Contest, Hosting, NTEN and Tag - Nonprofit Technology

A Journey to India: Opportunities to Connect Networks

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! We now have over 50 cities globally hosting monthly events with many more getting started. NetSquared’s hosted Challenges for 3 years now, surfacing hundreds of innovative technologies for social impact. What do you think?

India

India Network Netsquared Offline

Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link].

Community

Community Case Study Haiti Social Media

NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K.

Summary

Summary Nptech Green Tag

Webinars

How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

MORE WEBINARS

Do You Have the Best Nonprofit Video of the Year?

NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation, to the best videos of the year found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program —a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions. FAQs - Answers to all your most pressing contest questions. You can register here.

Video

Video Contest YouTube Award

Win Up To $15,000 in Sunlight Labs Mashup Challenge

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

When I heard about this contest, I asked myself, "Who would I know with API coding skills and a passion for government transparency -- and who likes winning money?" " Duh: the NTEN community! > Learn more about the contest at [link]. The grand prize is $15,000. Check the Labs' wiki for ideas.

Mashup

Mashup API Contest Challenge

Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Another resource roundup comes from Kivi Leroux Miller , who hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, themed, ''Getting Along with Others'' in the nonprofit world. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! There are even a few international reports.

Research

Research San Francisco Montana Homeless

NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. Building on Each Others Ideas Heather over at the Aspiration Blog hosted this week 's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants which includes a good roundup of advice. Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry !

Social Network

Social Network Nptech Tag Summary

Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Another resource roundup comes from Kivi Leroux Miller , who hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, themed, ''Getting Along with Others'' in the nonprofit world. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! There are even a few international reports.

Research

Research San Francisco Montana Homeless

Putting the Public Back in PR - New Book from Brian Solis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

Engagement: This is defined as the amount of time a person either participates within a dedicated or hosted Web community or service related to your brand, or interacts with someone from your organization online. I wrote an entire chapter about this for the new NTEN book " Technology to Meet Your Mission.".

Public

Public Metrics ROI Chapter

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

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. Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today.

Netsquared

Netsquared Nptech Summary Project

How to Become a Facebook Rockstar

Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Michaela Hackner and I recently hosted a pair of NTEN webinars titled "How to Become a Facebook Rockstar." Hold contests. Tags: Influence Social Media. Previously, we've discussed our approaches to Twitter , Scribd , and SlideShare. Forum One's Facebook Page. click to enlarge). Ask questions. Use quizzes.

Facebook

Facebook Social Media Widget Flickr

NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: Week of June 19th

NTEN

JUNE 19, 2009

Oh, and Causes is an NTEN member, too!). Wiley is donating books to Mashable's #Stories4Good contest , a social media for social good initiative. I saw this photo from NTEN member Marc Osten , and thought I'd include it as an "image of the week" for us: Tags: community buzz NPTech nten member.

NTEN

NTEN America Slideshare Blackbaud

And the Winner(s) of the Social Media Library Are.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

He writes a blog called " Read It To Me " that summarizes business books and also hosts Webinars with authors. When I announced the contest, I thought there was one important book missing, Shel Israel's Twitterville. Tags: Books pinko marketing relationships. and externally (with all of your fine readers!).

Library

Library Social Media Louisville Media

One Web. For All.

NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

They are planning a fun panel in Washington, DC to showcase a diverse range of these bold ideas, and OneWebDay, with some help from our sponsors at Democracy in Action , will host an action tool on our Web site to help people communicate their own bold ideas to their representatives. Happy OneWebDay!

Web

Web Los Angeles San Diego Milwaukee

What is the distinction between social media for charity and social good/systemic change?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Photo by Becky J McCray At SXSW, I participated in the " Social Media for Social Good BBQ " co-hosted by Jeff Pulver and Porter Novelli. This is yet another indication of the growing interest in the charity sector at SXSWi. A recent example is the Humane Society's Spa Day Photo Contest which raised over $600,000.

Social Media

Social Media Charity System Change

Nonprofit Technology

A Journey to India: Opportunities to Connect Networks

Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Webinars

Trending Sources

NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Webinars

Do You Have the Best Nonprofit Video of the Year?

Win Up To $15,000 in Sunlight Labs Mashup Challenge

Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

Putting the Public Back in PR - New Book from Brian Solis

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

How to Become a Facebook Rockstar

NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: Week of June 19th

And the Winner(s) of the Social Media Library Are.

One Web. For All.

What is the distinction between social media for charity and social good/systemic change?

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