Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. What about a gift in their honor to celebrate the special day. April: We celebrate Earth Day this month. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. Why not consider comedy, dancing, theater, or even an interview with a celebrity? 15) Brand design contests. Consider a brand design contest for a more inventive competition. 9) Movie screenings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

She proposes several different times, leave your preferences in the comments. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Be A Celebrity for Your Cause Katya Andresen from Network for Good has been busy working on the launch of the SixDegrees.org site with Kevin Bacon. Change the World!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Leave a comment and I'll summarize in the next NpTech Summary. The 2007 Crunchies is its first annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Go vote here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. Peter Gulka had plenty to say about the lab.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

What were your goals going into the project? Knowing what you do now, what tips do you have for any nonprofit interested in holding a similar contest? Make sure you have clear processes and designate one person to communicate with the contest entrants and winners. James OMalley: Why did you decide to host this competition?

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

What were your goals going into the project? Knowing what you do now, what tips do you have for any nonprofit interested in holding a similar contest? Make sure you have clear processes and designate one person to communicate with the contest entrants and winners. James OMalley: Why did you decide to host this competition?

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

These tactics will resonate much more with the YouTube audience than a piece you think is hip or one that features a celebrity. YouTube has an incredibly diverse and engaged global community who not only post videos, but interact with each other through text comments, video responses, and messages. Why or why not?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As I imagined a world without the many museum tech projects of the decade, I felt inherently sad about the imagining away the successes that friends and colleagues have enjoying. As I imagined a world without Nina Simon ’s Participatory Museum , I felt sad about all the visitors whose voices (and post-it note comments) weren’t honored.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. Towards the end of the contest, it really became "viral" as more and more people linked to our Causes site.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. Towards the end of the contest, it really became "viral" as more and more people linked to our Causes site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. Miles Maier is blogging at the London ICT Champion and he left a comment. Here and here ).

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

These tactics will resonate much more with the YouTube audience than a piece you think is hip or one that features a celebrity. YouTube has an incredibly diverse and engaged global community who not only post videos, but interact with each other through text comments, video responses, and messages. Why or why not?

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

It’s not an especially large part of the economy, and most charities operate on a shoestring, without the resources to finance research projects. Hollywood celebrities have become central players on deeply political issues like development aid, refugees and government-sponsored violence in Darfur. But this is starting to change.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Taking part in Giving Tuesday can mean many different things—from participating in an organized service project to donating to a nonprofit to smiling at a stranger. You can even write encouraging comments on these posts while the campaign is running or give social media shoutouts to supporters who are pulling in lots of donations.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2007

Nick Serota, the Tate's director, commented that "'the public display of four artists' work spurs people to reflect about art.'" I imagine that the comments recorded in that booth were decidedly more thoughtful--or at least animated--than standard videos are because of the potential reward of Channel 4 airtime. Projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Collaboration on student projects or other ways. Bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, creating the type of immediate connection one would have in a conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. More than $100,000 is on the table for innovate projects. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Follow the links from here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

In either case, both Wello and the The Hippo Water Roller Project are searching for creative ways to make these devices affordable to the people who need them now that the technology is ready. People are comparing this venture to Google’s Project Loon. NPTech Contests and Awards. A similar device called the Hippo Roller.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. Share in the comments below.

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Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

They’ve also shared thousands of pages, videos, social media comments, blog posts, and white papers discussing relief efforts and their own initiatives. Behind the Scenes Content Provide a behind-the-scenes look into your nonprofit’s operations, events, or projects on social media.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Today, a look at one of the projects I believe does this best--the World Beach Project. The World Beach Project is managed by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London with artist-in-residence Sue Lawty. The World Beach Project does not exist in the V&A Museum. What makes the World Beach Project so successful?

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