Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

We’ll highlight best practices for promoting events on Instagram using creative marketing strategies that will help your opportunity stand out from the crowd. Build excitement through your Instagram event promotion by posting teasers about your event line-up, contests, and ticket deals. Host contests and giveaways to boost engagement.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 23, 2023

From pumpkin carving contests to haunted houses, there are so many ways to embrace this new season with fresh ideas. It is important to consider questions like these. Don’t worry, we will share more questions to ask yourself and ideas below. Are you: Curating a kid-friendly fundraiser that caters to families?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This opportunity may be of interest to Influence followers or your colleagues: The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health is seeking essay submissions that answer the following question in 500-800 words by midnight, November 20th 2009: "What is the most important thing the U.S. can do to improve global health over the next 15 years?"

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NetWits

JANUARY 25, 2012

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Strive to answer their questions before they even think of them. This group will be tough to motivate, so focus on incentives, contests and convenience. Include reminders about deadlines and contests.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

This is the second post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. BCC is an absolute worst practice, please don’t do it. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Host a pub-style quiz for your community and include some questions about your mission as a fun way to share your organization’s impact. Nowruz poetry contest Nowruz, also known as the Persian New Year, is another opportunity to celebrate with your community if you serve a Persian community. Pub quiz Everyone loves a bit of trivia!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

And their book provides readers clear and practical insights to help them succeed in making those connections. When we started writing, we were inspired by the question: What separates truly transformational leaders from the rest of the pack? Be sure to read the highlighted key principles and takeaways at the end of every chapter.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities. Benefits.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Today’s Community Builder chat focused on examples and best practices for connecting on and offline community activities, events, and organizing. It was a really rich discussion – thank you to all those who joined in, shared, asked questions, and contributed! Recap: October. Get the October Chat archive. Upcoming: November.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

And their book provides readers clear and practical insights to help them succeed in making those connections. When we started writing, we were inspired by the question: What separates truly transformational leaders from the rest of the pack? Be sure to read the highlighted key principles and takeaways at the end of every chapter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The content we presented went from high level overview to on the ground practice, with each chunk punctuated with an interactive exercise with the audience that allowed them to share insights with another people in the room. We opened with a question about what we thought were the most innovative approaches in contests.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

And their book provides readers clear and practical insights to help them succeed in making those connections. When we started writing, we were inspired by the question: What separates truly transformational leaders from the rest of the pack? Be sure to read the highlighted key principles and takeaways at the end of every chapter.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2023

And their book provides readers clear and practical insights to help them succeed in making those connections. When we started writing, we were inspired by the question: What separates truly transformational leaders from the rest of the pack? Be sure to read the highlighted key principles and takeaways at the end of every chapter.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. While success stories may have provided ideas, these sessions will let fundraisers “ask the experts” and get their questions answered. When someone creates a fundraising page, call to say thanks and answer questions. Provide samples of everything.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

This time around, my topic was Crowdsourcing vs Community-Sourcing, answering questions about the difference is and what the opportunities are for organizations looking to get connected outside their organization. This is your learning in practice part! Answers: hybrid all around (sorry, it’s the trick question!).

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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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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

And their book provides readers clear and practical insights to help them succeed in making those connections. When we started writing, we were inspired by the question: What separates truly transformational leaders from the rest of the pack? Be sure to read the highlighted key principles and takeaways at the end of every chapter.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

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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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Explore this definitive guide to learn more about Giving Tuesday, get great campaign ideas, and soak up some best practices. Giving Tuesday FAQs 15+ Surefire Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas to Set You Up for Success Giving Tuesday Campaign Best Practices. Pro tip: Include some questions about Giving Tuesday—just don’t make them too hard!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

While we've used traditional research methods, including a survey of 720 Challenge Participants and interviews, we are facilitating “Conversational Case Studies” that explore best practices in integrating social media with fundraising campaigns by the America’s Giving Challenge (AGC) winners.

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CauseVox

MARCH 4, 2021

To help you out, we’re going to share some of the best practices we’ve learned through those fundraisers, then share examples of the types of fundraisers you can try. Best Practices For Fraternity and Sorority Fundraising. Here are 6 of our best practices that will supercharge any sorority or fraternity fundraiser: 1.

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Forj

JULY 5, 2017

Shawn Martin , Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Practice Advancement, and Policy, . You will also hear about current and planned provisions like “virtual groups” in the QPP intended to help solo and small group practices. Erickson , MPH, Vice President, Governmental and Medical Practice, American College of Physicians (ACP).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

Photo by Dietrich of Joey Chestnut, Winner of the 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in 2008. It’s quite another to put it into practice. This can be put practice by using listening (and engaging techniques) for program development. Let me explain.

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Register Now ! Have you ever thought to yourself, “ hummm, I wish I could turn my non-fundraising participants or low-dollar fundraisers into money raising superstars! ”? Sounds familiar, right?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2014

" If few or no people raise their hands, I ask the question again at the end of my workshop. So I went through the workshop and then, at the end, asked the question again. The term "virtual volunteering" is a contested term. And the numbers always change. The results: Yes: 32% No: 68%. This time: Yes: 58% No: 42%.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. It is framed as a kind of study guide; pop-outs provide questions that tease out opportunities and tensions in the narrative.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Focus on how their past gifts are still making a difference and give them opportunities to ask questions about your organization. This is a type of event where donors pay a fee to be a part of a contest where the “last person standing” receives some sort of prize. In your own calls with donors, try and steer away from direct asks.

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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. Techniques for More Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

What questions did you ask? During our brainstorming session we posed such questions as, “What is the point of using social media?” and “Who are the ACLU-NJ’s stakeholders?” These questions were submitted to the brainstorming team the day beforehand so each person had time to reflect. What prep did you do? What was hard?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

It is always good to have a place to start to read up on a topic before searching online. John’s book takes you through the technical and practical aspects of marketing on Facebook, particularly brand pages. Sweepstakes Applet: If you considering running a contest, GOSO’s Sweepstakes applet makes it easy to manage.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Community manager members were invited to ask their most pressing questions and share their best practices. The topic questions and responses are outlined below. The purpose of managing customer service is to answer questions and address experiences with products and/or services an organization offers.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

The contest ends on April 24, 2017, so get those submissions in soon. Descriptive analytics (hindsight): This answers the question of "What happened?" Diagnostic analytics (insight): This answers the question of "Why did it happen?" Check out his book for more examples and practical tips. More Secrets.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Answer questions such as: How do I start a Facebook fundraiser? Whether a conference, a gala, or a trivia contest, you can live stream the event directly on Facebook. is a best practice for your team already. Consider creating a page on your website or a post on your blog that covers the basics of Facebook fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. While success stories may have provided ideas, these sessions will let fundraisers “ask the experts” and get their questions answered. When someone creates a fundraising page, call to say thanks and answer questions. Provide samples of everything.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Great question. To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next? a) Non-Discrimination. b) Void States. Submission Restrictions. (a)

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