Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. Time will tell, but the contest has given us a jump start on our social media strategy.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 27, 2014

Every dollar is tightly contested by other nonprofits whose missions are often equally as noble as your own. If you’re interested in reading more, subscribe to our blog for more helpful articles to help advance your nonprofit! Image courtesy of Fundraiser Help. Nothing reaffirms a donation like a genuine “thanks!”.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

One way to keep your followers engaged is to hold a weekly or bi weekly contest that entices users to interact with your page and other users following your page. If you’re interested in reading more you can check out the original article by Julia Claire Campbell of JC Social Marketing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2006

Now FightHunger.org (a project of the UN World Food Program and partners) is launching a Walk the World Viral Video Contest. Read the contest rules before you submit your entry. Read the contest rules before you submit your entry. To enter the contest first register and login to the site. hunger video contest

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Harry's last green tip introduced the Charity Contest that allowed readers to submit a comment that included a suggestion about how to save energy or be green and the name of a charity. We're going to continue to include the $20 Charity Giveaway Contest (I still have a few gift cards that I got as gifts to recycle.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 21, 2010

A List Apart: Articles: Web Fonts at the Crossing – a solid description of new web font technologies making substitution by other means obsolete. Contesting the Death of Traditional CRM: Social CRM is a Process and not a Technology – worth a read. SoqlXplorer – a Mac OS X tool for browsing Salesforce.com data.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In this article, we’ll show you examples of how to demonstrate your appreciation and best practices to maintain a consistent volunteer appreciation program. The ideas are endless: bowling nights, trivia contests, cocktail hours, weekend barbeques, and more! Passionate volunteers translate to successful fundraising events !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If you’re not sure where to start, this article will provide some festive virtual holiday fundraiser ideas so you can keep your community connected and audiences engaged. . Online Voting Contest. Hosting a Virtual Holiday Fundraiser. Hosting a virtual event is easy with powerful virtual event software.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

"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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Greater Giving

JANUARY 28, 2022

Some nonprofits have seen huge success incorporating audience reactions or contest submissions on the stream. Here is a link to an article to help you make that page – How to Make an Online Giving Page That Generates Donations. When possible, hire a professional to produce and edit pre-recorded video for a higher quality.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

I tried ChatGPT and can tell you it writes wonderful haikus, crafted a pretty decent Valentine’s Day message for my sweetheart, and correctly predicted many of the matchups in my colleagues’ Holiday Movie bracket contest. On its face, this seems at best a pleasant distraction, or maybe just a waste of time.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Instagram Contests and Hashtags. As part of this campaign, they held a photo contest on Instagram featuring the hashtag #keepemwet. As the campaign took off, other companies wanted to host their own Keep ‘Em Wet photo contests. Have you used a contest? It was called the Keep ‘Em Wet campaign.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In this article, we’ll discuss a few ways to encourage visitors to share their positive arts and culture experiences with their networks and go over some ways for you to make the most of those posts when it comes to marketing for your organization. . . Here are some ideas on where to start with social media challenges: .

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore the top platforms you can leverage to get the word out about your business, including: Your Website Social Media Mobile App A well-designed marketing plan can give your business the fuel it needs to bring attention to its services, products, events, campaigns, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Every year thousands of books and articles are written about the correct ways to be a leader with no clear answers. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests. Here’s selection of articles to build your toolbox. Nonprofits That Get Instagram (2014) by Kerri Karvesti – an excellent Pinterest board of great examples. Instagram Cheat Sheet. Vintage Photo Editing Apps (2012).

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

You can host a contest for your volunteers to come up with designs for their blankets. This article explores how your organization can ensure every volunteer has a meaningful and positive experience through a well-thought-out volunteer engagement strategy. Blankets Get creative and design your own blankets!

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If you’re not sure where to start, this article will provide some festive virtual holiday fundraiser ideas so you can keep your community connected and audiences engaged. . Online Voting Contest. Hosting a Virtual Holiday Fundraiser. Hosting a virtual event is easy with powerful virtual event software.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2013

Do the same articles, blog posts, fact sheets, generate the most traffic every month? Some call social media shares vanity metrics because they have turned into such a popularity contest. Besides looking at the unique website visits (month over month and year to year), you should also review what content gets the most traffic.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To facilitate the use of that data, the city hosted a contest to motivate the development community to make use of more than 100 types of datasets it had released — everything from aerial photographs and business licenses to parking meter information, liquor license applications, and street-sweeping routes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

Every year thousands of books and articles are written about the correct ways to be a leader with no clear answers. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Host a contest or giveaway on your social platforms to gain traction and increase engagement. This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. Consider writing a short blog post about your #GivingTuesday campaign. Include photos, videos or links so people can learn more! Check out these frequently asked questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Every year thousands of books and articles are written about the correct ways to be a leader with no clear answers. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2023

Every year thousands of books and articles are written about the correct ways to be a leader with no clear answers. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests , but also see this recent slideshare deck that examines contest best practices in depth. Here’s selection of articles to build your toolbox. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

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. Then run a contest to determine the winner and a potential spot in an official calendar that’s sold to supporters (you’ll get at least 12 orders off the bat). Those dollars add up.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Come prepared with a couple of different proposed partnership ideas, like a social media contest or an event sponsorship. You can read more about using your CRM to manage corporate relationships in the article below! If the organization seems interested in working together, make it even easier for them to say yes!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Every year thousands of books and articles are written about the correct ways to be a leader with no clear answers. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

Unlike a magazine or newspaper article, blogs get instant reader feedback. It’s along the lines of a weekly caption contest, but there’s an educational component to it. For more tips, check out the “Ask Questions” section on Beth Kanter’s post, “ What the Research Says About Increasing Facebook Engagement ”. What If They Ask ?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2014

He says TechSoup's blog posts and articles "give us ideas of what other people do so we can do new things to improve our services." Arizona Baptist Children's Services was the second-place winner in TechSoup's October Safer Online Success Stories contest. Images: Arizona Baptist Children's Services.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2016

When I wrote my article two years ago, I had a hard time finding nonprofits and charities that were successfully using Snapchat. Beyond the ones listed in that article, I couldn't find any others (nor could Beth Kanter ). Share Exclusive Content, Challenges, and Contests.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

This is a type of event where donors pay a fee to be a part of a contest where the “last person standing” receives some sort of prize. Contestants lasted as long as 70 hours before MrBeast decided to end the competition himself! Explore top ideas in this article as well as real-life examples that work! Bingo Night.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In this article, we’ll discuss how you can incorporate text-to-give into your fundraising strategy to boost impact. Ambassador fundraising mobilizes your loyal supporters to conduct their own personal fundraising in the form of contests, challenges, campaigns, and more for your event.

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