Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Intuit , the company that produces the favorite accounting software QuickBooks and financial management software Quicken (and TechSoup donor partner) is running a contest for small businesses (and nonprofits) to win a total of $35,000 in products, cash and free advertising. Tags: Finances Fundraising Grants for Technology.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2010

If you're not familiar with this contest and you want to jumpstart your creative inspiration, check out last year's winners. Stay tuned for details on an upcoming free webinar on creating successful marketing campaigns featuring Asthma Free School Zone , whose Idle-Free NYC campaign was a runner-up in the 2009 Show Your Impact contest.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2010

Taglines are incredibly powerful, which is why I'm always so excited when our fantastic board member Nancy Schwartz launches her tagline contest, and now she's back for round three! . All entrants will receive a free copy of the fully-updated 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Report in late fall. Say no more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Christian Canter is doing this work as a staff person with an established nonprofit that is using social media. Mark Horvath is doing this work as “free agent.&# Says Mark, “I’m pushy, screaming loud to end poverty. Some times free agents go on to form their own nonprofits like Amanda Rose and Manny Hernandez.

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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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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

NTEN is offering a chance to win a free registration for the Online Nonprofit Technology Conference this month. It's not only a great chance for some lucky non-profit folks to get free professional development, but there's a quick lesson in online marketing that you might be able to use in your own organization.( read more ).

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2010

Adobe and TechSoup Global are delighted to announce that we are now taking submissions for the Show Your Impact Design Contest ! Project Kindle used Adobe software from TechSoup to create a book that, in their words "… would be provided cost-free to hundreds of schools across the country. Enter Show Your Impact today !

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Tech Soup

MARCH 2, 2009

Well, time to get out your most awesomely-designed (yes, I did type MOST awesomely-designed) campaign materials and enter the 2009 Adobe Show Your Impact Nonprofit Design Contest ! If you're not familiar with this cool contest, check out last year's winners. See contest details for specific eligibility requirements).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

telling why they are deserving of the free membership and what makes them worthy of the recognition. Everyone nominated will be entered to win one of 50 free NTEN memberships , compliments of Convio! Share the contest with your peers and increase your odds of winning each time you use the hashtag #nphero on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. 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. " I agree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2010

World’s Best Presentation Contest 2010. Slideshare has run a regular contest, “The World’s Best Presentation,&# and this year is adding a nonprofit category. The contest is sponsored by 3M and there are some great prizes, including the 3M pocket projector and Macbook. Tags: storytelling.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Pro Tip: Write out your emails and social media posts ahead of time and schedule them to be sent out ( check out these free social media scheduling tools ). Get creative this year and brainstorm ways you can engage your supporters with a fully virtual or hybrid event, contests, matching gifts, and challenges.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

Pro Tip: Write out your emails and social media posts ahead of time and schedule them to be sent out ( check out these free social media scheduling tools ). Get creative this year and brainstorm ways you can engage your supporters with a fully virtual or hybrid event , contests, matching gifts, and challenges.

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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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have a second paid person, LaWanna Mitchell, who creates e-cards, games, screensavers, puzzles and a plethora of free downloads for our website. In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase. Tags: Social Media The Book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

After Marc finished reading the Networked Nonprofit , he was curious about crowdfunding and free agents, chapters in our book. In my small-scale “free agent” crowdfunding experiment for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, I ended up with $235 from 1,000 followers by the deadline. Here is what he learned. Guest Post by Marc van Bree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2007

Click to Flickr Photos Tagged with 07ntc in A Slide Show Presentation. Flickr Remix Photo Birthday Card Contest. Flickr Remix Photo Birthday Card Contest. And, did I mention this little tool was free? The question, "How can I display photos in flickr on my web site?" He pointed me to his blog entry about it.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 18, 2009

About Us | Overview | UX Test Kitchen - "The UX Test Kitchen is a nonprofit interactive agency providing free website and media development to other nonprofits. Tags: roundup bookmarks. These are some links I wanted to share from March 18th. Find me on Delicious for more! in cash for their organizations! Check it out! Check it out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV. The rules were simple, the winner who got the most retweets of a unique tag won. Jessica shares how she helped in the contest. . Tags: sxsw. Conclusion.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Norton Satellite from Symantec is a free app that scans your Facebook feed for malicious links, as well as your Dropbox and local files for malware. You can't tag and sync notes, however. The Box cloud storage app comes with 5GB of free storage to help you backup and manage your photos, documents, videos, and other files.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2009

They are sponsoring 50 free memberships for the heroes of the nonpropfit community. . telling why they are deserving of the free membership and what makes them worthy of the recognition. Everyone nominated will be entered to win one of 50 free NTEN memberships , compliments of Convio ! Tags: convio hero member.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Download the Free Guide Benefits of volunteer appreciation gifts Volunteers who feel noticed and appreciated are more likely to continue volunteering with you long-term and spread the word about how appreciative your organization is! You can host a contest for your volunteers to come up with designs for their blankets.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2009

All entrants will receive a free copy of the fully-updated 2009 Nonprofit Tagline Report in late 2009. Deadline to enter your organization in the contest is July 31st! Tags: challenge marketing award branding competition nonprofit tagline. To enter, simply submit this entry form - it will only take a few minutes. 2008 Winners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Beth Dunn's " Money for Nothing, IT for Free " has a post about the importance of considering the total cost of a technology investment even if it is free and some advice for getting started. There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft. Haven't dug into Digg yet?

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

Give sponsor shoutouts (be sure to tag their accounts) on all your social channels for additional sponsor visibility and engagement. Include the sponsor’s name in certain event activities, such as a “Hole-in-One Contest Presented by Sponsor” or “Sponsor Photo Booth.” Use social media.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

RoundTables are monthly hour-long chats, free for NTEN Members, moderated by an NTEN member from the field of Consulting, Communications, or IT -- depending on which RoundTable it is. Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Then we switched topics to Twitter. For my field?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The room was mostly filled with people from nonprofit organizations, some of whom had entered contests and others wanting to learn best practices. I did a quick icebreaker asking folks in the room to share two words — what comes to mind when you think about these online contests for nonprofits? Insights From Vegas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

But Acumen Fund is taking it a step further by announcing The Blue Sweater 500 , a competition that will provide copies of The Blue Sweater free of cost to the most creative ideas for using the book. To enter the contest and for information, read this post. Tags: Promotions.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

TechSoup's Ale Bezdikian tested out Vine during TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Contest. Price: Free Pros: Great storyboarding tools; Can import clips from camera roll (rather than internal app camera) Cons: Videos can only be five seconds. More Apps to Consider. Montaj (iOS). Adobe GroupPix (iOS). YouTube Capture (iOS).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. Congrats to Avaaz.org for the winning video in the NTC Video Contest. " and tells exactly why. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

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. You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

I hope you’ll also vote for my panel proposal, Nonprofits and Free Agents in A Networked World and while you’re there vote for the other awesome nonprofit panel proposals (I’ve shared a list below). Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. Marshall Kirkpatrick points us a tag 'PrezConference" for YouTube users to record their questions for the candidates on YouTube. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

One topic I’ve been researching is the answer to this Facebook question, “What free or low cost apps are there for nonprofit brand pages?” Sweepstakes Applet: If you considering running a contest, GOSO’s Sweepstakes applet makes it easy to manage. Additional Reading About Apps.

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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. If you have a topic or question you’d like to explore in an upcoming chat, feel free to let me know anytime! Hope to have you join us next time!

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2009

If you've got free time and some design chops, you may want to consider entering their Design for Change contest; if you have mutton chops, you may want to consider shaving. Tags: americorps design NPTech. AmeriCorps Alums wants you to design their new logo. For more information or to submit a design visit: [link].

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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. now for four years because it is simple, direct, and easy. "You are free to use the content, just me credit and/or a link." It turns to surprise when they see what is there and it free for the using. I've used this license.

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