Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2019

If you really want to get creative and maximize support opportunities for your event, expand the ticket types that you sell by offering discounted rates to early bird registrants, or discounts for last-minute registrants to help bring in more attendees. 5) Allow supporters to purchase tickets on the go.

Practice 278

Practice Fundraising Registration Nonprofit 278

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

There are different ways to approach dot voting or idea rating , but when I’m doing a workshop face-to-face, typically participants work in small groups to generate ideas and write them on sticky notes All the sticky notes go on the wall so everyone gets to see them. The technique helps you need to evaluate the ideas.

Online 113

Online Participatory Technique Method 113

NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Take advantage of the summer special rate! It''s easy to join or renew at the summer special rate: just select the membership option that includes the term "13/14 special" when completing your membership transaction. Haven''t renewed your 2013 NTEN membership or thinking of joining?

Research 61

Research Contest Phase India 61

TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Twitter’s information turnover rate is extremely high and its users only want to follow accounts that are active. One way to keep your followers engaged is to hold a weekly or bi weekly contest that entices users to interact with your page and other users following your page. Entice your followers to interact.

Twitter 254

Twitter Tips Nonprofit Avatar 254

Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2009

Adobe and TechSoup are delighted to announce that we are now taking submissions for the Show Your Impact Design Contest ! Visit the gallery to view, rate and comment on other organization's submissions. This contest is open only to organizations located in the US and Canada that have requested donated Adobe products through TechSoup.

Adobe 43

Adobe Contest Impact Open 43

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2009

The 2009 GreatNonprofits Youth Thrive Awards will recognize the top-rated youth-focused nonprofits. The contest asks clients, donors, volunteers, and board members to write reviews of these nonprofits. This will help highly-rated nonprofits attract more support and volunteers.”. Contest Deadline: September 30th.

Award 123

Award Contest Review Press 123

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 16, 2018

For example, create a contest/game via social media that leads to prizes or discounts. If you are trying something new that will add additional work for your staff, plan for that as well. Enhancing your online presence is a great way to start. Create a scavenger hunt and require visitors to text or post the required answers.

Museum 26

Museum Retention Conversation Rate 26

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Dig out that camcorder 'cause Quantum Shift TV has launched a video contest with social impact for students in the U.S. School Video Contest. Teams will be ranked based on Web metrics such as number of views on their videos, viewer ratings, puzzles completed and social network activity. Share the Story!

Contest 40

Contest Video Story Share 40

NetWits

MARCH 8, 2012

Fundraising Results: Close to 18,000 people participated in this online fundraising contest resulting in over $2 million dollars being given to 1,200 participating nonprofits. percent Facebook activation rate of people talking about the giving day—1,716 of the total 1,726 fans. 1,200 Participating nonprofits. 1,886,434 dollars raised.

Social Media 200

Social Media Raise Washington Online 200

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Sort through online organizational data (Google analytics, email open rates) to see if there are insights, trends, and patterns that could be used to improve operations. Is the donor renewal rate low? Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Offer to help write short updates to keep donors informed.

Fundraising 344

Fundraising Mail Law Donation 344

Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Take a look at your target audience’s time zone and reference research on engagement rates based on publishing times. Interactive content like challenges, contests, polls, and filters offers a different way for supporters to get to know your organization’s personality. When should you post?

Social Media 52

Social Media Media Build Social 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

The next phase was crowd-sourced rating process - where anyone could be a curator evaluating the aesthetic quality and relevance to the exhibition theme. If you click through the exhibition, you'll notice that images are different sizes - the larger the image the higher the rating it got).

Museum 50

Museum Contest Arts Results 50

sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

On the day of your event, incorporate live supporter shout-outs, photo contests, and Q&A sessions in your social media to add another level of engagement to your event. As you generate marketing content, actively monitor metrics like email click-through rate, social media reposts, and conversion rate. Nonprofit’s website.

Virtual 67

Virtual Build Stream Software 67

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase. million new visitors per year, but we anticipate that going much higher as people are able to comment and easily rate and post pages to their social networking sites.

Social Media 254

Social Media Interview Examples Media 254

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. Across the nonprofit sector, retention rates are about 47%, meaning donors leave nonprofits more often than they stick around. THAT’S what increases your retention rate! Can you do it? And another. And another.

Fundraising 134

Fundraising Activities Active Activism 134

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2009

It’s one of your most effective marketing tools, but the 2008 GettingAttention.org survey showed that 72% of nonprofit organizations don’t have a tagline or rate theirs as performing poorly. Deadline to enter your organization in the contest is July 31st! For more information, visit this FAQ. 2008 Winners.

Award 100

Award FAQ Nonprofit Contest 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. I did not use any of these methods. All are captured here ).

Nashville 97

Nashville Twitter Blogger Contest 97

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest. St Louis Volunteen won, two Millennials are the ones that developed it – geolocation app to find volunteering opportunities, find contests, find things tied to schools, and sharing on social media. Most every device can send a text message. Mobile Giving.

Mobile 137

Mobile St. Louis Donor Blackberry 137

Greater Giving

MAY 28, 2021

A majority of nonprofit organizations rated “guest engagement” as their greatest challenge. Think back to the days of American Idol, when fans could call in to vote on their favorite contestants, and how it made us feel like an integral part of the show. However, moving to virtual events wasn’t simple or straightforward.

Virtual 59

Virtual Fun Audience Group 59

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

By offering a discounted rate for those who purchase tickets well in advance, you can create a sense of urgency and boost initial ticket sales. And don’t forget to follow up with reminder emails and exclusive offers to boost conversion rates! These tickets can attract donors willing to pay a premium for an enhanced experience.

Tips 52

Tips Fundraising Local Channel 52

Care2

AUGUST 12, 2012

Your web traffic, sign up rates, media coverage, and donations level out pretty quickly. You can also plan photo and caption contests on Facebook, Pinit contests on Pinterest, organize protests, and house parties, Fundraising appeals. But once the marketing has stopped, everything goes back to normal. Sound familiar?

Campaign 71

Campaign Support Strategy Contest 71

Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Think a walk-a-thon meets those highway sponsorship programs: Get supporters to sponsor teams at a rate of $X per pound of trash collected. Or host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have your own tip jars for people to support their favorite competitors in the form of donations. Click To Tweet. Host a Community Clean-Up.

Ideas 98

Ideas Fundraising Movie National 98

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

My GreenTech cohort Anna Jaeger and I would like to thank the many of you who entered our Unpower Yourself Contest to report in on the things you've been doing to use less electricity with your computers. About half of our respondents will start using smart power strips , and a quarter vowed to buy EPEAT gold- or silver-rated computers.

Campaign 43

Campaign Contest Green Conservancy 43

Care2

JULY 19, 2010

If your nonprofit has been contemplating entering online fundraising contests, check out the 2009 American Giving Challenge report released by the Case Foundation. Contest participants rated the following as most useful: Tags: Nonprofit Events Online Fundraising Volunteering. The challenge raised $2.1 The challenge raised $2.1

Challenge 43

Challenge Charity Raise Giving 43

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

This led to acquisition tactics like iPad giveaway contests, buying lists and hiding unsubscribe buttons and practices of “email blasts”. Instead of measuring size, new metrics such as deliverability rates, open rates, click-thru rates and conversions are used to assess the quality of your growth and help determine the return on investment.

email 36

email Build Articulate Campaign 36

Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

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. Contestants lasted as long as 70 hours before MrBeast decided to end the competition himself! Host a virtual endurance event! Bingo Night. Who doesn’t love a good bingo night?

Virtual 69

Virtual Ideas Guide Fundraising 69

Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The Collaborative used virtual networking happy hours, gamification and contests, and attendee-to-attendee live chat to facilitate this. These emails had much higher open and click-through rates than other email sends. Your nonprofit can also use these metrics to see how engaged your audience is leading up to your event. .

Virtual 105

Virtual Professional Marketing Fundraising 105

Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Monthly Website Stats: Monthly visits, unique visitors, pageviews, pages per Visit, time on site, and bounce rate (aim for under 60%). What are the short-term and long-term goals and objectives? Who are the target audiences?

Online 71

Online Tips Calendar Test 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

AppBistro is the Yelp of Facebook apps – they’re rated and reviewed – if you want to search for a specific functionality – it is a good place to browse. Sweepstakes Applet: If you considering running a contest, GOSO’s Sweepstakes applet makes it easy to manage.

Facebook 101

Facebook Marketing Poll YouTube 101

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Nonprofit VOTE’s study of voters engaged by nonprofits ahead of the 2018 election showed that not only were the engaged voters about twice as likely to be non-white, lower income, and younger than 25, the “nonprofit voters” turned out at rates 11 percentage points higher than voters that shared their demographic characteristics.

Organization 36

Organization Poll Social Mail 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? We learned - were running a flickr contest right now that takes lessons learned from wendys and has been successful. Also helps for communicating with UGC contestants and winners. s choice award.

Case Study 50

Case Study ROI Social Media Contest 50

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Collect gold since it is selling at a high rate and you can ask your community to donate what they haven't worn in years. Focus on gathering people together and including fun side events or contests. Host an educational seminar or webinar and charge attendees admission. Have a Vegas Night where people pay to get chips.

Ideas 56

Ideas Fundraising Mashup Registration 56

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

We took advantage of our captive audience by selling reduced-rate tickets during similar events. Radio Promotions — Call to Win Contests. Facebook/Twitter Contests: Share/Re-tweet for a Chance to Win. Some would sell out in advance, within minutes even. The big names are easy sells. Do you know who Emily Hearn is?

Movie 44

Movie Classes Contest Captivate 44

Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

Their school dropout rate decreased in comparison with the national statistics. In the winter, the unemployment rate in these areas is close to 100 percent because of the low need for unskilled labor and the low education level of the adults. The children who had access to education from an early stage of life had the best results.

Romania 36

Romania Children Skype Calendar 36

Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

Their school dropout rate decreased in comparison with the national statistics. In the winter, the unemployment rate in these areas is close to 100 percent because of the low need for unskilled labor and the low education level of the adults. The children who had access to education from an early stage of life had the best results.

Romania 36

Romania Children Skype Calendar 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Certainly there’s been a correlating growth in the adoption rate of social media by the general public as well as nonprofits and schools themselves. Youthprise, a youth-serving nonprofit and grantmaking organization put up $14,000 in prize grants for the contest. Check it out: Click for our full Give to the Max Day 2012 results.

Giving 104

Giving Minnesota Social Media Offline 104

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Personalize your email campaigns and write short subject lines to maximize open rates. According to Campaign Monitor, the average open rate for nonprofit emails is 20.39%. Also, subject lines can make or break your email campaign open rates. Adding an emoji periodically has been proven to help open rates too !

email 363

email Practice Marketing Newsletter 363