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My Triple Ripple of Kindness: Helping Women in San Jose and Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yahoo set the ripples in motion by sending $100 to employees and social media influencers. My random act of kindness was to support women in San Jose by supporting women in Kenya. The check arrived with these marching orders: Do something nice for someone! Pass it on. Inspire others. Let us know what you did. Your turn.

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How to Make Facebook Fundraising Work For You

Media Cause

They are also a great way to engage your board or other influencers who want to help fundraise on your behalf. Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose (CDM). Here at Media Cause we recommend including Facebook Fundraisers in Giving Tuesday and Year-end efforts and other special appeals. Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C).

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Recap: Social Media for Social Impact

Forum One

eBay's Green Team began with a group of San Jose employees. Tags: Influence Events Internet Strategy Online Community Social Media. And finally, Peggy Duvette of WiserEarth talked about how their free online community connects the non-profit world. Proceeds from the event were donated to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund.

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Approach Social Media Like Thomas Edison

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many of them, like the lightbulb , the phonograph , and the motion picture camera , were brilliant creations that have a huge influence on our everyday life. Opera San Jose Case Study. Opera San Jose gave a presentation on its #operaplot hashtag contest where participants has to tweet the plots of operas in 140 characters.

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Examples: San Jose Opera use of #Operaplot Twitter Hashtag. 4: Identify influencers on social media spaces and cultivate them. I also mention other tools like Friend or Follow or NodeXL both of which make influencer analysis more efficient with the ability to export the data into an excel spreadsheet.

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The #16NTC Session Guide: 14 Sessions You Absolutely Can’t Miss

Connection Cafe

You can engage, thank, steward, influence and more with each and every constituent, but you need a plan. There you have it, my top picks for NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose. Facebook, auto-play, periscope, snapchat stories and more: making video content that rules the web. Year End Fundraising Year Round.

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Game Friday: Bigger is Better

Museum 2.0

Flying into San Jose yesterday, I laughed out loud when I looked out the window and saw Clifford the Big Red Dog below me, a cheerful addition to the skyline (thanks to the Children's Discovery Museum). Tags: Unusual Projects and Influences game. What museum hasn't benefited from a giant blow-up dinosaur on its front lawn?

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