NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

To make the process extra fun and to make your posters extra eye-catching, consider having a poster design contest. Consider adding a QR code to the poster, too, so people can easily access your website, more information about the opportunity and a volunteer application. Maybe you could host a meet-up at a local bar or restaurant.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

If you are eligible and willing to provide the required information, start your application here. If you use a slightly different name on your bank account, Facebook will kick your application out. The beauty of a birthday fundraiser is that the audience is the friends and family members of the person hosting the Facebook fundraiser.

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AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

Gamification takes the traditional elements of games, gaming, and competition and applies them to non-gaming, non-competitive applications, and scenarios. 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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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! Here is a copy of the application narrative; you can read it and vote for me on the competition site here. We now have over 50 cities globally hosting monthly events with many more getting started. Leave a comment on the application here.

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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.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. If you’re here in Austin, do join us!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. Both children and older patrons avidly use the library’s public access computers with current Microsoft applications. Several people use the public access computers to fill out job applications. Pottsboro Area Library in Texas.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

And it's very easy to do an application. Foundation staff members are hosting these in several cities to show their interest in promising ideas on rejuvenating democracy. The 2015 Knight Foundation News Challenge is accepting applications online from February 25 to March 19, 2015. The Application Process Is Easy.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

When I heard about this contest, I asked myself, "Who would I know with API coding skills and a passion for government transparency -- and who likes winning money?" > Learn more about the contest at [link]. Tags: contest NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz APIs. " Duh: the NTEN community!

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

Hosting fundraising events, whether online or in person, can yield great rewards for nonprofit organizations. Video ads Display ads Native ads Email marketing Geo targeting and geofencing Mobile applications. Utilize a platform like Qgiv to help you host virtual auctions and mobile bidding. Social media contests.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Third, we're participating in the Apps for America Contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. The goal of the contest is to create new applications using data from Sunlight and its partners to make Congress more accountable, interactive and transparent. Wish us luck!

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If you want to learn a bit more about hosting a silent auction, check out our blog post on the eight steps to running a stellar event. You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees. Easter Egg Hunts Can spring really start without an Easter Egg hunt?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Below suggests ten ways to monetize webinars and highlights the best practices for hosting webinars. Hold a contest per reposting or re-tweeting your event. When giving a webinar, if your product is applicable, ensure that you offer a demo. Your content needs to be stellar. It helps to have a well-known speaker or a hot topic.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

Facebook is a platform — meaning, you can develop your own applications on top of their functionality. Here’s the details from TechCrunch : In case there was still any doubt that Google wants to use YouTube to host all the video on the Web, it’s announcement earlier today to broaden its APIs makes it clear that is its goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. Tactical Philanthropy Blog notes that the next Giving Carnival will focus on Fundraising for Nonprofits and will be hosted by Gayle Roberts. Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

After donating $26 to FreeGeek to honor Amy's 26th birthday, I went poking around Causes to see if I could install the application. This is a good way to avoid application fatique and a great way to build interest in the application. I think this is application might just be a winner: It meshes with Facebook culture.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2012

Using contests and challenges to engage communities was the topic of the July 17 edition of the weekly CommBuild chat. The chat, facilitated by by TechSoup online community manager, Michael DeLong, included helpful advice learned by participants who have run contests. Why hold a contest or challenge? Promote, promote, promote!

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Michaela Hackner and I recently hosted a pair of NTEN webinars titled "How to Become a Facebook Rockstar." You can create a vanity web address (URL) for your page, send geographically-targeted emails to your Fans (using the internal Facebook email system), and install applications that leverage your other social media outposts.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Host a costume party or another Halloween celebration to encourage community members to get involved. For example, an animal shelter may host a dog costume contest where supporters make a donation to vote for their favorite pup. . Make the most of this day by hosting your own. where applicable. . Thanksgiving.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

We'll also have some extra-cool schwag available if you submit your application for Google for Nonprofits in-person at the booth (be sure to bring your organization's Tax ID number with you)! Here’s a great opportunity to participate in SmartOnline’s ‘Invent Your Mobile App’ Contest, and explore these possibilities!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

The Google Powered Nonprofit Office Here's a few how-to articles about how to use google applications for your domain or how to become the on demand nonprofit. Building on Each Others Ideas Heather over at the Aspiration Blog hosted this week 's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants which includes a good roundup of advice. See below).

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

There are many third party applications like Wordpress and Blogger on which you can host a blog with very little technical knowledge. You don't have to host the audio yourself; you can use a service like Feedburner to host, organize, distribute, and market your content. Start a blog. But you want something bigger?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2007

I was in a bar recently and found myself captivated by “Deal or No Deal,” a show that features the simplest game in the world: a contestant opens suitcases with dollar amounts (up to $1M) behind them. But the combination of the pressure on the contestant, the personality of the host, and the dollars involved make it an enthralling half hour.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

With almost 40% of smaller nonprofits hosting at least two to five events every year, everyone involved with your organization, from your volunteers and staff to your donors and event attendees, will stand to benefit. If your nonprofit hosts events regularly, you should create a standing event sub-committee on your board.

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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. These sites are well worth exploring for the richness of learning about the application of emerging technologies and learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

An excellent first small step is to just identify the blogs that are hosting those conversations on the topics that interest you or inform your work. Another free blogging platform is wordpress hosted. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest. Here's a screencast to show you how.

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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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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Supporters can even host a fundraiser through Facebook and harness the power of peer-to-peer giving. Blogs: Do you have professional connections with someone who hosts a well-known blog? For example, if you decide to host a 5K, you might decide that though virtual 5Ks can be fun, your donors would prefer to have an in-person race.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Our Flickr photo contest. is a good example of this philosophy in action; we could have held the contest behind closed doors and made people sign up in order to submit and view photos. Rather than build our own photo-sharing application, why don???t ve gained all of these application users as an engaged audience.

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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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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

So far, the only real strategy to analyze besides creating groups is the Causes application. HSUS ran a video contest during the outcry over the Michael Vick story that received 22 submissions, over 43,000 views of the contest intro video (featuring Hulk Hogan) , and garnered 2,000 new list members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week during the Google Hangout hosted by the Packard Foundation , someone asked me “What’s Next?” As they watched people interact with the prototype ATM, the team was able to actually see potential customers using the application, and could identify areas of improvement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Select a Content Management System (CMS) and hosting service. ? 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. ? Launch a Facebook Group, if applicable. ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Select a Content Management System (CMS) and hosting service. 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. □ Integrate mobile and social media into online contests. Online Fundraising.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

So just, if this next part is not as applicable to you, know that we’re getting to you in the next part. But at Pedal the Cause, because it’s a small organization, a small group of people, and we didn’t really want it to be a popularity contest, we kind of put it. So there wasn’t. They mainly do fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Photo by Becky J McCray At SXSW, I participated in the " Social Media for Social Good BBQ " co-hosted by Jeff Pulver and Porter Novelli. There are social network applications designed to facilitate free agent fundraisers, for example Facebook Causes Birthday Campaign and some of the earlier experiments over at Social Actions.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

There are dozens of pro-reform petitions circulating including this Change.org petition and this AARP-sponsored petition hosted by Care2. A number of applications have been developed to organize causes on Facebook. In this case, a site is running a contest to caption this poster opposing Obama's plan. Viral Status Updates.

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