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Top 21 Virtual Event Ideas for Your Next Online Event

AccelEvents

Just like games, contests are virtual event ideas that can get people talking. Maybe the cutest pet contest or something event/topic-focused that does not require attendees to be on site. . Maybe the cutest pet contest or something event/topic-focused that does not require attendees to be on site. . Polls and Q&As.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Knowledge: Subject matter expertise, research, polling, case studies. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc. Observe your community research as it happens (polling, focus groups, town halls). Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year.

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Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some creative work is crowdsourced in the form of creative or design contests while others are produced by interactive agencies that gather and vet online communities of designers, artists and producers to be part of a creative development process.

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Guest Post: A Tale of Two University Museums

Museum 2.0

The Sitings contest invites students to propose an installation and the two proposals that win each year are awarded grants and displayed in the Museum. You might think that would be sufficient effort to engage the students, but a quick informal poll suggests otherwise. Evening events entice with the promise of music and food.

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End-of-Year Event Fundraising

The Modern Nonprofit

Unlike typical events driven by in-person interaction, guests can be engaged with interactive polls, live shoutouts, and rotating break-out rooms ( Zoom and similar services offer all or most of these features in one). Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background.

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End-of-Year Event Fundraising in 2021

The Modern Nonprofit

Unlike typical events driven by in-person interaction, guests can be engaged with interactive polls, live shoutouts, and rotating break-out rooms ( Zoom and similar services offer all or most of these features in one). Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background.