Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Note from Beth: The 3rd annual Minnesota Give to Max Day took place last month. And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned. Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised $13.4M million was raised to benefit Minnesota nonprofit organizations. in one day by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Here at GiveMN , we’ve harnessed the power of our networks to raise record amounts of money online for nonprofits in Minnesota and engage record numbers of people in an annual, one-day giving event— Give to the Max Day. All told, Minnesota nonprofits collectively raised $10,041,021 in one incredible day.

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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. One small organization, for example, is using text messages to communicate with teens who participate in a mentoring program.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Liquid Death For giving the brand collab new life In a scene straight from the 90s, two girls fawn over a heartthrob in a teen magazine. Nearly two years since its 2023 launch, the company is is uniquely reshaping the relationship between brands and Hollywood. But instead of looking like Freddie Prinze Jr.,

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I used the example of two very different exhibitions that solicited visitor-contributed content: Playing with Science at the London Science Museum, and MN150 at the Minnesota History Center. The Minnesota History Center team solicited visitor nominations for exhibition topics and then built an exhibition out of those contributions.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 22, 2015

Maybe you want to work with Hmong immigrants to Minnesota. Or Santa Cruz County teens who want to make social change. These differences are useful when considering how and who to reach out to when trying to get involved with a new community. But the community exists whether it is strong or weak. Or art-lovers of Brooklyn.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

The most expensive is outreach that builds relationships. Changing lives is expensive whether you do it with at-risk teen staff members or at-risk teen virtual partners. But in Second Life, we were building strong relationships and empowering those virtual members as exhibit designers.

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