Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees. You can either use a pay-to-enter model or turn it into a bit more of a gamble, where participants get a basket of eggs that may or may not contain a valuable prize.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

If the blogger is someone similar to members of your target audience, and is a good role model in terms of adopting the behavior you are promoting (or even showing their struggle and difficulties with doing something, such as quitting smoking, assuming they eventually are successful), that can be very powerful.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2007

I was struck, looking at the Amazon page for the book, by one of its negative reviews. No one would contest the idea that most museum exhibitions, art shows, films, books, in short, most content experiences, have value both for the new and return user. Consider again the Amazon reviewer madhatter. First, the newcomer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There are four different models of crowdsourcing activities: wisdom, creation, voting, and funding. There’s isn’t one best way to do it – and many organizations use a combination of these models to meet their objectives. The key is breaking down the tasks into bite-size pieces and engaging crowds in the process.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Amazon, Facebook, and Ebay have all had ways for consumers to donate through their platforms for years, but what is different about this trend is that a specific charity is leveraging a technology platform to source free or discounted supply to meet its demand. Learn more on Twitter by following the hashtag #uberspringcleaning.).

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Also, while I always believed Software as a Service (SaaS) is the ideal way to deliver software, especially to nonprofits, I have been surprised by how quickly and broadly the on-demand model has been accepted.

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