Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

It raised $3,500 in 15 hours. This campaign was a community-generated effort - spearheaded by Connie Reece and came from people who knew of Susan Reynolds fight with breast cancer and rallied behind her. January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. While there are many new and exciting organizations and platforms emerging we are speaking with three we know at the forefront - Causes.com, American Cancer Society, and StartSomeGood.com.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Can SEO be a worthwhile investment for charities and other nonprofit organizations? Just a quick bit of keyword research shows that there are many keywords worth targeting: donate car to charity – 2,400 Searches per month - $33 per click. donate money to charity – 260 Search per month - $11 per click. The Short Answer – Yes!

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. Chris Farrell set a 2008 goal to make his charitable giving a monthly activity, not a mad rush in December.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Every year as we approach the end of the year and holiday giving season, millions of Americans give to charities hoping to have a positive impact on the communities where they live and work. Stephen shares some insight and ideas - and an offer - around matching gifts. It’s not hard to see why matching gifts are so popular.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Brooks, "people who give money to charity are 43 percent more likely than nongivers to say they are very happy. According to a March 2008 New York Times article, Yes, Money Can Buy Happiness. Today my husband and I learned that the wife of a friend, who was diagnosed with cancer not that long ago, has just a few days to live.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

” With the dream of combining her two greatest passions of performing and helping others, she began her journey as a fundraising consultant and charity auctioneer in 2016. Tony has helped raise millions of dollars for charity through auction events, charity golf tournaments, benefit fashion shows, and his unique abilities as an Emcee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Tweet-vivors: Social Media Conquers Cancer. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

My first time in really understanding what that meant was in 2008. So I might not know that grandma has colon cancer, but I know your primary care for grandma and something has gone left. Steven, you know what I’ll do, Juliana, and Charity, and Jessica came back with a thing. Oh, my gosh. Thanks for doing this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

This is yet another indication of the growing interest in the charity sector at SXSWi. Some people in the room were frustrated because the discussion focused on social media for charity and did not include social media for social change. Or should we simply just call fundraising and charity?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

So, now we are seeing an emerging practice that for lack of a better phrase, I’m calling “Charity Jacking.” Charity Jacking is imitating a successful fundraising campaign theme or idea that has become popular and instead of encouraging donations to the original charity, redirecting donations to another cause.

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