Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

NTEN has just announced the first NTC video competition. In fact, there's an NTEN Affinity Group for video blogging where you can get advice, ask questions, or share what you know. Chris Burke is winner of Save the Net viral video contest - check out the video here. Check this out.

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . include NTEN member organization Idealist.org. Tags: community buzz nten members.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Yesenia Sotelo, Director of New Media, Jasculca Terman and Associates This will be Yesenia Sotelo's fifth NTC, but she was once a first-timer and is a self-designated introvert. Here, she shares some of her networking tips that will make anyone look like an NTC pro. NTC usually provides breakfast and lunch. Bring business cards.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Visit the contest site today and cast your vote! This year’s winners will be announced March 14th, 2014 at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington D.C. We received a wide array of funny, moving and informative videos that embraced strong storytelling to communicate important messages. Individuals can vote once per day.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. The $10,000 prize winner will be announced at the NTC ! It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together!

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

This year, winners will again have the chance to win one of four $2500 grants generously provided by the Case Foundation , awesome video cameras from Flip Video , a free registration to next year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference provided by NTEN and more. Learn more about the contest guidelines and how to submit your video!

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MARCH 6, 2013

The contest is presented by YouTube , See3 Communications , and NTEN with generous sponsorship by Cisco. But the awards are much more than a contest. Winners will also receive free registration for next year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). The DoGooder Video Awards are taking submissions starting March 4, 2013.

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APRIL 9, 2009

We've run a video contest with See3 Communications for three years running now, and every year, we've more than doubled the number of entries. This is topic Michael Hoffman will tackle at his NTC session , " You Made a Video: Now What ?" Tags: 09NTC michael_hoffman NPTech NTEN video. We'll make a video!"

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MARCH 10, 2011

Visit the contest website here. See3 and YouTube will announce the winners live at the NTC and on the YouTube homepage on March 19th. For full contest details, visit: [link]. Along with the other partners, See3 Communications and YouTube hope you can vote now and vote often to help select the winners! Why Vote What?

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NTEN

MARCH 29, 2012

Instead of running throughout the entire conference – and competing with everything else on the agenda – the Science Fair takes place only on the first day of the NTC; it's the sole focus of the conference at that time. In celebration of our 40th birthday on April 1, 2012, CDS Global is bringing the party to NTC 2012! CDS Global.

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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. Kell Partners hired some veteran nonprofit technologists (and NTEN members) Tompkins Spann, Julie Macalik, and Julie Loyd.

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MAY 4, 2009

Although I hate the idea of talking over lunch, I'm glad that two years ago, under former ED Katrin Verclas, we added the awards ceremony to our closing lunch at the NTC. Flickr Photo: ann.a.liese The NTEN Award is given each year to a person who lives the values of our community. Tags: 09NTC awards NPTech NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

John didn't know he was making a promo for one of my NTC sessions! The NTC Conference is a little more than two months away and I'm really looking forward to conversations with colleagues and meeting others face-to-face for the first time. I'm the moderater for the NTEN online affinity group that focuses on Flickr for Nonprofits.

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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.

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APRIL 3, 2009

Can you edit the videos your supporters created for your video contest into something entirely new? Tags: 09NTC brian_rowe creative commons ip NPTech NTEN. When someone posts a positive comment on your blog, can you use it in your fundraising materials? How much of the New York Times technology blog can you quote on your own site?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Flicker photo: mastermaq Every year at the NTC , we partner with See3 to bring you the DoGooder Nonprofit Video awards. Everything you need to know about the contest: This year's contest is a bit different than before, but the concept is still the same: we're celebrating and recognizing the best in nonprofit video!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. We have the NPTech Meta Tag Feed (which aggregates about dozen feeds of NpTech tagged items and I'm still using for various reasons); Kikono.org (which uses an NpTech feed and digg like features) and now we have the two pipes from NTEN - the NTC pipe and the NpTech Pipe. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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JANUARY 12, 2015

The DoGooder National Video Awards contest opens today! The contest is presented in partnership with YouTube and See3 Communications. See contest rules here. If your organization is not already a member, just sign up before you enter the contest. 15NTC awards dogooder NTC video awards'

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JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The grand prize winner will be announced at NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in New Orleans on March 21. The finalists will be shown on www.DoGooder.tv

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DECEMBER 19, 2007

I will be leading a session about online video — more to come on that — and we are once again a sponsor of the DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards, sponsored by See3 and NTEN — more to come on that also. So, register for the NTC today and meet us March 19-21 in New Orleans! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Here's a preview: If you work up an appetite during Laura's session, she reminded me that there were a couple of contestants from the ATL on the last season of Top Chef. We can go visit their restaurants and talk shop: Woodfire Grill. Eno by Zara.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

NTEN set up an event area on Slideshare for the NTC 2010. Some events have set up branded channels, like the Bar Camp Channel. (5) NTEN’s WeAreMedia project has taken this a step further and uses Slideshare so trainers can remix each other’s decks. (7) 6) Training. 7) Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. Tim Fullerton from Oxfam America - who organized the campaign and will be speaking about at NTC - shared the URL of the YouTube video. This has also been done by NTEN and Netsquared. The youtube video is from Star Bucks Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

the skills identified in this workshop or sessions at the upcoming NTC designed to look at change issues that technology surfaces from the viewpoint of executive directors or IT staff might help. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. Social Media A couple of really useful posts on Facebook and Nonprofits.

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MAY 9, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Los Angeles, California: Happy Hour with Informal NTC Reports. Friday, May 13, 2016. Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Check out NOSI 's plans for NTC. There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

Instead of running throughout the entire conference -- and competing with everything else on the agenda -- the Science Fair takes place only on the first day of the NTC, and it's the sole focus of the conference at that time. It's also the setting for the conference's Opening Reception. Is Your Brand Mobile? Help your organization Go Mobile!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

I've been doing this for ten years as part of the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC. NTEN has two fantastic events this month! NTEN has two fantastic events this month! The Online NTC takes place September 16-17th - get a special 25% discount here. Registration here. It's open to 501c3's serving U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowd voting has been used in Cause Marketing. There has been an explosion of “Vote for Me&# contests that have become contests in techniques for vote getting and inspired cause fatigue at worst. Internet platforms make it is easy for crowds to vote, rate, and provide feedback. Think Yelp , eBay , or Amazon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

When I announced the contest, I thought there was one important book missing, Shel Israel's Twitterville. . - GIVE BACK by reporting out on what I have learned and how I am using the books, both internally (within my org.) and externally (with all of your fine readers!). So I said I'd kick in my copy.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Submit a video, photo, or another description sharing a creative way you share your heart to the CaringBridge Share Your Heart contest. Nicole is looking for examples of effective nonprofit infographics to showcase in her upcoming NTC workshop. How do you share your heart with family and friends?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

A recent example is the Humane Society's Spa Day Photo Contest which raised over $600,000. Another example is the campaign Holly Ross, at NTEN, just finished to raise $10,000 for NTC scholarships using social media tools and a lot of her personality. James Young, from Convio, spoke about these types of campaigns on the panel.

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