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Charities Cry Foul on Chase Facebook Charitable Giving Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities. The groups say that until Chase made changes to the contest, they appeared to be among the top 100 vote-getters. These were removed in the final days of the contest.

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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

" AGC Coversational Case Studies: Students for a Free Tibet: A mindful social media strategy for campaigns or contests – Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are evaluating the second America's Giving Challenge and are sharing case studies from the winners.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. You might also consider setting up a Facebook Group just for alumni and encourage them to share this information. You’ll also notice that the comments have many likes and many of those come directly from the Facebook admin for the page.

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Build Your Storymaking Skills with Free Events and Webinars

Tech Soup

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!). Kibiribiri, Uganda: Building Capacities of Teachers and Students in Digital Storytelling. Jump to events in North America or go international with events in.

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How Will Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?

NTEN

Simplistic appeals targeted at teens and college students don't. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Nevertheless, participating in some (surely not all) of these contests will provide your staff members a focused opportunity to use social media to communicate with supporters.

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How I'm Celebrating My 53rd Birthday: Cambodia, Chocolate, and Class

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This class answers the question "How to leverage the power of new social technology to effectively create real social good." The theoretical framework, " Dragonfly Effect: Mindset and Method " is geared towards helping students create a project with a clear single, focused goal to cultivate social good. Psychological underpinning: Fun.

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A Homecoming Trip To Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2007, I won the Yahoo for Good Contest, winning $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation. A year later, I competed in the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Contest, coming in first place. If you want to follow my trip, you can subscribe to my public updates on Facebook.

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