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

Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

A Contest Built on City Data. Before they officially launched the competition, the TechSoup Europe team members mapped out Warsaw technology-for-good communities and groups — some they had already worked with and some they hadn't. The contest got a total of 72 entries, which Sobieszuk said was a huge surprise and success.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2012

Note, this should be very strategic and not filled with 12 different campaigns that have little connection to each other. You also run the risk of bombarding your supporters with too many asks around different campaigns, which ultimately burns them out. And of course don’t forget to map out your year-end fundraising campaign.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

An interactive map app was also collaboratively created by the community as a social experiment to facilitate user experience. This can be difficult in the arts, where audiences’ values can differ greatly. Lafferty communicates strategically by finding out how values from different audiences relate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

A total of 757 Twitter users Tweeted using the hashtag #OceanLoveEarl – the network analysis map revealed that there were other “hubs” or “influencers” in addition my personal network including the beneficiary nonprofit, Surf Rider Foundation, and individual influencers in my network.

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Social Media Online Learning Fundraising 129

Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

“Map out the story you need to tell. There are many options for peer-to-peer fundraising you can use: Contests Challenges Crowdfunding DIY fundraising A-thons (walk, bowl, etc.) There are so many avenues you can go down when you dig in, and it can be easy to get lost down a rabbit hole you didn’t intend to go down.

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Social Media Trend Storyboard Montana 52

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

It can be easy to conflate engaging activities with participatory opportunities, and I'm glad they were explicit about the difference. I counted at least five different schemes in the six-page section on "Participatory Arts in Practice," and none of these were explicitly referenced in the subsequent case studies.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. They are truly bridging the digital divide for two very different types of library patrons: elderly people and teens. More TechSoup Global Resources: The TechSoup Global Local Impact Map for international success stories.

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Library Digital Story Teen 54

Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

Starting with a focus on retention, below are different tactics you can explore immediately after your virtual event or campaign to support your donor retention strategy. Let’s explore some different ideas to get you started: Donor spotlights. Tactics to Boost Your Donor Retention Strategy. Send thank you messages immediately.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

Fill-in color maps, text recognition, and interactive math and science programs help the students improve their schoolwork by approaching assignments in different ways. For example, children can scan their work and edit it on the tablet PC, color diagrams and maps with the stylus, or edit work directly with the keyboard.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2013

Basic bar charts, bubble charts on geographic maps, and multidimensional layouts are all possible by toggling through the "picker" buttons at the top of the screen and making a choice. website along with a contest aimed at new and nontechnical users. The exact opposite is true. Eastern time.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 17, 2013

When she’s not writing about nonprofits you can find her competing in public speaking contests and training to be a Spice Girl ( wannabe). . And donors are no different. Online fundraising is no different. — I would be lying if I said it was simple; asking people for money rarely is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

he Hold The Sign Meme : Examples of different campaigns on flickr. Full Stop Campaign - google maps and flickr mashup. Creative Commons Swag Contest and I won! Creative Commons Swag Contest and I won! Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest. March of Dimes Contest (features community voting).

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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 competitions and contests to generate new ideas from new audiences.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

5K Runs and Walkathons 5K runs and walkathons both operate in the same way, though at different levels of intensity. You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees. Haunted House Tours There are a couple different ways to go about this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Wendy documented many different stories and shared these internally. Pick the right hard data points I know from experience what the most important metrics are to track for different types of projects. They are different depending on the audience and goals. Listening leads to engagement. There is a web and Facebook version.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Amy Sample Ward , filling in for Britt Bravo, writes about several awards and competitions including the UK Catalyst Awards and Simon Fairway's pointer to the digital makeover contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

She shares some of the internal conversation her colleagues on staff and their differing views: It took a little more work to convince my co-workers [about web 2.0 tools] - it was a very interesting exercise, because it revealed the different ways of thinking about technology that we had. Social Explorer Maps - interactive Census maps!

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

As everyone rallies around your collective impact and gets inspired about the difference they can make, it’s helpful to offer multiple ways to support – whether through ticket sales, donations, sponsorship, volunteering, or a combination of the above. Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As everyone rallies around your collective impact and gets inspired about the difference they can make, it’s helpful to offer multiple ways to support – whether through ticket sales, donations, sponsorship, volunteering, or a combination of the above. Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background.

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Fundraising Virtual Game Hosting 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

" Came to the idea that if people play together, they tend not to think of people as different nationalities. Engage in some practices that overcome differences. We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan. There are about 50 different variables to base decisions. Darfur Is Dying was the result.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. Say different things on different platforms. JUST for fun!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

We’re going to talk about the difference between securing a one-time gift versus reliable, recurring, major funders. ” So you have two choices around how to approach this contest, right? So Maggie approaches this challenge so differently. And so, as you saw, here is what we’re covering today. The other option.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

We’re going to talk about the difference between securing a one-time gift versus reliable, recurring, major funders. So you have two choices around how to approach this contest, right? So Maggie approaches this challenge so differently. And so, as you saw, here is what we’re covering today. You can choose Sandy.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Leaders should be thinking critically about the labors of their staff and working with them to map out long-term workload. John Russick of the Chicago History Center runs the annual label contest for the American Alliance of Museums , and those entries are always worth reading. Our staff is the way collections come alive.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2022

Rather than needing to work with your city to map out a safe map route for a 5K or finding enough staff and volunteers to line a race route, you just need a venue and sound system to host a dance-a-thon fundraiser with an in-person component. Create a webpage where participants can post pictures and videos of them dancing.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We continued to use the tools that emerged in the digital period, and continued adopting new tools; the difference was that we left the land-grabbing to early adopters. From another perspective, there’s the side of our data that translates into APIs, maps, and info graphics. Now, we evaluated tools based on who was using them, and how.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

And, of course, crowd sourcing is a technique being used across the social sector for different goals. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen. The maps are made by community members. Get a hand wireless mic.

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Reflection Sample Script Map 98

CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

As always, different social media platforms cater to different user demographics. By mapping out your content in advance, you ensure a consistent presence on your supporters’ feeds while maximizing the impact of your messaging to align with specific campaign timelines. Be sure to assign specific actions to each phase.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There are four different models of crowdsourcing activities: wisdom, creation, voting, and funding. Here’s an overview of the different types and some examples for each in philanthropy and doing. (1) Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

I'll be using a new online learning platform that I haven't used before and the participants are a slightly different audience than nonprofit staff or at least I think. Are the results different? t doing something different - same staff, same tasks - but you are doing it a bit differently. Will it make a difference?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It was fascinating to see people--across social differences--responding to representations of love in the paintings, images, objects and narratives that were part of the installation. Elsewhere on the second floor, there are two small activities that explicitly tie the love show to our history collection: Love Map. No one does.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. Social Media helps your campaign bounce to a different beat. Austin is no different. How Do You Measure Success: Dollars or Doggie Treats? set goals: decrease number of incoming media calls. increase transparency about disaster response. disclose “process” of responding to disasters.

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ROI Social Media Slides Media 76

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Prioritizing Customer Suggestions If you are looking at 15 suggestions from 15 different guests, how do you know which ones to pursue? Many staff react against this, saying that curation is the museum's job and shouldn't be reduced to a popularity contest.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Few would contest their value and service to institutions that generally pay them poorly for the often monotonous work of facilitating smooth, positive guest experiences. The museum they know is very different--and getting out on the floor helps us understand that difference. Read the map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

What I love about this project is that it is giving a different lens and context to think about social media for social good. As we started to look at different examples of "social media for social good" on the corporate side, we found ourselves asking "What isn't lethal generosity?" Photo by Martin Heigan.

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Contest Social Media Case Study 95

Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Nonprofits can start a Facebook Group, Cause Page to raise a bit of money, or Fan Page to post recent news, videos, photos, events, launch contests, and talk to your members via discussion boards. While the tools may be different than those of the past, the message is still the same - take care of the brand and the customer first!

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