Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

"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. "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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Mark Horvath, known as " HardlyNormal " on Twitter and who is a tireless advocate for the cause of homelessness, was the winner of the SXSW Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV. Conclusion.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

Vodafone Americas Foundation Announces Wireless Innovation Project Winners - "The Vodafone Americas Foundation announced the winners of its Wireless Innovation Project, a new initiative that identifies and funds unique innovations using wireless related technology offering the best potential to address critical social issues around the world.

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See3

JANUARY 21, 2008

Watch the video Beth did with her son: Now, if you give $10 you can help Beth raise $50,000 through a competition called America’s Giving Challenge. 500,000 will be awarded through the challenge to charities whose supporters have attracted the most unique donors to their cause using new and innovative online tools.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Williamsburg, Virginia is America's #1 Farmers Market! And this past weekend was particularly bountiful at my local market: Williamsburg was crowned this year as America's Favorite Farmers Market ! About the Contest. According to Hoffman, the contest has been a great success and succeeded beyond their original expectations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

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! Designate a cheer leader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. There have been many remixes of online contests since the Giving Challenge, so many that I can't quite remember all of them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook. But the idea of doing this through your online social networks has become normalized in the last few years as online social networks have become intertwined with our lives.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away US$7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera (but don't be afraid to start with the cell phone in your pocket!). Mukono, Uganda: How to Create a Digital Photo Story to Fundraise for a Community Cause. Jump to events in North America or go international with events in.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

Amigos de las Americas uses peer-to-peer fundraising, a type of community-driven fundraising, to engage their supporters. But instead of asking for a monetary sponsorship, enhance your relationship by adding a fun twist to the collaboration, such as a friendly competition or contest.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

Waste management is also incredibly costly, and is causing crises for governments all over the world. Founded just four years ago, C3 has used the power of art to touch the lives of more than 250,000 people, while also teaching about the importance of getting creative about the issue of waste in America. " Part of a Movement.

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See3

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

This whole competition thing has been a good model for your strengths, and I have given to this worthy cause every time you asked. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Beth, you are really great at this. Mazal Tov yet again on a job well done. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Enter the 2009 America's Giving Challenge. You could win a donation of up to $50,000 for your favorite cause. Send in your story pitches in writing or video. You could win a $5,000 or $2,500 donation in your name to the charity of your choice. Nominate and vote for your favorite Changemaker on Change.org.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Environmental Impact. The Last Polar Bear project reached 26.5

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Environmental Impact. The Last Polar Bear project reached 26.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

The title of this blog post is taken from an article posted over at Slate mostly talking about the Facebook component of the recent America's Giving Challenge, posing the question, "Can social networks and virtual communities revolutionize charitable giving?" But, it not necessarily anything new.

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See3

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

See3 has been working for months with NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation to conceive, develop, and produce their latest youth-oriented initiative: free.will.power. free.will.power represents one way to engage this new generation of activists and connect them with the pro-choice cause.&#. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

My Facebook friend, Phy, who is a Cambodian attending school in Japan messaged me telling me he really really wanted to donate to the America's Giving Challenge , but the Global Giving online donation tool doesn't support PayPal. If you have not yet donated $10 to this important cause, please click here and change a child's life.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 18, 2010

The public-domain mobius loop universal recycling symbol with three arrows in the triangle that we've adapted for our GreenTech logo was designed by Gary Anderson in 1970 as part of a contest sponsored by the Container Corporation of America for the original Earth Day in 1970.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

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. Tim Fullerton from Oxfam America - who organized the campaign and will be speaking about at NTC - shared the URL of the YouTube video.

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See3

OCTOBER 30, 2009

America’s Giving Challenge is an amazing program from The Case Foundation that See3 had the opportunity to support this year. They make this happen through a competition that rewards nonprofits daily during the contest period and overall at the end. Check it out right now at America’s Giving Challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

I celebrated with a flickr photo birthday card remix contest. This year I'm gonna celebrate by trying to get 51 people to donate $10 in 51 hours to the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge over at Global Giving. Last year for the big 5.0, That's a photo of me celebrating my 5th birthday oh so many years ago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2008

I launched a bloggers campaign and Twitter Wall of Fame as part of the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. (To In fact, the photo I took of my kids wearing it won the Creative Commons photo contest ! There has already been over $19,000 for the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. Updated (1/28/08).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2008

birthday in true social media style with flickr 50th photo birthday card remix contest and I donated 50 bucks to the winner's favorite charity. He contributed to the Facebook Cause and also to Global Giving page if that icon below is you Adam. The winner was Cogdog blog because my kids were the judges and he used a cute doggy photo).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

They are a great, and fun, mechanism for bringing together people who are passionate about a cause and connecting them to opportunities to enhance civil society, create social change, and have a real-world impact. This is a great example of a clearly defined cause that is consistently communicated through all channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This conversation was sparked by this post from Richard Becker that shares the numbers from the Pepsi Refresh Contest. While difficult to link cause/effect, it will be interesting to see what the long term impact is. While difficult to link cause/effect, it will be interesting to see what the long term impact is.

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See3

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Here’s a video that Nerdette from NotMyGal filmed of that panel (yup, that’s me listening in the background): Jen mentioned to me after the panel that NARAL Pro-Choice America is a prime example of an organization that is getting Web 2.0 right with their FreeWillPower campaign.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

In this medium, openness, responsiveness, and inquisitiveness serve your cause well. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own. Simplistic appeals targeted at teens and college students don't.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies. Lessons learned is to know your twitter followers and who are the the ones passionate about your cause and have responsive networks. September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A. I left the classroom in 2007 to join Teach For America staff where I pioneered graduate school recruitment for the organization through May of this year. in General Childhood Education at Bank Street College of Education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint. Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 The Long Tail of Facebook Causes. Frogloop Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

What are the best practices for using a YouTube Nonprofit Channel to promote your cause? The five top nominees are Causes, DonorsChoose, ZeroFootprint, Kiva, and OneLaptop Per Child. Do contests and competitions help build social capital and nonprofit fund raising or inspire burnout? There is a category for Changing the World.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The Challenge is open to all nonprofits in the United States of America who have used TechSoup’s donated products or educational resources in the past. (a) Check the box on the submission form indicating that you (on behalf of yourself and/or the group) have read, fully understand and agree to the Official Rules. Eligibility.

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