Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

  It goes "Minnesota from"where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." " Earlier this week, I wrote about giveMN.org as an example of local and regional online giving initiatives.  The GiveMN site is designed for both individuals and organizations.  

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Go Minnesota! This incredible online fund raising event raised more than $14 million last year, and we’re hoping to raise the bar higher this year by engaging more than 40,000 donors to donate to any of Minnesota’s more than 26,000 nonprofits using GiveMN.org. We invited you to be part of the Great Minnesota Give Together.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Districts in California , Texas , Minnesota , and Missouri have said they plan to close down Friday in response, according to the districts and local media reports. There have been no local, credible threats,” Ohio’s Milford Exempted Village School District wrote to parents. TikTokComms (@TikTokComms) December 16, 2021.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

To help highlight what the city has to offer, we’re enlisting the help of local startups! Like past City Spotlights, this one will feature a pitch-off with local Minneapolis startups pitching to VCs. Check out this agenda: TechCrunch Live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Give to the Max in Minnesota Day. GiveMN a new online resource that hopes to encourage more Minnesotans to give and help create a stronger nonprofit community for Minnesota. Individuals can browse the site and find local nonprofits and make a donation online. The partners are a mix of local foundations and corporations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

As I wrote back in September when first covering Giving Tuesday, Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised many millions of dollars in 24 hours using the Razoo platform its first year. Incentivize video creation and video sharing.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

Another reason to go to a group’s website is that some local organizations, such as the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund and NorthStar Health Collective , are being overwhelmed with donations and are directing contributors to other organizations that may be more in need of help. Here are some places to start. Bail and legal funds.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

That includes one of the 1960s’ weirdest, yet surprisingly little-known, infrastructure projects: the Minnesota Experimental City. How feasible were the Sidewalk Labs Quayside project and the Minnesota Experimental City? But the two projects also demonstrate how our view of sci-fi cities — and why to build them — has changed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Giving days are 24-hour online fundraising competitions that combine gamification and deep social interaction to bring communities together for local causes. In November 2012, the giving day platform Razoo partnered with GiveMN, an organization that aims to grow online giving in Minnesota, to break a world record by raising $16.3

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

TechCrunch is thrilled to be (virtually) headed to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Except this time, the event is extended to make room for more local founders and investors who are deeply integrated into the Minneapolis ecosystem. To qualify you need to: Be based in the greater Minneapolis, Minnesota area. I hope you can make it.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

JUNE 1, 2018

The ArcStone team originally sat down with MENTOR MN (formerly the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota – MPMN) at the beginning of 2016. We reached out because we had just designed and launched the local Big Brothers Big Sisters website and thought there may be a fit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

In November, 2011, the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, The United Way of National Capital Area, and the social giving platform, Razoo, hosted a multi-million dollar local giving day. A significant outreach campaign to raise awareness of the nonprofit community and the local event.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Minnesota-based Brown Venture Group is a three-year-old venture capital firm that has pledged to exclusively back Black, Latino and Indigenous technology startups in “emerging technologies.”

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. That letter didn’t come until after we’d talked about it in our local paper.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to speak at the Minnesota Council for Nonprofits annual conference; and after my presentation, I spent a couple hours speaking with folks from various nonprofits, vendors and service organizations. I want to start, first, with a story…. But roles that will decide how we move into the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2012

Idealware partnered with the Minnesota-based MAP for Nonprofits on this project into how, and how effectively, human services organizations are using technology to innovate their service delivery. Let’s see, now we do Facebook, Twitter and a YouTube channel, and we guest blog for the local Patch (community news website),” she said. “It

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

You read a transcript of the tweets here.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Digital Dumpster Fire: Tips to Handle Social and Online PR Problems ( Communications Networking Lunch). Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Or No, Everyone Is NOT Online. Covina, California: Monetization of Content. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2024

We are a funder collaborative that harnesses the collective power of philanthropy, financial institutions, and local governments to close racial income and wealth gaps and advance inclusive and equitable economic progress in American cities. Two are looking specifically at one viable strategy for doing so: community land trusts.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

As an alternative, voters can always use our 50 state map to find their state’s official poll finder tool or the phone number for their local election office. 45 states have online registration lookup tools, and calling your local election office is always an option (again, use our 50 state map to get links and numbers).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Airbnb managed to create a product extension through its own cultural intermingling, and now its Icons platform allows guests to book stays in IRL pop-cultural locales. Shortly after the London-based company opened its New York City office, it found a cunning way to capture locals attention and demonstrate its work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 2, 2011

For those suggesting that cost of living and state and local tax burdens are likely to impact charitable giving, it may be important to note that, according to the Tax Foundation , Arizona ranked 33 in terms of state and local tax burden. States which have higher averages of charitable giving also tend to have a lower cost-of-living.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Finally, we reached out to CenturyLink (which recently rebranded to Lumen, sort of ) because the state of Minnesota apparently thought the internet services provider had something to do with it, and because CenturyLink / Lumen has been known to have been involved in some major 911 outages before.

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Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Check out the The Exemption Test from University of Minnesota’s Office of Human Resources. I bet that your local or regional Chamber of Commerce has information on this matter and they may even be holding workshops or Q&A sessions. We particularly love the section about funders responsibilities. Need more help?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Can local fundraising campaigns like Give to the Max Day , which is modeled after the successful GiveMN day in Minnesota help boost funding and brand awareness for DC metro area nonprofits? It’s no secret that the struggling economy is hurting many nonprofits financially, especially in the DC metro region.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’m in Washington, DC today to kick off a training event for Give to the Max Day , a one-day fundraising event on November 9, 2011 that will unite local Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC communities to support nonprofits serving the area. The fundraising goal for Give to the Max Day is to get 35,000 people to support their favorite regional (..)

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

But don't be afraid — huddle up for warmth and knowledge with your nonprofit tech friends at a local Tech4Good meetup. Find your local #Tech4Good group. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Getting the Most Mileage from Annual Reports. Paul, Minnesota: QuickBooks Made Easy. Austin, Texas: GivBee | Product Spotlight.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Free and Inexpensive Communications Tools | MCN (free). Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Orlando, Florida: Orlando Gives — The Tech Way. Thursday, June 9, 2016. Friday, June 10, 2016. Monday, June 13, 2016.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2020

Right now, the company says DashMart is available in eight cities in the US: Chicago, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; the greater Phoenix, Arizona area; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Redwood City, California.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Unlike many other nonprofits, Catalogue for Philanthropy used the day to raise dollars for over 200 local nonprofits in their area. The Autism Society of Minnesota hosted an interactive brunch livestream for their A Toast to AuSM event, holding virtual demonstrations from local chefs so that participants could follow along at home.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 75 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Wow Worthy: Creative Online Campaigns | MCN Communications Roundtable (Free). They're going to try and recruit you. Find your closest NetSquared group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

Chuck meets face to face with each local client, develops a strategy of not only how to meet each organizations’ goal, but beat it. Outside of auctioneering, she’s a competitive dancer, student dance teacher, avid runner, and hostess for a local bistro. She enjoys baking, spending time with the people she loves, and traveling.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2012

MAP for Nonprofits and Idealware collaborated on six months of research that began with a survey of 180 human service organizations in Minnesota. A third nonprofit designed a system that helps local organizations pool shared data to better understand how each community member is served across the different providers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2005

" I found this entry " Nonprofit Successfully Using Blogs " The post describes the American Lung Association of Minnesota's new blog written by staff member Bob Moffitt. Lisa is curious and raises some excellent questions: Go Bob for blazing a trail! Anything you can and will share, I would love to know.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Last year, after he pledged $10 billion to fight climate change, activists in the US called him out for not doing enough to cut down Amazon’s pollution or work with local communities while crafting his environmental plans. And that doesn’t work,” says Forrest Fleischman, who teaches natural resources policy at the University of Minnesota.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

As told in the 12th chapter of the “Book of Judges” in the Christian bible, the Ephramites tried to blend in with the locals as they were fleeing the country. And we shouldn’t be surprised: some style guides, like the one that my local big newspaper uses, says that you use a hyphen with the prefix ‘non.’ Hager earned his Ph.D.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared meetups will bring local nonprofits free digital storytelling workshops in more than 40 cities between August and October. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Optimizing Your Communications for Mobile | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Free). Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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