Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

Last month, I was lucky enough to receive an advanced copy of Ben Parr’s new book, Captivology : The Science of Capturing People’s Attention that is packed with research, insights, and tips about how to capture your audience’s attention. Parr spent over two years researching and interviewing people for this book.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The demographic profiles of these donors skewed younger, the vast majority being Millennials or Gen Y. Gen Z donors are likely to have a much larger network of connections or friends online, because they don’t connect with their peers at school, their networks are global. She has trained thousands of nonprofits around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

A college grad researching a career in fundraising recently asked me what’s changed since I started in the field. Fundraising with social media (particularly Facebook) means under- standing that donors don’t separate liking, sharing, or pledging, from donating,” explained John. Everything,” I replied. After all, I was ancient.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. And then, on December 6, 2007, everything changed when my friend Susan Reynolds was diagnosed with breast cancer. Connie Reece. tools and technology.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

These two professors tapped into their cutting-edge research in behavioral science to help individuals establish financial security, create happier work environments, provide better products and user experiences for customers, and more. Responsive Fundraising: The Donor-Centric Framework Helping Today’s Leading Nonprofits Grow Giving .

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Constituent Empowerment Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society Winner: Children International Used TeamRaiser to recruit new sponsors and recuited 5,000 sponsors since 2005 and sponsored over 560 children. Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos. This year they did something a little different. Komen for the Cure race.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

You’ve got 3 kinds of donors – the True Believer, The Casual Fan, and The Reluctant Tagalongs. More and more donors are giving online, especially towards the end of year. Yes, even your older donors! There’s a lot of talk about attrition rates, and what nonprofits must do to keep their donors around.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

A few words of advice and caution about these challenge campaigns: Don’t forget to follow-up with donors about the final results. Help cancer survivors like me. Risk of severe hunger – please read. Make a resolution for less outputs and more outcomes in 2014. We couldn’t have done it without you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

All you had to do was click and play a word game, and that leveraged a food donation to fight hunger. Here's an example of a campaign to raise money on TwitCause for honeybee research. . Häagen-Dazs donated $7,000 to UC Davis for research into colony collapse disorder which is afflicting honey bee populations.

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