Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2012

Funding Services AND Advocacy: The Smart Choice for Grantmakers – guest post by Aaron Dorfman, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Some grantmakers shy away from funding advocacy, preferring instead to fund direct services. NFP described an advocacy approach that incorporated both grass-tops and bottom-up advocacy.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

The new book I co-authored with Allyson Kapin, Social Change Anytime Everywhere , looks at the way nonprofit organizations can use multichannel strategies for advocacy, fundraising, and community building. You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below. —–.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2025

Like HubSpot, were working to bring an ecosystem of partners together to help solve your organizations extended needs with program/case management and impact measurement, advocacy, direct marketing, online fundraising, and more. Learn more at benevolent.tech and schedule a personal demo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

By Annisa Wanat , an independent consultant who works to strengthen the capacity of mission-driven organizations to achieve their goals more strategically by providing customized solutions in leadership, management, and communications. Most nonprofit board members volunteer because they want to support a worthy cause. FULL BIO ].

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Care2

OCTOBER 1, 2014

An engaging action, one that is shareable and appealing to not only your audience, but also friends of your supporters, is the first step in launching your effective online advocacy strategy. Get the full scoop on effective online advocacy from this white paper by PowerThru Consulting and Care2. Online Advocacy'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

By Brent Merritt , a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. About the Author: Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By Greg Fine – a marketing consultant that works to elevate nonprofit marketing impact, revitalize giving campaigns, and bring energy and awareness to nonprofit brands and their mission. Success Factors: Celebrity Advocacy: Leveraging celebrity power attracts attention and builds trust with potential donors. So, now what?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, the Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits webinar highlights current trends in using social media for fundraising, advocacy, and storytelling. InnovaSocial is a social impact consultancy based in Mexico specializing in strategic planning, digital communications and individual giving.

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CauseVox

MAY 27, 2021

Fundraising for advocacy organizations is tough, maybe one of the toughest types of fundraising out there. For advocacy organizations, sometimes the best you’ve got is not letting things get worse. Here are ten tips I learned in my years of fundraising for advocacy organizations about how to talk to donors in times of trouble.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

By Dr. Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier , CFRE, CNP, CNC, Executive Director of the Jordan Thomas Foundation and Owner of AQP Consulting. Who Salsa is great for: Organizations of all sizes that engage in online advocacy. The constant grind to find new funds is the challenge of every nonprofit. Best of luck and happy fundraising!

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Support advocacy, volunteer management, complex events, electronic communications, content management, online payments, and merchandise sales. Some independent consultants who implement Common Ground have questioned whether my clients even want to consider that product until the dust settles.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Nonprofits looking to reassess or develop a new technical strategy should consider partnering with a nonprofit technology consulting firm. Nonprofit technology consultants can help you complete a technology assessment, develop a new technical strategy, implement new systems, and provide reliable ongoing support.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns give your supporters a new way to get involved while furthering your mission through grassroots action. Plus, your nonprofit can attract new supporters interested in advocacy to your cause, growing your supporter network of donors and volunteers. Stay up to date with current advocacy trends.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 15, 2023

Nonprofits looking to maximize their investment in Blackbaud products should consider partnering with a Blackbaud consulting service. These consultants can assist with implementing and developing Blackbaud tools, as well as providing training and ongoing support services. Be selective when choosing your implementation consultant.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Advocacy and volunteering emails As you well know, donating isnt the only way your audience members can show their support for your mission. Advocacy and volunteering email example: Help for Heroes call for volunteers Help for Heroes also created a useful example of a volunteer request email. Will you help us fight these obstacles?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Use CTAs to encourage supporters to take actions that align with your goals, such as donating, volunteering, or joining your grassroots advocacy campaign. In his role, he serves thousands of nonprofits and advocacy organizations across the U.S. Strategically craft your CTA language.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Founder and Marketing Consultant. Advocacy Community Geof Pelaia nptech nten Pelaia Media Group Social Media Strategy video Communications Fundraising' Geof Pelaia. Pelaia Media Group. A well thought out video strategy can accomplish all of these goals and more.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Are you a an online advocacy guru, a fundraiser, or grassroots organizer? We invite nonprofit staff and do-gooder consultants from a diverse array of fields to come join us at NonProfit 2.0. We invite nonprofit staff and do-gooder consultants from a diverse array of fields to come join us at NonProfit 2.0. Nonprofit Consulting.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

As I announced recently , Advocacy Online and Fairsay have jointly produced a benchmark report to examine key e-campaigning performance measures. In addition to the benchmark data, the project also includes an e-campaigning survey that has been carried by Jess Day , an independent e-campaigning consultant. Download Reports.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

With more than two decades of experience as an executive and having conducted research into workplace trauma, she is a sought-after consultant for Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, government, and educational institutions that seek to improve their retention and culture. Finally, managers can execute Care as Advocacy.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Partnering with a technology consulting firm like Team DNL is an excellent way to get a great-looking, functional website for your cause without cutting corners or sacrificing other areas of your operations. If you plan to work with a consultant, confirm these details with your internal team first before bringing them onto your project.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

A social enterprise, Zoetica provides superior communication consulting, training, and strategy to help mindful organizations affect social change." "Zoetica serves nonprofits and socially conscious companies with top-tier, word-of-mouth communication services. " Deadline: January 31, 2010.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 15, 2011

In addition to her work at NTEN (a membership organization that provides technology training, resources, networking and other assistance to nonprofits), Amy has worked in private philanthropy, advocacy nonprofit organizations, web design companies, and as a consultant. Related Links : Conference information.

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NTEN

MAY 14, 2014

Prescott Consulting. In Liz Prescott's experience, which she shares here, cloud-based solutions can make the difference between an advocacy victory and a missed opportunity. Elizabeth Prescott. Principal and CEO. What do storytelling and cloud technology have in common? What is a story bank anyway?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Advocacy Online and Fairsay are jointly producing a benchmark report to examine key e-campaigning performance measures. In addition to the benchmark data, the project also includes an e-campaigning survey that has been carried by Jess Day , an independent e-campaigning consultant. If you are in London, you can join me!

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Community leadership, based on my research and consulting with foundations, combines the defined concepts of collective leadership, civic leadership, and community engagement into a comprehensive approach that seeks to work alongside communities—geographic, identity-based, or faith-based—to create a positive change.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

The plaintiffs, a group of organizations that included the American Association of Political Consultants, argued that the ban violated the First Amendment by favoring debt collection speech over other forms of speech. A 2015 amendment to the TCPA grants an exception to robocalls made solely to collect debt on behalf of the US government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

You can’t do good research if don’t understand the patient, you can’t do good advocacy if you don’t understand the research and you can’t do good patient care if you don’t support research and advocacy. can’t do good research or do advocacy. We need to more work better as an ecosystem.”

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2025

While some organizations like food banks may struggle to offer online opportunities, otherssuch as literacy programs that deliver tutoring sessions over Zoom, or advocacy networks that leverage volunteers to facilitate or monitor group forumsare finding new ways to involve virtual volunteers.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

We heard from 209 nonprofit staff, consultants, and the people who love us–and some of the results suprised us. While not scientific, the survey offers some interesting insights and we highlighted the key findings in our presentation (included in the slides below and online here).

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 24, 2025

With sessions on funding, advocacy, and program strategies, this conference is essential for insights on fundraising trends, interactive workshops, and collaboration with media professionals. Youll explore utilizing marketing to drive policy change, increase advocacy, and enhance nonprofit missions. To Register: [link] **Lets Connect!

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I've been having a very enjoyable time, importuning all sorts of people I admire to address some of the topics that are close to CTK's heart: nonprofit technology , nonprofit management, best practices, outcomes measurement, impact assessment, nonprofit advocacy, social media, and mission focus.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

More likely to be successful in advocacy and public policy. Brent is currently principal consultant at Avocet Health. Associations that have strategic partnerships are— You want allies who will provide a hedge against the unexpected. More likely to achieve their goals. More likely to be seen as thought leaders in their field.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting. From the Big Duck website : Brandraising is a proprietary model developed by Big Duck to help nonprofits communicate more effectively in order to advance fundraising, programs and advocacy goals. She really understood the organizations.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

Be sure to check back for tomorrow’s roundup post with tips and suggestions from over 20 nonprofit users, marketers and consultants in the industry. Part 2 – 20 Tips for Nonprofits Using Twitter.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

Integration: We were looking for a CRM that could integrate more easily with the suite of tools we used for fundraising, email marketing, events, and advocacy work. Cindy Lackow, a senior Salesforce consultant with Fíonta, pinpointed four existing issues that needed to be addressed with the new system. Salesforce Implementation.

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CauseVox

MAY 25, 2021

Kelly is an independent fundraising and strategic planning consultant based in Washington, DC and serving clients worldwide. Since then, Kelly has worked with a range of nonprofits, from multi-million dollar budgets to volunteer-run groups, from political advocacy to arts education, from international aid to local historical societies.

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