Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

1. Hi Dana, congrats on another successful Giving Day in Minnesota. Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013). A really unique partnership with Metro Transit, which is Minnesota’s transportation resource offering a network of buses, light rail and commuter trains, allowed us to plug into their engaged audience of commuters.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2010

And for many of us, a time to exchange gifts. As I sat on the plane home this past weekend reading a magazine on the top 50 gifts under $50, I thought about how much stuff I have, how much of it I really don’t need and what really makes for a meaningful gift. And I’m from Minnesota, so I had to pick the state bird.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Why do all this if you’re just having somebody spoon green beans onto a lunch tray? Also, when they see your mailer come through asking for donations, they’ll remember their friend who was enthusiastic about your standards and will make a gift. If it’s possible to introduce people from these areas, all the better.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2017

One of my childhood memories relates to my dad trying to convince my mom that he hadn’t made a wrong turn to the east toward Green Bay, WI, despite seeing the “Home of the Green Bay Packers” along the road.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

With his bright green hair, crystal blue skin and environmentally-focused attitude, Captain Planet was the ultimate do-gooder. The San Francisco Foundation and MAP Minnesota each published great, in-depth and comprehensive guides to facilitating a merger. In the early ‘90s, a new superhero burst onto the scene. Come Together.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

They give you the gifts that keep on giving. I’m going to start sipping my green tea, like you said. Well, in 1990, I got a chance to work for the governor of Minnesota and I realized I didn’t want that job. I want to make sure my year-end gift is enough.” Lori: I’m doing okay. Steven: Yes.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Mary’s University of Minnesota. You are running your annual campaign, you may be running a capital campaign, and/or you may be running like an endowment campaign, or maybe even some kind of restricted gift campaign. And to me, that’s how you solicited the gift, so what prompted this gift? Hey, grants.

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