Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised $2 million in 24 hours using the Razoo platform. Razoo has promoted local giving days, including Twive and Receive and recently announced reaching a milestone of raising $100 million.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Albert Ruesga, President and CEO, Greater New Orleans Foundation. Annie Hernandez, Program Officer, The Lumpkin Family Foundation. Barbara Kibbe, COO, Salesforce.com Foundation. Carrie Avery, President, The Durfee Foundation.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In this case, it's a recap of some of the big nonprofit technology stories of 2012. Top Nonprofit Technology Buzzwords of 2012. "Hackathon" was, in fact, one of Lucy Bernholz' top 10 philanthropy buzz words for 2012. By the way, Lucy Bernholz' top buzz word of 2012 was " data."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

With a seed grant from the Knight Foundation, we set out to find the answers to these questions. SocialCoding4Good is an important partner supporting VMware's commitment to giving back and active learning through service,” says Nicola Acutt, Director of VMware Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The goal is to collect 4 million actions (photos of hands raised, likes on their Facebook campaign page, etc) and present the collective actions to the United Nations Secretary General and the world donor community urging them to put girls’ education as their priority. The photo above is Leng Sopharath.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

According to the Foundation Center’s analysis of data from the National Center for Charitable Statistics, there are approximately 1.5 Blackbaud says it still gets calls from GiftMaker users, and we get questions from GMP users on TechSoup’s forums ( here's one from June 2012 ). million nonprofits in the U.S. That’s about.026

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TechImpact

JULY 16, 2014

In another 2013 study conducted by Blackbaud found that “response and click through rates in nonprofit email campaigns declined by 16% and 18.7%, from 2012.” Whether they are volunteers, board members, family of employees, or members of the community you serve. But what are donors looking for? Entity type. Annual giving level.

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Candid

APRIL 23, 2024

In my last article , I examined some of the key findings from the latest CF Insights survey , conducted annually by the Council on Foundations to track trends in community foundation activity and growth. Among those with asset sizes over $500 million, DAFs represented, on average, 36% of total assets.

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2023

I believe that KPF athletes have shared and seen what their fullest potential is beyond the finish,” said Kyle Pease, Founder of Kyle Pease Foundation, a nonprofit organization born with a mission to improve the lives of people with disabilities through sports.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2012

While Heather (shown in image below) may have raised just $100 for the 2012 event, she’s solid gold … actually, a “Double Diamond” fundraiser for Children’s Hospital of Colorado, with over $50,000 and 5 to 9 years of participation in the Courage Classic under her belt. flyers or offline donation forms). Trophy Case” Badges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2013

They hold the space online for groups of organizations and people to come together to identify community problems. Using the Mindmixer platform and in person convenings, they listen to ideas, combine them with others, and identify a technology solution to meet the communities needs.

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NetWits

MAY 9, 2012

In March 2012, Pinterest had over 4 million daily unique page visits. As Arts and Cultural Organizations (museums, zoos, galleries, festivals and foundations), you have so many powerful images to choose from. Maybe we can chat about it over in the Altru Community. Good thing I’m not alone: Pinterest is now the no.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

For the past few years, the Fiver Children’s Foundation has used CauseVox to grow their fundraising efforts. Started in 2012, this movement inspires millions of individuals to donate to their favorite causes annually. About The Fiver Children’s Foundation. To put this in perspective, in 2018, 3.6 Insights From Fiver.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Date :October 24-25, 2012. Topic : Community-Driven Planning: Creating a Social Media Strategy. Description : This all-day workshop starts with the real foundation of social media engagement: community and content. How do we maintain those boundaries for our community members? Location : Lexington, KY.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy Returns for 2012 – "We're excited to announce that the Technology Leadership Academy is returning in 2012. Mellon Foundation, we're able to offer the Academy at no charge to qualifying organizations. The Academy gets at the very heart of what NTEN does.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Here's a recap of last week's MAM programming for members (with links to the recordings): 2012 Year in Review: NTEN Community Impact. Every week in the month of November we will recognize members of the NTEN community as an extra thank you. for the most tweets #NTENThanks: Jereme Bivens, Foundation Center.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2012

The 2012 Digital Storytelling Challenge was a great success, with more than 250 total submissions from social benefit organizations in 24 countries! Alliance Center for Independence was our community's favorite for video, taking home an iPad courtesy of Blazon. Best Single Photo Entry: American India Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Are funders realizing that support for advocacy needs to be part of any comprehensive effort to improve the lives of families and communities? billion in benefits for families and communities after spending $231 million on their advocacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Previously she was an independent consultant working with The Chicago Council on Global Affairs on the 2012 NATO Summit, Chicago Ideas Week, news platform Syria Deeply and FEM Inc., Benetech Brand careers communications GC hiring intellectual property IP job legal counsel media nonprofit policy social enterprise tech4good'

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

We're excited to announce that the Technology Leadership Academy is returning in 2012. Mellon Foundation, we're able to offer the Academy at no charge to qualifying organizations. Even better, thanks to the generous support of Google and the Andrew W. The Academy gets at the very heart of what NTEN does. > Apply by February 24th!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 4, 2013

More than 10,000 partner charities, volunteer organizations, corporations, community centers and foundations joined in the ‘giving spirit’ as they asked donors to give to their favorite causes from across the nation and around the world. the sense of community and giving that is at the heart of the holidays.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Note from Beth: Last year John Haydon reached out about a special project he was working on for the CTK Foundation that was providing some resources and financial support for nonprofits. The CTK Foundation has just launched the 2012/2013 Heart & Soul Grants , with over $55,000 to assist nonprofits like yours in accomplishing your mission.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2013

More than 10,000 partner charities, volunteer organizations, corporations, community centers and foundations joined in the ‘giving spirit’ as they asked donors to give to their favorite causes from across the nation and around the world. the sense of community and giving that is at the heart of the holidays.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2012

Today, I have the honor of doing a session at The Allstate Foundation ‘s 60th Anniversary Executive Summit (hashtag #60summit ) where I’ll be talking about leading nonprofits with a network mindset. Social Media 4 NPOs (@SM4Nonprofits) July 26, 2012. Karen Brown (@KarenRedRover) July 26, 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC. Several individuals in the nonprofit technology community were recognized.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

6,057 donors completed the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Survey and based on their responses, the donor community worldwide is made up of primarily women (65%) who have a liberal ideology (53%) , characterize themselves as religious (72%), and give between ($101-$1,000 USD) annually (43%).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2012

Electronic Frontier Foundation will be delivering the. so, there are sessions for you at CiviCon 2012! communities. this discount code when you. register : civisoup CiviCon brings together end-users, implementers, and evaluators to share their experiences. Kellie Brownell from the. Want to talk with folks who have. Registration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

The foundation upon which all successful social and mobile campaigns are built is a well-designed, mobile compatible website. The brutal truth is that if your nonprofit posts boring content that does not inspire activity on social networks i.e., likes, shares, retweets, repins, and +1s, then your communities will grow very slowly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. For others, just seeking to answer these questions would force important discussions among foundation staff and board members and, perhaps, crucial steps to gain greater clarity on the answers. The questions are: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

Keep the community updated on the fundraising progress through various channels. celebrate and showcase the “de-centralized” successes in your community. The infographic shares several campaigns launched by nonprofits, including a campaign that raised over $4 million by KONY 2012. I love serendipity! Here’s an example ).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. MacArthur Foundation to develop the next generation of Martus. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. and Catherine T.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

NTEN isn''t an organization, we''re a community – a community with a shared set of values , including authenticity, sharing, and of course, laughter. who embodies those values and enhances the NTEN community. They support the community by writing articles and presenting sessions and webinars.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

The company stated that they will not be selling the dolls at stores, but instead will donate them to children's hospitals and other hospitals, as well as the National Alopecia Areata Foundation." Any member of the NTEN community is welcome to vote, but only one vote per person, per IP address will be counted."

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an interview in the September 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Q: Tell us more about what you work on at The Knight Foundation. that Knight Foundation helped to develop is that it seems to really tell a story.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Raising money in 2012 will require creativity and foresight. Get accustomed to using social media to communicate with all of your potential donors.

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