Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Joey (I think) coined a new term, " cause washing." Joey pointed out that Facebook's donation to Donors Choose in lieu of holiday party and Google's $20 million donation to selected charities in lieu of holiday gifts to Adsense and Adwords products is not cause washing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2012

How To Create A Terrific Facebook Cover Image If You Don’t Have Resources To Hire A Designer by Guest Post Ash Shepherd. By now you must have heard the announcement that by the end of March all pages on Facebook will be rolling over to the new timeline look. In fact he literally wrote the book on Facebook.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 12, 2017

You’re probably already aware that Facebook Live lets any nonprofit live-stream fundraising events , breaking news, impact stories, and more, directly from their Facebook Page. But did you know that Facebook now lets some nonprofits add a donate button to their Facebook Live broadcast ? You can apply here.

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NCE Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Will we see pre-university students connect their Twitter and Facebook feeds to LinkedIn? Perhaps those children who follow your organization’s group on LinkedIn will be a connection for not-so-distant future direct-support workers. Maybe they have the connections you need for your next gala.

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NetWits

MARCH 25, 2013

By now, most of you have a Facebook page and a Twitter account. Perhaps you’ve even started to feed live posts and tweets to your organization’s homepage. At GUIDE Creative , we’re working with an organization called Kids and Cars on a national map that highlights incidents where children have been injured around vehicles.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2023

Once you have a few rough bullets, you can feed them into a generative AI tool to workshop different phrasing, even tailoring your message to donor levels. Revise the messages to fit your brand or continue to feed the AI information to narrow in on a campaign message you can carry across your platforms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2012

To me, the Google+ Stream feels like a mixture of Twitter and Facebook. Like Twitter, you have to post or share content frequently to get exposure in the feed since there is no Edgerank-like algorithm to filter out (boring) posts/tweets. Children’s National Medical Center. Acción contra el Hambre. Amazon CARES.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So folks at the Department of Health and Human Services also recently spruced up their presence on Facebook. Given that over 100 million Americans have Facebook accounts and half of those log in daily, this is a smart move. The first two are standard for Facebook Pages — no programming required. The Page includes six tabs.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Did you notice something toony about Facebook last weekend? In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) This is for a campaign against violence on children.&#

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2017

There’s a lot of talk about the ways nonprofits can use Facebook to raise money — live streaming fundraising events, breaking news, impact stories, and more, directly from their Facebook Page. Facebook’s live streaming platform is empowering nonprofits to quickly engage supporters around the causes that matter most to them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Of course, we have large Brazilian NGOs and international organizations with a strong presence here in Brazil and they’re by far what most people trust and see on their Instagram feed. There’s also so much untapped potential on using social media here in Brazil, especially Facebook and Instagram Ads. 93% regularly vote.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. People naturally form connections through interactions on social media platforms like Twitter, Discord, Instagram, and Facebook. The answer, simply, is to give people what they want!

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JUNE 3, 2024

The team at EdVenture Children’s Museum is spreading the value of play. Especially its ability to promote the development of social skills, imagination, communication, cooperation, creativity, reasoning, memory, and more among children. For example, Ballet Lubbock used technology to support more focus on real relationship building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Bethany Deines and Besty Woods from the The Children's Medical Center of Dayton, Ohio were the lucky winners. that already exists on our website or are media stories from local media outlets on our social media channels like Facebook. We very successfully used Twitter and Facebook during our Telethon to post updates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Thanks & Giving Campaign (Ongoing) Campaign: This long-running campaign uses celebrity endorsements and patient testimonials to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer research. Patient Focus: Highlighting the impact on children creates a strong emotional appeal and motivates giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

A few months back, I wrote about a Facebook campaign to reinstate Ranger Rick's Facebook profile. Ranger Rick Raccoon, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , was taken down by Facebook staff because it violated the Facebook's terms of service (no fake people.) they are severely limiting their options.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s an online-fundraising-friendly environment out there, with everything from donate buttons for your Facebook page to crowdfunding sites that leverage the power of relationships. If you’re trying to feed children in Africa, show a photo or clip of those kids. But it’s not a “build it and they will come” situation.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance. How can the community at large feed in to, support and help impact the direction and future of CauseVox? It works similarly to your Facebook feed.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Almost half the world’s children now live in urban areas; the report calls for greater emphasis on identifying and meeting their needs.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). "How do you get 50 authors prepared to manage 15 Facebook pages in less than 2 months with a team of 4 people? Women Rule the Philanthropic Roost!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2023

Feeding America is working with their partners on the ground in Maui to support recovery efforts and provide care in the immediate aftermath of the fires. To support the Maui Humane Society, donate here and join their mutual aid Facebook group to see how else you can help. Donate here to provide support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2010

How A Random Act of Kindness Turned $93 into $24,000 to Feed Hungry Families. Carolee posted on Facebook about the events and asked friends what they’d do with the extra money. Touched by Jenni’s honesty, Carolee matched the $93 and again queried her Facebook friends where to donate the $186. was the response.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

You’re asking people to help you feed hungry families or save animals or provide scholarships for at-risk youth. A small donation today can keep our neighbors from putting children to bed hungry. In writing, a great lead-in is “If you are reading this post/newsletter/email, I know you care about the children as much as we do.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2015

I immediately looked on Facebook to check on my colleague, Robert Rosenthal from VolunteerMatch to see if he was okay. The next thing I noticed in my Facebook feed was a post from Robert Scoble mentioning a new Facebook feature that lets you check on friends in a disaster. I donated to Save the Children.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

Consider implementing one or two solid list-building activities a year, like this one from Children’s Medical Center. Is there an organization you could partner with, as Feeding America did with Mother Jones? Once someone has signed up to receive emails from your organization, they need to know what’s going to happen next.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Knowing what channels to use—like whether you need to email donors versus posting on Facebook—is one thing. Practical Tips for Donor Engagement Strategies As a fundraiser, you probably have a good feel for how your donors want to engage with you, whether it’s on social media, through email, over the phone, or face-to-face.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2016

I was out hiking in the Santa Cruz Mountains this weekend, sans wifi, so I was not paying attention to it until I got home and saw mentions of it in my Facebook feed from technology observers like Jeremiah Owyang and Robert Scoble. Safety concerns for younger children , especially unsupervised have reported in the media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2009

I want to thank the other 31 Facebook friends for their donations to the Sharing Foundation in honor of my Birthday Cause. We've raised $1, 206 to help children in Cambodia. This all works well for psychology of collective influence which is an important part of Facebook application design. facebook birthday.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

With the impact of that partnership in mind, I want to share two of the responses UniversalGiving has received from participants: “Universal Giving is an instrumental partner to Sports Gift and our mission to provide sports to impoverished children. Again, more people can now find UniversalGiving opportunities without even trying!

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The contest was a great delight with small nonprofits like Little Lights Urban Ministries, For Love of Children and the Kristin Brook Hope Center performing well beyond expectations and winning awards. Focused mostly on Facebook (over Twitter) for donor outreach because it has higher return.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2011

Twitter, Facebook, Flickr) I love "reading" my feed of stories told through images each day The Instagram community has grown quickly. NPR is already sharing photos with Instagram that range from a Hubble telescope image, to Haitian children playing in front of latrines, to a close-up of Rep. I did and I *love* it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

For example, on Facebook the average user creates 90 pieces of content each month. Take for example, how Bruce Lesley from First Focus uses Twitter to establish authority as a content curator on children welfare issues. Why is Content Curation Valuable? The Three S’s of Content Curation: Seek, Sense, Share.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Feed people? Contact people through Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram, if you are active on those platforms. Use social media: Start with Facebook and Instagram, then choose other platforms based on where your target audience is. Use a tool like Buffer to schedule posts and keep your feeds fresh. They know you.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 4, 2012

In January of this year, nonprofit organization Invisible Children released “Kony 2012,” a video about Joseph Kony. Using Facebook and Twitter, signers have shared this petition with their followers and friends. Instead of going out and looking for this relevant content, it will come to you in an email or your Google Reader feed.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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