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. The event used social networks like Twitter and Tumblr for real-time updates on the event and had the ladies of Sleepover 2.0 As my colleague David J.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2010

If you’re an organization that gets people to donate to support breast cancer research, you can imagine how tough it might be to filter in people talking about breast cancer research and filter out people looking for or discussing unsavory material. Create a Guerilla Social Listening Platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

” A social media meme is an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Internet. Phase 1: Personal Challenges with Cold Water to Raise Money. Personal challenges involving cold water and raising money for a charity have been around for a while.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Prominently feature a “Donate” button and social network icons on your home page and every page of your website and blog. ? Add social sharing and comment functionality. ? Prominently feature a donate button and social network icons in your e-newsletter and email fundraising appeals. ?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Your supporters’ Facebook news feeds just got a quality content make-over, and grumpy cat is taking a backseat to high-performing posts. Asking for money can be sweat inducing, but it’s a lot less painful if you’re prepared. Think about how much of that money is wasted on awkward gifts- the junk. Imagine that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Prominently feature a “Donate” button and social network icons on your home page and every page of your website and blog. □ Add social sharing and comment functionality. Prominently feature a donate button and social network icons in your e-newsletter and email fundraising appeals. □

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

If the dollar amounts from fundraising campaigns using social networks are disappointing, one response is to say this doesn't work and stop doing it. The Free Rice Game has generated enough rice to feed millions of people since it started in October 2007 or a total of 70,991,387,110 grains of rice as of October 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Some feel that "nice social media" isn't effective and that we should be focusing on real social change. "Do Gooders," "Feel Good Marketing", and "Nicey Nicey Social Networks" irk social change activists using social media. Obviously this isn't systemic, societal change. As my colleague David J.

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