Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a husband and wife in their early 90s, frail of body and mind though resolute (some would say stubborn) of spirit, finally gave in to the pleadings of their family. It’s not a nightmare,” I said, “It’s for real.”. Sandy exposed our vulnerability to climate change.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2021

For this week’s National Volunteer Week, we’re launching the next phase of our partnership with Salesforce.org. Whether it’s the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, tornadoes in Nashville, or the pandemic response in Phoenix, HandsOn Connect works to smooth the way for more volunteers to help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

The campaign was also noted by Philanthropy 2173 Blog (Lucy Bernholz) who asks, "Texting votes to American Idol is old hat - will it work for giving?" " and subsequently picked up by the Give and Take Bog. In other countries, text-to-give programs are more common, with many interesting and innovative campaigns.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

We're all familiar with it, a message saying "Help the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Mobile giving is a low-cost way to raise funds on an ongoing- or campaign-based basis. Provide a simple process through which donors can give to your organization via text messaging or mobile payment processing. More About Mobile.

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See3

OCTOBER 29, 2007

A lot of the giving went through the Red Cross, but for many Jews it was important to find a Jewish response. New Orleans had problems long before the hurricane and the destruction only has exacerbated a long list of problems. But we all felt that in running a national service program we could not avoid addressing New Orleans.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Now that you have that background, we’re moving on to part 2, which answers: Can mobile giving technology be used for more than just fundraising? How do various types of organizations make use of mobile giving? Can mobile giving technology be used for more than just fundraising? You can invite your donors to give through text.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Now, despite scary examples of hackers exploiting the cloud, if you run a very small organization with no IT staff and no one to help maintain local servers with regular updates, security patches, and upgrades, then the cloud may be the safest place for your data. Turn off auto-sync on anything that may give access to sensitive data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Bernard that is providing hurricane survivors with the recovery resources they need in a safe and all-inclusive setting. Right now it's a 'give the gift of giving' promotion, basically 'Support us while you do your holiday shopping online.'. Meet Sharon S. Ober-Lehn who is working at Community Center of St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2007

When Hurricane Katrina hit, I was the publisher of the Stanford Social Innovation Review , and we wanted to write a story about how nonprofits were helping the victims. The locals told him about several excellent small local nonprofits that provided supplies and help. Perla Ni, Ceo and Founder of Great Nonprofits 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. Support the only national sexual assault hotline. Support the only national sexual assault hotline.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

But the bigger takeaway here is that February 14 is possibly the biggest untapped day of giving on the calendar. billion on gift-giving, flowers, and chocolate on Valentine’s Day 2017. billion ( National Retail Foundation 2017 Survey ) Father’s Day: $15.5 billion ( National Retail Foundation 2017 Survey ) Father’s Day: $15.5

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

I talked with Jodie Van Horn, a campaigner for Rainforest Action Network 's Freedom From Oil campaign, and the coordinator for Plug-In Bay Area about the plug-in campaign in the Bay Area as well as the national Freedom from Oil Campaign. Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Twestival Local Weekend : Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water on Twitter on February 13th with more 200 cities sponsoring local tweet, meet, and give parties. September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And give us the weather report, because I always like to see that, because I’m a dork. So they got the whole nation covered, which is also cool. Next, we’re going to give you really clear communication tips on how to actually tell them that you want them back and to get them onboard. We would love to hear from you.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2014

During my 4 years at both the local and national level, I worked on several disaster operations— from the house fire in the middle of the night to some of the most devastating hurricanes to ever hit the US. Send an introduction from the local chapter. You can engage the local offices in this project.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

Erica Waasdorp will show you how important recurring giving has become, and how best to bring them in – with minimal time and effort, but with the large focus these sustainable recurring donors deserve. She literally wrote the book on it, “Monthly Giving: The Sleeping Giant.” And she the queen of monthly giving.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. Eleven years to keep climate change under 1.5 But what they also tell us is there is still time, if we do act. Conserve your water.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Local, state, and federal agency representatives spoke about efforts to extend broadband connectivity to small businesses and individuals as a crucial stepping stone towards economic development and civic involvement. LT Toombs, a technology worker at the center is "excited to give low-income families access to broadband.".

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. Eleven years to keep climate change under 1.5 But what they also tell us is there is still time, if we do act. Conserve your water.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

Conversation is the key, and we’re starting to give our supporters individual voices to hear while at the same time getting to know them. a day is also still poverty even in the poorest nations. I just read the news for today at my local newspaper’s online addition. I just don’t want to read that anymore.

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