NetWits

JUNE 2, 2011

Register for our Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events Newsletter and get a monthly dose of quality content. If you take a bit to scan the web you’ll see that Priebatsch isn’t making this stuff up. Are you ready to add a gaming element to your fundraising efforts? Games, challenges, and incentives are not entirely new to fundraising.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Online virtual fundraising is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise money. With the majority of daily activities taking place over the web, it’s no surprise that we’ve also observed a rise in virtual fundraising. Maybe your nonprofit hasn’t yet developed an online fundraising plan. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. They are hoping to start conversations and hear feedback about the competitions, the fundraising techniques and more. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of May 20th). This is the latest in the series.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. It's really interesting as far as mobile fundraising, but also just that the ARC are able to gather, analyze and share data like this in close to real time. Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC! " My favorite lesson?

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The best way to learn about virtual fundraising events is to hear from those who’ve experienced them. Get to know their top insights and learning moments to accelerate the impact of your nonprofit’s next virtual fundraising event. 13 Virtual Fundraising Event Takeaways from Four Marketing Professionals.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

In particular, peer-to-peer fundraising has found great success when it comes to pivoting to virtual, as its engagements already happen primarily online. And just because the events of 2020 may have necessitated virtual fundraising, that doesn’t mean it also didn’t come with its own great benefits. Need virtual fundraising ideas?

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Why is online giving so critical to year-end fundraising? Charitable giving through online platforms has risen exponentially over the past several years , and that trend’s only continued since COVID-19 forced nonprofits to postpone, or even cancel, their in-person fundraisers. Get the latest in fundraising know-how.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The fundraiser—whether it’s an inspired event, online appeal or one-time contest—should of course be considered an important component of any non-profit’s campaigning effort. And too often fundraisers fail to meet hopes and expectations simply because engaging the individual proved easy, but engaging the masses proved difficult.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

With millions surfing the web at any given moment, social channels have proven to be super valuable as a way to keep in touch with friends and family ? Organic posting, running contests, and incorporating social media marketing in emails are all great ways to get started on your branding journey. Run a contest! and the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 18, 2009

." CHARITY SMACKDOWN:: Celebrities Compete, Charities Win www.charitysmackdown.com - Check out this interesting social fundraising campaign: "Each of the Smackdown Teams have from March 16th to March 26th to raise as much money as possible for the causes listed below." in cash for their organizations!

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Byte Technology

JUNE 16, 2015

Promote an online contest such as a free giveaway where entrants must sign up using their email addresses. And be sure to promote the contest via social media channels as well. Learn more about Byte Technology’s strategic web consulting for nonprofits.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2010

Flickr Photo: licolnian Direct mail has been, and still is, the cornerstone of nonprofit fundraising. Online fundraising, something I spend a large percentage of my work week thinking about, accounted for just 2% of total fundraising in 2008. Tags: direct mail E-mail paperless choice Web Sites Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

My conclusion was that we're still in the early stages of Facebook Apps for good and that we'll see better results through effective collaborations between nonprofit fundraisers and application developers. It can be an application for any web enabled device -- IPhone, web site, blogs, Facebook, or other social networks.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

You can also create landing pages to help spotlight fundraising events and campaigns to earn your small business extra revenue, such as a peer-to-peer campaign or dance-a-thon. For example, let’s say you’re running a social media contest to complement your upcoming talent show fundraiser.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Description: As non-profits turn their sights to the social web for mission delivery, advocacy, fundraising and awareness building, more for-profits organizations are supporting charity work with specialized programs and initiatives. Title: Social Media for Social Good: How Digital Charity is Changing our World. He loves bacon.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Volunteers run your fundraising events. To make your posters extra eye-catching, consider having a poster design contest. Eligible nonprofits receive $10,000 in free advertising credits to help promote their web pages. To garner this crucial support for your organization, you must implement creative recruitment strategies.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The goal of the project is to not simply host a contest, but "to help nonprofits think creatively about using technology to fulfill their missions, without having a fear of technology and by learning a new skill with an element of fun," says Susan Tenby, Director, Online Community and Social Media Team, TechSoup Global.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Now that we’re well into 2021 and approaching a post-COVID reality in many parts of the world, nonprofit professionals have pondered what fundraising events will look like with both in-person and virtual engagements. You already know that virtual auction fundraisers are possible and fruitful, but the possibilities are almost endless.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2012

Your web traffic, sign up rates, media coverage, and donations level out pretty quickly. You can also plan photo and caption contests on Facebook, Pinit contests on Pinterest, organize protests, and house parties, Fundraising appeals. And of course don’t forget to map out your year-end fundraising campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Although it is a slow time of year and the busy fundraising season is still several months away, there's been lots of activity in the social fundraising judging by these roundups of links from Peter Deitz and Tom Watson (not to mention all the items tagged in the nptech tag stream ). More coverage in the blogosphere and beyond here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2010

As more and more nonprofits and individuals flock to social networks, creating acacophony of fundraising pitches and the subsequent cause fatigue, how can organizations scale? charity:water was one of the first to create it's own social network for fundraising. Think Relay for Life fundraising pages with a different theme.

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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

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. One of the points is a sort of "web the media" take. Ask your organization's web site udience to upload their video clips to whatever video service you're using and tag them with your organization's tag. (I Contests can work too, the Crooks and Liars was mentioned.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

is a web-based service for creating, managing, and sharing online multimedia slideshow presentations. SlideRocket also has drag-and-drop authoring tools and customizable presentation templates that allow users to create presentations from any web browser. Using SlideRocket for Fundraising. SlideRocket. How To Get SlideRocket.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. In addition, I created Web banners for those bloggers to use. One donor was a friend of a friend. All are captured here ).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The contest runs through November 6, 2009. Tools Web 2.0 Tags: Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Social Networking Web 2.0 The Giving Challenge is not focused on how much money you can raise, but on how successful you are at getting people to donate to your cause.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Last week, I had the privilege to serve as General Manager of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington , an online fundraising event that raised $2 million for 1200 local nonprofits from almost 18,000 donors. Many have heard by now about the cinderella winner of the contest, Little Lights Urban Ministries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’ve done this through social media, winning some of the early online fundraising contests. I also donated my share of the royalties from my first book, The Networked Nonprofit , to support the Sharing Foundation’s college education fund. October is book launch month with events taking place in across the country.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Boost Fundraising & Engagement w/ “Gamification”. Join us and we’ll show you real world examples of “gamified” fundraising initiatives, simple gaming tactics that have been proven to work, and how to take advantage of gamification at your organization. –> Vote Now ! Gamification, eh? –> Vote Now !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. There have been many remixes of online contests since the Giving Challenge, so many that I can't quite remember all of them.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2023

Charitable giving is essential to your nonprofit, but fundraising can be one of your most daunting tasks. With donations and goodwill on the upswing, it is critical to understand how to fundraise for a nonprofit. Every organization has unique goals and methods, but all fundraisers for nonprofits use common terminology.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The Internet, especially the mobile web, encourages rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources. Fundraising videos. Their winner’s page is a great place to view some good fundraising short videos. fundraising storymakers video' Our attention spans are growing remarkably shorter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

These local giving days focus more a community approach and help nonprofits build capacity in fundraising on all channels, while also promoting the idea of a Giving Day in the local community or geographic area. Youthprise, a youth-serving nonprofit and grantmaking organization put up $14,000 in prize grants for the contest.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Convene online marketing meetings with key department representatives (Fundraising, Programs, etc) twice each month to plan out upcoming initiatives in the annual online marketing calendar, divide up tasks, and review progress. Who are the target audiences?

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2010

It only enters one social media contest a year. What other marketing and fundraising opportunities are they forgoing to make social media work for them? Tags: Community E-mail NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Communications. In the Students for a Free Tibet case study, Beth highlights that the organization has to make choices.

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

“Bundling&# is when the partner asks all the associates to ante up the maximum to attend a local fundraiser. We care about this because we care about using the internet for fundraising and advocacy. What Obama is doing is a major milestone in the development of the web. An individual may give $2,300 per federal election.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

is a web-based digital photo sharing application that uses tags to facilitate finding people and photos. t simply about putting your photos up on the web for the world to see. Creative Commons Swag Contest and I won! Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest. March of Dimes Contest (features community voting).

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