Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2019

So, instead of holding tight to your nonprofit’s brand and story through the eyes of you, the nonprofit, let go a little and allow your supporters to share their own relationship with your nonprofit based on their personal connection. Use a leaderboard on your campaign page to show who is in the lead with their fundraising efforts.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Incentivize engagement by hosting a giveaway or other fun contest just for new followers on your platform of choice. Make sure to mention the contest in your regular emails and newsletters so your entire mailing list will know about it. Instagram story stickers. Just like. a multi-channel approach to fundraising.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

To kick off our new success stories. section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. success stories.

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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! Designate a cheer leader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore the top platforms you can leverage to get the word out about your business, including: Your Website Social Media Mobile App A well-designed marketing plan can give your business the fuel it needs to bring attention to its services, products, events, campaigns, and more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

It is tempting to allow board members to skip fundraising, but this useful list is designed to give board members a wide range of tasks they can choose from to support the financial growth of your organization, and only a few involve directly asking for money. Help uncover compelling or creative stories of impact to use in fundraising.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

Stand-out peer-to-peer fundraising platform features Host campaigns for multiple event types — runs, walks, rides, and more Make fundraising fun with contests, head-to-head matchups, and drawings Embed your donation pages and fundraising thermometers into your website Pricing Learn more about OneCause’s pricing plans.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 28, 2022

While your chosen livestream platform should provide instructions, you’ll need content to design an exciting and engaging program for your stream. Some nonprofits have seen huge success incorporating audience reactions or contest submissions on the stream. Learn the streaming basics. Convey your mission and work concisely.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

For me, the two most prominent reason to include crowdsourcing in your engagement strategies for campaigns or contests include: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. Crowdsourcing levels the playing field so it isn’t just your “favorites” or those you already know that get to play.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Group Tickets: These tickets are designed for groups of people attending together, offering discounts for purchasing multiple tickets. That’s why you should design a visually appealing, user-friendly event page on your website that highlights key event details, including date, time, location, and ticket pricing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

They have designed and implemented a good on-boarding experience for new members, helped codify and define board roles and tasks, and we even have do an annual assessment of our performance that gives us specific metrics on how we’re doing as a board. Source: Blackbaud. How is your organization leveraging Giving Tuesday?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. She shared a wonderful story about yet another one of the wonderful people in Mark's Network, Jessica Gottlieb.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

See the full contest website to learn more about the competition, presented by Invest Early , to gather and share stories about the importance of interactions and learning opportunities for babies and young children. Baby Steps 1: The Heart of a Good Story Is You. Baby Steps 3: Producing a Compelling Video Story.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

They also held a student art contest to design a special Art in Action necklace that could be purchased on the day, with an even higher percentage of proceeds going to the org. Have your staff, supporters, beneficiaries, or volunteers design some special Mother’s Day card greetings unique to your cause. Stories of Strong Moms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I had the pleasure of designing a panel about how Networked Nonprofits use Twitter with Claire Williams of Twitter and Danielle Brigida from NWF. I love designing panels, not only the content but the interactive piece as well. Danielle shared a story about making mistakes on Twitter. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase. million dollar budget, around $16,000 has been generated via YouTube’s Google Checkout and other donations via PayPal. Related Links: Book Research & Interviews. ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Instagram Contests and Hashtags. As part of my plenary session, I did a “living case study” where I called a member of the audience, The Native Fish Society to share their story about how they used an Instagram to help save fish by taking a strategic approach and applying “POST” framework.

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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! They are places where we learn and become something greater than we were.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest. Among organizations, contests may seem like a short-cut to get compelling content, and cheaply. The current Heinz contest is a great example.

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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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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

Facebook fundraising tools are designed to keep people on the site rather than send them to a crowdfunding platform or other website. When choosing the words to tell the story and make the Ask, give your donor the opportunity to be a hero. Tell the story with photos or a video. Host polls and contests to engage your audience.

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Care2

MAY 25, 2012

For example, when the Center for Reproductive Rights was supporting the case against Texas's mandatory ultrasound law (which was a big news story), they launched a New Yorker Style Cartoon Caption Contest and asked people to submit a caption for the cartoon they designed about the outrageous law.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2012

Many nonprofits or libraries need to bring in an outside graphic designer, or ask a tech-savvy volunteer or staff member to do the work on top of other duties. Evergreen and International Rivers were runners-up in the 2008 Show Your Impact contest. Online Training for Dreamweaver.

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See3

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? “ Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Greater Giving

JUNE 24, 2021

This is the story of the hybrid fundraiser. To generate excitement for your virtual audience, consider pre-event contests, social media competitions, watch party gift boxes, and other pre-event activities as a way to get your virtual audience motivated. Sometimes you uncover great, new ideas through careful research and execution.

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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.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

ways to tell stories in just a few seconds. Like Instagram, the Vine app is designed to be very easy to use. Help , a nonprofit dedicated to helping other nonprofits tell their stories through film and video. Upcoming Free Storymakers 2014 Webinars: Storymakers: Get Your Story Noticed! Super-Short Video Examples.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

While this will ultimately depend on your unique organization, some good virtual volunteer ideas include: Making fundraising phone calls Conducting outreach on your behalf Sharing stories and testimonials with their own friends and family Social media promotion. Consider your online donation page design. Host a virtual endurance event!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2012

Kelley Jarrett is market manager for Guide Creative , a design agency that serves nonprofits in creative design from strategy and branding to web and print design, social and mobile strategy to analyzing results for success. Visit us to learn more about our new endeavor and to register for the contest.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

You’ll also want to consider the design of your materials, leaning into visuals over heavy text and keeping messaging digestible. The Collaborative used virtual networking happy hours, gamification and contests, and attendee-to-attendee live chat to facilitate this. “ Media will always want to hear from the experts.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Classic Buckaroo Balls are decorated with cowboy designs with participants dressed up in flannel or denim. For this type of event, you might auction items that are related to fairy tales, like a book of classic stories or a collection of costumes. The team that wins the trivia contest can win a special prize! Superhero Night.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2016

TechSoup organizes an annual event called Storymakers ; organizations from around the globe participate in a multimedia contest for a chance to win exciting prizes and learn how to effectively tell their story. We provide tutorials on video production processes and photo editing so you can tell your story like a pro.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

Susan Rosenberg, American Jewish World Service’s director of communications, says these projects are important to the organization because video, more than any other medium, can tell powerful, emotional stories that move supporters and donors to take action. full story here Der Beitrag wurde am Monday, den 12. Feed verfolgen.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

Susan Rosenberg, American Jewish World Service’s director of communications, says these projects are important to the organization because video, more than any other medium, can tell powerful, emotional stories that move supporters and donors to take action. full story here Der Beitrag wurde am Monday, den 12. Feed verfolgen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

“ Here’s a few answers: To disseminate short stories that are unique to the fan page, as well as to link to articles on our websites. We are much more successful when the stories come with a blurb than when they are simply automated RSS-feeds. Be Careful Not To Violate Facebook Promotional Guidelines With Contests.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 18, 2010

The public-domain mobius loop universal recycling symbol with three arrows in the triangle that we've adapted for our GreenTech logo was designed by Gary Anderson in 1970 as part of a contest sponsored by the Container Corporation of America for the original Earth Day in 1970.

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