Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

It’s not the same event, but you have an audience of active people; offer them something you think they’d like — and for less. Radio Promotions — Call to Win Contests. Facebook/Twitter Contests: Share/Re-tweet for a Chance to Win. Only offer this at your facility, at the event. "One-time only sale!

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The theme of this year’s contest is From the Ground Up: Using Technology to Engage Constituents and Make the World a Better Place. The finalists will be shown on www.DoGooder.tv

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

(not that this necessarily applies to Oxfam) but its super low budget by using existing infrastructure and orgs of any size could really raise their profile and provide an intense interactive opportunity for supporters this way. Consumer-solicited media (CSM): "Participatory media" -- that's what the flickr contests above are!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you involve the org? NWF - greenhour.org so we share it with people in a newsletter and then see activity in a blog - we can’t see that they really did it in their home, it is hard to measure, but we are still seeing what seems to be real actions - don’t be afraid to ask! Have you seen examples of your org changing?

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See3

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

They understand that an organization, or a campaign, must tell a story to build an audience, and then activate that audience with a compelling call to action. And bravo to the UN Foundation and orgs like it who create terrific pieces that keep web site users engaged and inform supporters of your activities.

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See3

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

But I wonder about all the orgs who went down this road because of the publicity but were so less equipped than you to be successful. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Mazal Tov yet again on a job well done. They don’t have a chance. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

They are also exemplars of partnership in the field; augmenting reach and showing how big orgs can lift up smaller orgs. John Russick of the Chicago History Center runs the annual label contest for the American Alliance of Museums , and those entries are always worth reading.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. Towards the end of the contest, it really became "viral" as more and more people linked to our Causes site.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. Towards the end of the contest, it really became "viral" as more and more people linked to our Causes site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

is right for you and your org? I guess our checklist would be a lot like the barriers to second wave adoption blogged about elsewhere : Understand the activities and goals of the organization. apps can help perform activities and meet organizational goals. What are items on the checklist to determine whether web2.0 it.org.uk ???real???

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If you want people from your social media to support your nonprofit’s activities, you need a nonprofit social media plan. AND, if you’re like most nonprofit leaders, you are doing one or all of these things: Spending quite a bit of time scrambling to keep your social presence active. Believe me, I hear you. JUST for fun!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Allan is convinced, rightly or wrongly that an organization’s web site will become the hub of their activity; that their mission will be focused through the web site and that all their constituents will make use of the web site as a vehicle for interacting with the organization. 3 David Zeidman 09.18.07 Allan assumes two points here.

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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. Q: Should nonprofits have organizational Twitter accounts, or should employees keep their own personal accounts to tweet about the org & engage in conversation? Emily : This depends.

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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. Identify 2-3 questions you want to answer from your experiment. There's lots of examples in this blog.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. Regardless, very few orgs (though some) have raised real cash via the Causes app. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

In September, we asked nonprofits and libraries to show us exactly how technology activates their organization and helps fulfill their mission. Talk to the wonderful folks at Karma Store by emailing them at info [at] karmastore [dot] org. What does technology in action look like? Want your nonprofit to shine and attract new donors?

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

We love how quickly orgs like Stand Up 2 Cancer can turn these out on Instagram. Livetweet conferences or other industry events A quick burst of activity on your Twitter or other accounts like this can mean a lot of new followers and engagement, while establishing your organization as a thought leader in the space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. Analyzed which types of content generated most activity. Teach chapters to document their own disasters on their own newsrooms so we can aggregate a national picture of data of how much the org does in a day when you won’t hear a word about it. offer reliable situational awareness. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Our Flickr photo contest. is a good example of this philosophy in action; we could have held the contest behind closed doors and made people sign up in order to submit and view photos. s annual digital photo contest. re happy to find them where they???re but wouldn???t t that have just upset people and driven them away?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And we’ve all got it, it is very active. Harvey: When I worked in international development, we said, okay, this org, we’re spending 8% on administration, this organization spends only 4%. Are you active on social? That might actually be pretty energizing as a task or an activity [inaudible 01:20:14]. .

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