Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

My first ladder of engagement was developed for the America’s Giving Challenge contest that I won in 2008 - it was a framework that used the “community manager” or “network weaver” as the human face to connect with people and bring them to the next level of involvement. Facebook Ladder of Engagement.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In celebration of the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest in partnership with NetSquared. The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest challenges anyone to design an app for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 that can make a positive difference. Here are some tips.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Lots of NTEN folks there, so support them with your votes! ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Collaborating with leaders in the nonprofit tech community, we’ve put out heads together to find a way to come together this season and tap into the spirit of giving to give back to the amazing community of nonprofit professionals that do wonderful things all year. Tags: 09ntc nten. So what are you waiting for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Before I take you behind the scenes of our NTEN board fundraiser for Giving Tuesday , let me ask you to consider to a donation of any size to support NTEN and the Nonprofit Technology Conference Scholarship campaign. The NTEN Board Giving Tuesday Campaign. Donor Perfect is matching the next $3,000 that is donated).

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . include NTEN member organization Idealist.org. Tags: community buzz nten members.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Here’s a Thing We Love: Ash Shepherd is NTEN''s new Education Director ! We’d welcome him to the party, but he’s been rocking the NTEN party for a good long while already. Speaking of remakes, we at NTEN HQ have been recently enthralled with Puddles the Clown’s video remake of Lorde’s “Royals.” Inspire ” video contest.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Flickr: ccbrand Even though summer''s in full swing and it''s so easy to spend those lovely afternoons just sipping lemonade, the nptech community is hard at work putting out new research, collecting data, and figuring out how to put technology to work to solve today''s most pressing issues. Take advantage of the summer special rate!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2013

Cisco is generously contributing $3500 to four contest winners. In addition to prizes provided by Cisco, contest winners will be featured on the YouTube homepage and receive free registration to the Nonprofit Technology Conference, the signature event hosted by the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN).

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NTEN. Members are in bold. Beth's new blog!

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

NTEN members generally rock, but every week we try to give props where props are due. This week in NTEN member news: . " GlobalGiving recently ran a contest to encourage nonprofits to use social media tools to engage and raise donations for their causes. Fellow NTEN member Ryan Heneise gives his "here, here!

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NTEN

JANUARY 31, 2014

If you made a video in 2013 that had an impact in your community or around the world, we want to see it. The contest is presented by NTEN, YouTube , and See3 Communications , with generous sponsorship by Cisco and the National Alliance for Media and Culture and the National Youth Media Network. See contest rules here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Before I take you behind the scenes of our NTEN board fundraiser for Giving Tuesday , let me ask you to consider to a donation of any size to support NTEN and the Nonprofit Technology Conference Scholarship campaign. The NTEN Board Giving Tuesday Campaign. Source: Blackbaud.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2009

Here are highlights from the web of NTEN members doing their, you know, NTEN-type awesomeness: NARAL-Pro Choice America launched a contest on Twitter last week: submit hashtag (#) ideas for aggregating the discussion around "the Supreme Court battle that's just around the corner." Tags: NPTech nten members.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together! It's been info overload around here, but that's a good thing!

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2013

Did you make a video in 2012 that had an impact in your community or around the world? The contest is presented by YouTube , See3 Communications , and NTEN with generous sponsorship by Cisco. The contest is presented by YouTube , See3 Communications , and NTEN with generous sponsorship by Cisco.

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NTEN

APRIL 14, 2009

NTEN folks probably know we're big fans of haiku (thanks in most part to Holly's particular appreciation of the form). We're glad to see member organization ZeroDivide shares our appreciation and is deploying it for educational and rewarding purposes: The ZD Technology Haiku Contest! Winners will be announced on Friday, May 1.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

For those of you who missed it, last week we held a Member Appreciation Webinar with Basho Mosko from the Flip Video Spotlight Program and Michael Hoffman from See3 Communications about how to create an introductory video for your organization. . Those who attended the webinar had a chance to show the community what they learned.

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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

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. Are you a nonprofit?

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Read the original blog post here.

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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. Communications Networking Lunches.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Read the post below or visit SSIR to read and comment with that community. Both campaigns leveraged the community and competition aspects of social media. A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. How are you working to build trust with your community?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Congratulations to NTEN Member the Humane Society of the United States for reaching 1,000,000 Fans on Facebook! That is quite an accomplishment – and since it's Member Appreciation Month here at NTEN, I'd like to let them know how much we admire the examples they've set in social media outreach.

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Care2

MARCH 21, 2012

In addition to the prizes, the four winners will be featured on YouTube’s homepage and receive free registrations to NTEN’s, Nonprofit Technology Conference. As nonprofits, we want to do more than simply tell people what we do, we want to show the impact it makes on our communities. "As

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

We recently asked the NTEN community. Congratulations to Becky Domegan, one of our two contest winners, who told us about her challenges: "As a 1-person IT shop, I strive to educate users in advance, but often find myself educating them after a problem occurs. Tags: NPTech NTEN ontc.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The one that that does all that amazing work in your community with MacGyver -like tenacity? They are sponsoring 50 free memberships for the heroes of the nonpropfit community. . Everyone nominated will be entered to win one of 50 free NTEN memberships , compliments of Convio ! You know that organization.

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2010

Flickr photo: kcolwell We know that you, my fellow NTEN community members, are rock stars. You can write fundraising email copy in your sleep and hand code your e-appeal while making breakfast and watering your plants. You track metrics while you're on the treadmill (without falling off). You are fundraising email campaign ninjas!

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2012

Karamellzucker This week, NTEN members are giving and receiving discounted conference registration, accepting nominations for impressive games for change, and awarding grants for innovative media use. Kell Partners hired some veteran nonprofit technologists (and NTEN members) Tompkins Spann, Julie Macalik, and Julie Loyd.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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See3

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation , to the best videos of the year found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program —a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions. ? We are thrilled to partner with YouTube for the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Collaborating with leaders in the nonprofit tech community, we’ve put out heads together to find a way to come together this season and tap into the spirit of giving to give back to the amazing community of nonprofit professionals that do wonderful things all year. Tweet this. Post on Facebook. So what are you waiting for?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2009

Flickr: ThomasBrandt From the number of "out of office" replies I get anytime I send an email to the NTEN community, it looks like we're well into vacation season. It's the third season for this Barcelona and Switzerland-based organization's digital divide photo contest, and you're invited to participate.

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2010

It only enters one social media contest a year. Here at NTEN, we're in an interesting position. Tags: Community E-mail NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Communications. They simply don't have the staff bandwidth for more. I wonder, though, what other choices they're making. Do they have a large scale PR effort?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. I’m also a contributor to Socialbrite, NTEN, Women Who Tech and other industry leading collaborations.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation, to the best videos of the year found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program —a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions. FAQs - Answers to all your most pressing contest questions.

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