Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Get creative in building your sponsorship packages—consider things beyond traditional presenting, banquet, and hole sponsorships and solicit sponsors for event technology, on-course contests, golf carts, beverage cart, player gifts, and more. 6) Live-Score the Tournament. 8) Focus on Golf & the Cause. 8) Focus on Golf & the Cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

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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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

SlideRocket also has drag-and-drop authoring tools and customizable presentation templates that allow users to create presentations from any web browser. SlideRocket's free Desktop Presenter tool allows you to download the presentation to your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. How To Get SlideRocket. Send us your comments!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Case Foundation (@CaseFoundation) April 13, 2013. The Case Foundation offered to give away a Microsoft Surface and so we issued a call to nonprofits to submit their “Little Bets” stories. It’s an affordable loss that leads to innovation. 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok. Social Media. Partnerships.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Organic posting, running contests, and incorporating social media marketing in emails are all great ways to get started on your branding journey. Baldrick’s Foundation. Baldrick’s Foundation. Run a contest! Contests are a great way for nonprofits to quickly extend visibility and get their audience involved and engaged.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 23, 2023

From pumpkin carving contests to haunted houses, there are so many ways to embrace this new season with fresh ideas. Laying the Foundation Defining The Purpose And Goals Of Your Fall Festival As a kid, I remember begging my parents for more money to bring to school for our annual fall festival, namely for one particular event: the cake walk.

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Ideas Fundraising Contest Fun 63

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Not the ones with the fake contests and contrived conflicts, but the ones that pit you against the weather, the wildlife, and the natural environment. It’s just the contestants against the hard, cruel world, and it either brings out the best or the worst in people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

Few would deny that storytelling is a powerful tool for inspiring action and influencing thought leaders, donors, and decision makers. What role could digital medium-specific competitions or contests play in increasing demand? Are organizations using the rights tools to collect and store stories? By Jay Geneske, 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I always enjoy the opportunity to present on social fundraising because while the tools come and go, the principles for success don’t change. I illustrated each principle with examples of nonprofit social fundraising campaigns that highlight a particular practice. Enter online fundraising contests.

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Community Giving Fundraising Contest 109

NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Join us as we talk about the latest social good initiatives underway at Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and YouTube while also seeing how non-profit organizers are using these tools to change the world. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanford and Oxford Universities and was a Skoll Foundation Scholar.

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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!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

ActionSprout is on a mission to ensure nonprofits have the tools, strategies, and resources to tap into the full power of Facebook. For the past three years they have created tools that help nonprofits build deeper relationships with more supporters through Facebook. I am honored to be a judge for the contest!

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

Virtual Auction Software To effectively manage your charity auction , you’ll need all your tools in one place. Mobile bidding tools. Online auction software automates the entire process, and mobile bidding tools can boost engagement by making it easy for bidders to join from anywhere. Let’s begin. Let’s begin. Gamification.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and #GivingTuesday launched #MyGivingStory – a social media campaign and contest that asks people around country to tell their giving stories: to whom they give and why it is meaningful to them. I am honored to be a judge for the contest! Stories Worth Telling: A Strategic Tool.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Your online donation tool is one of the quickest and easiest ways for supporters to give to your cause. Leverages common tools. For instance, top nonprofits will now accept debit cards, credit cards, electronic checks, and even tools like Apple Pay or Venmo. Take Advantage Of Video Conferencing And Streaming Tools.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup Global has had a busy year so far with new ventures, exciting contests, and global recognition. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Contest is here!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making. It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals. Click to See Larger Version.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. …That means setting aside our shiny online tools and tactics long enough to ensure that we're using them to deliver real impact."

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2009

Your nonprofit or foundation could be one of this year’s Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Award winners! It’s one of your most effective marketing tools, but the 2008 GettingAttention.org survey showed that 72% of nonprofit organizations don’t have a tagline or rate theirs as performing poorly. Enter today.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2012

Many of you are aware of the giant force of good that is the Foundation Center. Here at TechSoup, we are collaborating with the Foundation Center on upcoming webinars designed to provide you with new ideas and tools to aid your organization. George Ford has been with the Foundation Center since March 2004.

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2010

If you've been using email, websites, videos, and other electronic communications tools to give your stakeholders a choice other than paper mailings, we want to celebrate you. Paperless Choice is a program of Catalog Choice funded by the Overbrook Foundation. Enter the Paperless Choice Challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Judy Chang presented an overview of PayPal’s contests, including its Regift the Fruitcake. ( I also learned about their giving app ). We opened with a question about what we thought were the most innovative approaches in contests. Janet shared an awesome tool kit for nonprofits. ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

My Facebook friend, Phy, who is a Cambodian attending school in Japan messaged me telling me he really really wanted to donate to the America's Giving Challenge , but the Global Giving online donation tool doesn't support PayPal. Make a donation on behalf of the Cambodians like my friend Phy that want to help us win this contest.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities.

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See3

MARCH 18, 2008

The WateReuse Foundation is an educational, 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation whose mission is to conduct and promote applied research on the reclamation, reuse, recycling, and desalination of water. experience in water-related field. Salary commensurate with education and experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

My first ladder of engagement was developed for the America’s Giving Challenge contest that I won in 2008 - it was a framework that used the “community manager” or “network weaver” as the human face to connect with people and bring them to the next level of involvement. … Read More

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

Kellogg Foundation The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is currently looking for a New Media Manager. The individual will be responsible for developing and executing new media strategies to support the Foundation’s organizational as well as internal and external communication goals and objectives. This is a newly created position.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Voting's open till Monday! The Rhode Island 501 Tech Club is launching!

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

NTEN Member Knight Foundation announced their latest Knight News Challenge: mobile. The contest runs from August 29 until noon EDT on September 10, and hopes to uncover new ways of using mobile as a social engagement tool. Learn more about the challenges, check out the winners, and submit an idea. Sign up today !

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Canva is a great tool for designing images. Or host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have your own tip jars for people to support their favorite competitors in the form of donations. Take a page from the Lung Cancer Foundation of America’s #CatsAgainstLungCancer campaign and pull in your cats to talk about you c(l)ause.

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Ideas Fundraising Movie National 98

Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2012

New to TechSoup — the Adobe Foundation's Nonprofit Training Program provides a series of donated online training courses for Dreamweaver, InDesign, or Photoshop to nonprofit staff. Evergreen and International Rivers were runners-up in the 2008 Show Your Impact contest. Online Training Products.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Adin is right: there are challenges to putting the wisdom of crowds to good use for foundations. But, I’m optimistic – I am seeing good models of this today which can be applied by foundations in their work. Hey – foundations used to be nervous about social networking, too! Foundation application?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

I used simple measurement tools to collect data and further analyzed it in Excel spreadsheets. I set up an online fundraising page on Razoo to direct the money to Surf Rider Foundation. With online contests or when there is a “matching grant,” I’ve been able to raise more, but I did not have one.

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Social Media Online Learning Fundraising 129

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In their upcoming webinar, Powered by Pro Bono 101 , the Taproot Foundation will show you how to harness the power of pro bono services to help your organization do everything from build a website to update your brand strategy and develop strong strategic plans. Register now! Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I couldn’t help but also think how powerful it would be if an organization like the Case Foundation hosted a convening of those involved with various giving days and challenges to share best practices and learning, perhaps leading to something even global. Social media has always been a key communication tool for Give to the Max Day.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In their upcoming webinar, Powered by Pro Bono 101 , the Taproot Foundation will show you how to harness the power of pro bono services to help your organization do everything from build a website to update your brand strategy and develop strong strategic plans. Register now! Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The modern healthcare market is a competitive environment in which hospital foundations need to compete for donors. Your foundation should be applying social media strategies to not only retain current donors, but recruit new donors as well. . These donors are smart, mobile and social-savvy. Monitor Your Reputation .

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