Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Place a little bet & or share your #failure story… you could win a Surface! The Case Foundation offered to give away a Microsoft Surface and so we issued a call to nonprofits to submit their “Little Bets” stories. It was hard to select a winner because all of the stories were terrific. 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Use an engaging and quick opener to convince viewers to care, for example: “More than 9 million children faced hunger in 2021. For instance, using the example above, you could say, “That’s why we have specialized programs to support and provide children with the food they need, when they need it most.” Provide a solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The event was designed for the Mashable audience, a younger and social media savvy group that has the hunger and capacity to consumer a lot of content as well as do good in the world. This was particularly true in Maria Bello’s story about her work in Haiti with creating a women’s network called We Advance.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Their network reaches children, seniors, and families no matter where they live or spend time. More than 98% of all donations go directly to feeding programs for people facing hunger. Share success stories and accomplishments, demonstrating the impact of their contributions on your clients.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For example, if we are telling a story about a client who lives in a certain area, we make sure the constituents that live in that part of the city know our clients are their neighbors. We recently sent out a thank-you email to thank our community for successes during Hunger Action Month in September.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

So, they shifted their fundraising efforts to focus on Hunger Action Month and their “Stand in the Gap End-of-Year Match Appeal.”. Hunger Action Month. CROS asked everyone to get involved and go “orange” for the month of September in support of Hunger Action Month. Moral of the Story. Stand in the Gap.

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Download Now: How to Tell a Story Worksheet. This means instead of saying in your grant proposal that you’d make a great recipient, show that you would be by detailing past data that demonstrates your performance or sharing stories of individuals who have benefited from your services. Have Another Set of Eyes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Today, I'm participating in a Day of Service along with almost 200 conference participants at two of their partner sites, the Capital Area Food Bank and Friendship Public Charter School - both organizations address hunger and poverty issues.    The large bins are filled with items that are collected in local grocery stories. 

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 28, 2022

We’ve seen pressure mounting in the form of hunger, conflict, and climate change, to name a few. Here are just a few of my favorite stories from the year: Doing More for Ukraine. Hunger is undeniably one of the most pressing issues of our time, with one of every 10 people in the United States dealing with food insecurity.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Okay, maybe that's not what you guessed, and maybe it's not in a literal vegetable form, but on December 13, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. One in every three American children is now considered overweight or obese. One in every three American children is now considered overweight or obese.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2016

But even the most wearied donor is roused by an authenticate story of an organization’s tangible results. Stories like: A candid testimony of an nonprofit’s impact on a real person’s life. You know you’ve got these stories, but are you telling them? And that’s why nonprofit storytelling matters.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

According to a guideline published by M+R, a useful quick test for your own messaging is to simply answer the question: If the subject of this story were to read it, how would they feel? The challenges of strength-based messaging Finding the balance in your story. Helping those community members in need helps the community as a whole.

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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. Tell your story to give new supporters the “why” behind their donations . Offer a recurring monthly giving option to retain the worldwide reach .

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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. The game was very engaging for adults and children alike. . I got some of the back story form Julio Vasconcellos , VP for Business Development, for the Experience Project which operates TwitCause. "I

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2011

The media is less focused on the human story and the media is the primary driver for disaster giving. Japanese culture emphasizes the group and people tend to be quite stoic, minimizing their personal needs, so it is likely harder for Journalists to get those individual stories than to report on potential delays to you buying an iPad 2.

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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. But in many places around the world, children can't attend school because there isn't a school building, teachers, or supplies.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

If your nonprofit mission is to end hunger in Arizona, the strategy may be to identify the areas of greatest need and set up food pantries in those areas. For example, if your target is mothers with small children, visit groups where they are meeting, perhaps as a speaker, to get the word out about your organization.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2017

“We can end hunger around the world by 2030.”. When you consider a goal like ending hunger, you have a couple of choices. This 15-year initiative aims to tackle 17 areas of need across the world, from eradicating hunger to fostering responsible production and consumption to ensuring everyone has access to a quality education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

For empathy, Parr uses the example of the BatKid story from Make-A-Wish Foundation in San Francisco. The envelope they received included five one dollar bills, a receipt, and charity request letter. The request was to donate to Save the Children. It is based on reciprocity. He wanted to be Batkid.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

But there is one caveat: he doesn’t think first-generation immigrants in Sweden do nearly as well as their children. That’s kind of the unfortunate part of this, but that has obviously created a massive amount of hunger with me.”. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. “My

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2005

SFGate had a story yesterday about the Purpose Prize. As education-committee chairwoman Nancy Benkof explained: "In struggling regions such as Africa, rural India and the Middle East, the sale of locally produced folk art can provide income to feed families, educate children and stabilize lives disrupted by war and dislocation."

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 23, 2020

As Blackbaud employees we work with our customers around the world to provide technology to mitigate the challenges of fighting COVID-19 in their communities, inspiring stories of determination, courage, and delivering organizational missions in the face of crisis have emerged by the dozens.

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JUNE 29, 2012

The blogger used Facebook as a base for people to send messages in order to allow people to elaborate on their stories (thus bypassing Twitter’s 140 character limit), and he then utilized the fast-paced, infectious nature of Twitter hashtags to spread his message.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2015

He and his wife Vicky established the foundation to help meet the needs of children and families facing hardships due to traumatic injury, illness, or financial crisis. The 30-Hour Famine event is a project in which school children learn about hunger, raise funds to help hungry kids in the world, and experience hunger for themselves.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Because when you look around at today’s crises — whether that’s the recent floods in Pakistan or providing meals to children during the pandemic — you see nonprofits helping, solving, and rebuilding. Here are some of the highlights: Five Weeks to “A Miracle”: The Ukrainian Red Cross’s Story. Rewatch this session on Salesforce+.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

For example, the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation focuses on grants for organizations rooted in social change and justice, while the Kellogg Foundation provides grants for nonprofits that help children and families. Your organization can apply for one of the foundation’s grants to help children in your community. Tell your nonprofit’s story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children, so that we can grow up to blow you away.”. He created his own nonprofit and program called “ Brae’s Brown Bags ” to help fight against hunger, probably making him one of the youngest nonprofit CEOs and founders.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

As an example, a corporate foundation may have a mission statement t hat says, “We address the basic human and social issues faced by residents, prim arily women and children, in our local community.” Outputs should be captured to help paint a picture of your giving and impact, but they aren’t the whole story. Granting vs. Investing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

But there is one caveat: he doesn’t think first-generation immigrants in Sweden do nearly as well as their children. That’s kind of the unfortunate part of this, but that has obviously created a massive amount of hunger with me.”. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. “My

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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. I mean, some of them, they have children, and they'll do missions that are geared towards the needs of families and mothers.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Understand, most funding is fungible Rather than one gigantic, dense book, think of your operating budget as a bunch of little stories wrapped up as packages. For example: Your gift will help hungry children like Jimmy and other children, families and elderly who dont have enough to eat. The Better Fundraising Co. Feature these!

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children, so that we can grow up to blow you away.”. He created his own nonprofit and program called “ Brae’s Brown Bags ” to help fight against hunger, probably making him one of the youngest nonprofit CEOs and founders.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

So one of them is a fiscal analysis, what is the story that our budget tells about our work? And I wanted to and when I think about this, I wanted to share the story of La Cocina, an organization that I’ve worked with in the past. Okay, yeah. So some other areas that you want to think about in this background and context work.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2017

Influencers Play Critical Role in Giving Day Campaign: The No Kid Hungry Social Council and Bloggers are a collection of diverse individuals committed to the fight to end childhood hunger and are the driving force behind their campaigns. Children Like Jesse Need Relief: Will you share his story on Facebook?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in. s World Food Programme. They created the Popcorn For Kids Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

The themes science, environmental, nutrition, economic development, children, youth, parenting, and leadership are very much appropriate as this conference agenda from the NACDEP and ACE/NETC shows. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest. So, now is the fun part. Networking Insight Blog.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

The good news, this change is coming slowly with organizations shifting focus and adopting new policies and programs to promote healthier, more balanced lifestyles to increase options and opportunities, especially for those facing real hunger.”. Food insecurity. Nutrition insecurity. Feeding America’s Vast Network of Partners. Cristina Jones.

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