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What’s the ROI of Online Voting and Fundraising Contests?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the third and final Conversational Case Study on America’s Giving Challenge from Allison Fine and I, we pose a question rather than answer one: Is there a “special sauce” for successful participation in online fundraising contests ? Will the contest provide a meaningful opportunity for stakeholder empowerment? Under 10: Pass.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 1200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. Panelists will include app developers of mobile web solutions for health, environment, economic empowerment, and social justice. Please try to vote for as many nonprofit panels.

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Great reads from around the web on September 13th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Tags: roundup bookmarks community facebook fundraising list onlinecommunity postalicious resources reviews socialmedia usergeneratedcontent.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The training event, which will be live streamed starting at 9:00 am , will feature fundraising and social media gurus Katya Andresen, Danielle Brigida, Tracy Equality Viselli, Jocelyn Harmon and more. Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. Designate a cheer leader.

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New on SSIR: Give Permission to Peer Influence

Amy Sample Ward

When I say “give permission,&# in this post, I’m really saying that you should balance the herding and collecting of the community with the encouragement and empowerment for the community to go wherever it wants with your message or information. Think about all of this in terms of campaigns, fundraising, events and more!).

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment.

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