Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

" AGC Coversational Case Studies: Students for a Free Tibet: A mindful social media strategy for campaigns or contests – Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are evaluating the second America's Giving Challenge and are sharing case studies from the winners. Here are my top trends in sustainable social media (hat tip to Reuters)."

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Web Bookmarking Contest Case Study 114

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

." » Your Mobile Giving by State – Wendy Harman at the American Red Cross has posted a map and data about the funds donated via texting "Haiti" to 90999 to support the victims in the Haiti earthquake crisis. Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC! ."

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Web Haiti Bookmarking Lesson 132

AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

Increase data collection: Event gamification requires the audience to interact with the event app or platform. It is likely that they would be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the rights to put their name on the contest. You can do a contest like the one above or do something different.

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Virtual Poll Game Sponsor 92

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Since the announcement, there has been a lot of discussion focused on the expected component of the directive that pushes federal agencies to make data available in machine readable formats. However, some are concerned about how far agencies will have to go to transform legacy data, especially when it is in inaccessible formats such as PDF.

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Government Open Data API 52

Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

Despite heavy adoption of technology across the space, recent data from Forbes found that 1 in 4 nonprofits are still “not sure” how to approach their events in 2021. In fact, data has found that nonprofits who are hosting virtual events are using the same channels and tactics to steward donors as they would in the in-person setting.

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Virtual Donor Fundraising Retention 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Might we start seeing tag called "NpTechUk" or a wiki for the UK Riders List? Danah Boyd analyzes the recent Pew data on Social Network Site use.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link].

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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0 Projects.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

." Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!) Ten campaigning tips for lobbying MPs - "nfpSynergy has a wealth of back-data regarding MPs' opinions of charities and their campaigns, comments from those who work in this area and experience of the sector.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Wildfire creates a spectrum of contest based apps, including sweepstakes & photo/video contest apps. The contest should offer an incentive for your constituents to become fans. Then we switched topics to Twitter.

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Social Media Chad Communication Share 56

AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

Increase data collection: Event gamification requires the audience to interact with the event app or platform. It is likely that they would be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the rights to put their name on the contest. You can do a contest like the one above or do something different.

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Virtual Poll Game Sponsor 59

Achieve

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Collect data about year-end Facebook fundraising. Whether a conference, a gala, or a trivia contest, you can live stream the event directly on Facebook. If a donor tags your organization in a fundraiser after they’ve given to it, make sure to respond and thank them for their support. Respond to comments on fundraisers.

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Facebook North Carolina Tips Giving 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The next action was an uncontrollable desire to compare my “People Talking About” with my peers, realizing that benchmarking of meaningless data is well, meaningless. I’ve never run an ad for more fans, or done silly contests or anything else, you know? Checking in at a place. Size has never mattered to us.

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Metrics Facebook People Measure 112

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Go the extra mile with your appreciation efforts by reviewing your volunteer database to gather data on your top-performing volunteers. You can host a contest for your volunteers to come up with designs for their blankets. You can make individual mason jars for each volunteer and tag the jars with their names to personalize them.

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Gift Volunteer Retention Design 85

Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Lately there's lots of buzz about innovative ways that government can use new technologies share data, increase citizen visibility, and promote participation. Our staff and clients are excited by the Obama administration's pledge to promote transparency in government, as well as the DC government's recent innovations with public data.

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San Francisco DC Contest Sponsor 52

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th. The contest is calling for participants to make a one-minute video that portrays diversity and inclusion. Data member news Member Round Up nptech' Let us know in the comments.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th. The contest is calling for participants to make a one-minute video that portrays diversity and inclusion. Data member news Member Round Up nptech' Let us know in the comments.

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Research San Francisco Montana Homeless 61

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

When I heard about this contest, I asked myself, "Who would I know with API coding skills and a passion for government transparency -- and who likes winning money?" > Learn more about the contest at [link]. Tags: contest NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz APIs. " Duh: the NTEN community!

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Mashup API Contest Challenge 36

Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2009

Over the past month, I had the privilege of being the Forum One Project Manager for a fun, open-source web application development contest: the Apps for America 2: Data.gov Challenge. We conceived "DataMasher" -- a web application that allows users to "mash-up" two sets of state data using an operator of their choice. Cool right?

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America United States Flash Open Source 55

NTEN

MARCH 15, 2010

In San Francisco, datasf.org aggregates raw data from over 140 city departments, making it available to any member of the public, for any reason. Since transparency is only one leg of the stool, San Francisco also sponsored an app development contest to get people involved in using the data for the public good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

tags: blogs facebook ). Armano describes this as digital anthropologists sifting through qualitative data and metrics to reap insights. I also bookmark posts that reference the project using a unique project tag. Combine with other measures and qualitative data. Pick the right ones! . Numbers alone are meaningless.

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Story Learning Organization Metrics 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Even better if you can tag the individual or do their Twitter handle. In this Twitter example below, the school is also encouraging the alumni network to RT this alum’s accomplishment. Be sure to use compelling photos and other visuals. Notice the engagement in the comments, with people tagging each other.

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Practice Tips Social Meme 107

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

We're having a contest to encourage you to reduce your computer's energy comsumption. More than half the electricity used by IT is outside the data center and it is very easy for you to make small changes that will have a significant positive impact on both the environment and your wallet.

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Green Contest Environment Survey 43

Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Surowiecki’s talk, drawing on his 2005 book , was about the surprising value of crowd-based judgments, from guessing the numbers of jelly beans in a jar, to mapping Martian craters , to open contests like the DARPA Grand Challenge for driverless vehicles. Use online tools to gather data from across sectors.

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Reflection Conference Communication Network 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

I've had some posts in pipeline following up on social media metrics and the Chase Community Giving Contest second phase, but wanted to share these two stories from Haiti from on the ground and a bird's eye view. Tags: maps. Earthquake Aftermath in Jacmel Photos by Andrew Bigosinski, Director of Ciné Lekol. Crisis Camps.

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Haiti Map Volunteer Tech 96

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

I can't think of a story that better illustrates this concept than that of the Freestore Foodbank in Cincinnati, one of the winners of our Microsoft Show Your Impact contest. An organization that's ready for a disaster is also ready for a new opportunity to expand its impact when a need arises.

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Disaster Practice Contest Tech 43

Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Flickr : You’re probably already familiar with Flickr's features such as the ability to upload from anywhere, tag photos, create sets , and create or join groups. Check out the winners of SlideRocket's Nonprofit Presentation Contest for great examples. But are you aware of the extra tools available through Flickr Pro?

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Digital Story Adobe Tools 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If I have learned anything from co-writing a book about measurement , that it is not only important to collect your data, but leave space for reflection at the end of a campaign to harvest insights for the next campaign. I try to do this with any project I work on, whether it is a social media campaign as well as a training workshops.

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Social Media Online Learning Fundraising 129

CauseVox

MAY 3, 2021

If you’re hosting a social media contest, you could make a sponsor part of it as a co-host. Share data about who attended, how many clicks sponsor links received, and the social media buzz about the event. Ask your sponsors to co-host marketing elements leading up to the event. Sponsors want to see how their content performed.

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Sponsor Virtual Fundraising Benefit 52

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

While idea challenges and social media contests are increasingly used by corporations, governments and in philanthropy, ideas4Oregon.org has a far larger potential fiscal reward than most. Tags: challenge collaboration competition foundation innovation oregon philanthropy. We want Oregonians to get engaged with us.”.

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Oregon Foundation Ideas Award 140

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you share your data? ARC - gather data every morning and share with organization via email; issues that seem sensitive or are newsworthy will contact subject matter experts to follow up. Observe and sift through qualitative data like a primatologist or anthropologist. ARC does for blood drives, etc. Feed digest.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are investigating how nonprofits " vet online contest opportunities." Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NTEN. Members are in bold.

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NTEN Vermont Social Media Policy 44

Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Last year, Forum One brought you great panels in user experience, data visualization, digital storytelling, and who could forget: Iron Chef ! We will also name the winner of the webinar series storytelling contest. Set Your Data Free: How to Let OTHERS use YOUR data to make an impact. Vote for "Set Your Data Free" now !

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Conference Technology Storytelling Lesson 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

When participants collected data, they learned a great deal about data collection processes but not so much about the overall scientific method. In contributory projects, participants collect data in a scientist-controlled process. Scientists design the test questions, steer the data collection, and analyze the results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

My thought was to blog about the cause (a stretch), but to share as much learning about personal/social fundraising or what I'm learning about social networks - that should be of interest some readers - and even those I'm competing with for the contest. Would be interesting to see something like this from the Frozen Pea Fund.

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Network Donation Fundraising Case Study 50

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

According to Blackbaud data, online giving last #GivingTuesday was up 20% on a year-over-year basis compared to 2015. Remind them to tag you, use the hashtag, and encourage their friends to participate in the movement, too! Blackbaud processed more than $47.7 million in online donations from U.S. Encourage Crowdfundraising.

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Campaign Create Giving Org 48

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

This included putting all videos of procurement bids on to YouTube to releasing real-time data sets in a catalog of 261 data feeds , the DC government has quickly become a leading example of data transparency. The rise of data aggregation and collections has spurred tremendous collaborative interactions among people.

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