Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2007

It's important to have a challenge grant or contest or something that gives both urgency and some confidence that others believe in your cause. In addition, I'd like to thank Britt Bravo who gave her covered AOL laptop bag to schlep home the t-shirts from BlogHer and to Gina Trapani for donating her extra t-shirts. Here's an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

They are also running a contest : The Red Cross is also encouraging dog owners to cool off during these dog days by diving into the American Red Cross Pet Photo Pool. Get your camera ready and sniff out these instructions to enter our Dog Days of Summer photo contest. " A slightly different take on the concept of slow.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

We won the costume contest. It may be hard sometimes, and the information I learn may be sad, maddening, or depressing, but it’s up to me to choose what attitude I bring to my work and to find the fun in it. Photo: My friend Eli and I at the 2009 Bay to Breakers. Now that was fun! Want to get involved?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 13, 2008

For more information, go to the Duncan Hines National Bake Sale Contest site. cross posted on BlogHer ] cupcake nonprofit fundraiser cancer animal They are asking bakeries to donate a portion of their sales from select cupcakes to CancerCare for Kids. What other examples have you heard of for how to use cupcakes for good?

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

Hold and participate in online contests, challenges, blog carnivals and memes. Next week, Beth Kanter will be continuing this BlogHer series about getting started using social media for your nonprofit, or do-good project with posts about social networking, connecting offline and online action, and raising money on social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

I wrote about the experience on BlogHer last week. I've organized social media workshops that also "give away" some equipment or software usually a contest. As I mentioned, one of the Day of Service activities was a video blogging workshop for local nonprofits given by Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

Nedra Weinreich, Spare Change Blog Nedra Weinreich was one of the first nonprofit tagged blogs that I discovered while browsing the blogher blogroll a few months back. Other in-world possibilities include things like virtual one-on-one counseling, conferences, protests, benefit concerts, education centers, contests ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. Katya Andresen has written a fantastic five minute guide to social networking tools.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

This week two fellow BlogHer Contributing Editors ( Virgina DeBolt and Elana Centor ), and BlogHer co-Founder ( Elisa Camahort Page ), and me had a virtual book club call to discuss Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The Kittredge W.I.S.H.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Flickr Photo from Avylavitra Several weeks ago I wrote a post on BlogHer about Foko Madagascar and Joan Razafimharo , an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

In addition to all of the ways I’ve been solicited for money – I’ve been asked to vote for a nonprofit who was competing in the IdeaBlob contest , reminded to bring recycled bags the next time I shopped at Trader Joe’s, and I was hit up by my neighbor who is a Girl Scout and bought the obligatory box (or two) of Thin Mints."

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