AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Are Online Philanthropy Contests Worth the Effort? Some nonprofit leaders say they have had success with the contests, while others are skeptical of whether the campaigns benefit nonprofits or the corporate donor. Here are some highlights from the debate:

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Chase Online Contest Draws Ire for Technical Glitches - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : Chase Online Contest Draws Ire for Technical Glitches September 10, 2012, 6:24 pm By Cody Switzer The prospect of winning a grant from the annual Chase Community Giving contest prompts (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Before I take you behind the scenes of our NTEN board fundraiser for Giving Tuesday , let me ask you to consider to a donation of any size to support NTEN and the Nonprofit Technology Conference Scholarship campaign. The NTEN Board Giving Tuesday Campaign. How is your organization leveraging Giving Tuesday? Source: Blackbaud.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 28, 2022

If you create your online ticketing page with Greater Giving, the robust Online Payments platform can save guests time by storing credit card information for use in the auction. Some nonprofits have seen huge success incorporating audience reactions or contest submissions on the stream. Online donations and micro-giving.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

" Interactive: How America Gives – How America Gives – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas – The Chronicle of Philanthropy has launched a great new tool: an interactive map of giving data in the US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Give to the Max in Minnesota Day. GiveMN a new online resource that hopes to encourage more Minnesotans to give and help create a stronger nonprofit community for Minnesota. It is designed for both individuals and organizations. The site is powered by Razoo, a giving platform. I Live Here, I Give Here. 1) GiveMN.

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AFP Blog

MAY 3, 2010

Competitor Accuses Cancer Charity of Not Playing Fair in Pepsi Philanthropy Contest - Give and Take - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "The Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation's recent involvement in the Pepsi Refresh Contest has drawn criticism from supporters of an Illinois elementary school (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

It is intended to inspire actions like contributing to charities, educating one’s children about giving, volunteering for a nonprofit, or to encourage people in their networks to do the same. This campaign provides resources, a theme, and asking all who participate to unleash their creativity to spread generosity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. Pepsi decided to give away their Super Bowl ad budget and instead give away $1.3 If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The Chronicle of Philanthropy isn't known for giving away money, but for talking about how to get it. They've come up with a contest to benefit a few lucky nonprofits. Here's the deal: read more.

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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. to give away $5 million dollars this holiday season.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. " In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. On paper, it seemed simple enough. "Their money, our votes." " pleas.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Razoo is a social networking platform built to, "promote social good and to inspire others to get involved by making giving and serving fun, easy, and meaningful." It's a sister company of Geneva Global: Performance Philanthropy. Razoo social network net2 philanthropy water

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

” Data-driven philanthropy is based on fact and not on a gut feeling. Increased satisfaction, retention, and dollars raised because donors felt more positive about their giving experience. For more information on their study, visit the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy. . “Map out the story you need to tell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

Source: Philanthropy 2.0 Last week, Geoff Livingston , Qui Diaz and I posted a summary of our findings from our Philanthropy 2.0 research, a survey of the giving habits of the social media savvy, over at Mashable. The goal of our Community Philanthropy 2.0 Don’t prescribe, listen and learn.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

#GivingTuesday lives online through social media—as evidenced by the hashtag in its name—and aims to create a sense of global collaboration for an annual day of giving. Individuals reflected on why they gave to a certain nonprofit organization and then shared these personal stories in a contest form on the #GivingTuesday website.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. " In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. On paper, it seemed simple enough. "Their money, our votes." " pleas.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "In the last few years, more corporations have been experimenting with ways to give consumers a chance to help direct their charitable money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. We opened with a question about what we thought were the most innovative approaches in contests.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 30, 2008

The philanthropic blogosphere has been buzzing about Joshua Horwitz's Chronicle of Philanthropy piece, The Nonprofit Profession Lost Out in Oprah's Big Give. After watching the show's finale on April 21st, Horwitz wrote: "[T]he show ended up featuring amateur and embarrassing efforts at giving. It's all the same. It's charity!

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2010

Charitable Giving Dropped 5% in 2009. The bad economy had a big impact on nonprofits and charitable giving in 2009. billion (almost 5%) according the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College. What’s the ROI of Online Voting and Fundraising Contests?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

At the same time, its assets have grown from $120 million to about $600 million, after giving away $500 million. “To While idea challenges and social media contests are increasingly used by corporations, governments and in philanthropy, ideas4Oregon.org has a far larger potential fiscal reward than most. the retail enterprise.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

If someone asked you, and ten other contestants, to come up with the most creative way to, " take a given amount of money and other resources and multiply them before giving them away to help others ," would you win? That is the premise of Oprah's new reality show, "The Big Give." Oprah philanthropy

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’ve done this through social media, winning some of the early online fundraising contests. I also donated my share of the royalties from my first book, The Networked Nonprofit , to support the Sharing Foundation’s college education fund.

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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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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2012

Karamellzucker This week, NTEN members are giving and receiving discounted conference registration, accepting nominations for impressive games for change, and awarding grants for innovative media use. This research is conducted by Achieve and Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates in partnership with the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

This page will be updated as more Giving Tuesday resources come to light. To suggest more Giving Tuesday ideas, please email steven.shattuck@bloomerang.co. Get notified when additions are made to this page: Giving Tuesday is fast approaching! Each year, Giving Tuesday occurs the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Text-to-Give.

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CauseVox

MAY 3, 2021

On the other hand, if you have a sponsor who desperately wants to talk directly to potential clients, give them “office hours” where they can schedule one on one time with interested participants. When they sponsor your event, the local community sees their name and their commitment to philanthropy. Examples Of Sposor Benefits.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2009

The Chronicle of Philanthropy isn't known for giving away money, but for talking about how to get it. They've come up with a contest to benefit a few lucky nonprofits. Here's the deal: read more.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

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 MAR 12, 2008 Why do people give charity?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2009

To celebrate EIF's iParticipate initiative, The Chronicle of Philanthropy's VolunTV Challenge is inviting individuals and charity organizations to think of ideas for how volunteerism could be incorporated into their favorite TV shows. Enter the 2009 America's Giving Challenge. Send in your story pitches in writing or video.

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See3

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

If you didn’t help Beth win, you can still give $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation online and help kids in Cambodia.) The whole giving competition thing is complicated and I am not sure it’s healthy. The whole giving competition thing is complicated and I am not sure it’s healthy.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own. Get an iPhone.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Melissa Thompson is an activist filmmaker, documentarian, and senior video producer for Greenpeace USA , which recently ran a global contest to encourage its activist community to submit Vine videos in honor of Earth Day. This very simple video won an honorable mention in The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Six-Second Appeal Challenge.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

“To have the documentation of the transformation gives you material for powerful stories.&# Share and Enjoy: 5 Comments comment restr » Blog Archiv » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories [.] Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

“To have the documentation of the transformation gives you material for powerful stories.&# Share and Enjoy: 5 Comments comment restr » Blog Archiv » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories [.] Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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