DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

A cooking contest or bake-off might attract local foodies and aspiring chefs to share their best dishes. National “day” celebrations. Hold an ice cream social on National Ice Cream Day or a golf fundraiser on National Golf Day. An adults-only or family-themed cooking or baking experience with a local restaurant or chef.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

100% of clients choose their own homes, compared to the national average of 50% 94% of clients developed relationships with peers, compared to an 81% national average 81% of clients experienced a sense of belonging, compare with a 38% national average. They provide over 1 million hours of direct support on a yearly basis.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Earlier this year, we hosted the first Microsoft-TechSoup Show Your Impact Story Contest and I wandted to take a moment to highlight one of the winners. This is, in part, because September is National Preparedness Month. One such resource, is a project of the Pangea Foundation , one of the winners of that contest I mentioned earlier.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

We received a wide array of funny, moving and informative videos that embraced strong storytelling to communicate important messages. Visit the contest site today and cast your vote! It was a difficult task, but the DoGooder Team have chosen the finalists- and now it’s up to the public to choose the winners!

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NTEN

APRIL 17, 2009

Charity Dynamics announced record growth this year -- good news considering the national economic trends during the same period. In contest news, NTEN member organization ZeroDivide has launched a great contest that combines poetry, social media, and good causes: the ZD Technology Haiku Contest !

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Frank , does internet marketing and strategy at Blackbaud , blogs at NetWits ThinkTank and guest blogs at Mashable.com , All his efforts are focused on helping non-profits use the Internet for fundraising, marketing, communications and community building. He loves bacon. Carl Sagan is his homeboy. And he hates clowns and quitter socks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

One of my favorite examples is the National Day of Unplugging Campaign. Instagram Contests and Hashtags. Their overall communications goals include: Engaging our supporters quickly. As part of this campaign, they held a photo contest on Instagram featuring the hashtag #keepemwet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

A recent survey of six national nonprofits found multi-year team captains raise two to three times more than new team captains and retain about 86 percent of their prior year’s revenue. Sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts, employee memos, phone scripts, communication plans, and anything else they’ll need to inspire and manage their team.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2015

The DoGooder National Video Awards contest opens today! The contest is presented in partnership with YouTube and See3 Communications. Last year, the DoGooder National Awards had nearly 1,000 entries from hundreds of organizations. See contest rules here. Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

In partnering with the White House, National Lab Day, and videogame makers Sony and EA, the Digital media and Learning Competitions has prizes up to $200,000 and is open to all kinds of innovative projects (including games) that make use of digital media for education and social change. ."

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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. Traditional mainstays like the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation also fared well.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? Like every thing else, the more you give the more you get.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region made sure to communicate daily with donors and make an online ask at least once a week. These are great tools that let you communicate face to face with donors all online. Contestants lasted as long as 70 hours before MrBeast decided to end the competition himself! Bingo Night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations.

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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. If you are trying to fundraise without an annual fundraising plan, you are trying to bake a pie with a lot of ingredients but no recipe. Can you do it? But… that either requires a good memory or a lot of guesswork.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. 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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

So, why would we not want to use this powerful communication tool when writing grant proposals? Every year, GrantStation runs a contest to uncover some of the best proposals that have been written. Start Your Grant Proposal with a Story. The key here is to keep it short, spotlighting the problem or issue you are trying to resolve.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River has shown literally millions of people, including policymakers, the need to protect places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Alaska's Tongass Rainforest. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Environmental Impact. Challenges.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River has shown literally millions of people, including policymakers, the need to protect places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Alaska's Tongass Rainforest. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Environmental Impact. Challenges.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. 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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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Guest post by Christina Relacion, Communications Manager at the Scleroderma Foundation’s National Office. Thanks to a brainstorming session, we came up with our highly successful “Sclerodoodle” artwork contest, an opportunity for supporters to create artwork around a theme (I.AM.SCLERODERMA.) Don’t Forget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

In other organizations, those that are lucky enough to have M&E staff, there is a disconnect between measurement practices for programs and communications. It is important to think of measurement integrated into everything the organization does – I’ve called it being data-informed.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

More and more money is donated on this national day of giving each year. You can create everything you need for your campaign with Qgiv’s peer-to-peer fundraising platform , which empowers you to create your own branded fundraising pages, communicate with participants via email, and integrate with Facebook fundraisers.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

You must look at your peer-to-peer strategies as a donor funnel and implement messaging and communication throughout their journey. There are many options for peer-to-peer fundraising you can use: Contests Challenges Crowdfunding DIY fundraising A-thons (walk, bowl, etc.)

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you’re having difficulty finding a small business that would be willing to partner with you, there are plenty of national chain restaurants that offer a rewarding restaurant fundraising program, from Chipotle to Panera. Costume contest. Cookie-decorating contest. Cookie dough fundraisers.

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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. Traditional mainstays like the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation also fared well.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The Collaborative used virtual networking happy hours, gamification and contests, and attendee-to-attendee live chat to facilitate this. JP helped with efforts related to the Collaborative’s use of different communication technologies and digital flow. Establish Communication Channels for Engagement.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Prior to joining the Eagles in 2000, Julie worked in the television and business affairs department at the National Hockey League in New York. Lori’s gift is to help nonprofit organizations communicate powerfully so they raise exponentially more money. ignitedfundraising.com. And counting. Paul Reynolds. reynoldstlc.org.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

Their school dropout rate decreased in comparison with the national statistics. Growing the Organization's Communication Abilities through Technology. Office 365 allows OvidiuRo to communicate more easily with colleagues in the field through email and Lync video conferences. " that people recognize. Images: OvidiuRo.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

Their school dropout rate decreased in comparison with the national statistics. Growing the Organization's Communication Abilities through Technology. Office 365 allows OvidiuRo to communicate more easily with colleagues in the field through email and Lync video conferences. " that people recognize. Images: OvidiuRo.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 8, 2011

I found particularly helpful in the book the definitions of the following five different types of conflict and then how best to deal with each: Problems to solve Disagreement Contest Fight Intractable situation Also helpful are the "consider this" questions asked of the reader in at the end of each chapter, along with the list of "homework" to do's.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

ABOUT THE ORG The HSUS is the nation???s Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? We learned - were running a flickr contest right now that takes lessons learned from wendys and has been successful. I run the org???s Our mission is ???celebrating

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next? Great question.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! The winning story will be promoted through all of TechSoup’s channels. Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next? Great question.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

So, it's due time to give shout-outs where shout-outs are due: Members converging online: Care2 , Allyson Kapin , and the National Women's Law Center , all NTEN members, offer a great case study on using Google Grants. Tags: contest NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz NTEN nten member.

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See3

MAY 10, 2007

Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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