Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 25, 2010
You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 17, 2010
The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. Corporations use these contests to engage potential customers. Illustration by Jonny Goldstein of my SXSW panel proposal.
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Amy Sample Ward
APRIL 27, 2011
Read the post below or visit SSIR to read and comment with that community. A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. Online fundraising revenue grew overall by 14% between 2009 and 2010. My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up.
Amy Sample Ward
MAY 20, 2010
You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Interested organizations can register to win and find out more at [link] But, it's only going until June 4th, 2010, so they'll need to get on it pretty quick to be part of it."
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 15, 2010
You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Submissions close January 22, 2010." Much has been written criticizing the contest and the initial selection of 100 charities who already received $25,000 and are now vying for the grand prize of $1,000,000.
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 19, 2010
Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. Hoping someone can update the final results in the comments).
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