NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Beth has over 35 years working in the nonprofit sector in capacity building and has facilitated trainings for nonprofits on every continent in the world (except Antarctica). She is an in-demand keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. Beth Kanter is an internationally recognized thought leader in networks, social media and data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine, Duke University and the virtual network of HASTAC, announced its second annual open-call competition that will provide $2 million in awards to innovators shaping the field of digital media and learning.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

What were the costs associated with facilitating the competition? Knowing what you do now, what tips do you have for any nonprofit interested in holding a similar contest? Make sure you have clear processes and designate one person to communicate with the contest entrants and winners. Of course, we had no budget for this.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

What were the costs associated with facilitating the competition? Knowing what you do now, what tips do you have for any nonprofit interested in holding a similar contest? Make sure you have clear processes and designate one person to communicate with the contest entrants and winners. Of course, we had no budget for this.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2012

Using contests and challenges to engage communities was the topic of the July 17 edition of the weekly CommBuild chat. The chat, facilitated by by TechSoup online community manager, Michael DeLong, included helpful advice learned by participants who have run contests. Why hold a contest or challenge?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. If your nonprofit is based in the DC area, NpowerDC reminds us that the deadline for their annual Technology Innovation Award is two weeks away. Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Or a baking contest? If your town is famous for its strawberries, for example, you could consider having a contest where cooks’ recipes must feature that ingredient. Contestants in the cook-off can make a donation as an “entry fee,” and people who want to sample the entries can buy tasters’ tickets. Awards shows.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background. You can make it a contest with prizes, or you can use this time to cook to feed the hungry together or make holiday cards for kids in shelters. Gamify and incentivize with swag bags, t-shirts, recognition, awards, and rewards.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background. You can make it a contest with prizes, or you can use this time to cook to feed the hungry together or make holiday cards for kids in shelters. Gamify and incentivize with swag bags, t-shirts, recognition, awards, and rewards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

" Rolf Kleef has looked over the list to identify " facilitator projects " that give people the tools to improve their own situation in their own way. Christine summarizes all the prizes and awards given to people at NTC, while ISIS writes about taking their grassroots tree on a plane and Gavin tells about his NTENie.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

Contests are good for raising awareness and focusing behavior, but not good for building sustainable communities or work in a flexible environment. We awarded $5000 to each exhibit design that was translated to real life. However, the contest also prevented us from legitimately fostering collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I’ve had the pleasure working with Diana Scearce , from Monitor Institute, who has been facilitating and weaving this network. Social media tools for engaging and capturing the work of crowds include: wikis, custom platforms or web sites that facilitate voting, rating, giving feedback, adding content, or funding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Tagging helps found things stay found as well as facilitate the wisdom of the group. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest. Del.icio.us is a popular social bookmarking manager which allows you to bookmark a web page and add tags to organize and retrieve your bookmarks. Images: Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge. You don't need to have tech expertise to submit a project to the Challenge, just an idea for a change you want to make that could be facilitated by a mashup.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

[Photo credit: Idea Accelerator contestants high five after practicing their pitches at the Microsoft evening reception, Sept. The task of narrowing the 24 teams down to three winners was a challenge, but for the 21 ideas that did not win the awards, the journey is not over yet. Will they laugh at you, start to cheer, or be intrigued?

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

The whole contest infrastructure is online - submission, discussion, refining, and sharing. Ashoka's Changemakers Project is similar in some ways - running collaborative online contests to identify and reward social entrepreneurs. AMEX gave away $2.5m AMEX gave away $2.5m modify to better meet a need or to compliment another effort.).

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