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

JANUARY 18, 2010

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

For years, I’ve been a vocal critic of Facebook’s policy not to provide advertising grants to nonprofits. So, I’m thrilled that my colleagues at ActionSprout with support from Facebook, are giving away $2 million in Facebook advertising credits to 2,000 nonprofits. How #MyGivingStory Works.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

They’re busy retweeting, posting, sharing, pinning, and blogging on an array of social media websites and platforms across the Internet. And what’s this I hear about teens leaving Facebook for other social networks, is this true? We know our audiences are out there on social media. But what social platform are they on the most?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Ladder of Love on Facebook. I was lucky enough to spend my last afternoon in Alaska driving to Talkeetna with Aliza Sherman who lives in Alaska who I’ve known since 1995 and with Cassandra Stalzer my host! I love the framework she created for identifying and cultivating Super Fans on Facebook.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

Social media contests: Photo contests can drive tons of engagement for your nonprofit on social media.Choose a relevant task for the contest that also makes for a fun visual, then ask supporters to post a photo and tag your nonprofit’s account to enter. Thank donors and volunteers often.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Running Facebook Contests Just Got a Lot Easier : Congratulations, former Facebook promotions rule-breakers–it’s now officially ok to break those rules. Actually, you won’t even have to–Facebook has changed those pesky Promotions Guidelines and made it easier to run and administer contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

Note from Beth: Anne Mai Bertlesen and I had a quick exchange at the end of year after I blogged about the Pepsi and Chase Giving Contests in December. She offered to write a guest post that provides an "insider's perspective" having run a number of cause-related ventures including contests.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

This post was penned by John Rode of SlideRocket and originally appeared on the SlideRocket blog. Marnie Webb, one of TechSoup Global's CEOs was a judge for their contest, where winners are highlighted below. Presentation Contest! And a big congratulations to all the presentation contest participants. donation.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Organize a Pumpkin Carving Contest. Why not host a pumpkin carving contest? The easiest way to organize a pumpkin carving contest is to ask your school or a local business to host it. You can also hold a costume contest if you have enough people show up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2016

But the GivingTuesday spirit still continues until the end of the month with #MyGivingStory , a contest where your nonprofit organization could receive a grant up to $10,000. MyGivingStory, in its second year, is a nationwide campaign and social media storytelling contest to inspire public discussion about the reasons people give.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In December, Pepsi topped that amount with its Pepsi Refresh, a contest offering $20 million in prizes and also launching this week.) .

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TechImpact

JANUARY 27, 2014

Every dollar is tightly contested by other nonprofits whose missions are often equally as noble as your own. Start blogging. Blogging, or content marketing, is one of the best ways to promote traffic to your site, build relationships, and cultivate your position within whatever community you are trying to establish yourself.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

OK, not everything, but I am regularly inspired by basic tenets of old-tyme magazine publishing (circa 1990s), where I got my start as a writer and editor, to cultivate juicy conversations on the ASPCA’s blog for animal sheltering professionals, Shelters’ Edge. That sounds like a no-brainer—but not all blogs do it. Want Something?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Mari Smith pointed to this blog post from All Facebook explaining the metric and how it has been implemented in apps. I’ve never run an ad for more fans, or done silly contests or anything else, you know? Photo by lecercle. Checking in at a place. Why the heck should I even care? Size has never mattered to us.

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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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NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Congratulations to NTEN Member the Humane Society of the United States for reaching 1,000,000 Fans on Facebook! Right now, they're using the big, round number to try to reach even more folks: They have a custom landing tab on Facebook for the campaign, tied to a contest: they're asking their fans to share their pets' stories and photos.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The fundraiser—whether it’s an inspired event, online appeal or one-time contest—should of course be considered an important component of any non-profit’s campaigning effort. For instance, ever get swept up in the Facebook videos that automatically play as you scroll through your feed page? Lean on your core supporters.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2011

ASPCA Ties 1 Million Facebook Fans To Contest For More - TheNonProfitTimes : The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) hit 1 million Facebook fans on October 3 and is commemorating the milestone with a “We ‘Like’ You, Too!” sweepstakes for all of its supporters.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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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. Those who use Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In solicited the support of friends and followers.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

With 300 million active users, Facebook is a natural starting place. As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. and Canada.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). This is a massive blow to smaller companies (or individuals) looking to build their presence through Facebook Pages."

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Organic posting, running contests, and incorporating social media marketing in emails are all great ways to get started on your branding journey. Post a Facebook survey. Run a contest! Contests are a great way for nonprofits to quickly extend visibility and get their audience involved and engaged. And the best part?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up – you can read the post and join the discussion on SSIR , or read the full post below. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Blog: BigCatRescue.org?/Blog. Facebook: facebook.com/BigCatRescue. In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase. Organization: Big Cat Rescue. Name: Carol Baskin. Title: CEO. Website: BigCatRescue.org. Anything else?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. So we need to remember that with social media! Doing Good.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Blog roll: A blog is a great opportunity for your business to share important updates about your offerings, highlight rewards and customer loyalty programs, spotlight events, share stories from customers, and more. Maintain a regular posting schedule, such as creating new blog content once a week or three times a month.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Facebook provides an unprecedented opportunity for nonprofits: 200 million monthly active users, about half of whom are signing in and communicating with their friends on a daily basis, is an organizer's dream. The Love Without Boundaries Foundation created a cause despite being small, entirely new to Facebook, and having no paid staff.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Join us as we talk about the latest social good initiatives underway at Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and YouTube while also seeing how non-profit organizers are using these tools to change the world. Ramya blogs regularly at www.citizentube.com. Moderator: Frank Barry – Blackbaud. Find her on Twitter – @claired. He loves bacon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Incentivize engagement by hosting a giveaway or other fun contest just for new followers on your platform of choice. Make sure to mention the contest in your regular emails and newsletters so your entire mailing list will know about it. New blog posts. Just like. a multi-channel approach to fundraising. Announcements.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 14, 2012

Since the Twive contest kicked off a couple months ago, these nonprofits got to work. They did keyword searches on Twitter to talk to people they have something in common with, began engaging people on Facebook with conversation topics, and pinning images on Pinterest to get the sharing going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. on Facebook, Network for Good, Global Giving and Parade Magazine in 2007. This contest was based on the total amount raised.

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