Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

If not, you can follow the conversation in real time on Twitter with the hashtag #crowdx. (We’ll For the most part, I agree with the way the crowds voted – but, given that people were able to submit and vote at the same time, it means some groups only submitted on the very last day, not leaving much time for votes.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Instead of multiple phone calls back and forth, they can just enter their information on your online form and press “submit.” Prioritizing your online presence and digital engagement methods is key to not just surviving, but thriving, during this time. Further, you don’t necessarily have to talk about COVID-19 all the time.

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See3

MAY 21, 2007

For those of you who are blogging, one key is longevity. I recently passed my one-year blogging anniversary. As I look at many interesting blogs I realize that it’s never too late to start. Thanks for your comments about Guy’s keynoting and the link to his blog! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

Since this brought dogfighting into the spotlight and put it on the minds of many Americans, we figured it was a good time to reach out to people. Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? That way can recoup the $ spent and justify time spent. youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ???

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See3

JANUARY 7, 2008

It’s a 4-part prime time PBS event scheduled for 2009. From the press release : The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that it has made a significant investment in a four-part documentary series about religion in the U.S. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. 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. Please blog amoung yourselves." Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

No one likes a dull board meeting, or a long one, or one that doesn’t start on time. Chances are, they share these traits: Convenient, agreed-upon meeting time and location. Prompt start and end times. Consider including time estimates next to each subsequent item. Yet, it’s one worth investing some time.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Be Mindful of Your Participants’ Time. Supporters of your nonprofit have busy schedules, so you want to ensure your event offers them value that is worth their investment of time. . Our event this year was four days, which, in retrospect, is a lot of time to ask people to dedicate.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. This can take time, but it pays off. The worst time to pitch about the event is after it happened. A retiring long-time Executive Director. Step 2: Write a pitch or a press release.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

In case you hadn't heard , Convio is sponsoring 50 NTEN memberships to nonprofits nominated in their NPHero contest. There's still time, but it's running out! Peter Campbell writes a compelling post on the Idealware blog about the updated metrics that GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and other organizations recently announced.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Always Be Commenting – This wisdom comes from Guy Kawasaki and while it isn’t hot off the press, it still holds true as we noticed in the examples above. It does have a Star Wars theme, but he created a fun caption contest. Here are some tips for games and giveaway contests on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

It’s easier to understand the culture behind tools like Facebook and Twitter when you spend some time posting your own pictures and experiences. The listening as a first step is familiar - it's free market research, it's brand monitoring, it's an analysis of press mentions. Follow the personal online communications guidelines.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

GivingTuesday.org also has comprehensive toolkits that include tools such as press release templates and mayoral proclamations. Resources: Blackbaud’s Giving Tuesday site has a whole host of resources to help you be successful such as the toolkit, a webinar series, podcasts, blog articles and giving trends data.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Courtside Clarity Pick a date, time, and venue with court s for your expected participants. Press Play Partner with local media outlets, radio stations, or community newspapers to spread the word. Press releases, interviews, and event listings can be your winning strokes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. My photos and blog posts have traveled around the world! I've always wondered whether or not when someone makes a gazillion dollars on one of my photos or my blog posts, will I be sorry? How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

If you’ve read this blog for a while, you’ve heard my various sagas around using Linux on the desktop. What happened was I felt like I was wasting too much time on things that should be easy. And we don’t (at least I don’t) want to spend to much time getting all of that to work. 3 Seth Schneider 06.24.08

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. We also utilized our blog to get more people informed about Facebook Causes. Sometimes more! How many approx.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. We also utilized our blog to get more people informed about Facebook Causes. Sometimes more! How many approx.

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Causes Facebook Challenge Social Media 38

See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

19 Oct 2007 Non-Profit Tech Blog » Convio Facebook App not recommended for use right now [.] Unfortunately, you can only run one Facebook app at a time using the Convio tool. [.] 20 Oct 2007 Allan Benamer Michael, The difference in my approach is that I speak for IT directors on my blog. Your points: 1. Convio is an ASP.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Is it worth the time and effort that goes into pulling it off? of these questions, it’s time to reevaluate your spring fundraising event. They combine putting and chipping contests with silent and live auctions, dinner, an open bar, and the opportunity to win a ton of fun prizes, all while raising money for their mission.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The secret of reality TV’s success is the viewer’s involvement with the ‘journey’ of the contestants. We wanted visitors not just to tell us their favourites, but to develop a stronger emotional connection to specific paintings in the exhibition (and as a consequence to the museum as a whole during a time of major change).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

Ensure that an e-newsletter opt-in form is prominently featured on your homepage, on every page of your website, on your blog home page, and in every blog post. Create sidebar graphics for your blog and call-to-action images to promote your crowdfunding campaigns on mobile and social media. Chapter 5: Online Fundaising.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

And if you don’t have a solid event planning strategy in place, your nonprofit’s next gala, fundraiser, or walkathon could end up costing you more in time, energy, and money than what your event ends up raising. That’s why taking the time to hone your events strategy and develop a planning process is worth it.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

This blog post is for nonprofit organizations and charities that are looking to increase their online exposure (without spending loads of money) so they can receive more volunteers, donations, attention etc. Even creating press releases about data may be useful. Additonally, Timing is important as well.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

For example, research shows personalized emails deliver six times higher transaction rates. This means you’ll be more likely to hit your target every time, instead of taking a shot in the dark. One of our favorite ways to create and share content regularly is blogging. Learn your donors’ names and use them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Eastern time, according to a Facebook spokesperson reported in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Last year, Facebook and the Gates Foundation offered $2 million match that was also reached quickly according to the Nonprofit Times. The results for this week’s GivingTuesday 2018 have been reported.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

She acknowledged it can be very time consuming, and reiterated a suggestion See3 often makes to our clients: get interns and volunteers! One at a time. They both use the MySpace blog, which reminds us again to speak to the community where they are, don’t try and drag them over to your main blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Though I feel the time spent disputing could be better spent recruiting. One of them @peoppenheimer was kind enough to critic and help my own poem's meter and rhyme! Session Content 1. Introduction by Beth Kanter Poem Welcome! Oh my god, take a look. With Twitter, Facebook, Digg and Stumbleupon gone are the days forgotten lore.

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Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

That’s an organization that has been active for almost 150 years, and in that time they have become one of the world’s foremost authorities on natural disaster response and blood donations. That’s why the next thing you should focus on is building relationships with the local press.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Social Media tools during your time with The Nature Conservancy. 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. Stop: Hammer-Time! You've experimented with quite a few Web 2.0/Social

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

This was originally published at the Rednod blog by Alistair Croll who among other things is the co-author along with Sean Power of Complete Web Monitoring recently published by O'Reilly. The timeframe also meant that most blog coverage only hit on July 1st (and thanks to all the bloggers who covered us!). How it worked. What worked?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Launch a blog inside your website. ? Prominently feature a “Donate” button and social network icons on your home page and every page of your website and blog. ? Add an e-newsletter subscription form to your home page and every page of your website and blog. ? Select a website and blog analytics service. ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Launch a blog inside your website. Prominently feature a “Donate” button and social network icons on your home page and every page of your website and blog. □ Add an e-newsletter subscription form to your home page and every page of your website and blog. □ Select a website and blog analytics service. □

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

” , Rob Pierson, Online Communications Director for Congressman Mike Honda and soon to be New Media Director for the House Democratic Caucus, said that sending enewsletters to your online list is the best bang for your buck when you have limited time and resources. Consider it like an interactive 24-hour news cycle.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The World Beach Project is one of very few online museum projects that has truly "gone viral," enjoying press attention and growing participation from people all over the world. The project has not had any heavy marketing campaigns or contests associated with it. No one likes to have their time wasted. It's not marketing hype.

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