Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

Hurricane 98

Hurricane Measure Social Media Pledge 98

NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I've always evangelized the potential of tools like Facebook and Twitter to create meaningful communities and collaborations, but now realize the true opportunity for all of us who spend our days mixing up cocktails of mission and technology: . social tools + people = lives saved. . Now they have the tools.

Disaster 89

Disaster Haiti Los Angeles Social Media 89

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

You were looking at some sort of return on investment selection tool or something before you put an appeal to those donors in the mail. Gosh, I think I saw a stat earlier this week that said only 10% of disaster response donors continue with an organization, 10%. Does the board play a role in any of this perhaps? It was huge.

Donor 62

Donor Disaster Gift Puerto Rico 62

Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

I mean, we’re used to hurricanes, tornadoes, you know, fires, wildfires. When I started monthly giving, a lot of these tools didn’t exist. Now, you have online giving tools. You have the tools. And I know there’s a couple of new stats coming out very, very soon. They wear multiple hats.

Donor 87

Donor Video Practice Gift 87