Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2016

As discussed in yesterday’s blog post , these results correlate to the research that we conducted while developing our outcomes measurement solution, Blackbaud Outcomes™. Dr. Ruesga began by acknowledging the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The choices were Minimal/Basic; Developing; and Strategic/Integrated.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

We opened ourselves up, invited communities, and created an expectation that asking for help in these spaces will result in real-life action. " Macon Phillips, special assistant to the President and director of new media for the White House, was a volunteer during Hurricane Katrina. Please bring them water."

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

And there are some common mistakes that nonprofits make in sending out a fundraising appeal letter that causes their results to tank. They don’t need to know all your statistics – in fact using more than one well-chosen stat can make people stop reading, which means they probably won’t give. The letter is too vague. So, stay on point!

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

To put this into context, here are some stats around other (non-Christmas and non-Thanksgiving) holiday spending: Mother’s Day: $23.6 To put this into context, here are some stats around other (non-Christmas and non-Thanksgiving) holiday spending: Mother’s Day: $23.6 Americans spent around $18.2 billion ( NRF 2017 Survey ).

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Gosh, I think I saw a stat earlier this week that said only 10% of disaster response donors continue with an organization, 10%. you know, when Puerto Rico had that hurricane, you know, that was huge here. Again, from what we’ve seen, most of them are retaining at a greater rate than the typical earthquake or hurricane disaster.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

I mean, we’re used to hurricanes, tornadoes, you know, fires, wildfires. Like this dog, you’ve got to drive those results. And I know there’s a couple of new stats coming out very, very soon. And the reason why it’s so important is you can plan on the money being there. But you need to track it.

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