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2009 GreatNonprofits Youth Thrive Awards

Amy Sample Ward

The 2009 GreatNonprofits Youth Thrive Awards will recognize the top-rated youth-focused nonprofits. The contest asks clients, donors, volunteers, and board members to write reviews of these nonprofits. Awards will be given out of 9 categories (6 geographic US regions and 3 budget size – small, medium and large).

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Lessons Learned From Social Fundraising Contests

Care2

How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities , authored by Geoff Livingston, was commissioned by the Case Foundation and presented in conjunction with Razoo. There are some great takeaways for nonprofits thinking abut social fundraising and communities considering organizing giving day events of their own.

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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. Try to build the content around tasks that can be accomplished where the attendees are. Maybe the cutest pet contest or something event/topic-focused that does not require attendees to be on site. . Polls and Q&As. In fact, 81.8%

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Turning Fundraising into a Game: Groupon, Zynga and Care2 do it, Why Don’t You?

NetWits

Register for our Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events Newsletter and get a monthly dose of quality content. Here are a few ways nonprofits are rewarding their fundraisers: Virginia Beach Bike MS – Bike shop gift certificates, VIP parking, a 30-minute massage and an invitation to their awards dinner await participants who raise over $4,000.

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Shine a Light on Fearless Nonprofit Video

NTEN

If you've taken some risks with your organization's video work this year, great news: thanks to The Case Foundation, the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards will be adding a special category for "Fearless" videos. Different is just what The Case Foundation is looking for in this year's contest. Did you experiment? Take risks? Enter today.

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Guest Post by Katherine Hutt: A Small Nonprofit's Strategy for Pepsi Refresh Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Time will tell, but the contest has given us a jump start on our social media strategy.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Contest: User Generated Crap, er… Content

See3

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest. Among organizations, contests may seem like a short-cut to get compelling content, and cheaply. The current Heinz contest is a great example.

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