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 sent e-mails to our personal contacts and the GOH database.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Developers who code solutions that integrate with Kintera using their open API platform, Connect , can win $15,000 or $5,000 (not the $25 K their big logo seems to suggest – that’s just the total they will award.) Mozilla Labs announces the winners of their Extend Firefox2 contest – the best Firefox add-ons.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 21, 2022

When they feel like a number in your database, they’ll stop giving and leave. You know, one where you are screaming at the actor to look behind them or trying to convince a contestant to pick door #2? I know you’re proud of the award you just got and that may be interesting… or not. It makes them feel good.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Don’t forget, if you get calls or letters that reference an online campaign, the online campaign needs to be credited for those gifts in your database so you can accurately measure the impact of the campaign.) The more retail donors get the general mailings and emails. .&# So they were over their goal.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Nonprofit professionals are paying close attention to how their databases, staff, and agencies integrate across programs and how to best leverage data to optimize across all communication channels. We have more work to do in this area.

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