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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Mark Horvath, known as " HardlyNormal " on Twitter and who is a tireless advocate for the cause of homelessness, was the winner of the SXSW Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. The rules were simple, the winner who got the most retweets of a unique tag won.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The season of gratitude is upon us and there is nothing more important you can do than thank donors for their support this year. Of all the organizations they could support, they chose yours! How about creating a holiday-themed custom notecard to thank your monthly donors for their support during the year?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2010

Mark Horvarth (who made a brief appearance in my video from yesterday ) has caught a lot of attention with his alluringly simple idea: record homeless people telling their stories and publish them on the internet. won a Pepsi Refresh grant and has also been supported by the likes of Hanes and Ford. His project InvidiblePeople.tv

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Compelling mission (like feeding the hungry or housing the homeless). Well-known local, regional, or national celebrity who supports your organization. Tags: Fundraising Planning fundraising plan nonprofit fundraising. They are things that you have going for you that you can leverage in your plan. Large donor base.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The App also provides: adoptable dog search by zip code, simple giving to help homeless pets, and their grassroots pledge to start seeing invisible dogs. Michelle, was a participant in the Measuring Networked Nonprofit peer learning groups supported through my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Regional and local leaders were supported and given the opportunity to shine. And over 10,000 youth later, they have the start of a movement in the next generation, inspiring them and supporting them in staying on course for the future they want. Just like the larger principle supporting movement building, we need to focus on action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Take for example Big Warm Up , a campaign by Lands End to encourage people to donate winter coats to homeless people. Leave a comment sharing how you're using social media to support your organization's work in a local community or regional effort and using a shoe string budget to do it. Tags: twitter. What do you have to lose?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

In today’s battle of the inboxes, tweets, Facebook updates, text messages, and banner ads flying across the screen, organizations can’t afford to ignore online fundraising 101 strategies to motivate and inspire supporters to donate money. Hook your supporters right off the bat with a short and catchy subject line.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2021

Instead of only using the term “homeless,” you should also use “unhoused” and any other synonym a searcher might use when referring to homelessness. Page Titles – Each page should have a unique, relevant title within the <title></title> HTML tag. 3) Leverage Your Networks.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? years “in business,” this is my personal challenge/resolution for 2009: I want to take the technology we already have and use it to help C3 focus our attention on our constituents and supporters as effectively as we focus on what we do to fight colorectal cancer. That’s my resolution.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Let’s say your organization has 3 primary service programs: animals, homeless and youth. Tags: Marketing and Communication #nptech BBNC Blackbaud Net Community Non-Profit. Think about it this way. You’re about to send out this month’s eNewsletter and you want to focus on a call to give, but which topic do you focus on?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Flickr : You’re probably already familiar with Flickr's features such as the ability to upload from anywhere, tag photos, create sets , and create or join groups. ReadyTalk : ReadyTalk’s web and audio conferencing tools let you stay connected with your digital storytelling team and supporters.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Then, Adobe or Symantec can say that they want their donations to only go to organizations that work with, say, youth or homelessness. Tags: Acquiring Technology Grants for Technology Grants for Technology Hardware Running Your Organization Software Tech Support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Sure $5,000 sounds like a fantastic fundraising goal, but what if I told you by meeting that target, a local cause would be able to launch an evening food program for the homeless, or make much needed repairs to a home for abandoned girls and boys. I have it because it is something I believe in and have a reason to support.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

So how can you make your online fundraising messages stand out among all the other messages competing for your supporters’ attention? For some campaigns, the theme can be as short as a tag line, like “serving hope.” Describe the story you’d like to tell your supporters over the course of the fundraising campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

But, wait – before you go recruiting your most outspoken supporters to shout about you in their Instagram stories, make sure you know these 7 keys to an effective social media ambassador program: . Do you say homeless people or individuals experiencing homelessness?… 6) Provide a fun and supportive community.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Want to know how non-profit organizations are using geographic analysis and the power of maps to support their missions, report to stakeholders and funders, apply for grants more effectively, or conduct fundraising and marketing gap analyzes? Then use winwin apps to send an email out to your supporters requesting a $1 donation. (Be

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2009

Sunday, I decided not to add them to the total – I did not count churches, but did count faith-based organizations, like the Mobile Loaves and Fishes truck feeding the homeless near a downtown park. I think the place that I was most surprised to see an opportunity to get engaged with a nonprofit was at Laser Tag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. support child sponsorship approach with ??? support child sponsorship approach with ???Virtual

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Want to know how non-profit organizations are using geographic analysis and the power of maps to support their missions, report to stakeholders and funders, apply for grants more effectively, or conduct fundraising and marketing gap analyzes? Then use winwin apps to send an email out to your supporters requesting a $1 donation. (Be

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. Outreach for your program or to connect with potential supporters. Explore popular blog, searches and tags.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Those organizations which fail to exert new leadership will risk losing support. This small group organized the first Twestival to raise money for The Connection , an organization that helps homeless people by providing specialist services. Tags: social media micro-philthanthropy fundraising2.0 Questions to ponder.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

When you started your nonprofit, you likely had a core group of supporters who provided donations and funding on a regular basis. This made it very easy to reach out to each supporter individually and personalize the communication. That’s why nonprofits need donor segmentation. What is donor segmentation? . Dear Susan, .

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Or to help you eliminate your waiting list so every homeless person can get medical care. That consistency will help your supporters remember to give to your organization. Many supporters will check out your organization online before making a gift. Use Canva to create an image with this single message to use in your campaign.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

While there is much talk about supporting participation and making museum content relevant, the word "community" hangs like a poorly-defined carrot on a shtick. We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. The homeless community? Which community?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Technology was not something we considered as a strategic option or as something that could support our programmatic strategies; technology meant simply “IT” and was left to those with IT in their title. In the holistic paradigm, we have an opportunity as organizations to both create and support the creation of the tools we need.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

By leveraging multiple communication channels—email, mobile, direct mail, websites, social media, paid and earned media, SEO, and more, you expand your reach to engage new donors and supporters. Right now, we have the opportunity to use multiple channels to connect with our supporters. Why is it important for nonprofits?

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Consistent nonprofit graphic design across all your platforms and content can help build your organization’s brand and attract and engage wider networks of support over time. This can strengthen your brand identity and demonstrate the effort and dedication you commit to your cause to your staff and supporters.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. YES is carefully designed to support opportunities for disadvantaged kids to get involved with science. But it does mean that they need different scaffolds and support mechanisms to succeed. Tags: youth comfort. And he said, "It's easy.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 23, 2023

Make it as easy as possible for your supporters to give. You don’t need professional-quality videos to engage supporters. As you get more comfortable with Instagram, venture into Instagram Stories, a way to capture the attention of even more potential supporters. See if your volunteers and supporters are active on the platform.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2005

We'll be talking about new tools and technologies, best practices in adopting them, organizational development issues to adopt them, and infrastructural needs to support the transformation. Me] Is the NetSquared site intended to support the April conference, or do you see it having a longer life? Mark] Longer life, absolutely.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Kari: But the good news is, if you are using Bloomerang, you will have a lot of these, or if you’re not, you can start tagging things so that you can. And again, something like Bloomerang is so fantastic for that because there’s options to add all those tags. So that’s the great side of it as well. Jackie: Exactly.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2007

How can educational programs at museums push the boundaries of comfort to support these special experiences? tracking an agent, and inevitably end up interrogating homeless people and perfect strangers—engaging in social behavior they would never consider in “real” life. Tags: programs participatory museum comfort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2011

Last year, I connected with Stephanie Rudat over a year ago when we were both named on a list of 11 Twitter Activists You Should Be Following. (It is also how I met Mark Horvath, an activist for homelessness). Tag friends in Egypt, and those active in this movement in your posts/tweets to broaden impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Molson reaches out to the community to find ways to spread the responsible drinking message, including supporting the TaxiGuy program and covering the cost of free public transit on New Year's eve. There's still a lot of learning in how to design contest rules so they support a specific social outcome.

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