Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Partnering with an influencer with a significant following and reputation can draw attention to your cause and establish the quality of your events. Submission contest. Take both of these ideas to the next level by gamifying them with a contest.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Partnering with an influencer with a significant following and reputation can draw attention to your cause and establish the quality of your events. Submission contest. Take both of these ideas to the next level by gamifying them with a contest.

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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.) . For example.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Take advantage of National Donut Day (6/7) or National Hot Dog Month (July) and host a summer treat-eating competition or bake sale for your cause. Climb for a Cause. Stretch for a Cause. Ask for donations in exchange for attendance and have a yoga teacher lead a class for a cause. Great Outdoors Month (June, US).

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

If you know you have a supporter base that are planning to give up drinks, treats, or Starbucks, challenge them to donate what they would spend on those weekly cocktails or daily croissants to your cause. Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause. Cereal-for-Dinner Dinner Party (March 7). BBQ for Good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

The list created by Sean Kosofsky of Mind the Gap Consulting can be used by an executive director, board chair, or any individual board member to consider their contribution to your organization’s financial health. Offer to support the development director, development committee, board chair, or ED in their fundraising tasks.

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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. million a month for 12 months to good causes. For context, please see this guest post by Bonin Bough, The Global Director of Social Media for Pepsi, published earlier this month. Here's my analysis.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

Conference Participants Crowd Source for a Good Cause - Resource Center - AFP : "n Sunday afternoon of the AFP International Fundraising Conference, BJ Bischoff (consultant and AFP Master Trainer) and Nathan Hand (director of advancement at The Oaks Academy and president of the AFP Indiana Chapter) presented a session about winning crowd-sourced charity (..)

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Volunteers are passionate about your cause, donate their time and skills to make a positive impact. Remember to use a durable material that doesn’t cause irritations and vary your size options. You can host a contest for your volunteers to come up with designs for their blankets. Volunteers can vote for their favorite option.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

All of this culminates in raising more money for your cause. Ambassador fundraising mobilizes your loyal supporters to conduct their own personal fundraising in the form of contests, challenges, campaigns, and more for your event. While it’s ideal to have ambassadors who have been long-time supporters of your cause, it’s not required.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Her second book, exploring how causes can excel using Twitter, comes out in the summer of 2011. Petri Darby – Make-A-Wish Foundation – Petri Darby, APR, is the director of brand marketing & digital strategy for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Find her on Twitter – @claired. Find him on twitter – @jakethefurst.

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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

Development officers, executive directors, event planners, consultants, and emerging leaders came together to discuss fundraising trends, donor retention, DEI (diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace) strategies, and so much more. The outcome? They also uncovered how “It’s not about how we talk to them.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The goal of the project is to not simply host a contest, but "to help nonprofits think creatively about using technology to fulfill their missions, without having a fear of technology and by learning a new skill with an element of fun," says Susan Tenby, Director, Online Community and Social Media Team, TechSoup Global.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

Finally, think about other potential sponsors that are dedicated to your cause or have a history of sponsoring fundraising events in your community. Include the sponsor’s name in certain event activities, such as a “Hole-in-One Contest Presented by Sponsor” or “Sponsor Photo Booth.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2017

And, over 65 percent of performance problems are caused by employee conflicts. Unfortunately, conflict in the workplace is inevitable. In fact, research shows that 42 percent of a manager's time is spent addressing conflict. Managers new in their leadership role typically have had little to no training on how to deal with conflict.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

In a summer-long contest by American Farmland Trust, nearly 30,000 Americans voted for their favorite local farmers market, and Williamsburg swept the medium category (31-55 vendors). About the Contest. According to Hoffman, the contest has been a great success and succeeded beyond their original expectations.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Plus, this type of event can be applied to all different types of missions, so there’s bound to be an idea that appeals to your cause and audience. Your auction attendees will love the opportunity to expand their gardening passion and support a good cause. Encourage them to auction off their own creations for a good cause!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

This post was written by Chris Bernard, the research and editorial director for Idealware , a nonprofit that creates impartial research and written resources to help other nonprofits make smart decisions about software. You can see some of the apps generated by the contest at civicapps.org.).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 28, 2015

And, over 65 percent of performance problems are caused by employee conflicts. Unfortunately, conflict in the workplace is inevitable. In fact, research shows that 42 percent of a manager's time is spent addressing conflict. Managers new in their leadership role typically have had little to no training on how to deal with conflict.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

You can listen for mentions of your organization, products you sell, your executive director or a figurehead’s name, special events you are running, causes you support, campaigns you are managing, and so on. Your executive director or a figurehead’s name. Causes you support. Mentions of your organization.

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Care2

JULY 19, 2010

If your nonprofit has been contemplating entering online fundraising contests, check out the 2009 American Giving Challenge report released by the Case Foundation. More than 82,000 individual donors made 105,000 donations to nearly 8,000 causes with an average gift of $17.73. The challenge raised $2.1 The challenge raised $2.1

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

And, over 65 percent of performance problems are caused by employee conflicts. Unfortunately, conflict in the workplace is inevitable. In fact, research shows that 42 percent of a manager''s time is spent addressing conflict. Managers new in their leadership role typically have had little to no training on how to deal with conflict.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2013

And, over 65 percent of performance problems are caused by employee conflicts. Unfortunately, conflict in the workplace is inevitable. In fact, research shows that 42 percent of a manager''s time is spent addressing conflict. Managers new in their leadership role typically have had little to no training on how to deal with conflict.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

And, over 65 percent of performance problems are caused by employee conflicts. Unfortunately, conflict in the workplace is inevitable. In fact, research shows that 42 percent of a manager''s time is spent addressing conflict. Managers new in their leadership role typically have had little to no training on how to deal with conflict.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 8, 2011

And, over 65 percent of performance problems are caused by employee conflicts. Unfortunately, conflict in the workplace is inevitable. In fact, research shows that 42 percent of a manager's time is spent addressing conflict. Managers new in their leadership role typically have had little to no training on how to deal with conflict.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The panel featured Jonah Sachs, the creative director of Free Range Studios , which is a film studio that makes web videos for social and environmental change groups. Create Documentaries for Your Cause. TechSoup holds an annual Digital Storytelling Contest and provides resources for organizations to better tell their stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

I am secretary of Retina Australia (Qld) and on the board of directors of Retina Australia. " She lists some strengths and opportunities: There are many thousands of people affected by this condition which is the leading cause of youth blindness. Ask other folks from nonprofits who have used Flickr to run contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Whether it’s sharing a #CecilTheLion cartoon, or sharing a #PlannedParenthood petition, all of these actions are expressions of our passion for causes we love. Since GoFundMe is an open platform where people can solicit support for life events of any kind users have found plenty of uses for it – like supporting charitable causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

A free agent is a person (many times a GenY, but not always ) who is a passionate about a social cause, but is working outside of a nonprofit organization to organize , mobilize , raise money , and engage with others. Anytime that you have someone calling attention to your cause, you need to open your ears and listen.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2012

Last year she changed her focus at NTEN to became our Research and Publications Director, and she’s already receiving huge honors for her work. This award is evidence that when the nonprofit community works together to support each other’s causes, we can achieve great things! Have more news to share?

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

Pune Dracker, Director, Website Content & Editorial Services, ASPCA. Think of it as gentle nudge for your readers, ‘cause sometimes folks don’t want to be the first to contribute, but are more than happy to chime in once someone else does. It’s along the lines of a weekly caption contest, but there’s an educational component to it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

We got a chance to talk shop with Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg. But I worry that people are getting fatigued about the many good causes out there." We are delighted to honor TechSoup member Braided River as a winner of our 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest. Challenges.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

We got a chance to talk shop with Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg. But I worry that people are getting fatigued about the many good causes out there." We are delighted to honor TechSoup member Braided River as a winner of our 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest. Challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

he is the 20th person from Southeast Asia has told me that they can't donate and have it count towards to the contest because of the lack of PayPal support. And it isn't the just the supporters of the cause from Southeast Asia, I just got an email from Roger Carr who just posted this reminder to his network.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes. The main difference between Causes and the Facebook application powered by Convio is that with Convio your application on Facebook will have all of your content delivered directly from your Convio database and CMS.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

While calls to action can vary, there are three things every call to action must have:  Relevance: Your call to action should be related to the activity that caused the person to discover you. This is not the time to ask them to invest in your cause. ” Ask them to appeal to their government officials about your cause.

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