Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

You've got your appeal solidified, communications materials drafted, and partners on board. But does your community know your plan? You may think that because #GivingTuesday is a 24-hour challenge, you don't need to give your community advanced notice. Include Your Community in Your Campaign. spanhidden.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Nonprofits can use socials to demonstrate their impact and engage their communities with this approach. . Organic posting, running contests, and incorporating social media marketing in emails are all great ways to get started on your branding journey. Community building. Image Source: St. Run a contest!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. – "Join Vivanista in sharing the love of philanthropy by participating in our Love of Philanthropy photo contest that showcases images of what it means to be philanthropic." " Great example of digital storytelling and community engagement.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 14, 2012

To get to this point, Twive and Receive nonprofits worked their tails off for weeks building a community and strategizing fundraising tactics. The Importance of a Strong Community. Building a community takes time and effort. Since the Twive contest kicked off a couple months ago, these nonprofits got to work.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 27, 2014

Image courtesy of Fundraiser Help. Every dollar is tightly contested by other nonprofits whose missions are often equally as noble as your own. It is impossible to ignore the importance of technology in today’s competitive nonprofit fundraising climate. Start blogging. If you don’t have a blog, you need to make one.

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Whole Whale

MAY 23, 2022

Father’s Day is a great day to plan a fun fundraising campaign to honor the Dads in our community. Giving your supporters a way to celebrate their Dad and give back can be a wonderful tradition to start in a community. Use hashtags, post photos, and hold contests to get people engaged with your campaign. Use social media.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2010

Adobe and TechSoup Global are delighted to announce that we are now taking submissions for the Show Your Impact Design Contest ! The image to the right is from is one of last year's winning submissions, Project Kindle's "I Know" book. See the contest details for specific eligibility requirements. Enter Show Your Impact today !

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2009

Adobe and TechSoup are delighted to announce that we are now taking submissions for the Show Your Impact Design Contest ! Their campaign was to help improve the curb appeal of communities, move more homes from rentals to owner-occupied, and help improve the overall private and public investment in the communities in which they work.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This will help to communicate freshness to site visitors and demonstrate that your business is eager to connect with its community. For example, let’s say you’re running a social media contest to complement your upcoming talent show fundraiser. A mobile app allows you to reach your community directly with alerts on their phones.

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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! Image by Codilicious from Flickr.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2017

TechSoup believes that nonprofits must have not only access to technology, but also the capacity to tell their story through video and images. The contest opens on September 5, and closes on October 31, 2017. We at TechSoup are inspired by nonprofits around the world that are serving their communities. Storymakers 2017 is here!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To facilitate the use of that data, the city hosted a contest to motivate the development community to make use of more than 100 types of datasets it had released — everything from aerial photographs and business licenses to parking meter information, liquor license applications, and street-sweeping routes. Image 3 : CivicApps.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

If you're a community-minded developer with an itch for apps that serve the greater good, then circle the February 28 deadline. on your calendar and get cracking on the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. This post was authored by Elijah van der Giessen , a community curator for NetSquared, a project of TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. Image : Michele Mateus / CC BY-NC. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers connect nonprofits with local technology experts. The goal is to create strong, self-sufficient communities of nonprofit technology professionals (and accidental techies too!). NetSquared community in Austin for the 15NTC conference in March. San Francisco Online Community Meetup.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

Transforming Communities … From Outside the Office. " Most important of all is the impact that Habitat makes on families and whole communities. Habitat for Humanity of Omaha was the first-place winner in TechSoup's January 2015 Remote Work Success Stories contest. Images: Habitat for Humanity of Omaha.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 12, 2009

This contest is wide open to all — submissions are welcomed from the community at large, nonprofits, individuals, libraries, and organizations both in the US and elsewhere in the world — but your entries do need to be in by Friday, October 16th. Non-profit Communications images Videos YouTube. read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

(If you use the hashtag #SaveMarinsCoho on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with your photo , they will add your image to the album. Instagram Contests and Hashtags. Creating interactions between supporters and staff to build community. Has your nonprofit used Instagram as part of its communications strategy successful?

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Individuals reflected on why they gave to a certain nonprofit organization and then shared these personal stories in a contest form on the #GivingTuesday website. Project organizers analyzed the results from the 2015 and 2016 contests to find what helped them succeed and get more votes in 2017. A story length of only 500-600 words.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Some donors look for these signals of community support (everybody’s doing it) to make the decision that they would be in good company if they donate. A set of screensavers and background images. Community impact or commemorative wall. Shoutouts to donors on images and cover pictures. Hint: It’s the XYY Soup Kitchen.”

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup Global has had a busy year so far with new ventures, exciting contests, and global recognition. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. Apps are a powerful way for everyday people to act for social good, making their lives, and the lives of their communities, stronger. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Contest is here!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. A Contest Built on City Data. The contest got a total of 72 entries, which Sobieszuk said was a huge surprise and success. Image 1 : TechSoup Europe.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2015

This includes understanding what you, our nonprofit community, found most interesting in 2014–2015. You Aren't Sure if That Image Is Legal. You scoured the Internet until you found the perfect image for your newsletter, and it's going to look AWESOME. But is it actually LEGAL to use that image?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

The Nature Conservancy has used Flickr Group to host a photo contest on its Web site. Looking to tap into this, we launched a photo contest where the prize would be featuring the winning images along side the photography that they have told us they like so much. Our community really is self-managing. Keep them engaged.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The organization works in a variety of areas, supporting the neediest children and families in its community. Since 1960, ABCS has expanded its services rapidly, just this year donating more than 10,000 items such as diapers, formula, and clothing to members of the community who come to it for help. Transitional Program BBQ.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Using Instagram to create videos is simple : just open the app on your smartphone or tablet, click to record a 15-second video, then customize the look of your video using Instagram's menu of filters (see image at right). Images and Videos. Image 1: phoelix / Shutterstock. Image 2: TechSoup. Image 3: TechSoup.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Canva is a great tool for designing images. Host a Community Clean-Up. 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. Website or event page so people can find it. Click To Tweet. World Environment Day (June 5). Card for a Cause.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

With a unique energy and do-anything attitude, she understands that a community must network and join forces to create and grow successful businesses. This type of fundraising event allows community members to create their own personal giving pages, tell their stories, and recruit their friends and family to be a part of your purpose.

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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. Images 1 and 3: Braided River. Image 2: Boulder Food Rescue.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The theme of this year's conference is "Making Meaning Matter" with panels and discussions on community building and digital media. Zeega is a content curation tool that lets you collect video clips, sound bites, and images from sites with public media (like Flickr, YouTube, Dropbox, and so on). Image: Ginny Mies.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

A grant from Lannan Foundation allowed Braided River to donate 10,000 copies of the book to libraries and indigenous communities across the country. The suite includes Adobe Illustrator for vector graphics, Photoshop for image enhancement, InDesign for desktop publishing and page layout, plus many additional programs. Challenges.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

A grant from Lannan Foundation allowed Braided River to donate 10,000 copies of the book to libraries and indigenous communities across the country. The suite includes Adobe Illustrator for vector graphics, Photoshop for image enhancement, InDesign for desktop publishing and page layout, plus many additional programs. Challenges.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Adobe : Adobe products aren’t just for creative professionals — with a little know-how you too can make powerful digital images and videos. You can even discover your best photos by looking at your image stats. Use your most powerful images to create galleries that you can post to your website or social media channels.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Round three of #CelebrateAdobeCC — our three-month contest highlighting how nonprofits use Adobe products to spotlight their work and mission — is a wrap. Enjoy the video, and thanks for all the creativity shared by the nonprofits that participated in our contest. The end has come. Gold Prize Winner. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The ideas submission process started last week and will be followed by online conversations, online community voting, jury voting, and a hackathons for the best projects in each of the countries. And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. Image : Jeremy Hiebert / CC BY-NC-SA.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2016

What drives you and motivates you to create change in your community? Our contest begins today, August 29, 2016, and closes September 11, 2016. Tell us about the change you're making in your community. Image: Tina Xu. Symantec helps nonprofits make their mission possible. What is your nonprofit's mission?

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