Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Some donors are drawn to just one cause area, such as homelessness or food insecurity. But most donors are drawn to several cause areas, so they may donate to a homeless shelter, a chess program for middle school students, a dog rescue, and an organization that supports women with breast cancer. Awesome, right?).

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JULY 18, 2024

Every day you provide services to your beneficiaries, whether that means caring for homeless pets, tutoring at-risk high school students, or running sports events for the community. Create opportunities for teams to get to know each other and collaborate on a variety of projects. Recognize and celebrate achievements.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Additionally, look for trends in the data, such as which projects have received the most support. For example, if your organization is focused on expanding its afterschool programs, you might share how many new students have been reached, improvements in their grades, and more. Next, review outcomes from past marketing campaigns.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. This can be a great way for them to get to know your staff and interact with donors during your next event or project. Students make great volunteers! Collaborate with local businesses.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship. ” Its newest innovation is to provide cloud-based document storage for the homeless.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

McKinney , Project Specialist (Marketing/Communications). You want to help the homeless? I’m a grad student, after all! And being a grad student means I’ve got more than a few limitations, economically speaking. Choose specific projects, and make a webpage that tells everyone how the project is going.

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AUGUST 1, 2021

With the support of volunteers, we are able to effectively engage with individuals experiencing homelessness in D.C. These features were not offered by our previous volunteer management solution, and they are game-changers for our program,” said Tosheena Thompson, Volunteer Manager for Students Association of MacEwan University.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. “In family becomes homeless. Nonprofit Finance Fund.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Another project was creating an easily accessible map of Hawaii's farmer's markets. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. Leonard Library.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

During the school year, they spend one day per week at the Taylor Center working on science projects and leading science programs for young children, seniors, and other community groups. What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. YES students defy expectations.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2013

What started as a series of experiments and happy accidents is now embedded in how we develop and evaluate projects. Visitors now spontaneously volunteer that "meeting new people" and "being part of a bigger community" are two of the things they love most about the museum experience.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

This means that web design projects (and even smaller, iterative updates) are important investments for nonprofits, and they can involve any number of different strategies and techniques. Project Open Hand. For major campaigns or specific projects, creating a dedicated website can be a very smart move. North Shore Animal League.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2011

Yesterday, I had lunch with Monica Martinez, the ED of Homeless Services for Santa Cruz county. I was amazed not only by her energy and intelligence but by her simple, transformative goal: to end homelessness. Monica is trying to reposition her organization as a social justice organization working on solutions to end homelessness.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

During the school year, they spend one day per week at the Taylor Center working on science projects and leading science programs for young children, seniors, and other community groups. What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. YES students defy expectations.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2016

Before & after illustrations of neighborhoods transformed by Cecily Anderson of Anagram for Healthy Rowhouse Project by Barra Foundation ( @BarraFdn ). Funky interactive by Nice & Serious ( @niceandserious ) advocating affordable UK housing and preventing homelessness for Shelter.org.uk ( @Shelter ).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Do they like those one-time projects, those capital projects where you can build that outdoor classroom or,” you know, “purchase that mobile mammogram unit for your hospital and be able to create impact for years to come? But just saying, “We helped 20 people who are homeless,” does not provide context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

Using this open source collaborative platform, the Manhattan-based nonprofit has so far engaged more than 600 communities in 55 countries in creating citizen maps to catalyze new environmental projects, large and small. Seattle Free School , suggested by Amy Sample Ward, uses social media to organize classes and teach students.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating a career counseling session for a group of Stanford students who were spending their "alternative spring break" meeting with social entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. Then they got into small groups and brainstormed work or projects where items from 2 or 3 of the lists could be combined.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

At the adjacent table, my colleague Stacey Garcia was meeting with a local artist, Kyle Lane-McKinley, to talk about an upcoming project. In exhibitions, we showcase local, first-person stories and objects--from students, roller derby girls, retirees, and homeless families--alongside the art and historic objects.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2020

While I may not possess the intellectual wherewithal to solve homelessness, food insecurity or a host of other chronic societal problems, I have great faith that someone out there will have that ability. I am deeply blessed to come to work every day believing, at a deep level, that I am contributing to the lives of others.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

An example of this is The Portland Art Museum’s partnership with the faculty and students in Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice Department for their annual Shine a Light program.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. org, and five Unity College students embarked on a bio-diesel powered road trip to encourage President Obama to restore solar paneling to the White House roof. Connecting and enriching a national movement. Trail-blazing Road Warriors.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

This consists of 45-minute meetings sent out to all donors for updates on programming and the Family Stability Fund, as well as to connect with some students. Further, by inviting the students who are benefiting from the Family Stability Fund, the donors can get first-hand interaction with those that they are helping.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

And I tell my students that Ill give to any of the worthy causes they pour their hearts into, but they have to ask me in person (not on Facebook)! Currently (on my lowly grad student budget), I only give money to one nonprofit org. I like to be informed of what the organization is doing, but I dont want mail solicitations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Guide your students to conversations and resources. Collaboration on student projects or other ways. A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. Hiring people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It Gets Better Project. National Coalition for the Homeless. National Priorities Project. Polaris Project. Student Aid Alliance. Because freedom of religion is a constitutionally guaranteed right under the First Amendment. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || LinkedIn || Flickr. National Geographic Society.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Darius Graham | Social Innovation Project | Washington, DC The Social Innovation Project tackles pressing social issues by providing seed funding and resources to help transform ideas into sustainable programs. provides a 12-week afterschool program and 4-month paid apprenticeship wellness program for low-income high school students.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

It Gets Better Project. National Coalition for the Homeless. National Priorities Project. Polaris Project. Student Aid Alliance. Because freedom of religion is a constitutionally guaranteed right under the First Amendment. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || LinkedIn || Flickr. National Geographic Society.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 9, 2007

And Phil Zimbardo is going to speak about his book, The Lucifer Effect , which showed how he had an experiment where he put a few students of his from Stanford in prison and a few people, in the same class, in as prison guards, and then it showed how immediately they turned bad because of how power can corrupt people. laughing] And what else?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

For example, “Nazi science” came up several times as a “can’t”—but the Holocaust Museum’s Deadly Medicine exhibition was a successful project that didn’t bring the walls down. Use expert-only vocabulary – stop making entry points for general public, students, families Social science of war. Why do homeless people smell bad?”

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