sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

To improve your planning process and get the best results, use these tips: Align your campaign message with the holiday. Explain to them how the process works, provide basic fundraising tips, and give them tools to use like email templates and social media graphics. Recruit loyal supporters to fundraise for your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2010

As part of the process, we are facilitating “Conversational Case Studies” that explore some of the themes that have surfaced from surveys. This case study explores how a small nonprofit, Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) , a contest winner in the first and second America’s Giving Challenges, is using social media effectively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2022

Examples include text-to-give campaigns, merchandise fundraisers, and virtual contests. Once your donations are processed, you receive a check in the mail for the shoes collected. There are countless ways to implement contests into your fundraising strategy. The best part is that contests are very easy to host online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I've written a lot lately about contests ( Chase Community Giving and Pepsi Refresh ) here in the United States that are focused on "social media for social media." While Ennovent , a social enterprise, is very different from a major consumer brand in the US, I think we can learn a lot about the design of the contest. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Thankfully, there are a few steps that you can take to remove the stress from the membership renewal process. If they need to spend several minutes filling in the form, people will often deem the process too difficult and they’ll choose not to renew. You can automate the system to make this process easier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Rather than donating the money to nonprofits through a traditional corporate responsibility grant program, Pepsi will jump on the online contest bandwagon. Pepsi will have contests every month for 10 months beginning Jan. The groups say that until Chase made changes to the contest, they appeared to be among the top 100 vote-getters.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

Marnie Webb, one of TechSoup Global's CEOs was a judge for their contest, where winners are highlighted below. Presentation Contest! And a big congratulations to all the presentation contest participants. To process your donation, we will contact you directly via the email you used to register for SlideRocket.

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Care2

AUGUST 20, 2009

We're no strangers to the world of video contests. This week, we've helped launch a video contest around one specific issue: driving smarter. We talk about why they chose to do a video contest, what the process involves, and how they plan for success.

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See3

APRIL 22, 2010

We recently announced the winners of the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards, but the contests don’t end there. Our friends at the American Constitution Society have just announced a contest of their own. Tags: Video youtube contest video camera. The deadline is May 15, 2010, so get your camera out and act fast!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

18th at 10:00 am w/ four days to go in the voting process.). launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In other contests, the leaderboard has been updated in real time. For example.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In celebration of the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest in partnership with NetSquared. The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest challenges anyone to design an app for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 that can make a positive difference. Here are some tips.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Converting traditional paper registration forms, checks, and receipts to online registration with secure payment processing saves event organizers and committees untold amounts of time and effort. 6) Live-Score the Tournament.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

I tried ChatGPT and can tell you it writes wonderful haikus, crafted a pretty decent Valentine’s Day message for my sweetheart, and correctly predicted many of the matchups in my colleagues’ Holiday Movie bracket contest. AI in Grant Applications Perhaps the most obvious place to start would be the application process.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2020

It’s a fairly straightforward process. The “best” definition is pretty straightforward – it is a nonprofit which received the highest number of applications during the contest period. Step One: Create a page for your organization on RemoteHub. Next, add a cover picture, company photo, headline, and description.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 25, 2023

Create Ambassador Contests One of the main reasons ambassador fundraising and marketing is so successful is the element of competition. But there are plenty of other ways to implement an ambassador contest. Therefore, it’s important to define your contest elements in advance. Let’s begin.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

It provides a suite of tools and features that streamline and enhance the entire fundraising process, from creating compelling campaigns to processing donations securely and efficiently. One of the standout features of Flipcause’s donation processing is its user-friendly interface.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Intuit , the company that produces the favorite accounting software QuickBooks and financial management software Quicken (and TechSoup donor partner) is running a contest for small businesses (and nonprofits) to win a total of $35,000 in products, cash and free advertising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

” This is a simple process for getting participants to prioritize ideas or decisions. This process isn’t a popularity contest or a way to force a decision. Here is a step-by-step for the process, whether or not you do it face-to-face or online. Step 2: Start the process. Step 1: Set up the vote.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group? In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. If you have, you certainly aren’t alone. The ins and outs.

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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. Pumpkin Patch Create a charming pumpkin patch and offer fun activities like pumpkin carving contests, hayrides, and pumpkin painting. Charge admission for the thrill-seekers who want to experience the scares.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Use the planning process to get internal buy in from staff. JCamp 180 : If you are rolling out a big project, break it down is small chunks for easier monitoring. If the project includes an assessment and learning process, design it so people can easily learn from one another.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Not the ones with the fake contests and contrived conflicts, but the ones that pit you against the weather, the wildlife, and the natural environment. It’s just the contestants against the hard, cruel world, and it either brings out the best or the worst in people. What processes and policies are currently in place?

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Greater Giving

JUNE 4, 2024

Run Social Media Giveaway or contest: Host a giveaway where participants share their favorite summer memories while tagging your organization. Another option is to partner with a few local businesses that relate to your mission to host a giveaway and gain more followers in the process.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Organic posting, running contests, and incorporating social media marketing in emails are all great ways to get started on your branding journey. Run a contest! Contests are a great way for nonprofits to quickly extend visibility and get their audience involved and engaged. How to become an expert on social media branding.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2010

If you haven't heard the buzz, the 2010 Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest is on. The judging process hasn't even begun, and we've already received dozens of remarkable submissions. Contest winners will receive a $1,000 cash grant plus their choice of one of Adobe's CS5 Premium software packages.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. The process of writing your annual fundraising plan will be transformational and freeing. Start the planning process by looking at what you have already done. Can you do it? Do you really want to make fundraising so hard?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. – "Join Vivanista in sharing the love of philanthropy by participating in our Love of Philanthropy photo contest that showcases images of what it means to be philanthropic." So we need to remember that with social media! Doing Good.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It’s the process of getting your supporters to fundraise on your behalf. Host events such as 5Ks or even contests in which dollars are counted as votes. In that fundraiser format, participants with the largest dollar amount raised on a personal fundraising page are the contest winner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

You're looking at widget created by Lend4Health as part their participation in the Ideablob contest to win $10,000 for new small business ideas. You need to register and go through a verification process.  They have enough votes to become a finalist, and they're one of eight content entrants in the "final showdown."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2019

Instead of mailing in checks for a ticket, offer supporters the opportunity to seamlessly purchase a ticket online, while also getting all the event details, signing up to volunteer, and making a donation in the process. 5) Allow supporters to purchase tickets on the go.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

Comprehensive online auction software improves every aspect of the fundraising process, from sending personalized communications using your donor data to generating real-time analytics that measure engagement and fundraising progress. Being able to accept, process, and track bids in real time is essential for success with any auction.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2024

These challenges could range from a trivia contest to a fun dance-off or relay races. Your guests can enjoy watching the creative process unfold in real time, and at the end of the night, you can auction off the finished piece with all proceeds going towards your cause.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Text-to-give tools streamline the donation process and can even encourage donors to give more (and more frequently!). However, in general, the text-to-give process looks like the following: With your text-to-give platform, you’ll set up a shortened phone number, known as a shortcode. Otherwise, they may abandon the process altogether.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. Public voting process. It isn’t right for every project or process.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Once caregivers are approved after the application process, there is a matching process to find clients their perfect Host Home. The match process focuses on lifestyle preferences, cultural values, family/friend involvement, compatibility with animals, and more to ensure that clients and caregivers are a great fit for each other.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 28, 2022

On top of automatic payment processing, online registration also collects attendee contact information that can help your nonprofit continue the donor relationship long after the event ends. Some nonprofits have seen huge success incorporating audience reactions or contest submissions on the stream.

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