Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2010

Adobe and TechSoup Global are delighted to announce that we are now taking submissions for the Show Your Impact Design Contest ! This contest is open only to organizations located in the United States and Canada that have received donated Adobe products through TechSoup. See the contest details for specific eligibility requirements.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

" Interactive: How America Gives – How America Gives – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas – The Chronicle of Philanthropy has launched a great new tool: an interactive map of giving data in the US.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 31, 2009

The latest round of the America's Giving Challenge is on. The contest runs through November 6, 2009. This is a national competition to encourage people to use their personal and social networks to help win cash for their favorite nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2012

With strong roots in prior national giving events and contests such as Twestival Local and America’s Giving Challenge , we wanted Twive to have the same fun spirit of those early ground-breaking giving events. Cities across America will compete to win their share of $30,000 in award money for a locally-serving nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

"This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Williamsburg, Virginia is America's #1 Farmers Market! And this past weekend was particularly bountiful at my local market: Williamsburg was crowned this year as America's Favorite Farmers Market ! About the Contest. According to Hoffman, the contest has been a great success and succeeded beyond their original expectations.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking. "Their money, our votes." " pleas.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

" AGC Coversational Case Studies: Students for a Free Tibet: A mindful social media strategy for campaigns or contests – Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are evaluating the second America's Giving Challenge and are sharing case studies from the winners.

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See3

JANUARY 21, 2008

Watch the video Beth did with her son: Now, if you give $10 you can help Beth raise $50,000 through a competition called America’s Giving Challenge. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? It’s a dumb question because I know you can. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

Photo by HeyDee Almost a year ago, Allison Fine and I finished a reflection paper on the lessons learned from the first America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

15 groups held live events which helped drive video submissions to the contest and allowed TechSoup to reach more NGOs with educational opportunities. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in: Africa. Central and South America. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

" DoGooderTV Contest 2009 - Vote for your favorite Nonprofit videos - DoGooderTV's 2nd Nonprofit Video Awards have seen almost 400 submissions from 175 organizations and causes! Check them out! In particular, we are interested in the role of social network sites and receiving information about job openings."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America , or go international with events in. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Code for America Civic Hack Night. Europe and UK.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking. "Their money, our votes." " pleas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. Jessica shares how she helped in the contest. . Conclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. There have been many remixes of online contests since the Giving Challenge, so many that I can't quite remember all of them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Encouraging nonprofits to embrace this mode of fundraising was the point of the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge , one of the first giving contests launched back in 2007 where I was a first place winner raising funds for Cambodian children.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

By now, most of you have probably heard that our DataMasher application won Apps for America 2 via our press release or our celebratory tweets. But the real winners are the American people who thanks to these contest entrants, have better access and understanding of these valuable data. Apparently, we won by only 12 votes!

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See3

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? If you didn’t help Beth win, you can still give $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation online and help kids in Cambodia.) Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

" Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!) The idea of a networked organization is fascinating to me and hinges, truly, on organizations taking a networked approach both IN and OUT of the organization's "walls."

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Take a look at how HikeFor.com is helping Donate Life America raise funds. Or host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have your own tip jars for people to support their favorite competitors in the form of donations. Provide water station stops and set up a picnic at the end for people that raise money. Host a Prom for a Purpose.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

I'm thrilled to say that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Cary Creative Center , or "C3," an organization working to save materials from the landfill by turning them into beautiful art. The waste problem in America is a real one, and one that in many ways can be daunting.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away US$7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera (but don't be afraid to start with the cell phone in your pocket!). Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America. Code for America Civic Hack Night. Monday, April 4, 2016.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Environmental Impact. The Last Polar Bear project reached 26.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

My first ladder of engagement was developed for the America’s Giving Challenge contest that I won in 2008 - it was a framework that used the “community manager” or “network weaver” as the human face to connect with people and bring them to the next level of involvement.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Environmental Impact. The Last Polar Bear project reached 26.5

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Voting's open till Monday! Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg: Sometimes it's WHO you know ;).

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Care2

JANUARY 3, 2011

Similarly, Allison Fine notes in her excellent roundup of the America's Giving Challenge (AGC), contest winners understood the importance of building a community early and the need for participants to act like grassroots organizers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Offline events included a young professionals networking “happy hour” at Rainforest Café in Mall of America and a live video “telethon” from Mall of America on which nonprofits and schools could introduce themselves and explain how funds raised that day would further their missions and work.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Enter the 2009 America's Giving Challenge. To celebrate EIF's iParticipate initiative, The Chronicle of Philanthropy's VolunTV Challenge is inviting individuals and charity organizations to think of ideas for how volunteerism could be incorporated into their favorite TV shows. Send in your story pitches in writing or video.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

Amigos de las Americas uses peer-to-peer fundraising, a type of community-driven fundraising, to engage their supporters. But instead of asking for a monetary sponsorship, enhance your relationship by adding a fun twist to the collaboration, such as a friendly competition or contest. The goal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This example from Teach for America is a photograph of handwritten thank you note from a student to an TFA alumni thanking them for making a difference. Here’s a great example from Teach for America sharing a funny visual about goofy year-book photos. It does have a Star Wars theme, but he created a fun caption contest.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

When I heard about this contest, I asked myself, "Who would I know with API coding skills and a passion for government transparency -- and who likes winning money?" > Learn more about the contest at [link]. Tags: contest NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz APIs. " Duh: the NTEN community!

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The day will be capped by a demonstration of the top three finalists in the Apps for America 2 contest. We're attending the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase in Washington, DC today. This will be accompanied by a quick final call for votes prior to an announcement of the winner by Sunlight Labs. The first place winner takes home a $10,000 prize.

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