Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Facebook provides an unprecedented opportunity for nonprofits: 200 million monthly active users, about half of whom are signing in and communicating with their friends on a daily basis, is an organizer's dream. So, don't just use your nonprofit's name -- create an active, compelling, concise title that your members can rally around.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. I personally really like any activism that includes individual expression like this (like www.sorryeverybody.com ) If someone gets out the crayons and makes a sign, they are definitely engaged in your cause. This has also been done by NTEN and Netsquared.

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NTEN

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. Apps are a great way to educate and active. Activism focused mission?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Although it is a slow time of year and the busy fundraising season is still several months away, there's been lots of activity in the social fundraising judging by these roundups of links from Peter Deitz and Tom Watson (not to mention all the items tagged in the nptech tag stream ). Which one worked best? Alternative Approaches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

I'm the moderator for the Flickr for Nonprofits Online Affinity Group over at NTEN and during a recent exchange about nonprofits using online photo and (video) contests to call attention to the causes, Cordellia and Susanne caught my attention. I interviewed the team about how they work together and their recent viral video contest.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

With 300 million active users, Facebook is a natural starting place. The most well-known among them is Facebook Causes , with over 30 million active monthly users. Once an active community of supporters and fans has developed around your nonprofit or cause, you can encourage them to contribute to and spread donation opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

It's about engagement, referrals, activity, sales, and market and behavioral influences. The importance of monitoring in real time and demonstrating what's working through active listening and continually taking the temperature. I wrote an entire chapter about this for the new NTEN book " Technology to Meet Your Mission.".

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

My thought was to blog about the cause (a stretch), but to share as much learning about personal/social fundraising or what I'm learning about social networks - that should be of interest some readers - and even those I'm competing with for the contest.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. Can’t wait! this time they got 3,000 photos and 2,500 email address.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. According to the NTEN Blog , Blackbaud , a provider of services designed for nonprofits, has launched Blackbaud Labs , a sandbox for projects in the pipeline. Using Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. As part of the activities, people are invited to kick the tires of the new version of Social Source Commons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! A Few NpTech Conversations.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Michaela Hackner and I recently hosted a pair of NTEN webinars titled "How to Become a Facebook Rockstar." Hold contests. It will allow you to download your Fan's daily activity into a spreadsheet. Now it's time to address the social site with the biggest stage right now: Facebook. Forum One's Facebook Page.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

One of the best sites on digital activism advice is Mary Joyce's Digitactive - look through her archives to find her advice or email her. There is also a generic organization one - but a lot of NTEN conversations happen through Holly and other staff. Here's my roundup of Twitter advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

I've been doing this for ten years as part of the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC. NTEN has two fantastic events this month! NTEN has two fantastic events this month! The conference will showcase NTEN's new book about mission-driven technology. You can read a case study about the winner of the first contest here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. Several NTEN Affinity Groups have formed around social networking tools, including one called Social Networking Tools. There's lots of examples in this blog.

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2009

Oh, and Causes is an NTEN member, too!). Wiley is donating books to Mashable's #Stories4Good contest , a social media for social good initiative. I saw this photo from NTEN member Marc Osten , and thought I'd include it as an "image of the week" for us: Tags: community buzz NPTech nten member. Pretty cool, eh?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Collective activities are not new to social media. The Audubon Society organized the first Christmas Bird Count to inventory all the birds in the Western Hemisphere in 1900. But now using social media enable the Society and ( anyone else ) to increase this activity with less effort and less cost.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

The contest is hosted by YouTube, NTEN , and the marketing firm See3. Four winners will receive $3,500 in cash prizes donated by by Cisco, and also free registrations to the upcoming NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference in Minneapolis in April. Winners will also be featured on You Tube's Spotlight Channel on April 12.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

As NTEN points out , the campaign include integrated tactics: They have a custom landing tab on Facebook for the campaign, tied to a contest: they’re asking their fans to share their pets’ stories and photos. Take for example her very useful tips about how to activate Facebook Fans to share and take action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

I have just returned from a week in New Orleans where I participated in the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. As I mentioned, one of the Day of Service activities was a video blogging workshop for local nonprofits given by Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson. I wrote about the experience on BlogHer last week.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

High Pollution Advisory Tuesday Do not burn wood in devices or open fires Drive less Cut outdoor activity if sensitive." " She recommends nonprofits interested in mobile think outside the box in terms of creative message content and new ways, like contests or video, of reaching an audience. " Quick, but Not Always Easy.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

I would like to acknowledge NTEN’s leadership in this area. A couple of years ago, NTEN articulated how broad adoption of open API’s could help nonprofits spend more time on their missions and less time de-duping their databases.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

I would like to acknowledge NTEN’s leadership in this area. A couple of years ago, NTEN articulated how broad adoption of open API’s could help nonprofits spend more time on their missions and less time de-duping their databases.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

[Photo credit: Idea Accelerator contestants high five after practicing their pitches at the Microsoft evening reception, Sept. The program was designed by LimeRed Studio’s Emily Lonigro Boylan, Owner and Creative Director, and Demetrio Cardona Maguigad, Director of Strategic Design, who teamed up with NTEN to carry out the event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

ViralSweep is an sweepstakes and contest platforms that easily allows you to launch and management online contests. NTEN :: nten.org. NTEN is membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals that offer technology training, including a Nonprofit Technology Professional Certificate. Event Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

James Young talked about how nonprofits are using these tools for campaigns , Randi Zuckerberg gave an overview of Facebook and nonprofit activity and Scott Goodstein shared his experience from the Obama Campaign. A recent example is the Humane Society's Spa Day Photo Contest which raised over $600,000.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

We believe in enabling the creativity and leadership of our volunteers, rather than directing activities and sending out marching orders. Tags: digital divide digital inclusion nathaniel james Newsletter NPTech NTEN onewebday. We are putting some ideas and tools out there to catalyze that creativity. Happy OneWebDay!

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