Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. Sports tricks contest. Emergency campaigns. Virtual peer-to-peer run/walk/ride. Online tutoring.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pumpkin Carving Contest. Poncey Highland Community Garden. come judge the contest. Fall marks the beginning of football season so if your community has a high school, college, or maybe even a professional football team, consider hosting a tailgate party fundraiser. Tis the season to get pumped about pumpkins.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

As my colleague Ale noted in her post a few days ago, the 2014 digital storytelling contest and event series (now called Storymakers ) has arrived! We'll continue adding amazing speakers to the lineup for all of our events, so register today to ensure that your spot is saved!

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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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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Virtual Community Market Themed Auction. For a more collaborative online auction idea, you might want to throw a virtual community market. You never know what treasures your community members have right at home! To make this process easier, consider turning to your community. Garden Party Auction. Request a Demo.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

And last week, the British Environment Agency announced it would share real-time water-level measurements taken every 15 minutes with apps that will use them to warn residents to prepare for floods caused by rising rivers. You can see some of the apps generated by the contest at civicapps.org.).

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Host a Community Clean-Up. World Environment Day (June 5). Or host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have your own tip jars for people to support their favorite competitors in the form of donations. I see what you did there, @wholewhale… Here's the one day in June to encourage repeat donors. Click To Tweet.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Giving your volunteers appreciation gifts is a great way to show gratitude and goes a long way toward creating an environment that your volunteers want to continue being a part of. Your volunteers do a fantastic job in helping your nonprofit turn its dreams for a better community into reality. Let’s take a closer look!

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

When you host an event in a virtual environment, you’re getting access to data and content you can repurpose to steward relationships, grow your social presence, and create new touchpoints to engage, educate, and retain donors. Use your virtual events as a tool to keep your community up to date. Direct Mail (19.2%). Events (13.9%).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2009

Last month, TechSoup and Adobe announced the winners of the Adobe Show Your Impact design contest. This week, we are featuring the Alliance for Tompotika Conservation (AlTo), the winner of the Environment category in the print and photo category.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2020

If you are like me, the COVID-19/coronavirus experience has taught you a new term: social distancing, which refers to actions that limit interactions with others in order to slow down the spread of a virus (the CDC refers to these as community mitigation strategies ). If we’re all working from home, we lose those cues.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. It is now more of a community center that offers training and facilitates events. Dianne Connery has been clearing out unused bookshelf space to create a colorful Internet café type environment – complete with espresso machine.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

Submit your success stories for our next Show Your Impact contest. From the TechSoup Community: TeleGreen Your Work Campaign (Week Four). Jim suggests some ways in which online collaboration can spare both your travel budget and the environment.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. We inspired a community and got real results. Give away the fun (and easy) part.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Cities that come together, develop a greater community and improve their environment. This creates a team environment, increases particpation and awareness. . Example: The Florida Aquarium set up a peer-to-peer fundraising contest on #GivingTuesday that resulted in unique opportunities for the top performing donors. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Here’s my picks for SXSW Nonprofit Panels: A Conversation About Change Agents Through Social Media Social media is causing a revolution in how information is shared and communities are formed. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. Corporations use these contests to engage potential customers.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

“Our funds have helped make Oregonians healthier and better educated, provided greater access to social services and the arts and culture, strengthened the nonprofit sector and improved the environment for all who live and visit here.”. Meyer Memorial Trust is the largest private foundation in Oregon, established from Fred G.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Our recently completed 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest winners and finalists are an impressive group, showcasing the broad reach and impact of TechSoup member charities doing environmental work. We had many excellent submissions to the contest. Here are the top 10. As a reuse organization, its motto is "make art, not waste."

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Raising money in a micro-philanthropic environment will come naturally to these groups. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Hybrid: A hybrid auction takes the tools used in the virtual environment and brings them to the physical world. You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees. If you’re planning a community clean-up event, this sale could pair very nicely with it.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The theme of this year’s contest is From the Ground Up: Using Technology to Engage Constituents and Make the World a Better Place. The finalists will be shown on www.DoGooder.tv

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Vu is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the Executive Director of Rainier Valley Corps, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color,= and fostering collaboration between diverse communities. Julie Hirshey. philadelphiaeagles.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

When, on the other hand, amateurs had the opportunity to help design scientific questions or disseminate research results, they often felt more ownership of the project and greater interest in using scientific methods to address their own community needs. What do these categories look like outside of the science environment?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The modern healthcare market is a competitive environment in which hospital foundations need to compete for donors. The healthcare giving landscap e is changing rapidly, and social media plays a critical role in understanding how individuals are talking about their communities, their preferences and even your foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

I'm a longtime member of the Nonprofit Circuit Riders community. Circuit Riders are a community of people with technology skills who help nonprofit organizations be more effective through the use of technology. " This is a wonderful community. Don't know what that means? MediaJumpStart, 2002). Thank you for your support!

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

but still, a programming environment. Then, in May 2007, the Scratch online community (called ScratchR) was released. It's an inspiration to anyone trying to create an online community around informal learning. As in any online community, ScratchR has spectators, joiners, collectors, critics, and creators.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 22, 2007

They define sustainable agriculture as: "Farming that provides a secure living for farm families; maintains the natural environment and resources; supports the rural community; and offers respect and fair treatment to all involved, from farm workers to consumers to the animals raised for food." Photo Credit: Tomatoes by Me.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The best event for your nonprofit is one that serves your mission, delights your community, and doesn’t totally burn out your staff. Charity Races like marathons, 5Ks, fun runs, or walkathons invite participants to register with your nonprofit and collect donations from their community, making every step count for your cause.

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See3

MARCH 18, 2008

The Foundation’s “leading edge” research advances the science of water reuse and supports communities across the United States and abroad in their efforts to create new sources of high quality water through reclamation, reuse, and desalination while protecting public health and improving the environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

The moderator, Patrick O'Heffernan, shared his thoughts based on his experience with The People Choose which is connected to Link TV and the first non-profit site to launch user-generated video as a community building process in a non profit environment. Contests can work too, the Crooks and Liars was mentioned.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2023

They do this through their social media connections, personal web pages, and community influence. Because all P2P fundraisers provide a rich environment for lead generation, it is essential to invest in peer-to-peer fundraising software well before you launch a campaign.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 25, 2010

The Sitings contest invites students to propose an installation and the two proposals that win each year are awarded grants and displayed in the Museum. The evening events attract mostly older community members instead of students. Faculty shows tempt students into the Museum to see the work of their professors.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

Some highlights: In 2004, Natalie Portman, then a 22-year-old fresh from college, went to Capitol Hill to talk to Congress on behalf of the Foundation for International Community Assistance, or Finca, a microfinance organization for which she served as “ambassador.” Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Thanks again to Stephanie, Shannon and Paul for inviting me to be part of the conference and putting on such a valuable opportunity for the community! We went from technology belonging to the IT staff, to new media belonging to the young intern, web savvy communications officer, and so on. Analog Strategies. Social Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009. Inspiration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Technorati rapidly index tens of thousands of updates every hour, and monitors live communities and the conversations they foster. You can find out what other people are saying or thinking about your topic, community, organization, program or issue area. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2007

No one would contest the idea that most museum exhibitions, art shows, films, books, in short, most content experiences, have value both for the new and return user. If an environment is built for first-time users, how will anyone ever build up a meaningful sustained community? This is a problem specific to open-ended projects.

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