Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Note from Beth: The 3rd annual Minnesota Give to Max Day took place last month. And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned. Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised $13.4M million was raised to benefit Minnesota nonprofit organizations. in one day by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org.

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MAY 18, 2022

“The language we use is vital to our success,” says Zephyr James, Community Engagement at Autism Society of Minnesota. Z ephyr James, Community Engagement at Autism Society of Minnesota. As a fundraiser and a marketer, your work tends to overlap. About your Speakers. Rob Wu, CEO + Co-Founder @ CauseVox.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

One of those organizations is the University of Minnesota. Their ambassadors then helped to celebrate the public launch of Driven: The University of Minnesota’s Campaign in September 2017, aiming to raise $4 billion. In 2016, they added an online ambassador program to their giving day and saw great results. Where to next?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

I'm coming to Minnesota at the end of the month to give a keynote at Message+Medium+Mission Conference , nonprofit tech conference co-sponsored by the good folks at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and MAP for Nonprofits. If you are planning on attending, I look forward to meeting you.

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APRIL 11, 2014

Minnesota''s Give to the Max Day gets new technology partner | Star Tribune : Minnesota charities stung by a peak-time website crash during “Give to the Max Day” last year will have a new technology firm handling its annual day of mega-giving in 2014.'

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

The momentum continues to build for this year''s Minnesota Council of Nonprofits'' (MCN) annual conference, Nonprofits in Motion: Momentum for a New Minnesota (NPIM14), Nov. 6-7 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Community conference minnesota minnesota council of nonprofits nonprofits in motion npim14 nptech nten speaking Program'

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MARCH 8, 2021

During this special 90 minute conversation, we’re going to be diving into the details so you can learn virtual fundraising best practices for 2021.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2008

I had the honor of delivering the keynote this morning at the Message + Medium + Mission Conference in Minnesota. A few minutes before speaking I remembered a Minnesota story about my early years as a executive director for a small organization and using social networking to get Garrison Keillor as our celebrity for a fundraiser.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 15, 2024

Four states – California, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oklahoma – have enacted legislation banning all or most noncompetes. Even if the FTC’s noncompete ban is delayed or struck down at the federal level, nonprofit healthcare organizations could still face similar restrictions at the state level.

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MAY 9, 2024

Paul, Minnesota, and Memphis, Tennessee, are exploring community and trusts supports an expanded approach to making homeownership accessible. Two are looking specifically at one viable strategy for doing so: community land trusts. Community land trusts for equitable housing and neighborhood preservation St.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Thomas More Catholic Newman Center, the Catholic campus ministry at Minnesota State University, Mankato, needed a solution that offered mobility to support the spiritual development of approximately 4,000 college students during a critical transitional time of their lives.

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JUNE 1, 2018

The ArcStone team originally sat down with MENTOR MN (formerly the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota – MPMN) at the beginning of 2016. We reached out because we had just designed and launched the local Big Brothers Big Sisters website and thought there may be a fit.

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MARCH 9, 2022

Armin Budimlic of the Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association (IMAA) in Rochester, Minnesota, spoke much truth into this question when he stated that “these efforts cannot just be a blanket statement or goal-that is good, but without having benchmarks, these efforts will not be sustained.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Go Minnesota! This incredible online fund raising event raised more than $14 million last year, and we’re hoping to raise the bar higher this year by engaging more than 40,000 donors to donate to any of Minnesota’s more than 26,000 nonprofits using GiveMN.org. We invited you to be part of the Great Minnesota Give Together.

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JULY 8, 2024

For example, after the 2022 mid-term elections, the faith-based ISAIAH coalition in Minnesota switched gears to policy advocacy and won a sweeping pro-democracy and pro-equity state-level legislative agenda in 2023 that included restoring the voting rights of returning citizens and paid family and medical leave.

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APRIL 23, 2021

Let’s look at some examples: Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance. Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance added images to their giving plans to show visual impact of a recurring gift. The associated image should be of a happy, recovering animal. Kuda Vana added images of the kids that each recurring donation will benefit.

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JUNE 19, 2014

Image courtesy of University of Minnesota. In previous years, knowing whether or not anyone read your blog was impossible to know. Outside of the ubiquitous ‘hit counter’ on Geocities sites, no numbers existed to substantiate the effectiveness of any digital marketing initiative.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

.” She previously served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Code42, Product Manager at Rimage Corporation, Principal Product Director at Oracle and Manager of Member Services at the Minnesota High Tech Association.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

T he Minnesota Council of Nonprofits found that 50% of about 300 nonprofits surveyed said they've struggled to hire new employees, while 40% are dealing with significant staff turnover. As a result, nonprofit employees have quit their jobs at record levels since the start of the pandemic.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Check out the The Exemption Test from University of Minnesota’s Office of Human Resources. This is the very first question to answer because if your employees are classified incorrectly (exempt versus non-exempt), your organization is at risk for fines, legal trouble, staff morale issues and consequently some bad PR.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Here at GiveMN , we’ve harnessed the power of our networks to raise record amounts of money online for nonprofits in Minnesota and engage record numbers of people in an annual, one-day giving event— Give to the Max Day. All told, Minnesota nonprofits collectively raised $10,041,021 in one incredible day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Nevertheless, we believe that our efforts to help Minnesota nonprofits and schools become “Networked Nonprofits,” to nurture social media usage and provide tools for integrating social media, have been key to driving the amazing results we saw again this year. Incentivize video creation and video sharing.

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MAY 8, 2014

Image courtesy of University of Minnesota. Nonprofits have been told since Facebook’s rise to prominence that they need to be investing in a social media marketing / fundraising campaigns. Many nonprofits thinking the path to success would be intuitively obvious hit road blocks, speed bumps and struggle to see a return on their investment.

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JULY 11, 2024

million during the weeklong event, which was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota between June 30 th and July 6 th. To date, viewers and well-wishers following PB’s play have celebrated by donating more than $35,000 (final numbers were not in as of deadline) to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

In November 2012, the giving day platform Razoo partnered with GiveMN, an organization that aims to grow online giving in Minnesota, to break a world record by raising $16.3 million for Minnesota charities in just 24 hours.

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MAY 6, 2021

Example #3: Autism Society of Minnesota’s ‘Brunch @ Home’ Virtual Event Donation Receipt. Here you will learn more about AuSM’s programs, services, and upcoming events for the Minnesota autism community and everyone who loves and cares for someone on the spectrum. Our tax ID number is xx-xxxxxxx.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Image courtesy of University of Minnesota. Lets be honest here. Without your constituents, your nonprofit does not go. Their support is what makes your nonprofit function and stay afloat. Because of their importance it is crucial that you are always looking for ways to improve your relationships with these most important of individuals.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

Each institution will be required to match the grant 1:1 over the next five years to provide permanent endowment funds for expanded financial aid for students who are eligible for Pell Grants, low income, and undocumented or have DACA status.

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JUNE 22, 2022

Since then, she has been living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her two cats. Brittney Riedinger is a 2021 graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University. She received her bachelor's degree in Social Science from the University of North Dakota.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

Minnesota has enacted legislation to pilot the HuCap bond, in a program that will look at the “desirability of using state appropriation bonds to pay for certain services based on performance and outcomes for the people served” (Minn. What if the organization only received payment if the outcome was achieved? He established Twin Cities Rise!

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CauseVox

JUNE 29, 2022

Example #6: The Autism Society of Minnesota Focuses on the Donor. The Autism Society of Minnesota makes that the focus of their donation page in a few key ways. It allows donors to tailor their budget and plan their giving in a more personalized way, and it’s a great option if you’re highlighting different ways to give.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Nonprofit Communications and Technology Conference (MCN). Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch. Wednesday, March 8, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

#TechFail #GenerosityWin on Minnesota’s Give to the Max Day: Understanding social media’s role in damage control and crisis communication Guest post by Jeff Achen, GiveMN Digital Strategist. Thousands of Minnesota nonprofits and schools were lighting up Twitter and Facebook with posts about the need for support and requests for donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

  It goes "Minnesota from"where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."   GiveMN a new online resource that hopes to encourage more Minnesotans to give and help create a stronger nonprofit community for Minnesota.  

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Optimizing Your Communications for Mobile | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Free). Saint Paul, Minnesota: Gearing Up for Give to the Max Day | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Free). Phoenix, Arizona: Defining and Targeting Your Audience: Marketing for Nonprofits. Friday, August 11, 2017.

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MAY 4, 2009

Conference blog keeps you in the loop « Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck: "The national Council on Foundations’ (COF) annual conference began this morning in Atlanta. COF’s president Steve Gunderson writes, “There is energy and urgency in the air. It’s a critical time for the country and the world.

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