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Guest Post by Anne Mai Bertelsen: Contests for Good - An Insider's View

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Anne Mai Bertlesen and I had a quick exchange at the end of year after I blogged about the Pepsi and Chase Giving Contests in December. She offered to write a guest post that provides an "insider's perspective" having run a number of cause-related ventures including contests.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

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Ever since the advent of the internet, the retail landscape has changed drastically. E-commerce has forever changed the way people shop, and your organization can use that to your advantage with wish list drives. Sports tricks contest. Virtual holiday lights tour and contest. Micro-donation programs. Final thoughts.

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Embracing risk culture in nonprofits: let’s start talking about failure

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Amazon took over 14 years to turn a profit with many of those first years spent entirely in the red. Can you imagine pitching to donors that “Yes, we will create social change, but it’ll take a few years to get there. That needs to change. Have any notable changes taken place? When can you write a check?” Be flexible.

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How to Drive Virtual Event Engagement with Gamification

AccelEvents

A virtual conference could quickly become dry and dull, but with conference gamification, the attendee experience and perception of the event can change dramatically. They would likely be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the right to put their name on the contest. Choose Incentives.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits!

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How to Drive Virtual Event Engagement with Gamification

AccelEvents

A virtual conference could easily become dry and boring but with conference gamification, the attendee experience and perception of the event can change dramatically. It is likely that they would be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the rights to put their name on the contest. Choose Incentives.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Be familiar with the organization’s case for support, annual reports, theory of change, and other collateral materials. For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). Then help implement these tools.