Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook. These individuals undertook organizing, fundraising, and advocacy – activities that were once only in the control of nonprofits – outside the “control” of nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Reality: I think your cause is awesome. In fact, I think your cause is fantastic. You want to help the homeless? Other reality: I don’t have the time or money for your cause. So, how do you, as a nonprofit organization, get me to help you? For your organization. ASU Lodestar Center. Rescue dogs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . Instead, focus on the cause. It’s old news and no one cares.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Submit your organization’s information into the required fields on the Success Stories landing page.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Photo Contest. Do survey results from Giving Tuesday donors yield the same level of allegiance to your organization? Why not organize a group of influential social media users who are passionate about your cause, and have them get the word out for you? What if your organization was the one doing the giving?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

But before, during, and after the fun, your message and the voice of your organization need to come through. Schedule in any organization events. Sometimes, unique or cause-specific holidays can be perfect for your social media. Sometimes, unique or cause-specific holidays can be perfect for your social media. Children?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

For organizations, web stats are useful indicators of how many people are being reached by their message, the geographical spread of the visitors and whether or not a specific campaign was successful in driving traffic or creating actions (like donations, or letters, etc.) And the mission of the organization matters too.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Because COVID-19 paused in-person engagements and thus traditional fundraising events, many organizations had to quickly scramble and pivot their operations to virtual. Specifically, for organizations using our Qgiv peer-to-peer platform, we saw the mean donation amount of $87.46 in 2019 increase to $108.62

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. The winners of the contest, and their entries, are: · Entoure , Sarah Allen. “My

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Technology in the analog period was usually defined only as hardware or software, it looked like desktop computers and a server room, and it got as much attention from the organization as a whole as the employee handbook. Analog Tactics. We sought out case studies or examples that reinforced much of how we already operated. Analog Strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

You can find out what other people are saying or thinking about your topic, community, organization, program or issue area. A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

This blog post is for nonprofit organizations and charities that are looking to increase their online exposure (without spending loads of money) so they can receive more volunteers, donations, attention etc. Nonprofits might also have access to data that others do not (such as numbers surrounding homelessness, food donations etc.).

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

What makes someone give to one organization versus another one? In short, when you know the reasons people support your cause, you have an edge in asking for…and getting…donations. There’s always a driving emotion that causes people to give. What makes someone pull out their credit card and click the ‘donate now’ button?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Also in 2008, Daily Bread Food Bank , a local organization, announced that contributions had been sparse and unless something changed, homeless people would go hungry. Several Twitter social change users started to urge others in the community to do something. A Hybrid of Cause Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility.

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