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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

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An emergency campaign can help you raise the money you need to effectively deal with the problems at hand. Sports tricks contest. Give artists in your community a chance to submit their own designs for your next team shirt and turn it into a contest. John Center for Homeless Men. Virtual holiday lights tour and contest.

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15+ Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas (and Expert Tips) for 2021

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You can solve this problem by choosing a more sustainable Giving Tuesday campaign idea—a recurring giving campaign. John Center for Homeless Men hosted a virtual Raisin’ the Rent house party event in March 2021. The last thing you want to deal with on Giving Tuesday is problems with your donation form. Who shares your contests?

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest. Or sometimes the problem is that there isn't a safe playspace in a community. And, yes they did ! It's your choice.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. Check out the #Storymakers2017 page for all the details.

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Nancy Wins Free Copy of Being the Difference

Have Fun - Do Good

Last week I hosted a little contest to win a copy of Darius Graham's book, Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World. After 34 years in the Navy, Rick Koca "retired" - and started StandUp For Kids (S4K) , a nonprofit that works with homeless and street kids.

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

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Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. Are you tackling a problem in an innovative way? . Their fifth wedding anniversary would be a fun news story. .

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