Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2009

fredkrupp who is the CEO of the Environmental Defense Fund tweets about his organization's work to save the environment, plus is sharing interesting news articles or resources from his network of Twitter followers. RT @ MarcGunther A thoughtful piece in The Economist on Jacqueline Novogratz and The Acumen Fund.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 23, 2011

Fact: In the Political Views section of my Facebook profile, it says, "Idealist. There are funds to be managed, overheads to maintain, and a quota to fill. Does he really comprehend what hunger or suffering means? Katie Hawkes , Volunteer Services Coordinator. Vincent de Paul. Group Hugs. Other fact: It's very, very true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It’s called the TechBridge Nonprofit Exchange and it is designed to address the problem of grantmakers’ reluctance to fund infrastructure improvements for charities. Then after the project is funded, the money goes to TechBridge to implement and complete the work. An App To End World Hunger?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

The organization's chief geek, Shelley Bernstein, runs the Twitter profile. All staff members are active and have their individual profiles. All of them talking about hunger issues. They tweet about important resources, charities, and funding programs in their region.

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sgEngage

MAY 8, 2023

Of the many ways a nonprofit organization can get funding, grants often seem like the holy grail. There is a lot more to grant funding than “free money.” Before you start applying for grants, you need to understand where the funding is coming from and the expectations from that organization. If only it were that easy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

He created his own nonprofit and program called “ Brae’s Brown Bags ” to help fight against hunger, probably making him one of the youngest nonprofit CEOs and founders. She funded her first pilot with her allowance! If you want to learn more about what I’ll be talking about, read this interview in the Guardian.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

To join the chat, go to www.imow.org on March 6th (you'll need to create, and be logged into your profile on imow.org). The Global Fund for Women also has an online toolkit to help you host a house party. If you live in the Bay Area (like me), the Global Fund for Women has created a calendar of local events. Host your own event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

We’re listening for those conversations, and trying to meet those people where they are, rather than going out and saying, ‘This is the exact demographic profile of the person who we want to reach.’”. It also helps illustrate that the orgs who you think of as competitors for funding are actually great collaborators on campaigns.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The demographic profiles of these donors skewed younger, the vast majority being Millennials or Gen Y. He created his own nonprofit and program called “ Brae’s Brown Bags ” to help fight against hunger, probably making him one of the youngest nonprofit CEOs and founders. She funded her first pilot with her allowance!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So that leaves about 20% of the funding pool to organizations like you. Because it’s not just about the issue, because let’s say you’re helping with hunger relief, well, there might be 10 organizations in your community helping with hunger relief. Plus, it’s super competitive. It’s challenging.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 17, 2023

And building a big, loyal donor base is one of the smartest things you can do, especially if you’re trying to fully fund your budget this year. To be wildly successful at fundraising and fully fund your budget, you need to value your donors as partners. So, where do you start to find new donors? Perfection won’t help you here.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

It’s preached that in order to successfully raise funds you must truly know your supporters- your people. In this piece, 7 Tips for Building Nonprofit Supporter Profiles , Tech Impact outlines how to appropriately manage constituent relationships. People give to people. They give because they’ve formed a connection.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2017

Find Media Influencers : Generally, this segment should have 500-5,000 followers, a Klout score of 40-69 and “media or blogger” in their social profile. Goal: Cultivate bloggers to write or Tweet about your campaign.

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