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Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Amy Sample Ward

Whether you’re introducing a change in ownership, new staff, policy change, technical update, or something else, community members sometimes resist change. " Direct Energy | Direct Energy Contest | Reduce Your Use for GoodReduce Your Use – "Nonprofits, you know it: small changes can make a big difference.

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

I’m really excited and honored to be speaking today at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX, on a panel with Beth Kanter, Dave Neff, Holly Ross and Kari Saratovsky. I think you create balance by focusing the competition on the stages of: Open door policy for contributing/submitting. Public voting process.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Contest: User Generated Crap, er… Content

See3

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest. Among organizations, contests may seem like a short-cut to get compelling content, and cheaply. The current Heinz contest is a great example.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Just when you thought the election couldn’t get more fun…

See3

Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? All Rights Reserved Sitemap • Privacy Policy • Newsletter Sign-Up • Contact • About Us Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Nine Teddy Bear-Approved Tips for Getting Comments On Your Blog

NTEN

I’ve heard of folks creating user names and interacting as these personas to make it look like more people are engaged, but…we’re going for transparency and trust in our online communications and that’s, well, opaque. It’s along the lines of a weekly caption contest, but there’s an educational component to it. Push It Real Good!

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4 Tips for Using Facebook Fundraising for Year-End Giving

Achieve

Whether a conference, a gala, or a trivia contest, you can live stream the event directly on Facebook. Your supporters can experience the event and interact with their friends and family near and far all at the same time. Not only do your supporters likely already know how to navigate the platform, but they already have profiles.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I did an interactive master class on networked leadership and the practices of becoming a networked nonprofit for over 300 nonprofits seated at round tables as the last session of the day.

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