AFP Blog

AUGUST 23, 2013

New Site Matches ''Crowdfunding'' and Cause-Driven Contests - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : A new organization called BigLeap is marrying “crowdfunding” Web sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe to competitions to attract dollars for innovative projects serving social goals, (..)

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 9, 2011

Nonprofit Offers Twitter Account to Contest Winner - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "Nonprofit Offers Twitter Account to Contest Winner. August 8, 2011, 7:55 pm. By Derek Lieu.

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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. Be passionate. Be creative. Be concise.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2012

Here at TechSoup, we are collaborating with the Foundation Center on upcoming webinars designed to provide you with new ideas and tools to aid your organization. The first of these free webinars, Mapping Philanthropy: How You Can Use Data Visualization to Do Good , will be held on Thursday, March 29 at 11 a.m. Pacific time.

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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. At this point, they are at number 80 on the leaderboard, not bad for an organization that had social media on its to do list for 2010. Tags: contest crowdsourcing. Photo: Jim Harrison.

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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. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

So, I thought, what's the best way to take the next step and integrate philanthropy into the mix? I'm introducing the the Green Charity Donation Contest! Include a sentence or two about an environmental cause or organization where we can make donation online via Network for Good. *. You have until February 11th. *

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking. That a local organization is more deserving than a national one?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

It's a sister company of Geneva Global: Performance Philanthropy. The Razoo community will vote on the winner from the pool of eligible organizations. At the moment they are accepting proposals for their "Change Your WATER World" Grant Contest until 11:59 pm Sep 14, 2007 EST. The winner will receive $1,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Harry's last green tip introduced the Charity Contest that allowed readers to submit a comment that included a suggestion about how to save energy or be green and the name of a charity. We're going to continue to include the $20 Charity Giveaway Contest (I still have a few gift cards that I got as gifts to recycle.)

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

This method makes complex concepts easier for your stakeholders to understand and makes it easier to have more informed discussions on the next steps your organization should take. ” Data-driven philanthropy is based on fact and not on a gut feeling. It can often be difficult to know where to start with your data. .

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AFP Blog

MAY 12, 2010

An Inside Look at How Small Charities Can Compete in Charity Contests - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "An Inside Look at How Small Charities Can Compete in Charity ContestsBy Peter PanepentoBeth Kanter, the social-media writer and consultant, wants to dispel the myth (..)

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Description: As non-profits turn their sights to the social web for mission delivery, advocacy, fundraising and awareness building, more for-profits organizations are supporting charity work with specialized programs and initiatives. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanford and Oxford Universities and was a Skoll Foundation Scholar.

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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 The goal of our Community Philanthropy 2.0 While there may be tremendous opportunity, your organization won't be able to reap the benefits if it is stuck in doing the same strategy year after year.

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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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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking. That a local organization is more deserving than a national one?

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

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. Project organizers analyzed the results from the 2015 and 2016 contests to find what helped them succeed and get more votes in 2017.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The competition we conducted as part of this panel surfaced a collection of case studies of organizations using social media in their program delivery. A process like this can ensure that lots of different ideas are included but that the competition can stay true to it’s purpose or the goals of the sponsoring organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

NTEN believes that finances should not be a barrier for small organizations to be able to access the resources and connections that the Nonprofit Technology Conference offers, so every year they offer scholarships to those who might not otherwise be able to attend. How is your organization leveraging Giving Tuesday?

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2012

Millennials are an important demographic for nonprofits to consider engaging in fundraising campaigns and within organizations in general. This research is conducted by Achieve and Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates in partnership with the Chronicle of Philanthropy. This year, the total is up to $5 million for innovative ideas!

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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. Tags: Online Grantseeking Running Your Organization Web 2.0 Here's the deal: read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Encouraging nonprofits to embrace this mode of fundraising was the point of the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge , one of the first giving contests launched back in 2007 where I was a first place winner raising funds for Cambodian children. Free Agents still find creative ways to make a difference today.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Vu is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the Executive Director of Rainier Valley Corps, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color,= and fostering collaboration between diverse communities. Kristen Hadeed. kristenhadeed.com. Kishshana Palmer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

NTEN believes that finances should not be a barrier for small organizations to be able to access the resources and connections that the Nonprofit Technology Conference offers, so every year they offer scholarships to those who might not otherwise be able to attend. How is your organization leveraging Giving Tuesday?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2009

Why am I so focused on this organization? Hopefully, this Sunday's New York Times Magazine , which is focused on women in the developing world, will convince more people to support organizations and policies that empower and educate all women and girls. What are your favorite organizations that serve women?

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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. Send in your story pitches in writing or video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

It is designed for both individuals and organizations. Or, if they want, they can launch their own fundraiser for an organization. For nonprofits, GiveMN offers simple, secure tools to achieve their goals. But we don't act on our values by giving more to charitable organizations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2014

The contest sought solutions to support and empower trafficking survivors. Chronicle of Philanthropy cited it as an example of how nonprofits are trying new ways to test: Caravan Studios, the TechSoup division that created the [SafeNight] app, has embraced a new management approach popular in Silicon Valley known as “lean start-up.

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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. Donors of all ages will be looking for meaningful points of engagement with your organization. None of them involve passive check-writing on behalf of your organization.

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CauseVox

MAY 3, 2021

Here are some of the best kinds of organizations and businesses to connect with: Local businesses: If there’s a business just down the street from you, they’re a great place to start when you look for event sponsors. When they sponsor your event, the local community sees their name and their commitment to philanthropy.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The New York organization last year collected more than 60 hours of footage of the organization’s workers and volunteers helping AIDS patients in Uganda, tsunami victims in India, and poor residents of El Salvador, and it soon plans to use that extra footage for an extensive online video campaign. Feed verfolgen.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The New York organization last year collected more than 60 hours of footage of the organization’s workers and volunteers helping AIDS patients in Uganda, tsunami victims in India, and poor residents of El Salvador, and it soon plans to use that extra footage for an extensive online video campaign. Feed verfolgen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I couldn’t help but also think how powerful it would be if an organization like the Case Foundation hosted a convening of those involved with various giving days and challenges to share best practices and learning, perhaps leading to something even global. Internal social media coordination, organization and planning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Both services are heavily used by people under 35, so if your organization wants to connect with younger audiences, these apps are a great way to do it. This very simple video won an honorable mention in The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Six-Second Appeal Challenge. Super-Short Video Examples. UNOS: This Breath Made Possible.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

” In the last five years alone, Dan has given over 275 talks on philanthropy and innovation in 34 states and eight countries. This ongoing study has been cited in hundreds of publications, including Forbes, TIME, Fast Company, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He is a William J.

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