NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Provide samples of everything.

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Support Fundraising Sample Raise 270

NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

Make it easy for them by providing samples of everything they’ll need. Sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts, employee memos, phone scripts, communication plans, and anything else they’ll need to inspire and manage their team. Include a sample script of what to say to team members. Providing Resources. Role of Nonprofits.

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Causes Sample Script Support 202

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group? In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. If you have, you certainly aren’t alone.

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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! Sign up for the event or learn more here.

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Brain Brazil Websites Data 79

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

" AGC Coversational Case Studies: Students for a Free Tibet: A mindful social media strategy for campaigns or contests – Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are evaluating the second America's Giving Challenge and are sharing case studies from the winners. Here are my top trends in sustainable social media (hat tip to Reuters)."

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Web Bookmarking Contest Case Study 114

NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Include a sample email and talk about the impact of gifts ( Did you know just raising $25 can provide sick kids with a toy this holiday?). I haven’t received any gifts and frankly don’t have the time. Instead, deliver a message that tells them how easy it is to get started ( 1 in 4 emails you send will usually results in a donation ).

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Raise Money Fundraising Social Media 209

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

"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. "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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Web Bookmarking Contest Storytelling 126

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Do they feel that one day Twitter and Facebook are going to bring in the big bucks and build a huge base of activists that will come to your organization’s rescue when you need their help the most? Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. So we need to remember that with social media! Doing Good.

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Web Contest Philanthropy Bookmarking 180

Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

You can use a Facebook event, Eventbrite or a simple campaign site like splashthat. Or host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have your own tip jars for people to support their favorite competitors in the form of donations. Canva is a great tool for designing images. Website or event page so people can find it.

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Ideas Fundraising Movie National 98

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities.

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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. They did keyword searches on Twitter to talk to people they have something in common with, began engaging people on Facebook with conversation topics, and pinning images on Pinterest to get the sharing going.

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Social Contest Campaign Twitter 192

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

." 1 vote can equal $1 million « Nonprofit Communications: Duck Call Blog – "Today is the first day people can vote in the final round of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. Between now and January 22, people who add the application can vote up to five times for five individual charities.

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Web Haiti Bookmarking Lesson 132

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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Technique Community Images Contest 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Not two minutes had passed after I set up my birthday campaign and added it to my profile, I got pinged from Facebook friends asking how they could install it. Celebrating Birthdays is definitely part of Facebook culture.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. A Facebook page that has a lot of engagement. I’ll walk you through these steps, plus you’ll go home with my color-coded, detailed annual fundraising plan template AND a sample plan! Can you do it? A large base of support.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

You might get really excited about restaurant nights, candle parties, t-shirt sales, or voting contests. And you need a decent-sized audience before you’ll raise decent money from Facebook. Step 2: Choose the RIGHT Fundraising Strategies When your nonprofit is new, it’s easy to grab at any opportunity for some quick cash.

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Template Fundraising Nonprofit Calendar 111

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The Internet, especially the mobile web, encourages rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources. 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.

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Audience Video Camera Library 58

Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Teach Supporters to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Provide samples of everything. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Encourage them to use their social network.

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Support Fundraising Sample Tips 39

Care2

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

Remember the early days of social media when you did not have to cut through all of the noise and things felt more like a community rather than a popularity contest? This is a key principle in the book Amy Sample Ward of NTEN and I wrote about in our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere.

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Social Media Media Social Strategy 28

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 28, 2011

There’s an Appendix in the back that has tips on engaging your Board in fundraising, complete with a sample Fundraising Agreement you can use. You get 2 months of support to help you, including weekly Q&A calls and a private Facebook group so you can ask all the questions you want as you’re working through the book.

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Contest Sample Fund Template 56

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.). Test 3-4 new Facebook Ads: Test different ad types (promoted post, sponsored story, etc.), What are the short-term and long-term goals and objectives?

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Online Tips Calendar Test 71

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 28, 2011

There’s an Appendix in the back that has tips on engaging your Board in fundraising, complete with a sample Fundraising Agreement you can use. You get 2 months of support to help you, including weekly Q&A calls and a private Facebook group so you can ask all the questions you want as you’re working through the book.

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Contest Sample Fund Template 53

NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The internet’s popularity contest at your fingertips. See a sample Listening Dashboard here ]. Tags: Marketing and Communication Social Media #nptech Facebook Google Reader Listening Non-Profit social media Social Media Monitoring Social Media Strategy Social Media Tools Twitter YouTube. Pretty simple eh?

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Social Media Media Social RSS 171

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

You can follow Beth on Twitter at @fakeplasticfish , on the Fake Plastic Fish Facebook page , and on her personal Facebook page. We won the costume contest. She is also an advisor to the Plastic Pollution Coalition and a contributing editor for BlogHer.com. Click here to find a watch party near you. Now that was fun!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. At the end of every presentation, they put up a slide where students can either 1) join their cause on Facebook or 2) text them to sign up. It works really well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. We created a wiki full of sample avatars, banners, widgets, videos, audio clips, etc. How did you get the $50,000 from Western Union Foundation via Facebook?

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Social Network Site Network Disaster 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Does your organization stream live on Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook? Text or attractively designed images on Twitter, Linkedin, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Clubhouse, etc. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc. Touch the work.

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Donor Sponsor Accessibility Music 337

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. Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. Amy Sample Ward writes about the new plugin launched by Social Actions that will place ???possibly

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Nptech Social Fundraising Plugin 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

For example, I share them on my welcome tab on my Facebook Page and on my LinkedIn profile. 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. And it isn’t just individuals.

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Slideshare Network Michigan Remix 99

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Encourage your current fundraising participants to push their efforts on #GivingTuesday by hosting a fundraising contest. Set up a #GivingTuesday fundraiser resource page with fundraising tips and sample content to post to their Facebook and Twitter pages throughout the day of the campaign.

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Turkey Social Media Comparison Raise 39

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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Social Media Social Network Linkedin Registration 134

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Sarah - presidential commition on women in legisltation, legislator read our email wanted to do it and wrote a bill, so to raise awareness and support we asked people in membership what they wanted to see, asked them to come to us, gave qualitative feedback, had a tweetcast with feedback on Twitter, used facebook and tracking membership and.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Our friends at Epic Outreach do a GREAT job of telling their story on Facebook using photos and video. Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. I’ve got more tips on creating great videos along with some samples here. And Facebook Live videos will get a lot of attention for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

And because you probably can't eat that much - unless, of course, you're Joey Chestnut - you put many small samples on your plate instead. American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest. You can read a case study about the winner of the first contest here. But that would be a lot of content!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

As part of that role, I was in charge of our various social media channels, including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Well, that’s my dog and he’s pretty cute, but Beth and Katie are also running a dog vs cat photo contest. In the book, Beth and Katie identify a number of themes. Why the dog photo?

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Measure Review Network Case Study 222

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

All we needed to say was I heard they were using facebook; or my son has a YouTube account so I’ll have him set up ours. If facebook was blocked, then start working on facebook at home. We can stop saying that facebook is our strategy and start saying that facebook is one part of our engagement strategy.

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Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

DIY – Do-it-yourself events are skyrocketing in popularity, with people on Facebook starting their own fundraisers for causes they care about. For instance, the Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity hosted a wildly successful Gingerbread Home Build contest, bringing in 132% over their goal.

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Ideas Fundraising Virtual Fun 59