Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Stories are social. The importance of digital reputation management – stories last forever and can spread quickly. Everyone loves a good story. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies. Content is king.

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MAY 25, 2011

Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Provide fundraising success stories. Hold fundraising lunches/seminars/receptions to teach them how to fundraise. While success stories may have provided ideas, these sessions will let fundraisers “ask the experts” and get their questions answered.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In fact, I am planning to post a how-to article to teach you how I go about writing a typical appeal with Fundwriter. I find the “ Thank You – Story Driven ” model. Success story – Enter key details or plot points of a story that demonstrates the organization’s impact. was the nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

" Tell stories, stop sending crappy press releases. In Technology Support as Teaching , Michelle Murrain raises the question "Is providing technology support simply just an end in itself, or is it also a means to empower clients in appropriate technology use to further mission? Finding Inspiration in Their Work and Stories.

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Achieve

JANUARY 11, 2016

We aren’t curing cancer here, and we don’t have any cute dogs to show people.”. Donors like simple stories told well and are always eager to hear how their donations will benefit someone (or something) else. Teaching people about an issue is not the same as appealing to their emotions. Ignore the emotional appeal of their brand.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Nonprofit Success Stories. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society : This organization used Box to more effectively raise funds for blood cancer research. Teach for America , The International Rescue Committee , and Kiva all use Box for content management and collaboration. Learn more about each of these organizations on the Box blog.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 21, 2016

For example, nonprofits seeking to help cancer patients could use VR technology to help potential donors learn more about standard therapies for treating cancer or what it feels like to be diagnosed with such an illness. These are just three examples of how the nonprofit sector could use VR.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2010

The game teaches strategy and visual skills. This online event allows you to create your own virtual bike and race through the California landscape using your story to invite more people to join us in the fight against cancer. (BTW, So after a good report card, I acquired an iPad.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2012

Teach or model a succinct delivery of the cause’s elevator speech. Sheryl is a native of Pittsburgh arriving in Phoenix 12 years ago to work with the Relay For Life event in the then Desert Southwest Division of the American Cancer Society. Not everything translates from for-profit to nonprofit. Like this article? Get another!

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2022

My family and I are riding to celebrate my niece, who is now cancer free.” . Teach people to fundraise more . Using powerful statistics and stories can demonstrate your mission impact and bring your mission to life. The tribe . “My My friends and I ride every year in memory of our mutual friend, Jane.” . The cause . “My

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The Daily Show remembers the important stories of 2011 so you don’t have to. . However, 2012 is a different story all together: TV: Stand Up To Cancer. VIDEO: HTML All Writers Need to Know. Diversify your news sources. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 27, 2018

Lucille was vibrant and kind and generous until, one day, lung cancer struck. She doesn’t know much about lung cancer charities. Some users may be irritated that they’re being asked for money before you tell your story and impact. Otherwise, the user will probably default to the national lung cancer charity.).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2015

At the Peer to Peer Fundraising Professional Forum , Kaitlyn from charity: water presented a session called ‘Meaningful Marketing’ She shared charity: water’s story and showed some amazing and inspriring videos. I know, I know, you’re already telling stories. He shared that it was because there were no more stories.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 30, 2010

As Brown writes: "The great benefits of play, as I've said, are the ability to become smarter, to learn more about the world than genes alone could ever teach, to adapt to a changing world." Komen for the Cure does ( see this HuffPo piece ), I was engrossed by Promise Me 's story of how Nancy Brinker, Susan G.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

But they aren’t going to cure cancer, reduce hunger, or improve pre-K education. Having worked in the technology department for a diverse and rapidly expanding nonprofit focused on the inclusion of people with disabilities, Jeff has been a part of his share of poor decisions and “teaching moments.” Let’s revisit them publicly.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2016

Is cancer more important than homelessness, child abuse a higher priority than infant mortality? Although there could be nonprofits that teach kids this skill, you could also take the approach of saying “we’re going to give to nonprofits that have marketing needs like those we fulfill as a business.” Be creative.

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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. I acquired my love of my words from my mom, who started teaching me to read when I was three, and who still, at age 84, delights in beating me at word games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Stand up 2 Cancer. Prostate Cancer Foundation – Athletes for a Cure. Share news, video, photos, stories and what ever else makes sense for your organization. Five Lessons Celebrities Can Teach Us About Facebook Fan Pages from Mashable. Integrate your blog /web site content via Blog RSS Feed Reader. Red Cross Fan Page.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2015

Two years ago, Cisco Systems engineering manager Roland Holloway nearly reached the point of needing hospice care due to complications from cancer. Access to technology, like the 3850 switch, helps the organization because it "allows volunteer IT and media staff to have what they need to best tell our story." spanhidden.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

This book focuses on getting results by teaching new and experienced nonprofit leaders the fundamental skills of effective management. Rather than fearing the inevitable, this book will teach you how to feel, map, assess, and learn from the continual state of flux we experience everyday. By Alison Green and Jerry Hauser.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Following the selection, two organizations, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project and Cancer Resource Centers of Mendocino County were nominated to receive transformational Salesforce services undertaken without charge. Developing + Refining the Processes of Cancer Resource Centers of Mendocino County.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Kirtsy is one of those websites that tells you what's hot on the web that day, or that week, or that month: websites that are cool, stories that are either inspiring, or hilarious, or creepy, or whatever. The two of us went to a local hospital during a cancer expo, and we basically, for lack of a better word, we hijacked the place.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Help pay for Sally’s cancer treatment. That’s challenging if you’re the American Cancer Society because you’ve got a big, broad anti-cancer mission and it’s hard to drill that back down to Sally’s cancer treatment. That visual success on the first day, that also gives the media another story. It won’t hurt.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We help you all tell your story to the masses and raise more funds faster. I that’s what I do for a living or aren’t you teaching us about fundraising today, Jesse?” That’s kind of a part of my story. However, my story didn’t end there, and I want to kind of quickly tell you what happened next.

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Classy

APRIL 7, 2021

Feature team fundraising pages to tie participants’ stories to your cause. Oasis for Orphans used their Global 5K for Orphans event to share their story with donors around the world. HEADstrong Foundation encourages DIY fundraising through creative campaigns like Riding aHead of Cancer.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Everything I Needed to Know About the Web I Learned from Feminism When: Saturday, March 14th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Room 9 Description: Feminism teaches "the personal is political" and the web shows that the personal is now public. Panelist: Charlene Li, Thought Leader, Altimeter Group 4.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And in 2018, as you saw, as I hurriedly got on to this to this presentation, I was diagnosed with cancer and I felt I needed to retire. Then around being an advocate, share their personal stories. I’m elevating the story each time, you know how we exaggerate. ” And they will remember Steven’s story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

Pew Research Center recently released the full collection of anecdotes and stories shared by experts about their personal experiences with digital life. While the study showed that the negatives were not as many as the positives, the stories shared by respondents point to how internet has challenged personal well-being and relationships.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. Creating share-worthy content means understanding your audience and the story they want to tell. Twitter and Facebook serve different functions, but two things should always be consistent: your ask and your story. bonus: she includes video and slides}.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Jimmie Alford, one of the great fundraisers in America, told me a story a few years ago, which was about this volunteer who had to raise money for mental health in a community. It could be, you know, my mom had cancer that’s why I’m doing this volunteer work for the cancer organization. . ” Hung up. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Wendy Harman, Red Cross Wendy will share a story about how they used metrics to refine their social media strategy for their Online Disaster News Room Presentation Key Points. Can teach field to use. Utterli lets them use phone to tell us stories about their process. . Session Content 1. Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

For instance, if your organization is dedicated to children battling cancer, you might also send costumes to the kids in need. “A If this event is virtual, you can tell the story online through videos, images, and audio. Recruit staff members or volunteers with special skills to lead a workshop and teach other supporters a fun skill!

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

I mean, she’s a CFRE and she even teaches a CFRE class. And for all of us who are parents who had privilege of teaching these children, just be glad you’re still like those little people. So I might not know that grandma has colon cancer, but I know your primary care for grandma and something has gone left.

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Forum One

APRIL 27, 2009

system that is used to teach tailored, structured courses long-distance to health care professionals. Conference speakers were full of inspirational stories, such as a keynote by Al Sommer , MD, MHS, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, whose friend in the 1970s in India asked, ?Why

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

We love how quickly orgs like Stand Up 2 Cancer can turn these out on Instagram. Lung Cancer Foundation of America does this with their #LivingWithLungCancer series, highlighting the human face of a disease they’re working to cure. Was there a recent news story related to dogs in your field?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

And that’s why I teach these courses. So definitely look for a social media presence and follow or like them, because when you do that, you’ll see the stories that they publish. They’ll have success stories that they share. I don’t do as much with Twitter. You can watch who they fund. You name it.

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