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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 14, 2011
I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits!
Amy Sample Ward
MARCH 1, 2012
—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits.
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Amy Sample Ward
MARCH 24, 2011
This month’s chat focused mainly on sharing lessons and examples from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , which took place in Washington, DC, last week. Hyper-local communities. Contests to encourage content sharing. Some of the topics from the chat include: Engaging specific ethnic groups/communities.
Whole Whale
APRIL 14, 2022
Canva is a great tool for designing images. Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Do a walk-slash-hike for charity: Choose the tallest peak in your town or neighborhood (unless you live in Washington or Oregon, then find something a bit more manageable). Bike-a-Thon.
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. to respond to a quick survey about their own behaviors.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 1, 2012
I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
This weekend, I got to spend some time at a beautiful conference center on Falling Leaf Lake with 140 grassroots environmental organizations, all grantees of Patagonia, at the Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference. Instagram Contests and Hashtags. Thanks @kanter @patagonia for the #keepemwet love at #patagoniatoolsconference.
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