Achieve

DECEMBER 22, 2020

So, we’re going to cover the top tips your team can use to be successful when incorporating Facebook fundraising into your year-end giving strategy: . That removes a massive administrative burden from your team! Whether a conference, a gala, or a trivia contest, you can live stream the event directly on Facebook. in this guide.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Participants can pay an entry fee for their team to compete for a grand prize. Make it a peer-to-peer fundraiser by allowing teams to have a secondary competition to see who can raise the most for your organization! Charge admission and screen popular movies, or theme it around the Academy Awards by screening some of the 2024 nominees.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For this fundraising event, you’ll need to team up with a local paint and sip store like Pinot’s Palette or Painting with a Twist that’s willing to paint it forward with a percentage of the night’s proceeds going to your cause. Your nonprofit would then be responsible for promoting the event and recruiting teams. Bowl-a-Thon.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

T-shirts A t-shirt with your organization’s logo is a great gift idea for your volunteer team. 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.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Consider hiring a musical act, comedian, or hosting an office awards ceremony. Donors can donate to individuals or teams via email or social media. . You can consider challenges like a read-a-thon, a physical challenge (like running to a distance), a friendly dare challenge, or a team all-in holiday board game challenge!

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

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Note from Beth: I've been writing about online contests that use social media and crowdsourcing techniques. As frequent readers of this blog know, many pitfalls of online contests have been discussed here. We’ve pledged to award more than $20 million to support innovative ideas that move communities forward.

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JUNE 22, 2011

Focus on team captains. A recent survey of six national nonprofits found multi-year team captains raise two to three times more than new team captains and retain about 86 percent of their prior year’s revenue. Team captains are the lifeblood of fundraising events. Include a sample script of what to say to team members.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Whether you’re fundraising for your church’s youth group, your school, or your kid’s sports team, investing in the education and wellbeing of your kids is priceless. Have them write a short message on your candygram cards, and then your team of kids will deliver the candygrams to their destinations on a specific day. Costume contest.

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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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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Think a walk-a-thon meets those highway sponsorship programs: Get supporters to sponsor teams at a rate of $X per pound of trash collected. Dust off that cornhole, bocce, badminton, or beach volleyball set and have participants establish teams for tournament-style competition. Click To Tweet. Host a Community Clean-Up. Eat for Good.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The winner will be awarded an all-expense paid trip to the 2009 NTC to be held in San Francisco. For complete contest rules and to submit or view videos, please visit the video contest home.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Cookie decorating contest. Snowman contest. This is an awesome team and community building activity, and you’ll be surprised by the donations you receive from delighted listeners along the way. Have your guests arrive in outrageous sweaters and award prizes to the funniest, ugliest and most decked-out outfits you see.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

We knew we needed a cross-sector perspective on the problem , so we awarded a grant to Hattaway Communications to convene stakeholders (including Beth!) What role could digital medium-specific competitions or contests play in increasing demand? Could funders prioritize storytelling as a reporting and evaluation mechanism?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

For instance, if you’re looking to hand out appreciation certificates to your volunteers in front of your entire team, highlight special accomplishments such as how they surpassed the average number of hours volunteered this year to make them feel special. T-shirts Gifting your volunteers a t-shirt is a great way to build team spirit.

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See3

MARCH 3, 2008

Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment mul-timedi-a.net Second Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards… Die empfohlenen Politiken tragen notwendig zur Verschärfung großräumiger, kleinräumiger und sozialer Ungleichheit bei. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Consider hiring a musical act, comedian, or hosting an office awards ceremony. Donors can donate to individuals or teams via email or social media. . You can consider challenges like a read-a-thon, a physical challenge (like running to a distance), a friendly dare challenge, or a team all-in holiday board game challenge!

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! gotomeeting.com/register/352609216 Kovida.IS

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Build your pipeline of future donors with peer-to-peer fundraising Melaina Chromy of Qgiv teamed up with David Hawa of IRUSA in a session titled Build Bridges with Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: How to Connect Supporters with Your Mission for Long-Term Fundraising Success. His advice to the audience, “Everyday you can learn a little more.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

A Contest Built on City Data. " Apps4Warsaw also teamed up with Orange Labs, the research and development arm of multinational telecommunications giant Orange , to build a platform and publish the 50 datasets. The contest got a total of 72 entries, which Sobieszuk said was a huge surprise and success. Apps4Warsaw.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

It’s been roughly two months since most of us have last been in an office, but thanks to video meeting platforms, messaging services, and modern-day technology, we can still have some sort of face-to-face interaction and continue to work alongside our teams. Virtual Happy Hours. So How Do You Drive Participation?

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Alternatively, you might combine a silent auction with a shop by allowing buyers to either purchase an item at a buy-it-now or have the item awarded to the highest bidder. You may place individual gamers head-to-head and compete against one another or set up a points system with teams. 15) Brand design contests. 20) Book club.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

The contest runs from August 29 until noon EDT on September 10, and hopes to uncover new ways of using mobile as a social engagement tool. Learn more about Mozilla Ignite or consider being a mentor to an app development team. View the Blackbaud Impact Awards categories and nominate someone worthy.

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See3

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman FEB 24, 2008 Does the sun shine out your ars?

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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 winner will be awarded a refurbished tablet supplied by a donor. Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next? Great question.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

There are tons of variations on this theme, but they all come down to the same concept: get your supporters involved in a game or contest and give them extra boosts based on fundraising. As a bonus, try to secure some great prizes from your corporate and/or local partners for the winning team. Sip for a Cause.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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CauseVox

MARCH 4, 2021

You could create faux Olympic games as a peer-to-peer fundraiser, do a sleep-out, or host a costume contest. You can ask each participant to fundraise and award prizes to the top fundraisers (like a chance to take a break for a song). Spirit Wear. Dance Marathon. A dance marathon is a classic fundraiser.

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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 winner will be awarded a refurbished tablet supplied by a donor. Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next? Great question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. Corporations use these contests to engage potential customers. Come learn the ups and downs of these contests from brands that sponsor them. Come learn the ups and downs of these contests from brands that sponsor them.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

This approach takes a lot of planning and some good financial investments from sponsors to award the participants. Charging teams an entry fee for the competition and also running an entry fee to the tournament can take a lot of work, but it’s a fun event. You could also host a March Madness open house.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

In the past, more than 20 grants have been awarded for each challenge. The contest is open to anyone — including journalists, local election officials, civic technologists, academics, businesses, nonprofits, governments, and individuals. Just go to newschallenge.org to explain your idea during the application period.

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See3

MARCH 18, 2008

And then, on Friday we will be announcing the winner of the DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Which just about sums it up really.

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See3

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman FEB 11, 2008 john.he.is

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See3

JANUARY 21, 2008

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. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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