consciously pitched this not as a human rights NGO conference. It is on at 11:15am PT tomorrow, October 26th and includes myself, Steve Grove from YouTube, Hans Eriksson from Bambuser, Thor Halvorssen from the Oslo Freedom Forum, and Sameer Padania. Sam Gregory.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

First, in partnership with Colombian NGO Corporación Punto de Vista, we assessed a methodology for studying conflict-related sexual violence in the country. Among their recommendations is that NGOs be trained to collect, analyze and use data effectively, since the impact of their advocacy depends on establishing credibility through good data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

If you are reader of this blog, you are probably aware of the campaign I ran to raise money for Leng Sopharath's college tuition using the ChipIn fundraising widget.

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APRIL 1, 2016

2016 NGO Online Technology Report. Based upon the survey results of 2,780 NGOs worldwide, the 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report is unprecedented and provides valuable insight into the global NGO sector and its use of online technology. Walkers who send emails raise $418.93 The State of Nonprofit Cloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2006

Last year, The Sharing Foundation sewing school made over 1000 uniform sets, each one with two white shirts and blue trousers or skirt. The Sharing Foundation gave them to needy children in Roteang Village, to the Street Children's Assistance NGO, and to a poor government orphanage. So, why not help us today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2006

Last year, The Sharing Foundation sewing school made over 1000 uniform sets and donated them to needy children in Roteang Village, to the Street Children's Assistance NGO, and to a poor government orphanage. The Sharing Foundation has the opportunity to receive matching dollars from Yahoo via the Network For Good Charity Badge program.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 2, 2007

Would you like to use your blog to raise money for an organization, campaign or issue that is important to you? You can learn some blog fundraising tips if you come to the BlogHer Conference in Chicago where I'll be moderating a panel on Friday, July 27th from 2:45-4:00 pm called, Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Part 1 - Raising Money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

As Marnie Webb put it, to participate in this network, you simply has to raise your hand and be willing to meet people in a bar to talk about social media and social change. Not that they thought they would fail, but just didn’t have foundation to scale. They had vastly different ways in which they approached partnering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

As Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, one of the areas of inquiry as been Network Effectiveness which is part of Organizational Effectiveness area. The question has come up: Does leading networks require a different a skill set than leading organizations? There were two framers who raised a question or idea related to the theme.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

MacArthur Foundation and Humanity United , held their second Human Rights and Technology conference at the new David Brower Center. NGO capacity is still lacking, but they must learn to own technology. The struggle between these groups has always been a cat-and-mouse game, but technology has raised its stakes. & Catherine T.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Between now and December 31st, Beth is working to raise $750 for the Sharing Foundation , an NGO that works with local officials, orphanages, and NGOs in Cambodia to improve children's lives. As of this writing, 3 PM on November 16th PST, she has raised 44% of her goal, and she started the campaign ten days ago!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2011

The run, set to begin today, October 2, is a 250-kilometer journey through the Sahara Desert ending at the Pyramids of Giza for the purpose of raising money for South African nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2004

I talked to high tech corporate leaders, the heads of foundations, education ministers of different countries, several billionaires, major religious leaders, nonprofit (NGO in international parlance) leaders, the media, technology experts and other social entrepreneurs. But, going there made it clear that's not the right question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

Earlier this week, the Overbrook Foundation released a report on Web 2.0 Assessment of The Overbrook Foundation's Human Rights Grantees," is asking for reactions. In Cambodia, NGO staffers were eager to learn about Web 2.0 and nonprofit adoption. Allison Fine, author of the report titled, "Web 2.0

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

But a nonprofit business plan is necessary to attract major donors, foundations, Board members, and other potential partners. Or maybe your nonprofit is actually an NGO based in another country. So, include a summary of your fundraising plan here to show how money will be raised. Your organization doesn’t exist to make money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. I'm taking a deep breath to capture the learnings and roll them into the next steps for my personal fundraising campaign on behalf of the Sharing Foundation 's College Sponsorship Program and Leng Sopharath. What do you do?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 47% of nonprofits purchased Facebooks Ads in 2019. Those nonprofits that embrace a comprehensive Messenger strategy now are those best positioned to raise the most money through a Messenger Donate button. 3) Upload visual content that tells the story of your organization.

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