Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Before I take you behind the scenes of our NTEN board fundraiser for Giving Tuesday , let me ask you to consider to a donation of any size to support NTEN and the Nonprofit Technology Conference Scholarship campaign. The NTEN Board Giving Tuesday Campaign. Source: Blackbaud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

If anything, the day will prompt conversation about philanthropy in the U.S. It’s a 360-degree ecosystem of a new kind of philanthropy that thrives in our social media world. and maybe even reach around the world. I also like how nonprofits are using it to leverage their own fundraising efforts for that day.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

" 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. I need to stop calling what my association does strategic planning."

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Member News online this week: NTEN member United Nations Foundation is featured in a Forbes article for turning to innovative online strategies -- including YouTube and Twitter -- to raise money in tough economic times. Marc Osten interviews Gavin Clabaugh -- two NTEN superstars, I must say!

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

With the global financial crisis at its peak and a recession looming, many nonprofit managers are probably asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise money next year?" " I suspect fewer fundraisers are asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise the money it needs four years from now?" Get an iPhone.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

In case you haven''t already grabbed a copy of Kivi Leroux Miller ''s new book, A Communications Map for Engaging Your Community, Becoming a Favorite Cause, and Raising More Money , it will guide you through designing and implementing a content marketing strategy that will bring in supporters. Register now!

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MARCH 26, 2024

By tapping into the plethora of free resources, your team can better prepare for your fundraising campaigns to raise more money and more awareness for your cause. These virtual resources provide a wealth of knowledge tailored to help you raise more funds. The Philanthropy United Podcast. NTEN Publications.

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MARCH 11, 2014

Every year I look forward to one very special conference - the NTC conference organized by the awesome NTEN team. Then there is the fantastic sessions discussing the best tools nonprofits should use to build websites and online campaigns focused on engagement and raising lots of money. Building Effective Technology for Philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

According to this summary from The Chronicle of Philanthropy , the survey also found that young donors had only given small amounts to nonprofits and charities, but were open to making small donations more frequently. Nonprofits can use this guide for raising engagement with younger audiences. This roundup from NTEN.

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JUNE 15, 2012

But how exactly can nonprofits use it and other platforms to raise money, grow their base of supporters, change policy, and recruit volunteers and board members? Facebook now boasts over 901 million active users, making it, by population, the world’s third largest country.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

A Philanthropist’s Guide to the Future : Philanthropy is changing. Organizational Culture: npEXPERTS – Building a Culture of Philanthropy : Fundraising is critical to the success of your mission. This article from NTEN provides the SEO terms you need to know. Is it all just a blur of numbers and percentages now?

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2010

Lucy Bernholz's " Open Philanthropy: A Modest Manifesto " is awesome. Seth Godin raises a good question : should we link to another cat video or to something that may inspire you to change the world (but isn't as funny)? Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. It's make-you-cry funny. Parts, anyway.).

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JUNE 1, 2012

DonorDriven : It’ll be fascinating to hear Woz’s eyebrow-raising take about the future of fundraising, with his background in both tech and philanthropy. This conference differs from NTen in that it has a narrower scope: it’s tech that’s specifically aimed at fundraising. Conference alert: Get to know TechKnow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com. More specifically we discussed grass roots fundraising and the rapid growth of online platforms that allow people to raise money for the causes they support. Social Media: Paint by the Numbers with Holly Ross of NTEN. Meet Claire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? The article goes on to quote Jean Case "Philanthropy shouldn't be defined as a bunch of rich people writing checks," she told the New York Times.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

More than $250 million was raised online for Haitian relief efforts in the first 21 days after the quake through Convio powered emails, websites, and other campaigns (up from approximately $120 million in the same period during Katrina). A webinar on lessons learned will be held in Q2 to share some of the key findings with NTEN members.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Casey Golden's company, Small Act , develops software and offers consulting services to help nonprofits raise money, advocate and build awareness with social media. Tags: Leadership NPTech NTEN Social Media. This post was originally published at [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Here are some good examples of CEO and Executive Director use of social media in the US social sector: Holly Ross is the executive director of NTEN, the nonprofit technology network in the US. She uses Twitter to share what's going on at NTEN, announce new initiatives, and have conversations with NTEN members.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups - whether nonprofit organizations or not - to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. Social Philanthropy: Raising Money on YouTube and Twitter. At SXSW, there….

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

Here are 10 of the most helpful reports and resources for philanthropy professionals: Giving in an Election Year. 50 Fascinating Philanthropy Stats. The 50 Fascinating Philanthropy Stats is the central hub for need-to-know statistics on charitable giving, online fundraising, donor characteristics, and more. The Point of Impact

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The organization and challenge: After years of traditional fund-raising events, Catholic Charities CYO (CC) in San Francisco decided its approach was getting stale and that it needed to broaden its audience to include opportunities for young people. Tags: Community NPTech NTEN Fundraising. Fundraising Events. www.networkforgood.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

LolNptech commentary about a recent NTEN Discuss List thread. Google qualified nonprofit organizations can use GoogleCheckout to accept charitable donations without any fees as first reported by the NTEN blog. Peter Dietz gives us a video walk through of his site, Social Actions which focuses on micro-philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. Rebecca Corliss is Boston area social media activist and one of the leaders who helped raised over $20,000 for Jane Doe, Inc. is the queen of nonprofit philanthropy predictions. Holly Ross. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. Lucy Bernholz.

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MAY 9, 2016

Research Triangle, North Carolina: How to Create Digital Stories to Raise Money and More. Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link]. Burlington, Vermont: Digital Rights/Digital Responsibilities Workshop for Nonprofits.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. 48 percent were interested in a "tally of funds raised". have further validated the effectiveness of text-to-give fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

Roger Carr at the Everyday Giving Blog responded to my reflections about networked fundraising , particularly my concern about donor fatique and potentially annoying blog readers here when I'm raising money for the Sharing Foundation. The question is "when is enough enough? (in You need to stay true to the purpose of your blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2008

A couple weeks ago I asked you and the Have Fun * Do Good Facebook group for suggestions for Changebloggers, people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, build community, and/or facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place.

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JULY 27, 2015

I was born and raised in the Northeast, where the joke is there are four seasons—almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction. Epic Fundraising Examples That Inspire : Learn how a blue pig created a culture of philanthropy and how an appeal letter from a hummingbird got one donor writing his favorite charity.

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

“ The face of philanthropy is changing at breaking speed. Amy Sample Ward from NTEN shared, from their recent Nonprofit Technology Staffing and Investments Report that only 4% of an organization’s budget, on average, was devoted to ‘technology’. The theme of yesterday’s opening session? Integrated.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

David Geilhufe, Philanthropy Program Manager, NetSuite In this age of cloud computing, sophisticated, affordable (often free!) Born and raised in Silicon Valley, David has been in and out of technology and the private sector throughout his career.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Attend If You’re: A professional in advancement services, alumni relations, communications and marketing, and fundraising in District II To Register: [link] MARCH NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference Portland, OR, and Virtual March 13-15, 2024 Also known as NTC, this annual event spotlights essential nonprofit technology best practices.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $625. Yale Philanthropy Conference 2016. Yale Philanthropy Conference 2016. Yale Philanthropy Conference / New Haven, CT / $110. This year, the Yale Philanthropy Conference will explore the evolving role of philanthropy within this ecosystem of change. Governance.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

On December 31st, 2015, the busiest day of the year for online fundraising, we had just one email queued up to go out from NTEN. But NTEN is certainly not the only organization leveraging advances in technology to make fundraising a donor-centric process. The paddle raise (oh, the paddle raise!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

TechSoup has just published a thoughtful article from Idealware that raises the question, " Should Your Organization Use Social Networking Sites ?" I suspect NTEN's presence in Portland has something to do it! Giving Anonymously facilitates person to person philanthropy. fundraising, and direct mail is dying.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. NTEN blog points us to Code for Change this Summer , an opportunity for those with drupal skills to put them to good use. Update: Tactical Philanthropy announces the 2007COF tag! You've got to love their logo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Nancy raises a few questions about whether a distributed presence for organizations - splitting the attention of members between an organization's web site and social networking profiles is a liability or an asset. NTEN's monthly roundup of tech resources called " Things We Like " (and I'll add to "fondle.")

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Casey Golden's company, Small Act , develops software and offers consulting services to help nonprofits raise money, advocate and build awareness with social media.

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