Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. This site is an open space for those in the international development community who want to honestly and publicly share their failures.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group? In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. If you have, you certainly aren’t alone. The ins and outs.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

The next Knight News Challenge: Health opened August 19, with an "inspiration phase" where anyone can submit inspirations, ideas, or challenges related to the topic. Let us know in the comments. The study involved 94 nonprofits and 33,000 people. Get the full report here. Anything we missed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Take free or paid classes, courses, or webinars to learn how to fundraise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Note from Beth: I've been writing about online contests that use social media and crowdsourcing techniques. As frequent readers of this blog know, many pitfalls of online contests have been discussed here. So, what’s different about this contest than other online contests?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! Thank you to those who have already voted or commented! Please support me by voting and commenting here. An journey like this opens doors to new partnerships, relationships, and networks in a unique way. Like I said, I cannot wait!

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Don’t forget to leave the door open and a glass of wine out for Elijah. Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause. 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. Online Course. BBQ for Good.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 11, 2011

So, as a way of opening up the possibilities and participation, I’m asking that organizations “submit&# via the comments. Hopefully, sharing your questions and reasoning in the comments will help others think about the way they can survey the community at large, and sharing back what you learn will help us all!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Read the post below or visit SSIR to read and comment with that community. A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up. Slightly more than a third (34%) gave as a result of a workplace fundraising 52% drive.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Submissions will be open through the end of day next Tuesday, December 22, and like it says on the page, it’s as easy as 1 – 2 – 3 to get involved: Nominate your hero. Share the contest with your peers and increase your odds of winning each time you use the hashtag #nphero on Twitter. So what are you waiting for?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Kintera opens a Developers Challenge. Developers who code solutions that integrate with Kintera using their open API platform, Connect , can win $15,000 or $5,000 (not the $25 K their big logo seems to suggest – that’s just the total they will award.) When will people learn that to be open, you need to really be open ?

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Final program is selected through a combination open voting and secret SXSW staff magic. I’m sure there are plenty of other folks suggesting sessions … make sure to let us know in the comments. That mean’s is WE NEED YOUR VOTES ! Uhmm, I should be more specific. We need you thumbs UP vote. When Social Good Goes Bad.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest. Among organizations, contests may seem like a short-cut to get compelling content, and cheaply. The current Heinz contest is a great example.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

Silos Culture Inside the Walls of Nonprofits Prevent Effective Social Media Use - Beth Kanter's post about internal silos in nonprofits reminds me of a post and the ensuing conversation that happened in the comments on my blog about a month ago. " Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Submissions will be open through the end of day next Tuesday, December 22, and like it says on the page, it’s as easy as 1 – 2 – 3 to get involved: Nominate your hero. Share the contest with your peers and increase your odds of winning each time you use the hashtag #nphero on Twitter. So what are you waiting for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Hoping someone can update the final results in the comments). Judy Chang presented an overview of PayPal’s contests, including its Regift the Fruitcake. ( I also learned about their giving app ). We opened with a question about what we thought were the most innovative approaches in contests.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. If you have a question or topic you’d like to discuss, be sure to leave a comment here so we can ensure it’s covered. Upcoming: November. The next chat will be in November.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2021

They made it fun by challenging participants to a car decorating contest! Due to the exclusive nature of the event, and the demand for popular timeslots and teachers, registration was first only open to previous top fundraisers, before opening to the general public. Please share in the comments!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

Foundations are beginning to open themselves up as never before, and we want to be a leader in that movement.”. All content of the forum will be public, with comments and feedback on ideas welcomed, Forbes said. “We Ideas can be submitted and commented on until July 13, 2010. We want Oregonians to get engaged with us.”.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

The contest runs from August 29 until noon EDT on September 10, and hopes to uncover new ways of using mobile as a social engagement tool. This is the third and final installment of the challenge, which seeks to encourage media innovation, and is open to innovators in all industries and countries. Share your links in the comments!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The free Instagram and Vine mobile apps let you record, post, view, and comment on short videos from your mobile device. Melissa Thompson is an activist filmmaker, documentarian, and senior video producer for Greenpeace USA , which recently ran a global contest to encourage its activist community to submit Vine videos in honor of Earth Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

I got ten fantastic comments too hard to choose a winner in a subjective way. Chas was the 7th comment. Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. I plan to do this regularly!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

It has been five years now since the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling that opened the door to 501(c)(4) nonprofits and massive anonymous "dark money" political contributions for political ads. The foundation plans to fund 20 plus projects with new ideas on how to increase participation in U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

Holly Ross simply ignores it and track the number of comments and likes on individual posts. That particular wall post had 31 comments and 15 likes, way higher than other types of posts. I asked an open-ended question “ What are your Facebook administrator best practices? Rinse and repeat.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

What I need is your input -I'd love to hear about your social media "adaption stories" - please leave me a comment. They determine what comments need action, whether to say thank you and build a relationship, repair a customer service issue, or ignore. We don’t really care about views as much as we care about comments.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. Some video I shot with my Flip : Intro to Facebook and their application builder: Why Convio’s Facebook app builder is better than Causes Share and Enjoy: 9 Comments comment A View from Home » Convio Summit. Day 1. [.]

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

15 groups held live events which helped drive video submissions to the contest and allowed TechSoup to reach more NGOs with educational opportunities. We have scheduled our next theme month, on open data , for February and will gather the U.S. We have made a big dent in our 10-month plan with lots more amazing things to come.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Please take a look, and share your own thoughts about crowdsourcing within the comments section below! ” Ashoka’s Changemakers uses an online “open source” approach to build communities of people interested in finding solutions to challenging global problems. Foundation application?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Submissions will be open until May 31 and the submission form can be filled out at the Lights. I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Make your online content more interactive and engaging using these content ideas: Blog posts with comments sections. Online contests or challenges. Incorporate contests or challenges into your annual social media posting calendar to generate organic engagement with your followers. Ask about supporters on a personal level.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

On the Windows side the hardware manufacturers make proprietary drivers for Windows, and very few make drivers for Linux, or open source their drivers so that Linux developers can use them. And, of course, designers need software that just don’t have high enough quality open source alternatives yet. 8 Pete 06.25.08

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Submissions will be open through the end of day next Tuesday, December 22, and like it says on the page, it’s as easy as 1 – 2 – 3 to get involved: Nominate your hero. Share the contest with your peers and increase your odds of winning each time you use the hashtag #nphero on Twitter. Tweet this. Post on Facebook.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 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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