Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level. It is less about disseminating content and best practices and more about pulling ideas and knowledge in through many-to-many interaction. Three Ways to Think About Content.

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APRIL 3, 2019

For organizations that rely largely on the generosity of private donors, foundation and grants, the dance between operating and program costs becomes complicated and intricate. Consider for example an open-house style event with different activities and stations set up for donors, their families and community members. Conclusion.

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APRIL 28, 2021

So if you’re looking for virtual fundraising ideas for schools, you’re in the right place! One great example of this is the Free Teacher Market from the Polk Education Foundation. These are three of the creative ideas we’ve seen come out of education nonprofits in the past year … the possibilities really are endless!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

In Philadelphia, many polling places are difficult to find, hidden deep in the recesses of schools, churches, and community centers. The required paper signage identifying polling places must only be posted by the entrance of each location, which means they are often located on side streets out-of-view for anyone on the sidewalks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Eager to make my point, I polled my fellow Gen-Xers on which fundraising platforms have had the most disruptive impact on charitable giving since 2000. I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and projects to help kids learn better,” said Best in a 2014 interview in Fast Company.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But my first gift was to the World Wildlife Foundation, and I just … I still support them. So that’s how you sort of lay that foundation, you start activating it, and then you progress. And then you’re always coming back to this same foundation. It was a little bit more of what Steven has already said.

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MAY 13, 2021

Before we dive into the many lessons learned in the quick pivot to virtual association events in 2020, let’s briefly touch on the basics of hosting a virtual conference to ensure we’re building from the same foundation. At this point, we’ve had more time to sit with the idea of virtual events.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Communication is a foundational element of any successful nonprofit strategic plan. Make your online content more interactive and engaging using these content ideas: Blog posts with comments sections. Social media polls. Use a multichannel strategy. Online contests or challenges.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2016

According to Foundation Center , there are just 12 items on the checklist for beginning a nonprofit organization. While I’m touting statistics, here’s one more: A Gallup poll found that more than eight in 10 Americans gave money to charity in the last year (or at least said they did). Openly thankful.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Thankfully, the expanding digital landscape opens up the door to a world of possibilities for organizational boards just like yours. These three foundational features include: . Plus, going digital eliminates geographical barriers, which opens up your board to increased diversity. . Polling and Voting .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The Knight Foundation is sponsoring The Knight News Challenge and they've got $5 million to give away. " (If you're trying to figure out your fall schedule for tech events, try here for ideas. And if you're looking for some fabulous manuals for open source software, check out the Floss Manuals. How was it organized?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. Check out the SDCTC Community Portal (is the idea of a "portal" web 2.0 Allan Benamer of the Nonprofit Technology Blog continues his coverage of the software vendors with a poll to debrief the Convio merger teleconference and a hug. functionality.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

In order to capitalize on this momentum and host a successful virtual conference, there are a few foundational elements and processes that absolutely need to be considered or addressed. If you are drawing an international audience, it is a good idea to have translation services available. Facilitate Networking. Creating space.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

But first what I want to do is just ask Steven to launch a poll to gauge where you are right now with regard to feelings about promoting legacy giving in your nonprofit. So the poll is just sticking up here. So to get people to seriously consider leaving a legacy, they have to be asked, they have to be shown it’s a good idea.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

In order to capitalize on this momentum and host a successful virtual conference, there are a few foundational elements and processes that absolutely need to be considered or addressed. If you are drawing an international audience, it is a good idea to have translation services available. Facilitate Networking. Creating space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2018

To share its entire collection with art lovers, the museum created the “Send Me” bot allows anyone to send a simple text message and receive a picture of a piece of art matching the idea, words, or phrase texted. Helen Milner, CEO of the Good Things Foundation, shared her constructive approach for moving addressing the bots with Beth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

Building an Everyone a Changemaker™ world is a very different mission from simply looking for the world’s elite social entrepreneurs, it involves using the stories and examples of these entrepreneurs to inspire people to action, sharing lessons learned across our networks and opening up the innovation process to more people.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So what we’re hoping is, we’re talking about today is looking at things from a donor perspective, we’ll give you a better idea of how you can best respond. Andy: So we’ll see if the poll works. So if the poll is launchable, launch it. foundation that paid down their endowment.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Its opening line, “Call me Ismael,” is considered by many as one of the best opening lines of a book. 1 in 3 Americans Lacks Faith in Charities, Chronicle Poll Finds”. Years ago, I read “Moby Dick” as part of a high school English class. It’s Me, Your Donor. Are You Listening?”. “1 It’s discouraging just to read those titles.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

It’s time for nonprofits and foundations to upgrade our digital decision-making tools. At Open Society Foundations, we are interested in the potential for digital tools to encourage meaningful participation, and as such we supported the establishment of FundAction, a digital fund and platform in Europe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Using emoji on social media can increase engagement and when used in email subject lines, it can increase open rates. GoToWebinar enable organizations to host webinars with VOIP audio or toll free numbers, polls, analytics, and recording. Emojipedia :: emojipedia.org. Get Emoji enables you to easy copy and paste emoji.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

We think up ideas. I have a different poll that I wanted to do which builds on some of the wise words that Alli put out. I was actually talking to my mother recently about my work, and what we've seen emerge, just by opening up the space for women to really come together. We make beautiful things. Let's build some giant puppets.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

Second - the Administration is correct to say that we have real enemies, that our battle against radical Islamist terrorism will not be altered overnight, that stability in the Middle East must be part of our strategy to defeat terrorism, that military power is a key part of our national security, that our strategy cannot be poll driven.

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