Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Our democracy works best when everyone participates, and as nonprofits and social good organizations, it’s up to us to make sure our communities are engaged and voting. We work with communities of color, low-income families, young people, people with disabilities, and those who are limited English proficient.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

Networked Blogs app: If your organization is generating content on a blog, the Networked Blogs App lets you automatically post to your page. Survey Apps: Doing polls and quick surveys are great ways to engage your audience and there are apps for that. Poll Daddy Polls does simple polls (yes / no, three choices).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

This year my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation includes training, coaching, and facilitating peer learning sessions for grantees on using social media effectively, becoming a Networked Nonprofit. It has been incredible laboratory to put the big ideas in the book in practice.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Our work and social lives have moved online which means we spend an increased amount of time staring at our computer monitors. Consider adding trivia contests, virtual scavenger hunts, escape rooms, polls, and even traditional board games to your event agenda. Schedule Social Breaks and Activities.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

What Worked Then Won’t Work Now: How Nonprofits Can Shift Their Approach . There’s ample opportunity for both parties to continue to benefit post-event and leverage each other’s network strategically. Send out polls ahead of time that you can address during the live discussion. Download the Virtual Events Toolkit.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2014

The term "virtual volunteering" is a contested term. " We find that many organizations have an easier time accepting that five volunteers are working from their home, or work places, or coffee shops writing articles for the upcoming blog than accepting "We've introduced a virtual volunteering scheme!"

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

There are multiple ways to monetize online content; not everything will work for your organization or your users. Do schedule it during the middle of the week and work day; when in all probability the attendees will have the time. Allow attendees to promote the event to their network on social media for you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Knowledge: Subject matter expertise, research, polling, case studies. The work you do may be fascinating to donors or may have hidden value that you have overlooked. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc. Plug donor skills into the work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Screenshot of a poll from Philanthropy 2173 Still time to register your opinion! " Lucy Bernholz offers some commentary here and is taking a poll on the topic here. Be A Celebrity for Your Cause Katya Andresen from Network for Good has been busy working on the launch of the SixDegrees.org site with Kevin Bacon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

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. The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. GINKs is a knowledge network promoting the use of ICTs in development in Ghana.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

Traditional Events Traditional year-end fundraising events, such as galas, are meant to celebrate your hard work, reflect on your impact, and thank your donors and sponsors. Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background. We’re sharing ideas and resources on event fundraising. PHOTOGRAPHY: BFA.COM 2.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Traditional year-end fundraising events, such as galas, are meant to celebrate your hard work, reflect on your impact, and thank your donors and sponsors. Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background. Create a unique hashtag for the campaign for participants to use when they share with their social media networks.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The key is to work smarter, not harder. Here’s how to create it: Make note of ALL national holidays , especially days that most people are off work, and fill those holidays in on your calendar. Find the ones that mean something to your organization or that tie into the work you are doing and those you are serving.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 4, 2023

And it works! Sharing behind-the-scenes views of your organization, reporting on the individuals, communities, or organizations you’ve helped, or holding contests, polls, and surveys are all good ways to build engagement. However, it takes regular and consistent work. Specifically, you should follow the 80/20 rule.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Lee Romero has posted a nice guide to using wikis to support his Idealist group's work. The question is "When is video a good.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Our work and social lives have moved online which means we spend an increased amount of time staring at our computer monitors. Consider adding trivia contests, virtual scavenger hunts, escape rooms, polls, and even traditional board games to your event agenda. Schedule Social Breaks and Activities.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

We recently polled our TechSoup employees and NetSquared community on what they see as looming large in 2015. More people will be using their own devices to do their work and giving their IT teams more headaches. " The technology allows a single message to be shared en masse so that it rises above the noise of social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening. Tools like WordPress (website and blog content) and MailChimp (email marketing) are much easier to work with if users understand the premise of HTML and can make simple edits to WordPress or MailChimp generated HTML code.

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