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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Help the organization by researching and compiling information on government grants that may be available. Approach area businesses to donate items to an online or offline silent or live auction. Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Approach companies to help donate the above items or services.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She touched on some of the implications for staffing and governance. That changes the conversation for nonprofits. It also will change the types of skill sets that nonprofits will need now and into the future, for example “Data Analysts.”

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

Livingston - HHS, wanted evaluation of pandemic flu conversation online, point was to understand what they were saying about the government and so on to really know what to address as an organization to that community. Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted.

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Fight Digital Fatigue: 4 Tips for Nonprofit Communications

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Even these digital-savvy individuals need a screen break from time to time, and direct mail can provide the perfect opportunity for offline connections. . Online contests or challenges. Incorporate a few contests or challenges into your annual social media posting calendar to generate organic engagement with your followers.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. She notes, "It doesn't specifically talk about open content, but discusses online and offline content income models in depth, with numbers." And here's a Web2.0

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Fight Digital Fatigue: 4 Tips for Nonprofit Communications

Achieve

Even these digital-savvy individuals need a screen break from time to time, and direct mail can provide the perfect opportunity for offline connections. Online contests or challenges. Incorporate a few contests or challenges into your annual social media posting calendar to generate organic engagement with your followers.

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