Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. It’s also allowed them to find a new audience that are not as familiar with their policy issues.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

If your association caters to healthcare, law, finance, or other industries, start brainstorming about how your members can use AI to create content and make better decisions faster. For instance, your association might consider creating advocacy campaigns and scheduling lobby days.

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Everyaction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

They hold the government accountable for unjust immigration laws and educate the American public on the longstanding importance of immigrants in the US. Check out their publications detailing “DACA, and Other Policies Designed to Protect Dreamers.”. Learn more about their #HeretoStay Campaign. National Immigration Law Center.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Boston Dynamics, the best-known manufacturer of quadrupedal robots and makers of Spot, has a strict policy agains weaponizing its machines. Many groups are campaigning for a preemptive ban on such systems, but, in the meantime, it seems companies will continue to build what is possible. Other manufacturers, it seems, aren’t so picky.

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Everyaction

JUNE 6, 2018

Pride Fund to End Gun Violence is a Political Action Committee (PAC) that supports candidates who will act on sensible gun policy reforms while championing LGBTQ safety and equality. Transgender Law Center. Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

We’re acknowledging eight nonprofits leading the charge with dedicated fundraising campaigns as communities unite to support a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable planet. The organization’s unique approach fights against illegal wildlife trade by reducing demand for wildlife products with world-class communications campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Over the past couple of years as I’ve guide nonprofits in preparing their social media policies or when I speak, I get asked questions that are more legal questions than about social media. Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. How much lobbying may a 501c3 do?

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Achieve

MARCH 4, 2022

From fundraising legal requirements to digital privacy laws, it’s important to understand the rules to which your nonprofit can be held accountable. Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It requires a long-term strategy so that an ecosystem of organizations—with specialists in communications, legal support, and policy research—can work together to build a broad base of support. Long-term power building has a clear ROI Long-term investments in power-building campaigns have paid off.

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M+R

MAY 17, 2022

The result was the Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), based on the premise that you can not only train generations of college students about activism but win campaigns along the way. And he knew that the marriage of public affairs, media, and digital campaigning was the future. There is so, so much more.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2021

I made it clear during my campaign that my policy would be to support unions organizing and the right to collectively bargain,” Biden said in the statement. And while Biden stopped short of an explicit endorsement of the fledgling Bessemer union, he was broadly enthusiastic about the benefits of collective bargaining. “I

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

It previously defended the practice , arguing that it typically paid its drivers more than its competitors, but changed the policy last July. The company also notes that if “Dashers are reclassified as employees under federal or state law, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be adversely affected.”.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The fallout continues from the recent WhatsApp hacking campaign (by a still-unconfirmed entity) that targeted nearly 100 journalists and activists. It alleges that those responsible violated Italy's laws banning the "illicit installation" of eavesdropping equipment. However, he insisted the law was "rigorously respected."

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

It’s a policy that continues to annoy developers and the basis for a fresh and very visible challenge from Epic Games. While this policy is central to the battle between Epic Games and Apple and Google, the fight is ultimately about power, control, and Apple’s approach to games and the App Store.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

CalNonprofits anticipates more state and federal policy efforts to emerge as this industry and these practices mature and has released this Open Letter to Crowdfunding Platforms. Crowdfunding – broad, public, online fundraising campaigns – has emerged as an important vehicle for both donors and nonprofits. … Read More

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2021

Other fallouts from the campaign included the effective silencing of Jack Ma, the embarrassing cancellation of the Ant IPO and a crackdown on data collection from technology companies more broadly. .” Yesterday, regulators ordered Didi to stop registering new users during the investigation.

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sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

Regulatory/Compliance: this risk could expose the organization to fines and penalties from a regulatory agency due to non-compliance with laws and regulations. From a public relations perspective, how are you using social media, email campaigns, and other digital and print marketing sources to share the positive impacts of the program?

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2021

The reason why some experts took issue with these stories was because they followed the UN’s wording, which doesn’t distinguish clearly between loitering munitions and lethal autonomous weapons systems or LAWS (that’s policy jargon for killer robots). What’s next for LAWS and the law? Or more accurately: the fog of LAWS.

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Care2

OCTOBER 6, 2010

particularly when it comes to quickly sharing links to blog posts, advocacy and fundraising campaign on social networks. has been seized by the Libyan government for failure to comply with Islamic law. This trustee enforces policies and operation of the domain. However, just today a.ly shortener called vb.ly and ow.ly?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Is there a long-term need for your nonprofit, or could the issue be solved with a smaller-scale fundraising campaign or project? However, if your idea isn’t very large in scope, a one-time crowdfunding campaign or peer-to-peer fundraising event could achieve the results you’re hoping for. The answer could be “both.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

“It would be complacency not to do this,” Tommarello said, noting expansion was tied to key policy changes that took away some of the thorny financing rules that impacted the region. Thanks to a law passed in 2021 by the European Union and the EEA, Wefunder can follow one set of laws that unifies the 30 countries into the same framework.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Social media brings attention to our fundraising campaigns to an audience we might not be able to reach otherwise. 3.) Does your hospital have a social media policy? The only concern was potentially violating HIPPA laws. We very successfully used Twitter and Facebook during our Telethon to post updates. Yes, we do.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Working on referrals from a range of top law firms, VCs, accounting firms, and partners like Stripe Atlas and Carta, SimpleClosure helped shutter more than 500 companies in 2024, ending the year with a run rate in the high seven figures. Yona says companies only need to spend 10 or 15 minutes to onboard, uploading bank statements and HR data.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2021

It meant we haven’t seen Microsoft and Google complaining publicly about each other since the days of Scroogled , a campaign that attacked Google’s privacy policies. Now the gloves appear to be off once again, and we’ve seen some evidence of that recently.

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M+R

MARCH 9, 2023

When the governor of Florida signs a homophobic and transphobic law , banning public school teachers from giving age appropriate instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, but your children do not attend public schools or you do not have children or you’re not a Florida resident, will you Say Gay anyway?

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2022

The report , released today by the US Public Research Interest Group’s Education Fund, draws on data companies are now releasing in France to comply with the government’s world-first “repairability index” law , which went into effect last year. Companies were penalized for lobbying against right to repair laws. “If

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The Verge

APRIL 28, 2021

Eric Gray, director of commerce and payments — covering the “design and operation of Apple’s payment processing policies and practices.” Scheduled for one hour examination, 15 minutes cross examination.).

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2021

Unfortunately, we made a mistake sending this email to you, as this policy only applies to drivers and delivery people in California,” the email to one driver read. “We The companies aggressively opposed the law , arguing it would eliminate driver flexibility, while also increasing consumer prices and wait times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

We also aim to help them measure incremental progress against their goals of engaging younger and more diverse constituencies, driving successful campaigns, and building a moral and political consensus around their change agendas. As Beth Kanter invokes: Crawl, Walk, Run and Fly. MiACLU is a one-of-a-kind project born from this framework.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

This Black History Month, they're undertaking a social media campaign on the best part about being a Black teacher. Check out the campaign here and learn more about this incredible organization. Southern Poverty Law Center. Learn more about the campaign here. The Urban League of Portland. Black women for Wellness.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Most nonprofits collect and store data about their donors, campaigns, and finances. Strengthen Your Organization’s Internal Controls Internal controls are policies and procedures that nonprofits put in place to help avoid risky situations. Adopting a conflict of interest policy. Human resources professionals.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

These can include developing a strong marketing and outreach campaign to increase public awareness, forming partnerships with other organizations to increase visibility and access to resources, and implementing effective fundraising strategies to secure the necessary financial support.

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The Verge

JULY 2, 2020

The app will be changing its policies to explicitly allow discussion of the movement in future, and will be offering new unconscious bias training to its unpaid moderators. According to NPR , a new rule has been added to Nextdoor’s moderation policy to ensure such discussions are not deleted in future: “Black Lives Matter is a local topic.”.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

And once member lists, actions and events, emails and documents are collected and stored by an online service, outdated electronic privacy law is failing to keep this information safe from inappropriate access and potential misuse. Outdated electronic privacy law impacts everyone who uses e-mail, mobile phones, or the Internet.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

Building Back Together is one of the only groups dedicated to advancing Biden’s legislative agenda, including bills like the American Rescue Plan and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, as well as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MARCH 2, 2022

In 2020, multiple platform companies, including Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and Postmates, spent over $205 million to pass Proposition 22 in California , a law that classifies platform workers as independent contractors, not employees. million through its ongoing crowdfunding campaign. Today, it has over 5,000 members.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Fundraising expert Steve MacLaughlin says developing a multichannel strategy is like baking a delicious dessert: It’s the combination of every “ingredient” that makes a campaign work — just like your grandma’s apple pie recipe. It’s worth spending some time here, because segmented campaigns get 14% more opens. Peer to peer.

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