Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Over the summer, the local humane society in Appleton, Wisconsin shared a story of one of its dogs, a chocolate lab named Hank, who was available for adoption, but had done something very wrong. . #2: Use Transmedia Storytelling to Share Stories That Inspires InspireAction. And the shelter continues to post updates.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The site was unveiled at an event on Wednesday in Washington by its sponsors, the University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The data and content were provided by policy staff at the University of Wisconsin with support from Burness Communications.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Additionally, representatives from local nonprofits shared their experiences with social media at the various forums. Read a first-hand account from Jeff Dawson, director of the Lester Public Library in Wisconsin, on how this rural library built up its social media presence. NetSquared. Got social media tips or advice?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

upon 12 data sources, t he report documented $30 billion in private, public, corporate, and individual disaster-related giving to address major disasters and humanitarian crises that affected millions globally in 2019. Support local nonprofits and knowledge in the U.S. and internationally.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

I'd like you to meet Kerry Thomson at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, Indiana; Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas; Betty Martin of Cape Girardeau Public Library in Missouri; and the late Rory Foster of the Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin. Image 3: Cape Girardeau Public Library.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

And how can nonprofits and public libraries actually make use of it? The tools aggregate data from a few different sources: The Center for Responsive Politics , GovTrack.us , Follow The Money , and the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. Big data is still one of those concepts that baffle me. How big does the data have to be?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 17, 2006

The Organic Consumers Association , nonprofit public interest organization, has called for a boycott of Horizon and Aurora organic dairy products and the Cornucopia Institute , a farm policy research group based in Wisconsin, filed a legal complaint last Thursday with the USDA against Horizon Milk.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This innovative tool took home a gold Healthcare Ad Award this year!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Additionally, representatives from local nonprofits shared their experiences with social media at the various forums. Read a first-hand account from Jeff Dawson, director of the Lester Public Library in Wisconsin, on how this rural library built up its social media presence. NetSquared. Got social media tips or advice?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2014

Sara Woldt is an MBA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration with career interests in marketing and development. By bringing your services to local neighborhoods, and eliminating the cost of admission and transportation, organizations can reach atypical participants.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2015

As a native Texan going to graduate school in Wisconsin, I signed up on a sunny September day not only to support the cause, but also because it seemed like something that would make for a good story one day. My graduate school class at the Wisconsin School of Business raised more than $10k for the Wisconsin Special Olympics.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This innovative tool took home a gold Healthcare Ad Award this year!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

In addition to winning grants and prizes, the winners will compete for additional awards, which will be decided in a “Fan Favorite” public vote, so vote away! As part of its Be Fearless initiative, the Case Foundation has chosen the 20 winners of Finding Fearless —a nationwide campaign to recognize, reward and inspire fearless changemakers.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2023

In comparison, organizations in the District of Columbia and Wisconsin, which secured the second and third most funding, only received $75 million and $35 million respectively. 4 Public Welfare Foundation, Inc. Within New York state, alt-labor organizations based in New York City received the vast majority of funding.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2021

They’ll share their yield map with whoever their local seed salesman is and try to optimize the seed variety for the next planting season in the spring. On my way to school every day in Wisconsin growing up, I drove by a Case plant. They’re the ones who are controlling the access to it. And they do today. So that data exists.

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2021

iPhone builder Foxconn is dangling a massive electric vehicle project in front of Wisconsin after burning the state with promises of a multibillion-dollar LCD factory that never happened. Well, because that’s how things go with Foxconn in Wisconsin. Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge. at the mostly empty site it owns in the state.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

The USPS does run a program for federal agencies and their employees , but it's not available to the general public. Consumers in California are not charged the $30 fee, while locations in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan charge the fee but offer a $30 gift card as reimbursement.

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

The chairman of Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn says the electronics giant is considering making electric vehicles at its mostly empty worksite in Wisconsin, where the company originally planned to make LCD panels. Foxconn is considering Wisconsin or Mexico and will decide by July. Photo by Curtis Waltz. Fisker Inc.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

The EPA sets the maximum level allowed in public water systems. The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water was long considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population gets fluoridated drinking water , according to CDC data.

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The Verge

MAY 4, 2021

The company went public in 2015, and as online commerce has exploded during the pandemic, it’s been on a tear ever since — it just posted $988 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2021, a 110 percent increase from last year. And we went public around 2015 on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. Especially.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

But according to Time , the local government will be spending at least a billion: “The state agreed to invest $1 billion in infrastructure improvements, including widening State Route 161, to support the factory and the nearby community.”. Is there something to the national security concern? billion on top of Intel’s $20 billion?

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The essay, which was posted on Monday, sought to defend police officers in the wake of Wisconsin cops shooting Jacob Blake seven times in the back and leaving him paralyzed. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. I have no doubt it will make Facebook a better place to work. Bloomberg).

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The Verge

JULY 27, 2021

And there’s lots of other big publications in the center of that ecosystem. I did this for 15 years, was the editor in chief of this trade publication called The Hotline. That said, if you’re the local NBC reporter in Milwaukee, he’s the elected United States senator, what do you do? Our job is to.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

Last year, a court required Trump to unblock Twitter accounts that had criticized him, determining that his Twitter account specifically — not the site as a whole — constituted a public space protected by the First Amendment. Other public officials have lost similar lawsuits from constituents.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Trending down : Facebook allowed political advertisers to target misleading ads about Joe Biden to swing-state voters in Florida and Wisconsin, according to the activist group Avaaz. Thanks again for the readers who made this story possible. Brian Fung / CNN).

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