Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

I run the org???s ABOUT THE ORG The HSUS is the nation???s Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? t spend money on online marketing unless its tied to a donation, advo, or other list building campaign. youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? Our mission is ???

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

" GlobalGiving recently ran a contest to encourage nonprofits to use social media tools to engage and raise donations for their causes. In case you missed it, See3 staff have been guest-blogging on Care2 's Frogloop NTENny Beth Kanter captures online crowdsourcing, of a kind (Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg) this week.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

million in online donations from U.S. million in online donations processed. I’ve seen Giving Tuesday campaigns as simple as an email letting supporters know that ‘today is the day’ to strategic campaigns that mobilized an entire city or generated 1K donations in the first 49 minutes. Donate for a chance to win.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Talk to the wonderful folks at Karma Store by emailing them at info [at] karmastore [dot] org. Second image: Two young men using a donated XO laptop in Lesotho, Africa ( Laptops to Lesotho ). " says Janissa Balcomb, president of Laptops to Lesotho Inc. And the Winner Is. Want your nonprofit to shine and attract new donors?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

That's because when I started at the HSUS, I was obsessed with MySpace on a personal level, and I was challenge with the task of figuring out how the org could use it for their benefit of advocacy and fundraising. gid=2340923142 ) to 50,000, they'd donate $50,000 to the charity with the most votes. My job is fun. Group members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Our Flickr photo contest. is a good example of this philosophy in action; we could have held the contest behind closed doors and made people sign up in order to submit and view photos. ve asked these application developers to make that donation of earnings directly to our Cause on Facebook ??? s annual digital photo contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

A common critic of online giving through social media is that the dollar amounts are too low per donor and donations tend to be transactional, not relationship-based or one-time donors. Don’t worry if the conversation is small, don’t worry that it isn’t leading to donations right now. Don’t prescribe, listen and learn.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. Regardless, very few orgs (though some) have raised real cash via the Causes app. These donations go to fund Oxfam America programs worldwide.

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See3

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

There is a mad scramble to get donations in a certain time period. But I wonder about all the orgs who went down this road because of the publicity but were so less equipped than you to be successful. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Mazal Tov yet again on a job well done.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. Donate, join, volunteer, help. A great place to share educational information about your org and your cause. JUST for fun! Memes, stories, photos – anything that causes a laugh or a smile. Call to Action.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2019

The Mighty Big Grant contest. Quotes: “The purpose of them is to learn to see a person as an actual person that’s looking at your org, not as someone you’re just trying to sell to or talk to or get a donation from.”. Mighty Citizen Marketing Campaign Template. The Next Generation of American Giving.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Some donors look for these signals of community support (everybody’s doing it) to make the decision that they would be in good company if they donate. This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. Mention the donor on the event web page. Mention the donor on a dedicated webpage for X number of days.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

They also held a student art contest to design a special Art in Action necklace that could be purchased on the day, with an even higher percentage of proceeds going to the org. Work with local wineries or shops to have wine and refreshments donated for your event, then charge by the tasting. Card Service. Sip Sip, Rosé!

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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.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. Teach chapters to document their own disasters on their own newsrooms so we can aggregate a national picture of data of how much the org does in a day when you won’t hear a word about it. Goal to lead to increased sustained donations rather than episodic giving, increased understanding.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. And now to the interview.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. And now to the interview.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

we do tests where we send dozens of donations to nonprofits to see how we’re treated as donors. . And did they go out of there thrilled that they doubled their donation? Harvey: When I worked in international development, we said, okay, this org, we’re spending 8% on administration, this organization spends only 4%.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Webby Award for Best Individual Editorial Feature - Ind/Brand/Org : Climate Science, Risk & Solutions by MIT. Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Individual Editorial Feature - Ind/Brand/Org : Language Keepers – Emergence Magazine. Promotions & Contests : The New Yorker - Caption Contest by BBDO New York.

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