sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Consider devoting a specific part of the event to the VIP, such as a hole-in-one contest hosted by them or a signed raffle prize or auction item donated by them. Create a Facebook or LinkedIn event and invite your contacts to attend, then encourage them to do the same. Tap into your networks.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

To celebrate their beta launch, they are offering a $10,000 Change Your World Contest Prize to the social change group or organization (this includes non-profits, student groups, volunteer networks, fundraising groups, or other networks organized around social issues) that starts a group on Razoo, and recruits at least 100 members by September 15th.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

A Facebook post engages your donor AND increases your campaign’s audience. But instead of asking for a monetary sponsorship, enhance your relationship by adding a fun twist to the collaboration, such as a friendly competition or contest. or comment on your posts. It’s these small steps that add up to something much bigger. The goal?

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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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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! Read about their inspiring work in a recent TechSoup Global interview.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

It’s not enough to say you want to make sure children don’t go hungry. You want to provide X number of meals to X number of children for X amount of time. You might get really excited about restaurant nights, candle parties, t-shirt sales, or voting contests. What specifically are you doing to accomplish your mission?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The contest was a great delight with small nonprofits like Little Lights Urban Ministries, For Love of Children and the Kristin Brook Hope Center performing well beyond expectations and winning awards. Many have heard by now about the cinderella winner of the contest, Little Lights Urban Ministries.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

It is intended to inspire actions like contributing to charities, educating one’s children about giving, volunteering for a nonprofit, or to encourage people in their networks to do the same. This campaign provides resources, a theme, and asking all who participate to unleash their creativity to spread generosity.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’ve done this through social media, winning some of the early online fundraising contests. I also donated my share of the royalties from my first book, The Networked Nonprofit , to support the Sharing Foundation’s college education fund. Buy a Copy of the Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Not two minutes had passed after I set up my birthday campaign and added it to my profile, I got pinged from Facebook friends asking how they could install it. It's easy to set up. Happy (Almost) Birthday!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Social Media A couple of really useful posts on Facebook and Nonprofits. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This might even inspire a few out of state donors to give to nonprofits in the land of 10,000 lakes where the men are strong, women are good lucking and children above average. The Facebook application encourages Facebook users to vote for which small and local non profits will receive donations totaling $5 million.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have “tip jars” for people to show their support for their favorite competitors in the form of donations. BBQ for Good. Mmmm, everyone loves a BBQ.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Choose a day and actively encourage donations and sharing through all your social media channels, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Snapchat. Considerations: have an impartial umpire or judge for the games so that its a fair contest for all. Livestream fundraisers can be done with Facebook Live and Instagram.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 3, 2013

The Permanent Disruption of Social Media | Stanford Social Innovation Review : Spending an entire workday on Facebook isn’t part of a typical nonprofit employee’s job description. But for one day last fall, all of the people who work at For Love of Children (FLOC) spent all of their time on Facebook.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. A child advocacy organization might aim to double the number of volunteers trained to protect children in the court system. A Facebook page that has a lot of engagement. Can you do it? A large base of support.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Facebook games are notorious time wasters (and great for bugging your friends on social media). These Facebook games, however, can help give disadvantaged children hot meals, save zebras, and provide people worldwide with clean drinking water. Gamify Your Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Disruptor: Facebook. Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. Not convinced that Facebook has been a disruptor? More than 1.5

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The contest was a great delight with small nonprofits like Little Lights Urban Ministries, For Love of Children and the Kristin Brook Hope Center performing well beyond expectations and winning awards. Many have heard by now about the cinderella winner of the contest, Little Lights Urban Ministries.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2009

I also celebrated my 40th birthday by setting up a Birthday Wish using the Causes application on Facebook, and raised $580 for Women for Women International with my Facebook pals. You can enter a contest to win a copy of Half the Sky on Kristof's blog, On the Ground ). To change the planet by helping women and children."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2008

birthday in true social media style with flickr 50th photo birthday card remix contest and I donated 50 bucks to the winner's favorite charity. Anyway, I'm using my status on Facebook to tell everyone what I want for my birthday later this month. I'm glad we're friends on Facebook and that he reads my status.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

I'm thrilled to say that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Cary Creative Center , or "C3," an organization working to save materials from the landfill by turning them into beautiful art. About the Success Stories Contest. Creative Reuse: A Universal Language.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

They make this happen through a competition that rewards nonprofits daily during the contest period and overall at the end. ET, participants can compete for daily and overall awards – ranging from $500 to $50,000 – based on the number of donations to their cause using the Causes application on Facebook. Kellogg Foundation. “We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint. The Long Tail of Facebook Causes. Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 Frogloop Blog.

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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. An easy way to support the Nature Conservancy if you're on Facebook is to install (Lil) Green Patch. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest. And, yes they did !

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Through this research, as well as in his role at Achieve, Derrick has worked with companies and organizations such as AT&T, Facebook, BMW, PBS and the Case Foundation to understand how the next generation of donors, activists and employees are redefining cause work. Derrick Feldmann. Achieve Agency. Kivi Leroux Miller. He loves clubs.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Our friends at Epic Outreach do a GREAT job of telling their story on Facebook using photos and video. Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. Facebook : Facebook is the most used social media platform for nonprofits because of the audience it attracts (Gen-X and Baby Boomers).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

People contributed more than $125 million on Facebook , up from $45 million in 2017, using the network’s new fundraising tools. . Facebook and PayPal together offered a $7 million match for Giving Tuesday donations and saw that match gobbled up “within seconds” after 8 a.m. Lots of complaining from insiders.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 12, 2009

Now we have an official Twitter account , a few Facebook causes , a Facebook application for our Cover Your Butt mobile integration and a Facebook fan page. And never mind the fact that the average age of the colon cancer patient tends to be well outside the typical Facebook target group. We want this.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 12, 2009

Now we have an official Twitter account , a few Facebook causes , a Facebook application for our Cover Your Butt mobile integration and a Facebook fan page. And never mind the fact that the average age of the colon cancer patient tends to be well outside the typical Facebook target group. We want this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2012

The photo above is of my children, Harry and Sara, who were both adopted from Cambodia. When my husband and I were in Cambodia in 2000 to bring home Harry, our infant son, we got a blessing from a monk. My children will meet her for the first time. For those of you who are new, let me share why.

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Qgiv

MAY 18, 2021

Many of us have resorted to COVID “pods” to help us have some sort of social contact this year, whether that’s 20-something singles banding together to break the work-from-home/lounge-from-house monotony, to parents working together to get their children through remote learning.

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