Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2010

For the third and final Conversational Case Study on America’s Giving Challenge from Allison Fine and I, we pose a question rather than answer one: Is there a “special sauce” for successful participation in online fundraising contests ? The post summarizes the strategies used by contest winners. Contest Sponsor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This example from Teach for America is a photograph of handwritten thank you note from a student to an TFA alumni thanking them for making a difference. John Haydon did this pattern analysis of different types of questions that nonprofits ask on Facebook. It does have a Star Wars theme, but he created a fun caption contest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year. Throughout the year you can connect with other donors and funders and the people we serve (artists, students, activists).”. Plug donor skills into the work.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Subject Line Analysis. Students Need Your Help to Help Others. Deadline for InterAction’s14th Annual Photo Contest is January 15. And the best way to find the right number is to test. My experience over the years tells me that most nonprofits still don’t send as much email as they should be. Feet in the water.

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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. Stones Worldview Tango - Richard Cirille Empowering learning for students world wide. Will they laugh at you, start to cheer, or be intrigued? Collecting data on all user learning activity.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

1] These suits were brought by the (ironically named) Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, and they capitalized on a line of prior cases that had already begun to erode the practice. In anticipating the worst-case scenario, this preparatory research proved to be prescient.

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