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Guest Post by Anne Mai Bertelsen: Contests for Good - An Insider's View

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Anne Mai Bertlesen and I had a quick exchange at the end of year after I blogged about the Pepsi and Chase Giving Contests in December. She offered to write a guest post that provides an "insider's perspective" having run a number of cause-related ventures including contests.

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Using Super-Short Videos to Reach New Audiences

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Like Instagram, the Vine app is designed to be very easy to use. Once recorded, Vine videos are uploaded to Vine's social network and can also be shared on Facebook, Twitter, and other sites. This very simple video won an honorable mention in The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Six-Second Appeal Challenge.

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Peter Deitz's Personal Fundraising Wizard

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Peter Deitz, of Social Actions , is an expert on micro philanthropy and social fundraising. He also shares that he wants to create a social fundraising wizard Currently, I am building an automated wizard. that will assist in planning and implementing a peer-to-peer social change campaign. Photo by Dunechaser.

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For “giving days”—which are becoming increasingly popular all over the country—social networking and digital communication such as email and blogging are key to driving big results. Youthprise, a youth-serving nonprofit and grantmaking organization put up $14,000 in prize grants for the contest.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. young people???,

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 There are two sets of social roles here. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest.

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My Facebook Birthday Cause: Thank You (and Some Unsolicited Feedback To Causes)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Despite some drawbacks with the interaction design - please let me have more flexibility in setting up my campaign parameters - amount, number of donors, etc., Kids being brought up today are also learning about the importance of giving and philanthropy. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest. Probably some glitch.

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