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. The design of the Giving Challenge was such that any organization, even small grassroots organizations, could enter and even win.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Canva is a great tool for designing images. Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Or host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have your own tip jars for people to support their favorite competitors in the form of donations. Website or event page so people can find it.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

They also held a student art contest to design a special Art in Action necklace that could be purchased on the day, with an even higher percentage of proceeds going to the org. Have your staff, supporters, beneficiaries, or volunteers design some special Mother’s Day card greetings unique to your cause. Card Service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Like GoFundMe, Booster lets you to raise money for any cause by designing and selling your own t-shirt. The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) is currently selling a t-shirt with the names of 3,400 children and teens who have fought or are still fighting childhood cancer. Disruptive Model: Contest Crowdfunding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Embrace a mobile-first design strategy. must be designed to be easily read on smartphones and tablets. The good news is that modern design trends for mobile email are also compatible with desktop email. Like print newsletters, e-newsletters in the late 1990s and early 2000s were mostly sent quarterly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

More experienced donors could also help new donors design a gift so that it maximizes its impact, and donors who want to move onto new projects could recruit new donors to take over funding responsibility for their old commitments.

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For instance, the Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity hosted a wildly successful Gingerbread Home Build contest, bringing in 132% over their goal. Pet photo contest – Everyone loves looking at adorable animals and showing off their pets. With a pet photo contest, ask supporters to submit photos of their furry friends beforehand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2013

About a year ago, Facebook began rolling out a series of important changes, most notably the launch of Facebook Open Graph , designed to empower app developers (like us here at ActionSprout ) to create tools to help brands and organizations get more out of Facebook. Red’s Get Well Card. Measurable, Meaningful Results.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Provoking thought and invoking emotion contributes to link earning, but you can take it one step further and give people inclusion into an exciting event like fundraising, raising awareness, or a contest. This way, the other charity might feel more comfortable linking to that page. Create a Media Kit.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 16, 2015

Last week, I cast my first-ever vote for a contestant on The Voice. If one of my favorite contestants wins or releases a song, you can bet I’ll download the single, tweet about it, and maybe even buy tickets to their concert someday. For example, contests let supporters submit ideas and/or vote on them.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

was designed for Africa and costs more. NPTech Contests and Awards. I particularly like the Funny for Good Award on the serious topic of testicular cancer. An estimated billion people carry water on their heads, so this is potentially transformative technology. The cost for each device is between $20 and $30.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

We love how quickly orgs like Stand Up 2 Cancer can turn these out on Instagram. Lung Cancer Foundation of America does this with their #LivingWithLungCancer series, highlighting the human face of a disease they’re working to cure. Giveaways and contests Contests and giveaways will drive action. Ideas are cheap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. Change design to mimic look and feel of official site. David Neff, American Cancer Society David will be perform a spoken word and video poem about using Twitter to recruit blood donors and the Austin Twestival. How Do You Measure Success: Dollars or Doggie Treats? set audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Decide whether to launch a new responsively designed website, to mobile-optimize your current site, or launch a separate mobile website. ? Hire a website and graphic designer. ? Get master copies of Photoshop files for all website and blog graphics from your designer. ? Experiment with online contests to build your email list.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Decide whether to launch a new responsively designed website, to mobile-optimize your current site, or launch a separate mobile website. Hire a website and graphic designer. Get master copies of Photoshop files for all website and blog graphics from your designer. Design e-newsletter and email fundraising appeal banner images.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Best Looking Emails: This is a tie between the Museum of Modern Art and charity: water for showing that you can still design beautiful emails despite all the constraints. Your year-end gift helps others find life after cancer. Deadline for InterAction’s14th Annual Photo Contest is January 15. Double Your Impact Today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

They key is designing the opportunity for connection, plus self-organizing. In 2009, the organization launched the United State Spay Day Photo Contest in 2009 as one part of their overall effort that included broadcast media and other social media outreach efforts as well as offline event. More than $550,000 was raised last March. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

There are social network applications designed to facilitate free agent fundraisers, for example Facebook Causes Birthday Campaign and some of the earlier experiments over at Social Actions. A recent example is the Humane Society's Spa Day Photo Contest which raised over $600,000. As my colleague David J.

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