Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 26, 2014
One has to step back and marvel at the most successful networked fundraising campaigns in the history of social or crowd fundraising. The question on my mind is: Is the success of the Ice Bucket Challenge a happy accident for ALS fundraising and the people who suffer from the disease or is the first example of the power of crowd charity?
Tech Soup
APRIL 6, 2015
When a question about the color of a dress went viral, several nonprofits joined the conversation to help their messages spread along the viral wave. The Dress became one of the most quickly viral memes that the Internet has ever seen. Meme Me Up, Scotty. As communications tactics go, memes are cheap and easy to make.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 17, 2008
And before even getting to the meat of the metrics, conceptual models, and ideas, the introduction provides a powerful case for using social media that is well articulated: For the first time in history, technology has reached a point where everyone has a voice. It also raises the question, "Is influence what should be measured?"
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 14, 2022
History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. If you represent an educational or social justice charity, maybe giveaway specialty decks of cards featuring important people from history. It is seen as wasteful overhead. These exist already!
M+R
AUGUST 11, 2021
Disaster Girl Meme ” (sold for $500k). As fundraisers, it’s worth thinking about what assets your organization might be able to auction off, but there are still lots of questions. Her clients include the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the American Museum of Natural History, and the American Red Cross. . How do NFTs work?
Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 23, 2022
A Few Frequently Asked Questions About Giving Tuesday. By the time it’s over, you will be very ready to retire that Giving Tuesday graphic! And you will also be excited to have had such a successful Giving Tuesday campaign. Will people unsubscribe when I send so many emails? . You may feel nervous about sending out so many emails.
Whole Whale
DECEMBER 9, 2023
For presentations, have speakers add a slide to their deck asking users to tweet questions, photos, and videos from the presentation. Quiz time Ask quiz-style questions, and have users comment their guess in the comments. Tap into the meme stream Not just visual memes, either! Follow up the next day with the answer.
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