Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2009

Hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these hard times. Tyson Foods has perfected a social media strategy that leverages blog comments for food donations as noted on the Fast Company blog ,part of its innovative giving series. Tags: hunger. Bloggers have helped raised awareness of this important issue.

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MARCH 22, 2022

This Meyer Partners article on welcoming new supporters offers a few examples of best practices for this kind of messaging, such as sharing your social media account links, inviting them to upcoming events, and sending a well-rounded, warm welcome from your organization. .

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MARCH 16, 2009

Chris Brogan , social media rock star and community-building expert, is doing something incredible at SXSW this year: he's teaming up with do-gooders like Beth Kanter to spread awareness of the The Pledge to End Hunger by Share Our Strength and Tyson Foods.

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JUNE 22, 2021

Using a mix of social media and email communications, more than 9.4 Social fundraisers. Peer-to-peer fundraising will likely naturally take place on social media, but you can take it a step further by adding a fun, competitive element. Pledge drive. million peer-to-peer volunteers raised over $1.3

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2016

Personal Challenges — Personal challenges allow a donor's friends and family to rally around their cause by supporting a challenge that the donor has pledged to complete. The Boston Marathon — Supporters of an organization can pledge to raise a certain amount of money, in order to run the race in the name of a charity.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

We recently sent out a thank-you email to thank our community for successes during Hunger Action Month in September. We used a "pledge to donate garden produce" to invite those folks interested in our Teaching Garden to a special open house event at the Food Bank. How do you know what your constituents are interested in?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. More than 1.5 Kickstarter is a perfect place for nonprofits to appeal to small-time donors.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

You can vote once per day, so I'll probably come back and vote for the other organizations where I have relationships with their social media strategists. (I I went over to cast my vote for the Red Cross , they had 2% of the votes which means that they would receive $74,000 or 2% of the total.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Check out Train for Humanity that weaves together getting fit, social media, and raising funds for charity. There was so much support for the idea, that he started an entire fundraising organization fueled by social media to support Jane Doe. Is someone you know training to run a marathon for charity?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2008

They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months. Honorable Mention: CauseForce and Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger. They created a creative online check-in process that allowed people to check in for the event online and pledge to complet fundraising post-event.

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APRIL 7, 2021

Give social media sharing options on individual participant fundraiser pages . Participants have the additional option to pledge their performance through Peloton workouts the same way they would on an outdoor run or walk to support the cause. Direct traffic to social media to boost organic reach in entirely new communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

Scott Henderson I was supposed to be leading a workshop at the Cause Marketing Forum on Social Media and Cause Marketing at the end of the month. I decided to do an interview with Scott to learn more about what he is learning about Social Media and Cause-Related Marketing. 1) Who are you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

A Sneak Peak of the Pledge to End Hunger Campaign Case Study. Between the for-profit and non-profit organizations leading the Pledge to End Hunger, we had seven existing email address databases. You Don’t Need an Email Database – Social media makes it easier to tap into people’s existing relationships.

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