Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group? In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. If you have, you certainly aren’t alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

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. Notice the the conversation is about the application deadline. Connect Alumni with Current School Experience.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. " In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Each charity had a page for comments, and those pages were filled with "use your spare vote for."

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Now it's time to address the social site with the biggest stage right now: Facebook. Forum One's Facebook Page. Michaela Hackner and I recently hosted a pair of NTEN webinars titled "How to Become a Facebook Rockstar." You can't dive in just because Facebook is what all the kids are doing these days.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Application deadline is June 24, 2013. Anything we missed?

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I will write more about the API later, but everyone is really there to see the Facebook opportunity. Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes. Day 1. [.]

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To facilitate the use of that data, the city hosted a contest to motivate the development community to make use of more than 100 types of datasets it had released — everything from aerial photographs and business licenses to parking meter information, liquor license applications, and street-sweeping routes. Shutterstock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2011

There are a couple of useful business applications such as airplane boarding passes. Gina’s post suggests that QR codes could be just a fad–unless Facebook introduces them to a mainstream audience. The announcement prompted some discussion in the comments about the use of electronics during concerts.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. How did they do it?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. How did they do it?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2009

I also celebrated my 40th birthday by setting up a Birthday Wish using the Causes application on Facebook, and raised $580 for Women for Women International with my Facebook pals. You can enter a contest to win a copy of Half the Sky on Kristof's blog, On the Ground ). Why am I so focused on this organization?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

If you are using Facebook, share your blog's feed in your Facebook news feed with the Notes application. Facilitate commenting Allow commenting. Moderate your comments if you are concerned about inappropriate remarks, or spam. If they are civil, allow comments that are critical of your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Ranger Rick, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , has been banished from Facebook! They need your help to bring back Ranger Rick's profile that was recently taken down by Facebook Staff. Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook!

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

Facebook is a platform — meaning, you can develop your own applications on top of their functionality. Except that the new APis allow people to upload, watch, search, and comment on the videos on other Websites. YouTube is now a platform. What this does not do it give you a white label service like Brightcove.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Repurpose email content into your next Facebook post, with a link to sign up for your email newsletter. Make your online content more interactive and engaging using these content ideas: Blog posts with comments sections. Online contests or challenges. Multichannel marketing can also help you better reach different audiences.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

He made an engaging presentation, the highlight of which was his demo of their Facebook application. He started by putting on a baseball hat backwards, saying he needed to get into his Facebook clothes. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Have you seen [link] ?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Facebook Advertising for Nonprofits. Kampala, Uganda: Using Social Media Applications for Development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

I actually joined Twitter because I had just submitted my entry into the Ideablob contest and there were links to share your entry on "social media" so I clicked on Twitter and that was that. This was interesting to me -- that people joined the Facebook social networking site specifically because I (Lend4Health) was there.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

They just finished a YouTube video contest. They even created a Facebook application. Did you find that people who had been to the exhibition were commenting on the Flickr page? They would comment on the photos we'd taken and add notes with links to their own profiles. MySpace is, but Facebook isn’t.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

The viewers/donors might look similar to what we see on Facebook causes but we will wait until we have some real data before speculating further. Like with comments, the system could tell a non-registered user that they needed to register.) You can see the evidence in the mostly small donation totals in the Causes application.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

The viewers/donors might look similar to what we see on Facebook causes but we will wait until we have some real data before speculating further. Like with comments, the system could tell a non-registered user that they needed to register.) You can see the evidence in the mostly small donation totals in the Causes application.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

When David explained that each of the Holocaust Museum’s myriad comment boards, blogs, and online forums is moderated by a staff member, the audience turned a little green. If reviews include incorrect information, add your own comment giving helpful information about hours, prices, and new cool things people might like. Start a blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

In many ways, we just reversed the analog approach, holding too tightly to digital technologies, applications, and online communication options. There were so many new platforms and applications that provided tools for everything from communications to fundraising, outreach to development, and much more. Digital Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

And, you can use social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, to support engaging crowds to participate in the activity. Maine Health Access Foundation did an experiment on Facebook , including it in its channel to promote a funding opportunity but also posted the initial letters of inquiry on their Facebook page to get feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

s taken us a long time to build up credible, authoritative profiles and groups on sites like Care2 , Digg , Facebook , Flickr , and StumbleUpon. ??? This means that we see a lot of value in commenting, linking, tagging, and the like; sometimes more so than just an empty visit to our site. Our Flickr photo contest. but wouldn???t

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

84% of people comment, 82% message others, and 39% create content. Both HSUS and Oxfam’s primary efforts are on what Carie calls “the big four”: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. On Facebook : I think everyone agrees it’s very early. Developing custom Facebook apps may be the way to go, as already discussed on this blog.

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

Facebook is the second big social networking site behind MySpace. Facebook used to be only open to college students but, realizing they couldn’t play with the big boys, opened to the public about a year ago. Facebook is still independent — they haven’t been bought by any big company yet. Now comes Facebook.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

We're hosting a contest called the NetSquared Mashup Challenge that I wanted to let you know about, and am hoping that you'll pass on to social changemakers and web innovators in your community. Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Add social sharing and comment functionality. ? Experiment with online contests to build your email list. ? Add an optional mobile alert opt-in field, if applicable. ? Offer contests that reward fundraisers who raise the most funds during the campaign. ? Integrate mobile and social media into online contests. ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

Facebook is for slow burn, Twitter is for ADD. By contrast, Facebook favors a groundswell of support: as more and more of your friends like something, you do too. We shouldn’t have wasted time on Facebook for a campaign of this duration. In Twitter’s 140 characters, there’s only room for one call to action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Add social sharing and comment functionality. Experiment with online contests to build your email list. Add an optional mobile alert opt-in field, if applicable. □ Add an optional mobile alert opt-in field, if applicable. □ Offer contests that reward fundraisers who raise the most funds during the campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. YouTube Goes Fully Social And Challenges Facebook | Community Organizer 2.0 – "Today, YouTube announced that every single YouTube channel now comes equipped with a moderator feature.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

James Young talked about how nonprofits are using these tools for campaigns , Randi Zuckerberg gave an overview of Facebook and nonprofit activity and Scott Goodstein shared his experience from the Obama Campaign. Twitter comments included: @Katrinskaya : #socialgood panel. The panel format was conversational. Unicef's Rapid SMS.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to chat in any questions or comments along the way. So just, if this next part is not as applicable to you, know that we’re getting to you in the next part. Mostly, that was things like them running a Facebook fundraiser for their birthday or getting a friend to buy a ticket to an event. .

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

A number of applications have been developed to organize causes on Facebook. It looked like this: It's difficult to measure how many people passed it along, but Barack Obama's Facebook Page (managed by the Democratic National Committee's Organizing for America) reposted it and over 92,000 people clicked that they "liked it."

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