NetWits

MARCH 3, 2011

For a sector often looking for creative ways to communicate our message, QR codes are a great tool for things like advocacy and scavenger hunts. The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a national organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through research, patient support, community outreach, and advocacy for a cure.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

As of March 1, there have been 425,900 uses nationally, with 168,600 in L.A., So far, only 375 people out of 37,144 unique users across the national Throne network have been access-restricted, according to Heinzelman. advocacy director for the Alliance for Community Transit, a coalition of transportation and housing organizations.

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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. 1%: Fundraiser stickers in Facebook Stories. 1%: Fundraiser stickers in Facebook Stories. Why the Open Data Project?

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Description: As non-profits turn their sights to the social web for mission delivery, advocacy, fundraising and awareness building, more for-profits organizations are supporting charity work with specialized programs and initiatives. He led the company’s 2011 video initiatives with the World Economic Forum and United Nations Foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. If your nonprofit engages in advocacy, it’s worth experimenting with. It’s also worth noting that they have an excellent mobile website which enables nonprofits to make their online advocacy campaigns mobile.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I’ve told these stories before, but I’m referring to them again because they highlight advice that can help associations find stability when chaos threatens. Nancy’s Story “Working with public institutions was especially important during the early days,” Nancy recalled. “We More likely to be successful in advocacy and public policy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S. If your nonprofit does awareness tours, hosts events in multiple cities, or is active around your hometown, Tripline can help staff share their location-based activism and advocacy online.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Road trips are an excellent platform for causes to tell important stories, engage volunteers, and fundraise in an innovative way. Connecting and enriching a national movement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Nonprofits tend to mostly tweet content about the sad state of affairs – international, national, state, and local. There is a need for that on Twitter, but framing your Twitter story a little more on the positive side can definitely increase your engagement. Breaking news relevant to your mission and programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. Nonprofits could use Screenr to train staff, mobilize donors and activists, or tell their stories in a new way online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

The only exception is in crisis situations where urgent calls to action require mobilizing your social networking communities to donate, volunteer, or participate in advocacy campaigns. Regardless of whether your nonprofit is local, national, or international, nonprofits need to be ready to respond to breaking news and current affairs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Many of the disparate segments of our online business, such as our blog, online gift shop, stock photo business, weekly podcasts, advocacy site and our own social site will all be brought under one roof in the new member site. Anything else?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

My colleagues at The Monitor Institute just published a study called “ Disruption: Evolving Models of Engagement and Support ,&# a national study of member-based advocacy organizations. Nothing is settled about how even the most relevant and impactful advocacy organizations engage constituencies or attracts resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. Nonprofits could use Screenr to train staff, mobilize donors and activists, or tell their stories in a new way online.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. This analysis is now helping to reframe how sexual violence is studied and understood by groups in Colombia and by the United Nations. and the European Union.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. Nonprofits could use Screenr to train staff, mobilize donors and activists, or tell their stories in a new way online.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 7, 2008

Last year, the National Federation of the Blind took on Amazon.com about the accessibility of their website, which NFB felt at one time had been quite accessible, but which had declined in accessibility. So, someone came from Amazon.com to speak about this at this years' NFB Convention in Dallas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2012

I was going to write something patriotic about social media, but I got an email from Mari Tikkanen with story about her recent experience working with maternal/reproductive health organizations and human rights NGOs in Nigeria for the MacArthur Foundation. Happy Fourth of July!

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M+R

DECEMBER 23, 2021

In 2020, the election—and just as important, the stories told about the election —took on exceptional significance. First there were stories of the historic voter turnout, and people forced to line up for hours across the country to cast their vote. Community stories trickled up to national attention.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In another example, the American Cancer Society used AI to examine GoFundMe campaigns and found that over one-third of fundraising stories explicitly described financial hardships caused by medical issues. Millions of dollars have been invested in that small neighborhood to bring that community vision of the future to life.

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Tableau

MARCH 9, 2022

This month's highlight is by Julia Biedry Gonzalez, Tableau lead solution engineer for the United Nations, and Global Philanthropy Chair for Salesforce’s Latinoforce Equality Group. Data has the power to tell universal stories that are universally understood and the power to make change.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. Nonprofits could use Screenr to train staff, mobilize donors and activists, or tell their stories in a new way online.

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Care2

AUGUST 18, 2011

“The QR code links to our lead advocacy volunteer telling her story and briefly describing the benefits of joining our advocacy team,&# said Mike Kondratick at JDRF. National Aquarium in Baltimore. The National Aquarium in Baltimore uses QR codes directly posted on their exhibits throughout the Aquarium.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

We share the aggregated results of the survey with foundations, government entities, media, associations, advocacy organizations and nonprofits themselves. The results improve grantmaking practices, help shape conversations on the needs of the social sector, and provide a rich source of data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

If you integrate social media successfully, your event will generate lots of terrific content to develop the “After Story” that you can post to social channels and use to thank participants. There are different ways to document your event. Shonali Burke has a terrific tip.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) We need a policy for a multi-site organization!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

5) Creating Signature Stories by David Aaker. I recently I was the ending keynote for Feeding America’s national conference and David was the opening keynote (although due to an accident his daughter, Jennifer Aaker, a professor at Stanford, delivered his keynote on his behalf).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. In many ways, however, the KONY2012 episode is an old story about the power of social capital and strong narratives.

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Tableau

MARCH 9, 2022

This month's highlight is by Julia Biedry Gonzalez, Tableau lead solution engineer for the United Nations, and Global Philanthropy Chair for Salesforce’s Latinoforce Equality Group. Data has the power to tell universal stories that are universally understood and the power to make change.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2021

To mark its anniversary, NRDC launched an immersive storytelling experience featuring powerful stories from the last 50 years. Our team partnered with NRDC to conceptualize how to capture these highlights in an engaging and informative story. National Air & Space Museum. Canopus – Website for Cultural.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: How to Tell Your Nonprofit Story with Spark.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I became a documentary filmmaker to tell meaningful stories that explore social issues and inspire change. But simply put, cross-platform campaigns are the future of documentary film, and issue advocacy. Today, it’s a whole new ballgame. … Read More Fundraising'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Magic happens when social entrepreneurs, nonprofits leaders, technologists, and young people are brought together for a high energy, creative, and interactive event that exposes everyone to new ideas and stories. I was so happy to hear the story of how the event got started and the beginning of the network from Fernanda Bornhausen Sa.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

" Engagement Ladders: Building Supporter Power – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "We, as social change organizations, exist to enable the power of our supporters. That is how change happens. Through getting thousands of people to take mass action.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Our Story Recently, four allied grassroots campaigns (1Sky, Clean Energy Works, the Energy Action Coalition and Focus the Nation) set out to build an unprecedented online community: multiple organizations engaging their supporters together toward common goals on a shared online platform. We called it “The Climate Network.&#.

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