Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. 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. Global NpTech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Film Contest - " Film Your Issue " from Yahoo and other sponsors.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

There are only a couple more days to participate in our CRM and Consulting give-away contest, so don't forget to enter. It's easy: just vent about what you wish your CRM could do for your organization but doesn't. Sign up here! We appreciate the work Alex does to keep YMCAs humming in LA, and we're proud to have him as a member of NTEN.

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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. NpTech Community. " Everyone Has Their 15 Minutes of Fame gokubi.com blog writes about Faceted Celebrity in the NpTech space. " Findhabeas. Paul Lamb might.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

A Few NpTech Conversations. Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. 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. public information???

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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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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Wildfire creates a spectrum of contest based apps, including sweepstakes & photo/video contest apps. The contest should offer an incentive for your constituents to become fans. Thanks to everyone who came.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. Are you a nonprofit?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Entrants built useful applications incorporating at least one data feed from Data.gov , in an effort to make government data accessible and usable. Because data is powerful!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 21, 2009

on an iPhone application, even if they aren't sure they'll like it, or use it. What if a group of nonprofits got together and created an application where you could donate to one, or all of the groups, each month through your iTunes account?" Abby Jaramillo of Urban Sprouts reports that SalesForce has an iPhone application.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

You can find an action to take about the causes you care about by using their search engine , and share ways for others to take action on your website, blog, or mobile device with one of their web applications. They'll also be launching a web application development contest, Change the Web 2009 , in January.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

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. For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2009

Flickr Photo: cambodia4kids The Lifetime Acheivement Award is given each year to a person who has pushed the nptech community forward. The Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest recognizes software developers who create open source applications and tools that nonprofit and advocacy groups can put to good use.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. The Evolution of NPTech: Where we came from, and [maybe] where we’re going. Much of our use of various platforms and specific applications was exploratory, understandably.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

tools and business applications for it. Making me think of March Dimes Flickr Contest ) Epilepsy Action in MySpace 1. However, I'm willing to bet that many of the same people and their kids use web 2.0 apps (skype, myspace, flickr, etc) without knowing it's web 2.0. Let's imagine a random scenario where we're trying to sell web 2.0

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. According to the Facebook Causes blog , the application has helped raise more than $12 million for nonprofits based in the U.S. These applications, and others, add a powerful philanthropic layer to Facebook.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Second, start a cause by clicking "Start a Cause" under "Find Causes" when you're in the Causes application. Tags: facebook facebook causes Fundraising Newsletter NPTech NTEN susan gordon. If someone has already started a cause benefiting your organization, get in touch with them and build a relationship.

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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. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Wednesday, October 11, 2017.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Online contests like the Knight News Challenge , The Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge , and the AmEx Cardmember Project can be resource draining to participate in, especially for a time- and cash-strapped nonprofit.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 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) That went to several thousand supporters.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 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) That went to several thousand supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

During the past two weeks, links shared via the #nptech hashtag on Twitter have been like a Chinese buffet, a huge selection of tempting dishes that look so good you want to fill an entire plate. NMC Future Symposium explore applications of techology that could impact issues of global importance over next five years or more.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out nearly 100 exhibirors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. 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 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. applications have changed the rules of online community. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. choice and when it is not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool." You don't need to have tech expertise to submit a project to the Challenge, just an idea for a change you want to make that could be facilitated by a mashup.

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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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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 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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