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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Online Community Meetup: The Five Steps to Growing an Engaged Online Community

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May’s Online Community Meetup featured Randy Paynter, co-founder of Care2. Paynter’s talk, "The Five Steps to Growing an Engaged Online Community," examined how to build and sustain online communities by relating some of the lessons he has learned through managing the Care2 community since its inception.

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What We Learned at 17NTC: Day 1

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Azure is Microsoft's solution for building scalable online apps and services without the need for physical infrastructure. The contest ends on April 24, 2017, so get those submissions in soon. Brett Meyer, chief strategy officer at ThinkShout , detailed the eight key elements of telling stories online.

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10 Elements of an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Blog

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Moderate your comments if you are concerned about inappropriate remarks, or spam. Engage your community and participate in other online communities Read other blogs. Hold and participate in online contests, challenges, blog carnivals and memes. nonprofit blog activism Facilitate commenting Allow commenting.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Identity 2.0

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Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Using Social Networking Tools - Advice, Brief Case Study, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This particular Carnival raises the question of how to decide which online social media tools to use and ramp up your skills using it. Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts.

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

sites were the right way to grow our constituency and awareness online that I dedicated a lot of personal time to pursuing them both before- and after-hours. Our Flickr photo contest. This helps us be good community members and avoid issues of spamming. s annual digital photo contest. What were the concerns? but wouldn???t