Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times throughout October-December as we presented dozens online webinars and guest posts and articles.

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MARCH 5, 2008

Japan is the biggest source of tourists for Guam, with growing numbers from other Asian nations like South Korea. The FSM, which is made up of four distinct island states (Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap) sent teams from each of their states as well as the national government. The presence is growing: the U.S.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 8, 2012

The donor promised his patent would completely fund the university, wipe out the national debt, and make America the happiest place on Earth. Tale 6: At another organization I worked for, a person visited our offices and asked for a tour. One of my gift officers gave him a tour and talked with him about making a major gift.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 6, 2006

My first visit after the India Economic Summit was to National Association for the Blind (India) to see Dipendra Manocha. Dipendra has been a subscriber to Bookshare.org for our O'Reilly technical titles, but we're trying to move beyond these into serving a full range of books with publisher and author permissions.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

"On my old appointment book, I have a note that on May 4, 1995, Daniel and I had a breakfast meeting with Microsoft. I mean, we were tiny and they were using a very big national nonprofit as their distributor of donations." Our donation program ran out of a box-filled basement. But things were about to change.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

A wildlife charity, for example, might show National Geographic documentaries on climate change or an anti-racism group could screen “To Kill a Mockingbird” as part of its mission. A last resort may be to organize a tour of your facility and staff. 20) Book club. 10) Hybrid concerts. 13) Scavenger hunts.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

A new poster from the National Park Service, based on Rich Black's 2009 image. Over the past few months, I've been doing research for a forthcoming book on relevance. One of the best parts of developing a book is learning new stories. Betty Reid Soskin - Rewriting History in the National Parks Yes, I DID save the best for last.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

I'm also always interested in how the national media portrays changes in the cultural sector. The first half of the article covers high-priced events like adult sleepovers and Museum Hack tours at major urban museums. I'm extremely proud of this coverage and appreciate journalist Kate Silver for including us.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 22, 2012

Note: If you have read the book and would like to write a guest post for this series, please contact me. Imagine you've just been tasked with developing an innovative, future-thinking national museum for your country's history. Blueprint is the story of a group of people who tried to create a Dutch Museum of National History (INNL).

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2011

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's Bedsider Project. The advantages of apps are: they are good at helping the user focus on one thing that you want to highlight, and lend themselves well to location-based services like self-guided tours, for example. These are some good examples of nonprofit mobile sites.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

From our meetings with non-profits and national surveys, there is broad variation in how non-profits organizations are faring, but we can generalize them into three buckets. Hear how she sheds light on the nonprofits they serve, how they’ve shifted their strategies, how companies can support in innovative ways through volunteering, and more!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

You must show that your organization — your mission, goals, and objectives — reflect the local, regional, or national makeup of the community you serve. Ferdman, is a wonderful book that might be helpful if you are interested in learning more about the concept of workplace diversity. This Harkens Back to Transparency.

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JUNE 29, 2021

Here are some great examples that are pretty easy to acquire: Fishing equipment Boating items like life jackets Outdoor cooler Camping equipment and sleeping bags Outdoor camping cookware Good hiking sneakers or boots National Parks pass. Virtual Community Market Themed Auction. Art-themed Auction. Superhero Night.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Example: Service Nation's Change Wire blog posts weekly, Monday Service News Roundups. Example: First Book posted about Baking and Books: Baking for Good Supports First Book. They use blog posts as website pages, and have links for supporters to volunteer, donate, and RSVP for garden tours in the sidebar.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

Because of technology reporters are no longer confined to the publisher’s building – my last press tour took me to the homes of reporters in three small towns for kitchen table product demos. My mobile phone’s GPS has also changed getting me to the right place mostly on time.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Virtual Tour. Introduce a Book. Visit the Giving Tuesday website for a complete Giving Tuesday Toolkit and additional resources about the national day of giving. For example, if you work with farmers in developing nations, selling farm-grown coffee beans would be an excellent product fundraiser to support your campaign.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Start with the nationally-recognized holidays. s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day (often celebrated as Indigenous Peoples Day), Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Go ahead and book the trip if you can. Here in the U.S.,

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

Give the new supporter ways to get involved like volunteering, taking a tour or watching a video. We coach our clients to use goals sparingly and only when tied to a specific need—raising $5,000 for books or $20,000 for a challenge. Thank the donor for the in-kind donation. Explain how in-kind gifts make an impact by telling a story.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Through our Partnership with the National Council of Nonprofit Associations, many nonprofits have access to rates as low as $.06 Being that here at ReadyTalk we have a socially conscious Corporate vision, we strive to reach out to the NonProfit sector. 06 per person per minute for audio conferencing and $.10

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

You could look at their past giving, their philanthropic interests and tendencies like whether they support local agencies or only give to organizations with a national profile. Tools, and books, and workbooks, and things that the students could use to kind of really delve into the vocational area in which they were interested in.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Actually, I think that the two of you combined now hold the record for the most books written by a Bloomerang webinar guest. If I was in the office, I would hold up Harvey’s great new book on monthly giving, which is behind my desk and really awesome. So monthly giving if you’re interested in that, please, get that book.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2013

Trained as a lawyer, Marianne helped develop human rights strategies for the governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste, has worked as a Policy Advisor for Oxfam, and spent two years working in human rights in the Gaza Strip prior to her time in Afghanistan, where she served in the United Nations mission (2005-2007).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2014

Here are their inspiring stories: Most Impactful Use of Blackbaud Technology – Human Rights Campaign – The Human Rights Campaign enhanced the national dialogue on marriage equality with a social media campaign that took over the Internet. Last year, 7 organizations were recognized at bbcon. Read the case study. Read the case study.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Most Impactful Use of Blackbaud Technology – Human Rights Campaign – The Human Rights Campaign had the opportunity to capitalize on two landmark marriage equality cases to increase visibility and enhance the national dialogue. Read the case study.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. So really good book just above costs and I’m offering them at $8 and my book on “Organizational Development.”

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2012

This post was authored by Beth Kanter, author of the new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , and creator of Beth's Blog , where she writes how networked nonprofits leverage networks and data for social change. Register to join us for the free talk and check out when her book tour will be in your area.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Also, don’t forget to use your organization’s national/local affiliations to gather information on the industry standard. Take advantage of online events such as, Cyber Monday or national giving days like, #GivingTuesday. For example, if you comped their entry to an exhibit, sell them an audio or a guided tour.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 8, 2006

I was thrilled when Ilyse Hogue , contacted me to say that her friend Anna Lappé was in town to promote her new book, Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen , and might be available for an interview. And so organic didn't cut it, and there was no other word out there that summed up the food that we talk about in our book, Grub.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Two interesting examples to check out: ChoiceHotels , a booking software used by hotel managers, and AsktheSpeaker , in which Ideascale was used by Netroots Nation to select questions to ask Nancy Pelosi in an interview.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 8, 2007

As local groups coordinator, I connect CODEPINK's national campaigns with the grassroots women's movement for peace, and brings organizing resources to local coordinators. I graduated college in New York City the summer of 2004 and went to the Republican National Convention (RNC) protest at the end of that August.

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Costello: That was Stanford professor Rob Reich speaking to us in 2018 about his book, Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better. The book he recently coauthored provides a scathing critique of the sector. And now, Reich is taking on Big Tech.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

We have reality tours where we take people out to other parts of the world, kind of reverse Club Med, "get your butt off the beach and meet real people," see the development projects, the literacy campaigns, the women's groups, the political opposition parties, the trade unions, but focused on positive, build the next system kind of things.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 26, 2010

We toured Flushing Meadows Park with the Maker team on a grey day and even I had to admit it looked a bit desolate. After the tour, the group came back to NYSCI and we had a brainstorm… let’s just do it in the museum. We also met with key members of the maker community in New York and nationally. We want that for our visitors.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

I got involved in some of the anti-globalization work at that time and my group, Art and Revolution, was doing a lot of education and outreach through dance and giant puppets and theater and doing a lot of tours to mobilize people to come to Seattle. Alli: A great question. I do think there's a lot of inspiring things. What should they do?

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