Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

In 2013, Zoe Amar and Matt Collins, digital strategy consultants for nonprofits, started the “ Social CEOs Award ” after being inspired by LinkedIn’s top 30 social CEOs list. Click to see full infographic. 93% of employees think social CEOs are better equipped to handle a crisis. Want some more examples and tips?

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

That's what the Digital Storytelling Challenge seeks to accomplish every year. At the 2013 Digital Storytelling Awards Gala on May 28, the community's successes were clear. Congratulations to all of these award winners, and collective gratitude to all the participants in this year’s digital storytelling challenge.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2013

What We Learned at NTEN''s 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Big Duck NYC. Encouragement, Wise Words from Nonprofit Tech Devotees , Hilborn Charity. Rebooting Your Digital Community Building , Lori Jacobwith. 3 Must-Watch Presentations for all NTEN 2013 Attendees , Nonprofit Hub. NTC 2013 , Simren Deogun.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. gear up to administer standardized tests digitally next year. Smartwatches.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Here are some interesting ways nonprofits and charities are using Vine in the UK and abroad : By UK charity, Tenovus. roathcardiff Living in #Cardiff and want to donate clothes to #charity ? — Tenovus (@tenovuscancer) January 29, 2013. — Dogs Trust (@DogsTrust) January 25, 2013. v/bJjr50PBH2p.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 15, 2015

2015 Digital Outlook Report :: Download. 2013 Digital Persuasion Report :: Download. 2013 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study :: Download. Published by the Charities Aid Foundation. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. 2013 Online Giving Report :: Download. Published by Blackbaud.

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JULY 3, 2015

2015 Digital Outlook Report :: Download. 2013 Digital Persuasion Report :: Download. Published by the Charities Aid Foundation. Published by the Charities Aid Foundation. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. 2013 Online Giving Report :: Download. Published by M+R and NTEN.

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2013

What We Learned at NTEN''s 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Big Duck NYC. Encouragement, Wise Words from Nonprofit Tech Devotees , Hilborn Charity. Rebooting Your Digital Community Building , Lori Jacobwith. 3 Must-Watch Presentations for all NTEN 2013 Attendees , Nonprofit Hub. NTC 2013 , Simren Deogun.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Here are some first steps to tackle as you embrace 100% staff participation in building your digital community: Engage leadership - Commitment, excitement, and encouragement from the leadership around all staff using social media to promote the organization’s activities/mission online goes a long way. So where to begin? for " Ctrl.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

I foresee that 2013 will be the year that this strategy really takes off. million for Minnesota charities in just 24 hours. Austin is hosting its own giving day, called Amplify Austin , on March 4, 2013. How do you think offline or online crowdfunding will affect your favorite causes in 2013? I’m so glad you asked.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

As 2013 come to a close, we’re counting down startups that’ve made a splash in using “social good” as their primary motivator. According to Paull Young, director of digital at charity:water, the organization ensures that 100 percent of money raised goes directly to fund water efforts, primarily in Africa and southeast Asia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

It was one of the first 24-hour day of giving that rallies and inspires to donate to charities. Now, in your 6th year, drum roll, tell us Give to the Max Day by the numbers : Total raised: $18,316,626.42 (7% increase over 2013). Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013). Total donors: 62,607 (a 20% increase over 2013).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I’ll review some new developments in email technology including Gmail’s new tabbed inbox and how it affects your charity newsletters, and the array of new email filtering services that cut down on email overload. Here’s what she says: “We’re big fans of digital storytelling here at TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

This time I’ll review some new developments in digital inclusion, smart watches, accessibility technology, apps in Africa, crowdfunding resources, and digital trends to expect in the next five years. Now, here's the latest: Digital Inclusion. All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 5, 2017

Published by the Charities Aid Foundation. Digital in 2016 :: Download. 2016 Digital Outlook Report :: Download. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. Published by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good. 2016 World Giving Index :: Download. 2016 Giving Around the Globe :: Download.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ll review Mary Meeker and Liang Wu’s annual report on the Internet, a new NTEN report on nonprofit technology assistance providers, Facebook’s new guidelines for nonprofits and causes, charities losing control of Hactivism, Google’s new micro-donation app, and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review a yet another massive new digital inclusion initiative, the launch of a new free mobile phone calling and text plan, new technology in encrypted web browsing, a new NPTech news source find, scary stats on the looming Internet of things, and the coming of the bionic eye. The nonprofit World Wide Web Foundation.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2014

2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Participant - KI EcoCenter. The Storym akers campaign empowers nonprofits, libraries, and charities with the tools and training to tell their stories, get noticed and make an impact. Nonprofits can change the world through storytelling. Participate and Learn.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! Back in my May Nonprofit Technology News edition, I covered the emerging field of digital wallets. • Social media and crowdsourcing • Portable Networks. • Data management • Drones. Sending Money By Email.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

Jason Shim has spent his career working with youth and technology and understands the challenges of the front line, helping numerous nonprofit organizations develop and deploy effective digital media strategies and policies to better engage community members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

and 47% of whom are female, spend a collective 3 billion hours per week on digital games! GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. Social Impact Through Digital Games. In Education.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

It can be hard to remember the digital world before real-time; the speed at which conversations and stories race through the Internet and their momentum add a new dimension to reputation management. Anyone active on Facebook, Twitter, or the likes will have seen at least one social media crisis unfold. Act, don’t talk.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013. Digital Wallets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

charity called Barnardo’s , which is a children’s charity, rang me up and said could they borrow an economist from me,” Brookes says. ” It struck Brookes that if a large, established charity was soliciting economists, others might well be in need. .” charities with economists willing to donate their time.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. Time for Nonprofit and Charity Videos. Also charities from anywhere in the world can participate.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge. Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Mark Morton of Manchester’s Charity Analytics #Net2 group took his members on a journey deep into Facebook EdgeRank. Adelaide, Australia: Digital Strategy basics - bringing it all together. New Orleans, LA: MiniBar 2013. NetSquared Camp, an unconference for hackers and activists, was held on June 1 in Vancouver.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Digital Wallets. Strange News. Accessibility.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2013

Major congratulations to Jamie Biggar of Leadnow ( www.leadnow.ca ) for winning the 2013 Care2 Impact Prize for his outstanding impact on online advocacy and fundraising. Biggar receives a cash award of $1,000, and Care2 will donate an additional $1,000 to his favorite charity.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

first installment of our 2013 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge webinar series, Creating a Culture of Storytelling. of storytelling at your nonprofit, library, charity, or social benefit. Please join us on April 4 at 11 a.m. Pacific time for this. Our guests will speak to the importance of creating a culture. organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

This post was cross-posted from the Knight Foundation Blog and written by Jessica Hodder who is the digital communications associate for Knight Foundation. Over 100 more organizations joined Give Miami Day in 2014 compared to 2013. Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 million for nonprofits guest post by Jessica Hodder.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Check out our course with Chief Whaler George Weiner and GivingTuesday’s own Director of Digital Strategy Kathleen Murphy. America’s Charities is a leader in running workplace giving campaigns and have some great tips for #GivingTuesday corporate giving. Fox Foundation did this very well in 2013. Enroll here. . Click To Tweet.

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APRIL 1, 2013

The winner will receive a cash award of $1,000, plus Care2 will donate an additional $1,000 to their favorite charity. The 2013 Care2 Impact Prize finalists are (drumroll please): James Rucker – co-founder of Color of Change. Jamie Biggar – Founder and Executive Director of Leadnow.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2015

Now, with a post-wallet economy gaining popularity, consumers as well as businesses and organizations alike should be paying attention to mobile wallets, digital payment, and even cryptocurrency (a form of digital currency that can be used for online transactions, Bitcoin being the most prolific brand). Crypto-Mobile-Digital Players.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Here are our picks for the top donation platforms for nonprofits to help optimize your digital fundraising efforts. Founded : 2016 Givebutter is a fast-growing fundraising platform used by more than 30,000 good causes – from youth groups to the world’s largest charities. We’re asked this question a lot at Whole Whale. For Basics.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Melbourne, Australia: charity: water … A digital success story. Vancouver, Canada: Enhancing your Story with Digital Tools. Abbotsford, Canada: Network, Connect and Talk Charity. Guatemala: Drupal Camp de Guatemala - 2013. Tuesday, October 1. Naples, FL: GooglePlus and GoogleGlass 501TechClub SWFL net2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Zoe Amar and Matt Collins of Platypus Digital created the #SocialCEO Awards in 2013 with the goal to celebrate charity leaders who are using social media in support of their organization’s missions. Deborah Alsina is the CEO of a charity, Bowl Cancer UK. CEO Case Study: Bowl Cancer UK.

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