Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Mark's expertise in video production, his personal experience with homelessness, and his huge heart uniquely position him to help homeless people share their stories. are emotionally difficult, but they put a much-needed human face on the complexities of homelessness in America. Many of the interviews on InvisiblePeople.tv

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising and social media awareness campaigns. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

labor force today and they have greatly different media patterns, behaviors and habits compared to their parents. An effective story not only helps nonprofits attract new donors but also increases overall brand awareness, which can be good for landing corporate sponsorships or attracting media coverage.

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See3

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Last week, I joined 21 representatives of homeless service organizations from across Los Angeles at Home for Good L.A. for a social media boot camp led by See3’s Chief Learning Officer Lisa Colton, in partnership with the See3-Kindling Group project @home. social media Uncategorized Video'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Christian Canter is doing this work as a staff person with an established nonprofit that is using social media. Mark Horvath is doing this work as “free agent.&# Says Mark, “I’m pushy, screaming loud to end poverty. Mark is distributing cards about WeAreVisible that includes examples of tweets from homeless people.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

If you’re a homeless shelter and have spent all year talking to donors about how you want to serve more homeless and thus need more money to add beds to your facility, talk about that at the year-end as well. Send out letters, follow up with e-mail, be active on social media. Stick with adding beds.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising and social media awareness campaigns. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2010

Photo with Mark Horvath, @hardlynormal We did three things while we were in Santa Monica - visited the Getty, road the Ferris Wheel on the Pier, and had coffee with Mark Horvath, an advocate for homeless who uses social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

5) The causes that donors give to on GivingTuesday: Hunger and homelessness – 13%. Public media and communications – 0%. Social media – 25%. 17) Of those inspired to give by social media, GivingTuesday donors find the following the most inspiring: Facebook – 52%. Animals and wildlife – 11%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Pair the power of social media with a donor’s passion for your cause. Last year on Giving Tuesday, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless used DonorPerfect Crowdfunding for a fun and easy way to energize their supporters to give and share about their $10,000 fundraising goal. Get more #GivingTuesday ideas to maximize donor engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Here are just a few exciting examples that outline different peer-to-peer events your nonprofit can try in 2024: It Takes a Village: Using Peer-to-Peer to End Homelessness What Do Swans, Affordable Healthcare, and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Have in Common? Some of the hard work may already be done with pre-established relationships.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. 1) Set up and prioritize LinkedIn Pages in your social media strategy. Finally, prioritize your LinkedIn Page in your overall social media strategy and commit to posting regularly. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At Media Cause, we conceptualize advocacy in that same vein: It’s about shifting the balance of power. Digital media means we have the ability to tell our stories creatively that can help shape public discourse on a scale that wasn’t previously possible. What ignites your passion about an issue? .

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

At one point in time, enacting their value to address homelessness in your area may translate to grants to homeless shelters. What type of media opportunities can you offer? Sometimes you can figure this out from the news, social media, or even the business’s own website. Consider the value you have to offer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 30, 2019

More specifically, if a homeless shelter agreed to provide 100 meals to clients for a donation of $1,000, once the 100 th meal is served the $1,000 would be automatically moved to the homeless shelter bank account. The transaction would then be recorded in a secure and immutable database.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Sponsored by Give Lively Increasingly, donors are turning to social media to find causes to support. According to a recent survey , almost half of millennials say they’re inspired to give to charity by social media. reaching our goal of $5,000 will help us provide 1,000 meals to the homeless.) Imagery can help with this too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

He started it because on a cold December day, he passed a homeless person on the street asking for money. a street musician, a homeless person, your favorite charity. Happy Valentine’s Day! A few days ago Sasha Dichter was on a panel with Katya Andresen from Network for Good. Leave a $5 tip for a $2 coffee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Chronic Homelessness Artificial Intelligence model (CHAI) . As a pilot, it followed a group of individuals for six months before its formal launch in August, with a 93% success rate in predicting when someone would become chronically homeless. To understand the ethical dilemmas, see these scenarios.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

As an example, see the primary donation page for the Humane Society of the United States : However, to effectively promote your monthly giving campaign in print, in email, and on social media, you need an additional donation page with a unique URL where monthly giving is the only option. 10) Include a phone number and mailing address.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2021

Another idea could be to ask for support to provide water, shelter, or life-saving medical care for the homeless who are impacted by the heat. The key is, just like with any campaign, there needs to be a strong reason to do it. Make sure the need is compelling and that you can tie it in with a specific dollar amount. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 17, 2020

For example: in a lead campaign for a homeless charity, a photo of two empty beds performed much, much better than an emotive photograph of a man living in homelessness. . But if you start by testing more images, and more that are significantly different, you’ll be pleasantly surprised with the results. .

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Pamela Grow

APRIL 15, 2021

When it comes to social media, I’m hearing from small shop fundraisers who are exhausted from the never-ending posting. Are your donors creating Facebook Fundraisers on your behalf? My mantra, always, is “focus on what you can control.”. How are you empowering your donors to fundraise on your behalf on Facebook? How can your donors help?

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AFP Blog

MARCH 29, 2016

Nonprofit Uses App to Survey Homeless People Daily—What Do You Need? Nonprofit Quarterly delivers the latest news and investigative reports : "In recent years, as technology and social media have expanded many non-profits have chosen to use these resources to help homeless people. via Blog this'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

Social media, especially LinkedIn. Whether they’re doing a science experiment that summer campers might do at camp, serving the homeless a meal, or looking at cells under a microscope in the hospital, bring the front lines of your work. Referrals from staff, current donors, volunteers, and current or former board members.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

At one point in time, enacting their value to address homelessness in your area may translate to grants to homeless shelters. What type of media opportunities can you offer? Sometimes you can figure this out from the news, social media, or even the business’s own website. Consider the value you have to offer.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2021

And, as found in Public Relations Review , social media has changed the game, offering organizations great analytics, customizable and cost-effective ways to engage, and easy processes for stakeholders to “evangelize” to their chosen digital networks, known as “friends,” “followers” or “subscribers.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

They mostly only follow other politicians and news media. National Coalition for the Homelessness :: @ NTL_Homeless. Related Links: Social and Mobile Media Webinars for Nonprofits and Government. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. politicians follow any nonprofits on Twitter.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 29, 2011

Homeless turn to Twitter for food, shelter - CNN.com : "Los Angeles (CNN) -- Blogging and tweeting might be among the last hobbies you'd list for a homeless person, but some down-and-out people have embraced social media in such a way that it's actually garnered them needed assistance -- everything from food and diapers for children to counseling and (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The Cute Dog Theory or more precisely the Cute Animal Theory states that including cute animals in your social media content inspires more people to share the content. If don’t believe that is true, check out this YouTube video from VW of dogs barking the theme from Star Wars as a Superbowl Teaser.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. For example, a homeless shelter in my area was given a piece of property in a prestigious community.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Each participant uses a private Chatter group in a secure Salesforce community to capture highlights of them being good at something using video, audio, photos, and text (shout out here to the Appinium team and their awesome products for native media handling and sharing).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Also, on February 19 in collaboration with Nonprofit Tech for Good, she’ll be presenting a free webinar about how nonprofits can use social media to raise money online.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As these cohorts mobilize to support causes they believe in, they’re becoming highly-engaged advocates, sharing information on social media, and crowdfunding donations. And they hold a significant amount of generational wealth that they are eager to give back.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2013

Mark’s work -- crisscrossing the country to tell the stories of homeless men and women -- relies on mobile technology. I remember being struck by his passion and his innovation in using social media to inspire tens of thousands of people to join the movement to fight homelessness in America. Danny Alpert.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Mark is a free agent championing the cause of homelessness. His new project is a social media literacy website to help homeless people learn how to use the Internet to tell their stories, build community and connect with support services. Mark is a free agent championing the cause of homelessness.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

Is reminding folks you haven’t solved hunger, homelessness, or poverty a good thing? On the other hand, the media may have picked up on this and helped them reach a broader audience. The “story” of your longevity is apt to be less engaging than the many specific unique-to-you beneficiary stories you have to share about real change.

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