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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 11, 2010
All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. But consider the following: Networking.
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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Tech Soup
DECEMBER 16, 2014
And last week, the British Environment Agency announced it would share real-time water-level measurements taken every 15 minutes with apps that will use them to warn residents to prepare for floods caused by rising rivers. You can see some of the apps generated by the contest at civicapps.org.). Have you done it yourself? spanhidden.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 17, 2010
Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. Its true impact has yet to be measured, but Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and every other social media platform have already caused a revelation in how people want to communicate.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 31, 2013
Our first thought was something along the lines of, success means: “3,000 twitter followers by the end of the year” or “A Facebook post with 25 likes.” Our main advice to others is to create an environment in which each participant is free to speak candidly and without the fear of going off topic.
Have Fun - Do Good
JANUARY 21, 2009
A DV (Domestic Violence) Awareness app provided by People Against a Violent Environment , that says that the organization receives all of the profits from the sale of the application. GoPlanit.com's Pet Earth game where the earth is your virtual pet to take care of. A ConsumerReports.org app to take shopping.
NTEN
NOVEMBER 20, 2008
But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Raising money in a micro-philanthropic environment will come naturally to these groups. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them.
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