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Nature Conservancy Instagram Contest and Other Examples

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of my blog readers, Sarah Mowry, Outreach Director for the Deschutes Land Trust pointed me to Nature Conservancy’s Instagram contest , an image scavenger hunt. This is a high level engagement task, to take a photo and tag it on Instagram. Snap, Tag, and Share. 4) Rinse, Repeat, Leverage.

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5 Tips for Planning A Fundraising Campaign Around a Holiday

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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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Conversational Case Study: How Does Your Organization Vet Online Contest Opportunities?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Chase Giving Contest: Winners Announced Amidst Yet More Controversy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Less than two hours ago, Chase Community Giving made the much anticipated announcement of the lucky winner of $1 million dollars and five finalists each receiving $100,000 on its contest Fan Page. It's left some nonprofit professionals wondering whether these types of contests are a good idea. and Sdfj Dfsjlfkddjf. Change.org reported.

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Crowdsourcing Social Change: A Contest To Solve A Complex Problem

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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4 Tips to Add Ambassador Marketing to Your Next Fundraiser

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Review additional social media materials: Go over all social media guidelines, including hashtags they should use, accounts they should tag, links to include, and any other relevant details. Create Ambassador Contests One of the main reasons ambassador fundraising and marketing is so successful is the element of competition.

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Launching a Nonprofit Video Contest

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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. Tags: Video.

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