By Ritu Sharma, Executive Director, Social Media for Nonprofits
Facebook now boasts over 901 million active users, making it the world’s third largest country. But how exactly can nonprofits use it and other platforms to raise money, grow their base of supporters, change policy, and recruit volunteers and board members? After answering this question at eight of nine sold out conferences and earning a 92% approval rating from over 2,500 nonprofit leaders in our first conference series, we realized that there are a lot more community leaders out there still wrestling with this question, and we’re here to help.
To meet this huge need, we’re doubling our audience and impact, with plans to tour 12 cities across three countries in our second series (see below for dates or visit http://SM4NP.org), enabling us to reach over 5,000 nonprofits in person. We’ll continue to maintain our strong focus on sharing practical, actionable insights, vs. vague concepts and theory, and on keeping the conferences accessible- tickets are just $95 – $175 (save $20 with the “SM4NP” discount code) and include access to the full-day programs, plus breakfast and lunch.
Check out our new website featuring a video of Guy Kawasaki’s SF keynote, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter to stay tuned, and here’s our schedule of upcoming events:
Toronto, Ontario– June 26
Silicon Valley, CA– July 26
Los Angeles, CA– August 14
Boston, MA– August 28
San Francisco, CA– Sept TBA
Chicago, IL– Sept 19
Washington, DC– Oct TBA
Austin, TX– Oct 23
Seattle, WA– Nov 1
New York City, NY– Nov TBA
New Delhi, India– Dec TBA
Vancouver, British Columbia– March 2013 TBA
We’d like to thank Microsoft for their continued support as our National Presenting Sponsor, as well as our esteemed Global Partners: NTEN, Idealist, VolunteerMatch, Network for Good, TechSoup Global, Foundation Center, Socialbrite, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Guidestar, Social Edge, Case Foundation, and the Classy Awards.
Hope to see you at one of our upcoming conferences and thanks to each and every one of you for the great work you do in the community!