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Guest Post by Katherine Hutt: A Small Nonprofit's Strategy for Pepsi Refresh Contest

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Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. At this point, they are at number 80 on the leaderboard, not bad for an organization that had social media on its to do list for 2010. Tags: contest crowdsourcing. Photo: Jim Harrison.

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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

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"A recent Reuter’s article: Top Ten Trends in Sustainable Business, focuses on the best trends in “green business,&# I’m struck by how many of the points are applicable to sustainable social media. Here are my top trends in sustainable social media (hat tip to Reuters)."

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Nonprofits and Instagram: The Ultimate Curated Collection of Best Practices, Examples, and Tips

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Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests. Instagram Cheat Sheet.

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Deconstructing An Angry Crowd: What Can We Learn?

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Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Contest: User Generated Crap, er… Content

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One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest. Among organizations, contests may seem like a short-cut to get compelling content, and cheaply. The current Heinz contest is a great example.

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Nonprofits and Instagram: The Ultimate Curated Collection of Best Practices, Examples, and Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). Here’s selection of articles to build your toolbox. As of September, 2015 , Instagram had 400 Million users. Instagram Cheat Sheet.

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Member Round Up: Post NTC Happenings!

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video contest and earn the chance to win money for your cause! Greg Baldwin was recently featured in the Huffington Post for his article on The Economics of Generosity. In 2010, 62.8 Click here to learn more - via video of course.

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