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.

Community 109

Community Giving Fundraising Contest 109

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. In the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R Strategies, it’s easy to see what a compelling cause may be to Millennial donors: disaster. Have you seen online donations increasing for your organization?

Celebrate 201

Celebrate Impact Fundraising Pakistan 201

NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

All week, we've been running our CRM plus Consulting hours give-away , and I'm excited to announce the nonprofit NTEN organizational member that will be receiving the following: 2 free seats for the first year of Common Ground , the new CRM from Convio. 10 free consulting hours to help get things set up, from Causeway Interactive.

Consultant 36

Consultant Contest Houston Convio 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

If you maintain a blog about bike repair and continue to ask for donations to support a team of doctors helping in other countries, you will probably alienate your readers pretty fast. Alison Fine wrote a reflection about what we need to learn from networked activities in response to my NTEN article and our subsequent email conversation.

Network 50

Network Donation Fundraising Case Study 50

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

NTEN 45

NTEN Web Case Study Stumbleupon 45

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 27, 2012

I’ve donated a bunch of NTEN books and swag, and Tony’ll give away his book and free consulting hours, in Planned Giving and Charity Registration. All these areas relate to your social networks and the social media properties and our team will share their ideas, as they do every month.

Social Media 134

Social Media Social Network Linkedin Registration 134

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Network for Good put together a slideshow of the home pages of 10 nonprofits that are hitting it out of the ball park by being clear in their message and making it easy for a visitor to engage further or donate. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19!

Research 65

Research San Francisco Montana Homeless 65

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Network for Good put together a slideshow of the home pages of 10 nonprofits that are hitting it out of the ball park by being clear in their message and making it easy for a visitor to engage further or donate. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19!

Research 61

Research San Francisco Montana Homeless 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

Facebook 50

Facebook South Carolina Georgia America 50

NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2009

In addition to seeing your ideas acted out on the small screen, you might even win the Grand Prize: a $5,000 donation in your name to your charity of choice; two Silver Prize winners will each receive a $2,500 donation. Tags: contest COP Social Media Web Sites Communications. So what are you waiting for? Get to writing!

Volunteer 71

Volunteer Contest Music Social Media 71

See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. What this means is that if you are in the program, viewers will see a “Donate&# button both on your channel page and when your video is playing in a standard page. What do you think Holly?

YouTube 40

YouTube Donation Darfur Google 40

See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. What this means is that if you are in the program, viewers will see a “Donate&# button both on your channel page and when your video is playing in a standard page. What do you think Holly?

YouTube 40

YouTube Donation Darfur Google 40

NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

million people who now write on the wall about their experiences with cancer, donate money to the Arkansas Children's Hospital, and post pictures on the cause. This will give you tools we've built just for nonprofits including a dashboard where you can track causes, track donations, and download donor contact information.

Causes 80

Causes Facebook Effective Fundraising 80

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. Digidave of Spot.Us

Nptech 50

Nptech Social Fundraising Plugin 50

Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

Phone 48

Phone News Technology Free 48

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Moreover, the company reports that people who are 35 years and older make up the fastest growing user demographic, which corresponds to the demographic mostly likely to make a donation online. Prior to encouraging your supporters to create impact through donations, make sure to engage your fans and supporters in other ways.

Facebook 99

Facebook Money Raise Strategy 99

NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest. St Louis Volunteen won, two Millennials are the ones that developed it - geolocation app to find volunteering opportunities, find contests, find things tied to schools, and sharing on social media. Mobile Giving Trust and donations were huge in the Millennial Donor Report.

Mobile 55

Mobile St. Louis Donor Blackberry 55

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

Stats 100

Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Austin, Texas: Microsoft | How to Obtain a Donation and the Benefits of Microsoft 365. Friday, May 13, 2016.

San Francisco 36

San Francisco United Kingdom Las Vegas North Carolina 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Marc's findings: Traffic increase, little donation follow through. Here some thoughts from the NTEN blog about ways to use twitter for your organization, although some nonprofit technology experts do not find twitter useful professionally. You can find a collection how-to YouTube and Viral Video strategy resources here. Details here.

Summary 50

Summary Nptech YouTube Cancer 50

NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Donations will be a consequence of meaningful engagement, not a measurement of it. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own. None of them involve passive check-writing on behalf of your organization.

Money 53

Money Raise Contest Social Media 53

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Through links (underlined text or buttons), e-newsletters send subscribers to your website where they can read the full story and become inspired to take action (donate, sign an online petition, follow on social media, etc.). Prominently feature a “Donate” button and social media icons to your e-newsletter. emails per month).

email 363

email Practice Marketing Newsletter 363

NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

Curious to know what kind of emails are driving donations? Come learn why so many rely on Sage’s fund accounting and fundraising solutions, hosted services, and donation processing tools and enter for your chance to win an iPad. The new Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, Graphite, 6" Display with New E Ink Pearl Technology.

Ipod 47

Ipod Amazon Green NTC 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

For nonprofits, that tracking donations from social media engagement. Cautions against it not being a popularity contest, but the number grows because people get some value from part of an active, informative, and value-driven community. I wrote an entire chapter about this for the new NTEN book " Technology to Meet Your Mission.".

Public 50

Public Metrics ROI Chapter 50

NTEN

MARCH 29, 2012

Come learn why so many rely on Sage’s fund accounting and fundraising solutions, hosted services, and donation processing tools and enter for your chance to win an iPad. The Engage Group Visit us at Booth #36 and enter our contest to see how big of a bubble gum bubble you can blow. Salsa Labs.

NTC 50

NTC Vermont Ipod Conference 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Nonprofit Software (and hardware) Ryan at PicNet hacks Email to RSS for NTEN Affinity Groups !

Summary 50

Summary Wiki Flickr NTC 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. on the interplay of newspapers and internet content.

Netsquared 50

Netsquared Nptech Summary Project 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Steve Anderson continues his series on donation process maps. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! Check out the top ten charity badges over at the Six Degrees -- the contest is in the home stretch. Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry ! and asking for ideas. Details are here.

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Summary 50

NTEN

JUNE 19, 2009

It's not your typical Cause campaign , though: Kellogg's will make a matching donation of 15% of ALL donations made to Facebook Causes between midnight June 18th and midnight June 19th to Feeding America. Oh, and Causes is an NTEN member, too!). Feeding America has launched a Causes campaign, sponsored by Kellogg's.

NTEN 36

NTEN America Slideshare Blackbaud 36

Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

The contest is hosted by YouTube, NTEN , and the marketing firm See3. Four winners will receive $3,500 in cash prizes donated by by Cisco, and also free registrations to the upcoming NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference in Minneapolis in April. Winners will also be featured on You Tube's Spotlight Channel on April 12.

News 36

News Technology Australia United Kingdom 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

As NTEN points out , the campaign include integrated tactics: They have a custom landing tab on Facebook for the campaign, tied to a contest: they’re asking their fans to share their pets’ stories and photos. Says Carie, “We look at three things: actions taken, donations made, and customer service wins.

Facebook 114

Facebook United States Measure Metrics 114

Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

News 40

News Technology Romania Paypal 40

NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

We launched a digital photo contest through Flickr in 2005, not because we thought it was going to raise a ton of money, but because we thought we could launch the whole effort in just a couple of days. Need a good idea how to refresh your donation forms? Need a welcome series that works?

Tools 75

Tools Marketing Conservancy Contest 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2008

Arial Goldberg, Common Knowledge, winner of video camera I am in New Orleans this week because the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN is taking place. Bernard , thanks to a generous donation from Cisco Systems. As part of the workshop, there was a contest to giveaway a video camera.

Community 50

Community Camera Cisco Proposal 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

When I announced the contest, I thought there was one important book missing, Shel Israel's Twitterville. Prior to moving to California, I donated thousands of my nonprofit, technology, and social media books to nonprofit libraries through some giveaways on my blog. and externally (with all of your fine readers!).

Library 94

Library Social Media Louisville Media 94

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Best Use of Mobile: Online donations on a mobile device should surpass 10% in 2015 and that makes mobile friendly emails that much more important. Fwd: Steven – Review Your 2015 Donations. Steven – Review Your 2015 Donations. 2 Days to Make Your Year-End Donation. Make An End of Year Donation Today!

email 20

email Fundraising Gift Children 20

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

[Photo credit: Idea Accelerator contestants high five after practicing their pitches at the Microsoft evening reception, Sept. The program was designed by LimeRed Studio’s Emily Lonigro Boylan, Owner and Creative Director, and Demetrio Cardona Maguigad, Director of Strategic Design, who teamed up with NTEN to carry out the event.

Ideas 94

Ideas North Carolina Map Children 94