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 ve been responsible for bringing animal cruelty and animal welfare related issues into the media spotlight and on the minds of average Americans. WHY THIS CAMPAIGN People were buzzing about the issue online and obviously outraged by their comments. s choice award.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Listening: hearing what people are talking about your issue or sector. ARC - gather data every morning and share with organization via email; issues that seem sensitive or are newsworthy will contact subject matter experts to follow up. How do you involve the org? but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The theme of this year’s contest is From the Ground Up: Using Technology to Engage Constituents and Make the World a Better Place. This video has been viewed over 1.5 million times on YouTube.

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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. Great post by NTENny and NTEN Board Member Michelle Murrain about an issue that should matter quite a bit to the NTEN community: the vendor-client contract.

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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. especially when you really care about an issue on a personal level. I had no idea what I was getting into. My job is fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. buzz at the UK National Circuit Riders Conference this week was not tool talk, but issues related to adoption of the tools. Five Hot Conversations. NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone?

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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. Shana Glickfield of Issue Dynamics Inc. , On YouTube : everyone loves video.

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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. This helps us be good community members and avoid issues of spamming. s annual digital photo contest. re happy to find them where they???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

is right for you and your org? Making me think of March Dimes Flickr Contest ) Epilepsy Action in MySpace 1. comments from all over world on issues around ???does I asked Miles this question: There's a lot of media attention being paid to "Web 2.0" What are items on the checklist to determine whether web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

Pick one or two places, say Twitter and Facebook, and start talking about your issues and listening to the conversations that folks are having about your cause. You need to practice talking to people online about your cause; these aren’t skills that more traditional orgs have in their DNA. Don’t prescribe, listen and learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

So the issue is more how to best match your strategy, outcomes, and audience with the right tool and what type of simple experiment can you set up and what will you learn? Or even to convince someone else of the proof of concept. Set up a small experiment: It doesn't have to an exhaustive experiment. There's lots of examples in this blog.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

We had so many that we couldn’t get to all of them during the webinar, so we’ve answered the overflow here: Q: How can we use social media tools when working with clients in an agency specifically concerning privacy or HIPPA issues? Emily : This is something I don’t have the ability to answer at a legal or privacy level.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

They are also exemplars of partnership in the field; augmenting reach and showing how big orgs can lift up smaller orgs. John Russick of the Chicago History Center runs the annual label contest for the American Alliance of Museums , and those entries are always worth reading. But what are your ideas?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You can collaborate with other nonprofits in your region or in your issue area to investigate whether you can all offer benefits for each other. This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 12, 2009

Yesterday, I heard that MindComet is holding a contest through the end of July (known as “CommuniCause&# ), asking folks to vote for a nonprofit that they can award $25,000 in consulting services. What excites me about this contest is not just the prize. Just click this link which will auto-fill our org name.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 12, 2009

Yesterday, I heard that MindComet is holding a contest through the end of July (known as “CommuniCause&# ), asking folks to vote for a nonprofit that they can award $25,000 in consulting services. What excites me about this contest is not just the prize. Just click this link which will auto-fill our org name.

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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. Incite controversy Is there a hot-button issue or debate that you can play into or represent a devil’s advocate position? You won’t believe Trump’s opinion on X” will sadly work for a depressingly large range of issues.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

One could argue that a board’s performance review of its executive director is an indication of organizational performance, but you don’t see that kind of internal data shared (I know that’s a legal issue, but it’s the same kind of data in my mind.) 5 Richard from GoStats 09.18.07

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

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. Towards the end of the contest, it really became "viral" as more and more people linked to our Causes site.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

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. Towards the end of the contest, it really became "viral" as more and more people linked to our Causes site.

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Whole Whale

MAY 1, 2024

We love how quickly orgs like Stand Up 2 Cancer can turn these out on Instagram. Incite controversy Is there a hot-button issue or debate that you can play into or represent a devil’s advocate position? You won’t believe Trump’s opinion on X” will sadly work for a depressingly large range of issues.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Perhaps we’re having a technical issue with that, so bear with us. Harvey: When I worked in international development, we said, okay, this org, we’re spending 8% on administration, this organization spends only 4%. So again, there’s lots of issues just like. That is our intention here. So welcome, everyone. .

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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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