Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2010

Our very own Elliot Harmon , talented writer , blogger , forum host , poet , and all-around-good-guy was notified last week that he's won Ashoka's "Blog Your Way to Hyderabad" contest. Check out Elliot's winning blog post here. We're pleased as punch. Here's more about the event: read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The social strategy includes the widget above that can be customized to show the charity and be shared on different social networking sites or blogs. Fine Blog . Katya's Non-Profit Marketing Blog. Amy Sample Ward. Here's my contest. Tags: contest. They asked me to participate along with several colleagues.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up – you can read the post and join the discussion on SSIR , or read the full post below. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group?

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Read the original blog post here.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up. You can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the copy below. Components included video tutorials, suggested calendars of activity, sample materials, frequently asked questions, logos, and a Twibbon for Facebook and Twitter use.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. So we need to remember that with social media! Doing Good.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Your attendees can buy tickets to bring their favorite dishes to share and sample other supporters’ cooking skills. Nowruz poetry contest Nowruz, also known as the Persian New Year, is another opportunity to celebrate with your community if you serve a Persian community. BBQ potluck Break out the grills this spring with a BBQ potluck!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. Can’t wait!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. Crowdsourcing for Social Change.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). "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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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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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 14, 2012

Since the Twive contest kicked off a couple months ago, these nonprofits got to work. She’s also editor of Inspiring Generosity, a blog that gives nonprofits helpful resources on online community management and social media tools. The Importance of a Strong Community. Building a community takes time and effort.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC!

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The increasing popularity of social networking, blogs and social media on the web validates this point nicely – People are talking about you, but is your nonprofit listening to them? Have a Google Blog Search and Technorati Blog Search running at all times to see what the Blogosphere has to say. 3tyuxpqbwg khgf89n3cu.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Prepare a simple marketing toolkit with sample social media updates, relevant imagery, and links. If you're doing a lot of listening on social media and online, you already know the people who are always mentioning you on Twitter, tagging you on Facebook, or posting about you in blogs and discussion forums.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Hey, just stick around and keep reading this blog and you’ll learn A LOT!) You might get really excited about restaurant nights, candle parties, t-shirt sales, or voting contests. That’s why having the right fundraising plan template can save you time, money, and headache! The key to success in fundraising is to be curious.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 18, 2009

" MAKE: Blog: Tweet-a-watt - our entry for the Core77 & Greener Gadgets design competition - "Using "off-the-shelf hardware", we have modified a Kill-a-Watt(TM) power meter to "tweet" (publish wirelessly) the daily KWH consumed to the user's Twitter account (Cumulative Killowatt-hours). ." Check it out!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

If you were at the 08NTC last April, then you probably remember the awards ceremony for the 2008 contest. Vlogs : series of “video blog&# entries about an organization, issue, or event. It’s time again for the Nonprofit Video Awards from DoGooderTV , sponosored by NTEN & See3 Communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Beaconfire Blog, " The Twilight of Direct Mail " provides an analysis of the role of direct mail in Obama Campaign. TechSoup blog profiles Taproot Foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2009

The annual Tagline Awards are back from Nancy Schwartz and the Getting Attention blog. Deadline to enter your organization in the contest is July 31st! Your nonprofit or foundation could be one of this year’s Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Award winners! Enter today. About the Tagline Awards. 2008 Winners.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Note , this was adapted from the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Amy Sample Ward and I. Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Publish 1-2 blog posts each week. Consider the following types of blog posts: Your Impact. What are the short-term and long-term goals and objectives?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2013

website along with a contest aimed at new and nontechnical users. Then choose your own data or use sample data sets SAP has provided, visualize or solve a problem by plugging data into the software, and share your creation in a video, blog, or email. A 30-day trial is available on the SAP Visual Intelligence. Images: SAP.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. As Allyson Kapin wrote recently on the Care2 Frogloop blog , “Activists and donors rely more on their personal and social networks today, not celebrity endorsements.&#

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Beth has been living plastic-free since 2007 and blogs about her adventures at FakePlasticFish.com. Three years ago, I decided to collect and tally all the plastic waste I generated each week and post it on my blog. We won the costume contest. The eighth guest blogger in my have fun, do good series is Beth Terry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2008

Amy Sample Ward. But, if you're doing a contest and you wanted to make a little easy to get contact information - required registration before your edit can be useful. I think the surprise and instant reward of blogging about and honoring the first contribution might have motivated others to contribute. Nancy White. Alex Berger.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In case you missed it, See3 staff have been guest-blogging on Care2 's Frogloop NTENny Beth Kanter captures online crowdsourcing, of a kind (Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg) this week. " GlobalGiving recently ran a contest to encourage nonprofits to use social media tools to engage and raise donations for their causes.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2016

TechSoup organizes an annual event called Storymakers ; organizations from around the globe participate in a multimedia contest for a chance to win exciting prizes and learn how to effectively tell their story. These short blog pieces show you how to set up and configure QuickBooks for your charity. Storymakers. Read more › 9.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

My content on Slideshare can easily be published here on my blog or by anyone else anyplace else! For example, Amy Sample Ward , Danielle Brigida , and Michael Edson. National Wildlife Federation uses Slideshare for its presentations, but also to promote the winners of their photo contests.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. A dedicated blog post about the sponsorship. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year. Touch the work.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

Silos Culture Inside the Walls of Nonprofits Prevent Effective Social Media Use - Beth Kanter's post about internal silos in nonprofits reminds me of a post and the ensuing conversation that happened in the comments on my blog about a month ago. " Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!)

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

The contest ends on April 24, 2017, so get those submissions in soon. This is just a sample of the secrets MacLaughlin revealed during his NTC session. Check out what we learned from day 2 at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (read our blog post on that tomorrow!) Kathryn Svobodny contributed to this blog post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Twitter Lists and List Numbers As Popularity Contests. Nonprofits and Twitter Lists Amy Sample Ward, on Socialbrite, has a post with some recommendations on the types of lists they should create. Will Twitter lists become an graveyard of outdated lists? Maybe we'll see some tools to automate list maintenance, widgets , and clients.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

We created a wiki full of sample avatars, banners, widgets, videos, audio clips, etc. Since the great wall fell, we've been able to promote initiatives like the Western Union Foundation contest to all of our chapters and blood regions. that are easy to grab and use. The campaign's home page has all the links you'd need to help out.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Affordable Ideas for Your Nonprofit’s Next Fundraiser In this blog post, we’ve curated a list of 27 affordable fundraising ideas specifically tailored for nonprofits. You can read more about corporate gift matching in the blog post below: Fundraising Corporate Matching Gifts: An Untapped Revenue Stream 8 min read Read Now 7.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 27, 2012

Comment on this blog post or on Tony’s , use the LinkedIn group or Facebook page or Twitter. I told Tony that I’ll take on all social media questions for listeners’ charities. What’s your question? We’re up to it! We want your questions in advance.

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