Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

By Paige Kutliek , SEO Manager at GoFundMe ––a free fundraising platform for charities, people, and the causes you care about. Crowdfunding helps you raise money for issues that are central to your organization and offset any costs not covered by your budget or other fundraising efforts. The title “Help Us Cure Breast Cancer!”

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2014

Last year we shared how the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) used Teespring to exceed their fundraising goals with a few clicks of a button. “We utilize social media, letting our families know about the campaigns. We took childhood cancer statistics and had it spelled out in the shape of a gold ribbon.

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JUNE 18, 2010

I often talk about individuals when I’m discussing the way social media can be used to support organizations. Because social media may be about networks, communities, and collaboration; but it is only possible because of the dynamic and powerful tools individuals are using. Case Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities. As of this writing, 1,027,398 people joined Chase’s fan page to cast votes for their favorite charities. The top 100 "eligible" vote getters, announced a few days ago, received $25,000.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Increasingly, board members are looking to development staff to devise a plan using social media to increase gift income. Development staffers are spending countless hours brainstorming the next big social media campaign. And consultants are hotly debating the role of social media in a fund development plan.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Example: Friday, April 12, 2024, at 7:00 PM | The Grand Ballroom, City, St Event Description This is your opportunity to sell people on what an amazing time they will have at your event and why they need to choose to use their hard earned money to buy a ticket and spend the evening with you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Yesterday I went along to the Mobile and Digital Conference in London , organised by Fundraising magazine, to hear first-hand about how, in a fast-changing world, charities are using social, mobile and digital media to reach new audiences and raise more money. Use social media to mobilise and engage, not just take money.

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MAY 23, 2012

It’s when you invite your supporters to reach out to their contacts and spread the message, raising money on your behalf. Repeat fundraisers bring in more money, more consistently for the cause. Another way the folks at the Maine Cancer Foundation support their fundraisers is through their email “Trophy Case”.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Social media may seem like the way to reach the next generation of donors. But, can you really raise money through social networks? Social Media Generation Profiles. Gen X: Second most active social network users. 18% are involved with non-profits through social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

  When I was kid, our folks let us collect candy, but I also remember those orange boxes and collecting money for Unicef. So, here's the social media version of collecting money for charity on Halloween from FutureNow. widget below to charity. Every cent we collect will be sent to charity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Komen Foundation , a leading breast cancer charity, pulled hundreds of thousands of dollars in breast cancer screening funds from Planned Parenthood. Each year millions of women are screened for breast cancer at Planned Parenthood, and Susan G. Source: causes.com via Beth on Pinterest. On Tuesday, the Susan G.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2008

Dank Apps (creators of the popular Lotto app ) has launched a new series of Social Change applications that allow Facebook users to raise money for a cause through advertising revenue. For every new user install on a Social Change application, Dank Apps Inc will donate 2 cents to the charity. and puts it on steroids.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 12, 2017

How to Use Facebook Live to Raise Money. Within a multi-channel approach, Facebook Live can become a powerful way to raise more money online. For example, Stand Up To Cancer broadcasted news about a high school raised money during a “Sports Day For Charity” Don’t ask people to “Donate”.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

One problem: The charity for which the money was raised, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, didn’t want it. Neither did the backup nonprofit , Water.org.'

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Do lots of research on the business beforehand: read their annual reports, talk to employees, stalk their social media. And go beyond the basic “we want to raise money.” If all else fails, a direct message on social media might do the trick. Cause marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by DaveFishernc Charity Balls, Dinner Dances, Black Tie Charity Events, and other parties where people donate money to a charity to have fun together are nothing new. From an article in the New York Times dated April, 1896 about the Hackensack Hospital's Charity Ball) . Charity Ball 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote a reflection on a CNET article called "Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0," musing about the solution. I think too many times people are raising money without a specific objective in mind. For me, Twestival is more than just about events in cities raising money for a cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Cancer ecosystem. Think Charity Water. Next I need to ensure those registrants are able to raise money on behalf of my organization. Incorporating social media and the online world to bring the walk to live virtually. Cancer ecosystem. Think Charity Water. Think Habitat for Humanity. Think LIVESTRONG.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The purpose of no-shave November comes from cancer awareness. More specifically, it’s a fundraising concept that began in the 2000s to raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer. The Testicular Cancer Foundation’s Beard Patrol campaign has got No-Shave November down. Today, it’s a household name. Bowl-a-Thon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 21, 2014

Macmillan: We did not hijack #icebucketchallenge : Macmillan has hit back against accusations on social media that it has hijacked #icebucketchallenge, saying the craze has been raising money for cancer charities in New Zealand since July.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Part of a personal fundraising page for the Cannonball Kids’ Cancer Foundation ‘s Gold Gala 2021. Pro Tip: Use your fundraising thermometer to share fundraising progress on social media. Additionally, those giving to those peer-to-peer campaigns can share the keyword with their social circle too. Sub-events.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

In the TechSoup premiere our new #NPLive interactive series of video events, join us to discuss The Future of Fundraising online in the social media matrix on Tuesday, May 24 at 11 a.m. Miles Orkin, National Director for Mobile and Web forAmerican Cancer Society Fundraising Focus: Mobile. Pacific time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

It's not spending money on Super Bowl ads for Pepsi beverages. Instead, Pepsi is using the money for lethal generosity through its Pepsi Refresh Project , a crowdsourced cause marketing effort to give away $20 million in grants to help revamp communities. . Pepsi is taking a bold move. The Chase Community Giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

What about making a donation to a charity in honor the special someone in your life. Give a Virtual Gift on Facebook and Support Breast Cancer (or another charity) : Thinking about sending a virtual gift, maybe a teddy bear, flowers, hearts, or whatever? The money helps women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The discussion featured guest speakers Jen Burton , community director at Causes ; Tom Dawkins , co-founder of StartSomeGood ; and Miles Orkin , national director for mobile and web at the American Cancer Society. Causes allows donors to take control of their donated dollars and choose exactly how their money will make an impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 20, 2016

You can connect on social media and get in touch with other recycling enthusiasts. Charity Miles. Perform a task and help others; this is the concept of Charity Miles. This app tracks how much you run or walk, and money will be donated to the charity of your choice based on how much mileage you’ve exercised.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2014

I find it interesting that we’re OK with the usual look at me mentality that runs rampant on social media, yet we feel the need to criticize the success of a nonprofit campaign? If you asked the same group if they’d heard of cancer, I’m willing to bet they’d all say yes. Don’t hate, appreciate. Facebook finally pays off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. .

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2016

It's a multi-tiered approach in which donors are asked to raise money in addition to donating. Celebration Events — Celebration events are a quick and easy way for your donors to spread the word about your cause while raising money. American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Social media.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review the Nominet Trust 100 nominations for the very best technologies for social good, the big TechSoup/ Guardian Technology for Good Report, The soft launch of Hacker Helper, a new free service that sends money over email, the world’s most popular websites, and two new Netflix style subscription services for eBooks.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 20, 2017

69% of all adults are using 1+ social media platform. That is 7 out of 10 adults that are on at least 1 social media platform. Since 2005, social media adoption has grown from 5% to 70%. Just think of all the different organizations raising money to end cancer… you see my point. There are 1.8M

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

I had a lot of fun playing with the app over the holidays and generation donations to a handful of charities. The third app was called " Charity Finder " that lets user donate to nonprofits via simple interface. American Cancer Society More Birthdays App. Recently, Heather Mansfield at the Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Note from Beth: I’m planning a year-end campaign for one of my favorite charities and wanted some good tips on incorporating video. Here’s an example of a video See3 produced in partnership with Charity Dynamics for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event.

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