Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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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. There have been many remixes of online contests since the Giving Challenge, so many that I can't quite remember all of them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Kanter will bring together a group of highly visible free agents working on important social change causes and representatives from different nonprofits for a lively discussion with the audience. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. Our session will explore how and why this needs to change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook. The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline. And that’s why I’m supporting Giving Tuesday. What about you?

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JUNE 10, 2022

A reality, though, for many nonprofits is that they have a hard time marketing their fundraising needs and getting a diverse portfolio of people to invest in their cause. Encourage your donors to engage in a virtual 5K or a challenge like No Shave November , or the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for a critical cause.

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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. But, it not necessarily anything new.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

WORTH Trust uses a two-pronged model that addresses challenges faced by people with different abilities at various levels. With this unique cross-subsidy model, WORTH aims to mainstream children like Arjun by providing them with training and employment. To automate systems, a part of the funds was invested in buying computers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

The Cause: Room To Read a not-for-profit organization that transforms the lives of millions of children by focusing on literacy. I think cause-related marketing efforts could use a little bit more authenticity too or at least balance profit motives and altruism. Here's how it is described : The Inbound Marketing Challenge.

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JUNE 22, 2021

For the basics, you’ll need a dedicated peer-to-peer fundraising platform and a group of volunteers who are passionate about your cause. In particular, DIY fundraisers are popular for those who want to celebrate something or garner support, but instead of the support directed at them, it’s for a cause they care deeply about.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

This way, even individuals who don’t compete in the event can still support the cause. You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees. Yard Sales A yard sale is a fun way to get to know your supporters while also raising funds for a cause.

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MAY 18, 2015

" She continues: "Lots of publishing companies have had to go with a nonprofit business model. 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. " Exemplary Work.

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MAY 18, 2015

" She continues: "Lots of publishing companies have had to go with a nonprofit business model. 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. " Exemplary Work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

I personally really like any activism that includes individual expression like this (like www.sorryeverybody.com ) If someone gets out the crayons and makes a sign, they are definitely engaged in your cause. This is a fun meme for user=generated content -- Take a photo of yourself with sign or message related to our campaign or cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

With online contests or when there is a “matching grant,” I’ve been able to raise more, but I did not have one. What is your organization’s experience with social fundraising? If you have raised money as an individual for a cause or nonprofit, what did you learn? Don’t Set Minimum Gift Levels Too Low.

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DECEMBER 12, 2007

Because we believe that increasingly we will be seeing engagement move to these social networking models and away from email. Click the following link to learn more about this project [link] For every member that joins [link] they will donate 10cents to this cause. Because email… what’s the technical term?…

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

This whole competition thing has been a good model for your strengths, and I have given to this worthy cause every time you asked. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? You can r ead more about it on Beth’s blog. Beth, you are really great at this.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Develop a program for new employees to immediately give to their favorite charity, such as a Cause Card initiative. We are all being asked to give, to support causes and donate to charities on every social media channel, almost daily in snail mail, and to contribute at school and church, so an emotional connection is key.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 8, 2006

It's a similar campaign model to the New Heroes House Party that I wrote about last August. You can be, "the first to get at new promotions, contests and content from Buzztone." I'll admit, I signed up for Murmurz and The Buzz 'cause I like to know about campaigns like this one, which I suppose is why they sent me a press release.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

People love showing off that they are involved in important causes. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year. Allow voting for the board (if you have this membership model).

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JANUARY 24, 2008

He suggests that the show should spend more time looking at the structural issues that are the root cause of the problem. He sees a business model where I assume the big international stuff is covered by the professionals but it’s supplemented by lots of detailed and organized posting from the neighborhood.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

Other nonprofits have been sticking to the celebrity-centric PSA model or the "annual dinner" highlight reel video, which have less of a chance of going viral than other, more creative, models. The more viewcounts your videos receive the more people you are exposing to your cause and message. It depends on what your goals are.

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JULY 14, 2008

Other nonprofits have been sticking to the celebrity-centric PSA model or the "annual dinner" highlight reel video, which have less of a chance of going viral than other, more creative, models. The more viewcounts your videos receive the more people you are exposing to your cause and message. It depends on what your goals are.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

Based on the “giving circle” concept, we’re giving donors a new way to personalize their giving and support their favorite causes. My Colorado is our attempt to build a new fundraising model for peer-driven giving and create new tools for planning and tracking your philanthropic footprint.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. Nancy Schwartz has a terrific post about getting your audience to spread the word about your cause. Also announced 2.0

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JANUARY 30, 2008

I tried to give them a framework in which to think about this kind of change and we discussed different models to explore and teach this subject. That’s not good a good sign — cause he’s definitely trying to sell something, and this customer doesn’t know what it is. I must admit I didn’t read every word.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. She notes, "It doesn't specifically talk about open content, but discusses online and offline content income models in depth, with numbers."

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NOVEMBER 12, 2007

“The model of continuous documentation is so important,&# Mr. Hoffman says. Click the following link to learn more about this project [link] For every member that joins [link] they will donate 10cents to this cause. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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NOVEMBER 12, 2007

“The model of continuous documentation is so important,&# Mr. Hoffman says. Click the following link to learn more about this project [link] For every member that joins [link] they will donate 10cents to this cause. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

If the blogger is someone similar to members of your target audience, and is a good role model in terms of adopting the behavior you are promoting (or even showing their struggle and difficulties with doing something, such as quitting smoking, assuming they eventually are successful), that can be very powerful. I see that you???ve

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. The winners of the contest, and their entries, are: · Entoure , Sarah Allen. “My

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There are four different models of crowdsourcing activities: wisdom, creation, voting, and funding. There’s isn’t one best way to do it – and many organizations use a combination of these models to meet their objectives. There are a variety of platforms for crowd funding, including Causes , Crowdrise , Razoo , GiveZooks and others.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Forrester is forecasting that public cloud vendors will begin offering more of a hybrid model that includes some on-premise implementations to meet growing demand. " And then there's the personal causes funding service, Go Fund Me. Mobile Payments. I haven't decided what kind yet."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The organization delivering services to people at risk and affected by trafficking, and integrates revenue streams into their service model. One test in particular focused on design and photography, using splash pages for a contest called “Dinner with Barack”. In the following test we had two photos.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

Over time, this wears down the spine and causes disabilities. The plan is to build 11,000 “Solara 60″ model drones that are capable of providing satellite Internet to places on earth without Internet connectivity starting with Africa. NPTech Contests and Awards. TechCrunch. Digital Leaders 100 Nominations.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Also, while I always believed Software as a Service (SaaS) is the ideal way to deliver software, especially to nonprofits, I have been surprised by how quickly and broadly the on-demand model has been accepted. Cause marketing? For example: Mobile devices? Peer-to-peer fundraising? Online social networks in general?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Also, while I always believed Software as a Service (SaaS) is the ideal way to deliver software, especially to nonprofits, I have been surprised by how quickly and broadly the on-demand model has been accepted. Cause marketing? For example: Mobile devices? Peer-to-peer fundraising? Online social networks in general?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

A Hybrid of Cause Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility. We think it is a hybrid between cause marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility Programs. We think it is a hybrid between cause marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility Programs. See Cause Marketing Forum for more). Take for example contests.

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