Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? As I've said elsewhere on this blog about Second Life, it isn't yet the best medium for fundraising, but to get attention for a cause and connect with people - there's some opportunity. The homeless. sponsor a child.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2014

Example using the issue of homelessness: First, use an infographic, picture, or video of homeless people begging for money from drive-by cars or pedestrians. Show how “heart-driven” donations may be spent on beer/alcohol and misused by the homeless. Next use an infographic, picture, or video of homeless people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 28, 2020

PolicyLink has also worked to draw attention to the broader racial inequity crisis in the U.S. Keeping the spotlight on homelessness: Community Solutions. Communities like Jacksonville, Florida, were able to use their by-name list of people experiencing homelessness to conduct wide-spread testing and keep people safe. .

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Next, I paid attention to why people cared about the organization. I paid close attention to their experience as a donor, and I stayed in close communication with them. How many homeless people will get a meal because your donor chips in $50? Keep their interest and attention through consistent communications.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

Hear this inspiring story of Bobbie, a homeless woman who was helped by the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund to become more empowered and more hopeful. Make the text interesting and click-worthy – what will entice attention now that a person has watched your video? Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund: Meet Bobbie and Ia.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 28, 2020

PolicyLink has also worked to draw attention to the broader racial inequity crisis in the U.S. Keeping the spotlight on homelessness: Community Solutions. Communities like Jacksonville, Florida, were able to use their by-name list of people experiencing homelessness to conduct wide-spread testing and keep people safe. .

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2017

Department of Housing and Urban Development dropped the bombshell of defunding all but one nonprofit transitional housing provider for homeless families in Maricopa County, Arizona, the local nonprofit, private and government organizations began to scramble (Polletta, 2016). Polletta, M. 2016, May 12). Simo, G., & & Bies, A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

At the same time, they represent a challenge to nonprofits trying to win the consumer and citizen attention they need, forcing them to compete in terms of how they take their brands to market. With this in mind, here are a few steps nonprofits can take to stand out among nonprofits and for-profit brands.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

In short, you don’t have much time to catch your donor’s attention and get opened. 8 Keys to Writing the Perfect Fundraising Letter Your fundraising letter must quickly grab the reader’s attention, tell a story , and ask for a gift. Just pay attention to what’s going on around you or ask front-line staff and volunteers for stories.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2024

This is a golden opportunity to catch their attention, stand out from the crowd, and make them feel special. Winning subject lines You have to catch your donors’ attention to get them to open your email. It’s going to take personality to stand out like a rainbow unicorn in a sea of bland, beige emails! Joy in knowing you matter.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

And let’s not forget that data captures people’s attention. Which is a more compelling storyline: “Tornado hits town” or “Tornado strikes, 38 families rendered homeless, property damage estimates exceed $12 million”? Oh, and (most of the time) people trust numbers, statistics, facts and figures.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

or “What’s unique about my brand that’ll make people care and pay attention?”. 5) The startup that donates clothing to the homeless as you shop. There are a litany of points to consider when you’re launching a startup, namely: “What’s the company purpose?,” When you’re creating a business, you will naturally have a lot on your plate.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Yes we have an accessible and attention span limited world thanks in great deal to the internet. Maybe you’re a homeless shelter, and you want to partner with a shelter on the other side of town to better track and understand the community experiencing homelessness in your city. But I’m not talking to random individuals.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 4, 2021

As states across the country work to make vaccinations as accessible as possible for everyone, special attention must be paid to those who are homebound and unable to visit vaccination sites. Approximately 2,500 CCA members received housing assistance, including 210 potentially homeless members, 63 of whom were placed in new homes.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

There's the "program" side that wants to tell you all the amazing ways your programs help save homeless pets, feed the hungry, find cures, protect our children, or empower women. Covenant House is the largest privately-funded agency in the Americas providing food, shelter, crisis care, and essential services to homeless and at-risk kids.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Grab their attention with something like, We appreciate your generosity, Mark! If youre sending your individual donation receipts via email, include the recipients name in the subject line. or Sara, thank you for your donation! Acknowledging donation history.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

How will you grab the attention of your donors when their inbox is already full and they barely have time to read what’s already there? How will you convey your message in as few words as possible so you make the most of every second you have their attention? Remember, you’ve only got a few seconds of their attention!

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? years “in business,” this is my personal challenge/resolution for 2009: I want to take the technology we already have and use it to help C3 focus our attention on our constituents and supporters as effectively as we focus on what we do to fight colorectal cancer. That’s my resolution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Their team also leads attention campaigns, informed by data and inspired by online conversations. My curiosity drove me to investigate: ? Can we listen to the tides of Internet conversation on an issue, and learn to predict and ‘surf’ them? ? Can we use the momentum of focused attention to raise an issue above the noise?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. If you are targeting a local TV station, pay attention to the field reporters who prioritize feel-good stories.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2013

Too often, however, nonprofits focus only on getting gifts "in the door," and don’t pay enough attention to how those gifts are actually put to use in the community. So, once a contribution is made, what aspects of accounting for that contribution deserve your organization’s attention?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

But recently she was overhearing aggravated remarks from staff: she wasn’t paying attention to them, she was missing appointments, and forgetting to discuss important points at meetings. If you work for a nonprofit, there’s a good chance that you’re working on a tough problem like the achievement gap, homelessness, or global hunger.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Spleet’s growth has courted investors’ attention. Many of Spleet’s customers are middle- to high-income earners (paying between $200 and $1,000 monthly). To them, paying a premium on monthly or quarterly rent beats saving up cumulatively less than that for yearly rent. This March, the company announced a pre-seed investment of $625,000.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Let’s say your organization has 3 primary service programs: animals, homeless and youth. And remember, you have less than 1 minute to grab the reader’s attention when they open an email. Think about it this way. You’re about to send out this month’s eNewsletter and you want to focus on a call to give, but which topic do you focus on?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2010

Mark Horvarth (who made a brief appearance in my video from yesterday ) has caught a lot of attention with his alluringly simple idea: record homeless people telling their stories and publish them on the internet. His project InvidiblePeople.tv won a Pepsi Refresh grant and has also been supported by the likes of Hanes and Ford.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2013

Too often, however, nonprofit organizations focus only on getting gifts “in the door”, and don’t pay enough attention to how those gifts are actually put to use in the community. So, once a contribution is made, what aspects of accounting for that contribution deserve your organization’s attention?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans. On almost all platforms, video on social media is the best, fastest, and most engaging way to get your followers’ attention. Live videos get more attention and consequently, quite often more interaction.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

That means you need to pay attention to what you are sharing with donors and when, and how often they hear from you. If you’re not paying attention to what donors are getting from their experience of giving to your nonprofit, you’ll lose them. For example, “Your donation of $10 will provide a day’s food and care for a homeless veteran.

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Qgiv

MAY 2, 2022

The Windermere Foundation is dedicated to supporting low-income and homeless families in their communities. With careful placement of images, they draw attention to various places on their donation form to encourage donors to complete their gift. Who they are.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The organization offers support and aid in natural disasters and also provides ongoing community programs to address issues such as homelessness and food insecurity. million members and serves more than 27 million people in 134 countries. Logging the work : Fundraisers needed a foolproof way to document and share what they’re doing and where.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

Since 1949, May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness month to bring attention the ongoing need for proper support and health care services for those affected. Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

It demands that we remember, as individuals, that what we do on a daily basis, on the regular — planning that Halloween carnival or participating in a homeless count across the city — matters. Yet I think that that's the real beauty and power of this work. The work that we do matters. Which is also what makes this work hard.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

When visitors come to your Twitter profile, your call-to-action and donation link immediately draw their attention. If your nonprofit uses our “Impact Stories” feature, draw attention to those stories in your social post, or incorporate them into your goals (e.g.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 28, 2012

Why has this notion demanded so much attention and effort and become a “must have” skill for our professional wheelhouses? Arizona is quite lucky to have all of these amazing people at the helm while combating issues in healthcare, education, homelessness, and mental health, to name a few. Networking.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Shelly Banjo with the Wall Street Journal wrote an article for today’s edition with that title, to bring attention to t he financial mistakes people make when giving to charities—and how to avoid them. We often carry socks filled with water and energy bars to give to the homeless on Austin’s streets.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Technology in the analog period was usually defined only as hardware or software, it looked like desktop computers and a server room, and it got as much attention from the organization as a whole as the employee handbook. Analog Tactics.

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