Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Judy Chang of PayPal and Debbie Swider of the ASPCA on “ 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan ” with examples of some of the amazing success the ASPCA has seen through growing its social media plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Save the Children’s Ettoré Rossetti, Director of Digital Marketing & Social Media for Save the Children USA, emailed me an infographic on the impact of the Syria crisis on children. We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. Even small donations can make a difference.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Was the social media plan you implemented worth the time you spent running it? In a rapidly changing media landscape it can be overwhelming for organizations to know how to properly measure the various types of impact being made, especially when it comes to social media efforts.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

As Jordan Viator explains on the Connection Café blog: It’s no surprise that every other blog post you read these days talks about how to raise money, stretch funds and build supporters in the current economic climate. That’s right. Put this great little widget made by NTEN to good use!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Last week at the 47th Annual Association of Fundraising Professionals Conference in Baltimore, online fundraising and outreach was a key issue covered throughout the event and the topic of social media was more popular than ever to this group of fundraising pros. On average most groups spend $1 to raise $1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

My 53rd birthday wish was to raise money for the Sharing Foundation to send 53 Cambodian Youngsters to school by covering the cost of their uniforms ($10 per child). We crushed that goal and raised $4,540 because of your generosity in donating and calling attention to the birthday wish. Today was the best birthday ever!

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NTEN

JANUARY 18, 2011

Hypothetically, let's say your organization just raised a lot of money to save the whales. When done correctly, you can track and share the benefits of your fundraising efforts -- and as a result, staff, media, donors and grantees are more likely to invest in your mission. That's great! But how many whales did you save?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2009

Last year, I got 51 people to donate $10 for my 51st birthday using my blog, Twitter, and other social media outposts. We raised $6,158 from 157 donors! This is my 7th personal fundraising campaign using social media tools to help the children of Cambodia. In total, have raised over $220,000 since November, 2006.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. “When people who were born and raised in dictatorships. It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. . Carie Lewis.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2015

Many social media strategists and the media told nonprofits and businesses that email was dying and that FREE social networks like Facebook would be king of communications. Email is definitely not dead and in fact it raises a heck of a lot more money than any social media platform. So it''s now 2015 and guess what?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. A list of 20 Insightful Nonprofit Technology and Social Media Stats was compiled by Tech Impact , featuring findings from TechSoup and Artez Interactive , to name just a few.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. A list of 20 Insightful Nonprofit Technology and Social Media Stats was compiled by Tech Impact , featuring findings from TechSoup and Artez Interactive , to name just a few.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The most popular and relevant resolutions were grouped into four areas-- empowering supporters, using social media networks, focusing on the needs of supporters and making websites user-friendly. Resolution One: "I resolve to empower our supporters to tell our story, reach new people and raise funds." All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. Jordan Viator. Mary Joyce is the founder of digiactive and long-time online social media activist working in countries around the world. Nonprofit Social Media Strategists. Rachel Weidinger. Deborah Finn.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. All rights reserved.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Today, Beth turns 53 and has one birthday wish: to send 53 Cambodian children to school by raising $530 on Facebook. Then she is going to do whatever it takes to personally ensure the work is done to raise the funds/ spread awareness/ evangelize the Cause. Is there a Cause Beth believes in?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 16, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. And with such impressive growth in the world on online fundraising, nonprofit organizations are realizing the power of the Internet more and more with each passing day and looking for best practices to help leverage the Internet to raise funds. A new nonprofit online fundraising guide from Convio does just that.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

I admit that I also question some of the things my parents say and do – I thought I raised them better. :-) The generations are different. What will the on-going value of direct mail be versus online and emerging fundraising channels such as social media and mobile? What are the most appropriate channels for fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2009

Here's a nice before the event write up from Jordan over at the Convio Blog based on a conversation with Renee Alexander, Operation Smile's Social Media Stragetist. So, if you're going the route of social media celebrities and party - might be hard to raise a large goal if you don't have a before/after online fundraiser. .

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2010

I admit that I also question some of the things my parents say and do – I thought I raised them better. :-) The generations are different. What will the on-going value of direct mail be versus online and emerging fundraising channels such as social media and mobile? What are the most appropriate channels for fundraising?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

The most popular and relevant resolutions were grouped into four areas-- empowering supporters, using social media networks, focusing on the needs of supporters and making websites user-friendly. Resolution One: "I resolve to empower our supporters to tell our story, reach new people and raise funds."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. The summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Which one worked best? Shiny Object Syndrome. Digidave of Spot.Us

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. The HardlyNormal Cup of Coffee, Social Media for Social Good series. For three mornings (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) in the BeaconFire Lounge, respective leaders and experts in the field of using social media for social good will be speaking and recording an online tv series. Data will be shared!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I keep hearing from nonprofits that one of the reasons they want to incorporate a social networking or media strategy is to reach a younger audience. Pulse and Signal covers the intersection between healthcare and social media and is written by Andre Blackman who is totally awesome. Media Awaken. Why did I go? From the Pipeline.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Notable quotes: some of the top points being raised around the web on the issue. A number of different social media pundits, interactive leaders and nonprofit professionals have started chiming in on their thoughts around the issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

Many nonprofits have are actively exploring social media - from dipping in their toes into the water with a low-investment experiment to jumping off the cliff. Altimeter Report: Social Media Analytics. They define this process as "social media analytics.". Social Media Analytics Frameworks and Tools. Post Timing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

The course is about how to leverage networks and social media for learning and impact. They will be doing a variety of work tasks (not just social media and networks). I’ve spent some time taking a look at various reports, studies, and International organizations and the use of networks and social media.

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