Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2010

Less than two hours ago, Chase Community Giving made the much anticipated announcement of the lucky winner of $1 million dollars and five finalists each receiving $100,000 on its contest Fan Page. It's left some nonprofit professionals wondering whether these types of contests are a good idea. and Sdfj Dfsjlfkddjf. Change.org reported.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Rather than donating the money to nonprofits through a traditional corporate responsibility grant program, Pepsi will jump on the online contest bandwagon. Pepsi will have contests every month for 10 months beginning Jan. The groups say that until Chase made changes to the contest, they appeared to be among the top 100 vote-getters.

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Care2

AUGUST 20, 2009

We're no strangers to the world of video contests. Last year, our DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards received over 400 videos from all types of organizations and causes. This week, we've helped launch a video contest around one specific issue: driving smarter.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

In this year's Third Annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. There was an overwhelming amount of talent and stories shared through the contest! On Wednesday, March 28 in San Francisco – and live-streamed online – TechSoup Global will screen and award the top photo and video entries. Pacific time.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 17, 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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NetWits

JUNE 2, 2011

He talked about the importance of motivated players, challenges, rewards, levels and incentives in our everyday activities. Games, challenges, and incentives are not entirely new to fundraising. The UGA Relay for Life Chapter offered additional contests the week of the event, with prizes ranging from a Smartphone to airline tickets.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Consider hiring a musical act, comedian, or hosting an office awards ceremony. Festive Fundraising Challenge. Virtual fundraising challenges are easy and convenient ways to raise money for your holiday fundraiser. Encourage photos that show participants doing the challenge and add brownie-points for festive gear.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

March Madness bracket challenge March Madness is an exciting time for basketball lovers everywhere, and you can use that to your advantage for a March fundraising idea. Host a March Madness bracket challenge and allow your supporters to predict this season’s tournament winner for an entry fee.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 28, 2023

Hole-In-One Contest A hole-in-one is when a golfer hits a golf ball into the hole with one shot. A hole-in-one contest is a popular feature of most golf tournaments. Tournament organizers often approach sponsors for such contests because it gives them good visibility.

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Forum One

JANUARY 7, 2009

US Agency for International Development has run an interesting contest to identify innovative ideas in mobile computing for international development. They got some interesting nominations and have identified the top three winners : * Child Malnutrition Surveillance and Famine Response. Ushahidi v2 - Mobile.Crisis.Reporting.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Read on to get the full effect: The Google Impact Challenge is in India! Four non-profits will receive a Rs 3 crore Global Impact Award and Google''s support to make their winning ideas happen. Apply here or check out past award recipients for a dose of inspiration. Get the full report here.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The ideas are endless: bowling nights, trivia contests, cocktail hours, weekend barbeques, and more! Your nonprofit can award Volunteer of the Month titles to volunteers who go above and beyond. This doesn’t have to be a weekly or even monthly occurrence; maybe save it for after a particularly challenging fundraising event.

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Care2

JULY 19, 2010

If your nonprofit has been contemplating entering online fundraising contests, check out the 2009 American Giving Challenge report released by the Case Foundation. Over the course of 30 days, individuals competed for donors donations and matching awards for their favorite charities. The challenge raised $2.1

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. We didn’t have much time to respond to the Pepsi Refresh challenge. Here's my analysis.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

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. . Social Media Challenge.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Consider hiring a musical act, comedian, or hosting an office awards ceremony. Festive Fundraising Challenge. Virtual fundraising challenges are easy and convenient ways to raise money for your holiday fundraiser. Encourage photos that show participants doing the challenge and add brownie-points for festive gear.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2009

Although I hate the idea of talking over lunch, I'm glad that two years ago, under former ED Katrin Verclas, we added the awards ceremony to our closing lunch at the NTC. Flickr Photo: ann.a.liese The NTEN Award is given each year to a person who lives the values of our community. The 2009 award was presented to the American Red Cross.

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See3

OCTOBER 30, 2009

America’s Giving Challenge is an amazing program from The Case Foundation that See3 had the opportunity to support this year. They make this happen through a competition that rewards nonprofits daily during the contest period and overall at the end. Check it out right now at America’s Giving Challenge.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

It began operating in 1982 and anticipated awarding $5-$6 million a year. In fact, over the past five years, MMT distributed an average $28 million per year in grants and program-related investment loans, surpassing $500 million with its most recent awards. Meyer’s personal estate. We want Oregonians to get engaged with us.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2012

With strong roots in prior national giving events and contests such as Twestival Local and America’s Giving Challenge , we wanted Twive to have the same fun spirit of those early ground-breaking giving events. Cities across America will compete to win their share of $30,000 in award money for a locally-serving nonprofit.

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AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

They would likely be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the right to put their name on the contest. We’ve all seen the contests: “share this post, like this page, and tag a friend for your chance to win [insert prize].”. You can do a contest like the one above or do something different.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

As my colleague Ale noted in her post a few days ago, the 2014 digital storytelling contest and event series (now called Storymakers ) has arrived! All of these events lead to the open challenge ( starting August 26 ) to submit your organization's or cause's digital story to be among the contenders for $13,000 in cash prizes and more.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 22, 2020

However, there’s no denying that this year and all of its challenges may have called for an adjustment to those plans. Whether a conference, a gala, or a trivia contest, you can live stream the event directly on Facebook. This festive atmosphere can only mean one thing— year-end-giving has begun.

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2012

Karamellzucker This week, NTEN members are giving and receiving discounted conference registration, accepting nominations for impressive games for change, and awarding grants for innovative media use. March 23rd is the deadline to enter your social impact game in the 3rd annual Games for Change awards. Anything we missed?

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pumpkin Carving Contest. come judge the contest. To adapt this fall fundraising idea for your nonprofit, just think: what’s something you can challenge participants to not do or give up to raise funds and awareness for your cause? Check out this full description of how to run a virtual trivia night to get inspired.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Polar plunge challenge. Cookie decorating contest. Snowman contest. Have your guests arrive in outrageous sweaters and award prizes to the funniest, ugliest and most decked-out outfits you see. These holiday fundraisers are sure to help you spice up your year-end giving season! Let your donors get creative.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Planning fundraisers for kids comes with its own set of unique challenges. Teacher or Principal Challenge. For an even more involved challenge, get a teacher to commit to shaving their head when you’ve reached a fundraising goal. Costume contest. Cookie-decorating contest. Clean-up challenge.

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2010

Enter the Paperless Choice Challenge. Four prizes totalling $20,000 will be awarded to organizations demonstrating innovation and results in paperless fundraising. The Paperless Choice Challenge submission period ends August 16th, 2010, so get your entries in today. You can learn more about the Paperless Choice Challenge here.

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See3

JANUARY 21, 2008

Watch the video Beth did with her son: Now, if you give $10 you can help Beth raise $50,000 through a competition called America’s Giving Challenge. 500,000 will be awarded through the challenge to charities whose supporters have attracted the most unique donors to their cause using new and innovative online tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. The March 2014 TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge (the “Challenge”). Challenge Schedule.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2016

Our contest begins today, August 29, 2016, and closes September 11, 2016. The 2016 TechSoup Symantec Success Story Challenge (the "Challenge"). Challenge Schedule. Challenge submission opens August 29, 2016 at 8:00:01 a.m. All submissions must be received by the Challenge end date and time.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! The March 2014 TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge (the “Challenge”). Challenge Schedule.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

From futuristic challenges to free, online resources, there are plenty of reasons to put down those grill tongs and cast aside that cheesy beach read. NTEN Member Knight Foundation announced their latest Knight News Challenge: mobile. Learn more about the challenges, check out the winners, and submit an idea.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

In order for your nonprofit to scale and succeed, you must understand your data, and often the best outcomes come from challenges within the data. There are many options for peer-to-peer fundraising you can use: Contests Challenges Crowdfunding DIY fundraising A-thons (walk, bowl, etc.)

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