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. Anything else?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2009

Now that submissions have been closed for this year's Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest , it's time to give your two cents and vote for your favorite submissions ! Which designs do you like best? Environmental Impact: Other Media (for example, a Web site design or video submission). You tell us!

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Just like games, contests are virtual event ideas that can get people talking. Maybe the cutest pet contest or something event/topic-focused that does not require attendees to be on site. . Maybe the cutest pet contest or something event/topic-focused that does not require attendees to be on site. . Cocktail Class.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Rather than asking people to donate material items directly to your organization, you can create a public wish list on an e-commerce site like Amazon where your donors can buy items you need directly online. Designate a night for a few fun games of virtual bingo. Sports tricks contest. Design challenge. Bingo night.

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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. The design is very important. I'm sure I've missed something.

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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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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

If you have a job that doesn’t require someone to be on site, consider letting volunteers do it remotely. Some possible remote volunteer jobs include writing newsletters, designing websites, consulting and even making small items that can be mailed in.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Canva is a great tool for designing images. You can use a Facebook event, Eventbrite or a simple campaign site like splashthat. Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Website or event page so people can find it. Bike-a-Thon. World Bicycle Day (June 3). Tour-de-France (July).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

See the full contest website to learn more about the competition, presented by Invest Early , to gather and share stories about the importance of interactions and learning opportunities for babies and young children. Please visit the site to view this video). Please visit the site to view this video).

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

Stand-out peer-to-peer fundraising platform features Host campaigns for multiple event types — runs, walks, rides, and more Make fundraising fun with contests, head-to-head matchups, and drawings Embed your donation pages and fundraising thermometers into your website Pricing Learn more about OneCause’s pricing plans. Seek customer support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I had the pleasure of designing a panel about how Networked Nonprofits use Twitter with Claire Williams of Twitter and Danielle Brigida from NWF. I love designing panels, not only the content but the interactive piece as well. We opened with a question about what we thought were the most innovative approaches in contests.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

It is fueled by easy-to-use blog software, social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and the online video phenomenon of YouTube, and a thousand other video sharing sites. One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. The prize has to be significant, or seem significant to the target audience. (It

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pumpkin Carving Contest. come judge the contest. There will be some people who can’t make it to the event but would like to contribute, so set up an online fundraising site to capture those missed donations! You could also have custom race t-shirts designed to feature all of your teams and sponsors.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation, to the best videos of the year found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program —a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions. FAQs - Answers to all your most pressing contest questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

It is designed for both individuals and organizations. Individuals can browse the site and find local nonprofits and make a donation online. The site is powered by Razoo, a giving platform. This site, " I Live Here, I Give Here " is to draw attention to giving to local nonprofits in Austin, TX. I Live Here, I Give Here.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Your plan should also include what you’ll do when you’re NOT asking for money like donor communications, stewardship, and warm touches — all designed to give the donor a GREAT experience. You might get really excited about restaurant nights, candle parties, t-shirt sales, or voting contests. GoFundMe or other crowdfunding sites.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Since both apps allow you to share your video creations on other sites (such as Twitter and Facebook), Instagram and Vine videos are a low-cost and low-tech way to create and share short videos with any audience. Like Instagram, the Vine app is designed to be very easy to use. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Other work might be creative such as coming up with a name for a new product or company or designing a logo, website or brochure or producing a 30-second video spot. For nonprofits, crowdsourcing work can be a cost-effective way of taking care of repetitive tasks through sites like Crowdflower, Castingwords, and Clickworker.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2014

The term "virtual volunteering" is a contested term. Some people define oh-so-strictly: remote volunteers who never come on-site at an organization, and all of their service is conducted online. So I went through the workshop and then, at the end, asked the question again. This time: Yes: 58% No: 42%.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2014

GE saved millions in fuel costs through a contest to reduce the weight of a bracket on their jet engine. While the GE engineers had been stumped, the winning design was submitted by a young engineer who reduced the weight by 84%. Hiring a design agency can run tens of thousands of dollars.

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Forum One

MARCH 15, 2010

Among other things, the Directive has led to a proliferation of innovative " ideas sites " across the federal agencies. The report cites a number of examples of successful contests, including from DARPA, Energy Department, EPA, and the U.S. Contests unfortunately are difficult to design well and run.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Round three of #CelebrateAdobeCC — our three-month contest highlighting how nonprofits use Adobe products to spotlight their work and mission — is a wrap. Enjoy the video, and thanks for all the creativity shared by the nonprofits that participated in our contest. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom. Why GoFundMe is a Fundraising Game-Changer: While the GoFundMe platform can be used to raise money for any cause – like funding a vacation – charitable causes are some of the most successful campaigns on the site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

” Here’s what I learned: There are hundreds and thousands of Facebook apps designed to add a specific functionality to your brand page to help customize it. There are third-party developers who sell apps for business purposes, some offer freebies: Wildfire , Parachure , Involver , Buddy Media , and Tab Site.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

(Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Plan for any additional staff and budget needed for technology, design, content, online advertising, and other implementation costs for the year. How do think your target audiences will prefer to get info for this initiative?

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See3

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

President Continuing the move to user generated content and political involvement, a new site launched where people can upload videos saying farewell to President Bush. Farewell Mr. President is a basic video sharing site designed for a little catharsis in the count down to having a new president.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Created by local NYC students, this game is designed to be played in and around city libraries and teaches players how to use library resources. Players can choose from a variety of games, such as a match games, solitaire, or puzzle games, and pick a charity to play for, like the Animal Rescue Site or the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

These are my notes for webinar about Nonprofits and Slideshare , a social site where community members share presentations, documents and pdfs. National Wildlife Federation uses Slideshare for its presentations, but also to promote the winners of their photo contests. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Social Actions has designed the Change the Web contest to stimulate innovative and effective web application development that facilitate social actions. It can be an application for any web enabled device -- IPhone, web site, blogs, Facebook, or other social networks. The winning application will receive $10,000.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

A food-related event usually entails a few individuals sitting around and eating a meal served on-site at the location. Virtual tours can be surprisingly pleasurable and rejuvenating while not having to travel anywhere — just let a tour guide show you around a museum, ancient site, city, or gallery while live streaming to a group of people.

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See3

JULY 12, 2007

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 JUL 12, 2007 How many site visitors do you have?

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

If you don’t know about Flickr , it’s a popular photo sharing site that can be used by nonprofits. The concept is simple: you choose a photo of a baby seal, create a caption for it, and upload it directly to their Flickr account (using Flickr’s interface that is built into the Humane Society’s site). Why do this?

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See3

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

The site and corresponding outreach campaign are designed to educate the American public about why US engagement in the world and the alleviation of global poverty is critical. As we say on the site, it’s the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. A marketing campaign is launching this month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Youthprise, a youth-serving nonprofit and grantmaking organization put up $14,000 in prize grants for the contest. Jeff Achen is the interactive media strategist for GiveMN.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Go to newschallenge.org during the submissions phase and click the "add your entry" button anywhere on the site. The contest is open to anyone — including journalists, local election officials, civic technologists, academics, businesses, nonprofits, governments, and individuals. An Online Community Building Effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

It is a Facebook application that I can click on and it takes over to the web site campaign where I can click and their sponsor donates.19 Here's what I like the campaign design: It's easy and makes me feel good. It takes me to the web site and there are plenty of opportunities for me to opt into getting in their lists.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

Facebook fundraising tools are designed to keep people on the site rather than send them to a crowdfunding platform or other website. Host polls and contests to engage your audience. And they’re scrolling through Facebook every day anyway. To sweeten the incentive, Facebook charges no fees.

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