NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

To make the process extra fun and to make your posters extra eye-catching, consider having a poster design contest. You could have a potluck dinner and open it up to the public and have your staff and employees invite friends. Contact local schools and see what students and organizations are looking for volunteer opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

She is second year engineering student and by supporting her education she will have better economic opportunities. By purchasing a book , you will not only help your nonprofit improve its program impact, but you will changing the lives for young people in Cambodia. My family is sponsoring Keo Savon , who we met this summer in Cambodia.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Easter is a great opportunity to invite your supporters’ clan out for a fun-filled morning of treats and egg-finding in a public garden or space. Host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have “tip jars” for people to show their support for their favorite competitors in the form of donations. Families want to have fun too!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. The Community Organizers Handbook available as a public resource, you can certainly refer there for information/feedback/best practices on offline organizing: [link]. It works really well.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

You can host a contest for your volunteers to come up with designs for their blankets. For school volunteers, you can gather thank-you notes from students and teachers. Reference letters Many volunteers, such as high school or college students, would appreciate a letter of recommendation from one of your staff members.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Round three of #CelebrateAdobeCC — our three-month contest highlighting how nonprofits use Adobe products to spotlight their work and mission — is a wrap. Enjoy the video, and thanks for all the creativity shared by the nonprofits that participated in our contest. The end has come. Gold Prize Winner.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. They recruited a local volunteer to teach the kids Adobe InDesign to lay out the publication. Both children and older patrons avidly use the library’s public access computers with current Microsoft applications.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

The Ordyslexie program, in combination with Les Ateliers du Bocage, has helped more than 1,500 dyslexic French students become more independent and confident in school. This program has improved academic performance and is loved by both students and parents. The copies are submitted on a USB flash drive or directly."

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

This consists of 45-minute meetings sent out to all donors for updates on programming and the Family Stability Fund, as well as to connect with some students. Further, by inviting the students who are benefiting from the Family Stability Fund, the donors can get first-hand interaction with those that they are helping. Bingo Night.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2016

This might include corporations, publications, TV networks, brands, or well-known individuals. Right now, this section is pretty small and limited to publications and media outlets. Share Exclusive Content, Challenges, and Contests. A few publications and media outlets use Snapchat to share exclusive content or videos.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

… This one young man was in a charter school and before that a traditional public school, and neither of them could get him to read at all. Not every student can be reached in person. For New Heights to realize its dream of fair and equal education, it must use remote work tools to connect with students directly in their homes.

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CauseVox

MARCH 4, 2021

They shared “ We want to continue the legacy of scholarship and public service established by our 22 founders, while continuing to meet the needs of our community.” You could create faux Olympic games as a peer-to-peer fundraiser, do a sleep-out, or host a costume contest. Spirit Wear. Walkathon or 5k Run.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This example from Teach for America is a photograph of handwritten thank you note from a student to an TFA alumni thanking them for making a difference. It does have a Star Wars theme, but he created a fun caption contest. Here are some tips for games and giveaway contests on Facebook. Experiment, Measure, Learn, and Revise.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

NYC Haunts is a mobile game created by the Global Kids Online Leadership Organization in a partnership with the New York Public Library. Created by local NYC students, this game is designed to be played in and around city libraries and teaches players how to use library resources. Gamify Your Organization.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

First, you have to have the right story for the right publication. There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. Study your local publications and news programs for four weeks. Start by listing all the publications in your area.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 25, 2010

I immediately recalled a phenomenon I witnessed as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). The Rhode Island School of Design was established in 1877 alongside its Museum of Art, an important resource for RISD students. The Edna Lawrence Nature Lab was established in 1937, also as a resource for students.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For events, ongoing series, or recurring celebrations online, consider the following options for publicity: 1. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc. Events (publicity or other perks). Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees. Or you can hold a unique one-off event and gain a lot of publicity—like goat yoga or cardio drumming! Photo Contest Photo costs are incredibly diverse.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Apps Against Abuse Contest [A] challenge that encourages the development of applications that provide college students and young adults with the tools to help prevent dating violence and sexual assault. This will help everyone to work efficiently up to and through the execution of the event.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

She has published numerous articles related to charitable giving and is a passionate advocate for public schools. To add to the evening’s fun, have special contests, like one for the best pet and pet-parent look-alikes. Dance-a-thons fall right into college students’ wheelhouses. Dance-A-Thon. All-nighters?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Speakers: Douglas Thomas, USC Center on Public Diplomacy Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Stephen Friedman, MTV U Douglas Thomas: We're closet gamers. This is a great place to do public diplomacy in the gaming world. Do you we teach coders the basic tenets of public diplomancy or vice versa?

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See3

JULY 17, 2006

Facebook used to be only open to college students but, realizing they couldn’t play with the big boys, opened to the public about a year ago. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? First a little background. Facebook is the second big social networking site behind MySpace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Much commentary and critiques about the semi-public ballotting process. Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 11, 2023

In private K–12 schools, foreign cybercriminals, school vendors, employees, and even students have perpetrated recent cyberattacks. Systems that hold student information should be HIPAA, LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability), and OneRoster 1.1 Malicious cyber activity is on the rise worldwide. Keep work and personal accounts separate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Guide your students to conversations and resources. Collaboration on student projects or other ways. Say you want to track mentions of a particular public issue or news item. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest. Create collaborative, student-authored resources.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

They just finished a YouTube video contest. But other things--the twitter thing, the video contest was my idea. We’d received a video PSA from Pratt students, and I proposed the contest. Most of the stuff in our museum is public domain, and we have a very good policy that non-commerical photography is okay.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

This idea can also be paired with a number of other fundraising event possibilities like movie nights, lock-ins (for older students), and other childcare activities. Workers (they don’t have to be students!) Or a baking contest? Hold a work-a-thon. Walk-a-thons are a staple of schools and nonprofits all over the country.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 11, 2023

In private K–12 schools, foreign cybercriminals, school vendors, employees, and even students have perpetrated recent cyberattacks. Systems that hold student information should be HIPAA, LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability), and OneRoster 1.1 Malicious cyber activity is on the rise worldwide. Keep work and personal accounts separate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This class answers the question "How to leverage the power of new social technology to effectively create real social good." The theoretical framework, " Dragonfly Effect: Mindset and Method " is geared towards helping students create a project with a clear single, focused goal to cultivate social good. Psychological underpinning: Fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2012

In 2007, I won the Yahoo for Good Contest, winning $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation. A year later, I competed in the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Contest, coming in first place. If you want to follow my trip, you can subscribe to my public updates on Facebook.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

You can up the ante by building your party around a costume contest and encouraging attendees to get sponsorships for their participation. Gather a group of volunteers to pick up litter, plant trees, clean public spaces, and create a cleaner, more beautiful environment for everyone.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

One of the requirements set forth in the OGD was for executive departments and agencies to create a public feedback mechanism to solicit citizen feedback during the development of each department's or agency's Open Government Plan. The program would run for the entire academic school year and rely on long-term engagement with students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

In addition to providing much-needed funds, the campaign would allow the Greater Greener team to validate their idea: if the campaign were successful, they could demonstrate to city officials that there was strong public support for this project. David Batstone, Not For Sale (Co-Founder and President). In the following test we had two photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen. Seattle Free School , suggested by Amy Sample Ward, uses social media to organize classes and teach students. The maps are made by community members.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

We invited a private art school to fill a very public wall with paintings made by students in response to the question, "How would you depict love?" The best of the results were published on the papers online and included in the exhibition complete with first person labels, photographs, and artifacts.

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

Facebook used to be only open to college students but, realizing they couldn’t play with the big boys, opened to the public about a year ago. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? First a little background. Facebook is the second big social networking site behind MySpace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

In the end, the campaign raised just over $1,000 in two days; donations will help open government data to citizens and promote transparency in public offices. Last week, we helped out our friends at Visible Government with their Beers for Canada campaign. or in our case, “someone just bought the country a round.”)

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