Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Try hosting a Twitter (now known as X) Q&A relevant to your mission or service or a livestream on Twitch, Instagram, and Facebook. Challenge your members to a photo contest, and require that all entries use the same branded hashtag. Make it personal: Personalized messaging can lead to a 26% increase in open rates.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 9, 2022

Host a Volunteer Open House. An effective way to recruit volunteers is to host an open house where potential volunteers can come learn more about your organization and the different ways they can get involved. Be sure to include clear instructions on how people can enter the contest and what they need to do to win.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). It could be an email or postcard about a regular meetup the nonprofit hosts, or about its services. Then help implement these tools. Canvas door-to-door.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover three creative and cost-effective approaches to attracting volunteers, including: Tap Into Existing Supporters Promote Your Volunteer Opportunities Host A Fun Recruitment Event Shaking up your recruitment methods can help you reach and engage more supporters. Let’s take a closer look at how you can get started.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Host a Passover seder as an alternative to the rubber chicken dinner or spaghetti supper. Don’t forget to leave the door open and a glass of wine out for Elijah. Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause. Pass the Plate at Passover (varies; usually late March/late April). March Madness Money.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The Awards are open for submissions from members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program until March 2nd. And… wait for it: the winning videos will be announced at this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN and featured on YouTube’s homepage in March. Learn more about the contest guidelines and how to submit your video!

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2021

If you’re interested in new fundraising opportunities, peer-to-peer fundraising can open a lot of doors. Host events such as 5Ks or even contests in which dollars are counted as votes. In that fundraiser format, participants with the largest dollar amount raised on a personal fundraising page are the contest winner.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Since shifting to the virtual event space, event planners have had to come up with creative ways to continue hosting profitable events. Businesses, nonprofits, and charities who normally host a holiday fundraiser have been forced to move online, and finding ways to connect to once generous donors is tough. . But there is hope.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Host a fundraising auction to raise even more. If you’ve sent emails to supporters in the past, pay attention to what dates and times resulted in the most opens and click-throughs. Keep it interesting and start with an attention-grabbing subject line that either asks a question or encourages opens by creating intrigue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2013

Cisco is generously contributing $3500 to four contest winners. In addition to prizes provided by Cisco, contest winners will be featured on the YouTube homepage and receive free registration to the Nonprofit Technology Conference, the signature event hosted by the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN).

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

If your nonprofit hosts one or more fundraising events, you know that it’s easy to become predictable with the excuse that “we’ve always done this.” A cooking contest or bake-off might attract local foodies and aspiring chefs to share their best dishes. For instance, host a Winter Wonderland fundraiser around the holidays.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Get the city permits, and then make sure there’s a good open area for an after-party. Host a Community Clean-Up. Take advantage of National Donut Day (6/7) or National Hot Dog Month (July) and host a summer treat-eating competition or bake sale for your cause. Host a Prom for a Purpose. Repeat repeat donors. Eat for Good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2019

This means, if you’re hosting an upcoming event and have a supporter who just bought a ticket, you should craft the messaging to encourage them to share that they’re attending with their friends and family. Move offline activities online. Use a leaderboard on your campaign page to show who is in the lead with their fundraising efforts.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Need help deciding what type of online auction your nonprofit should host? Ready to host a virtual auction? Whether you choose the Roaring 20’s or want to host an 80’s event, decade-themed fundraising auctions are some of the most fun occasions to both plan and attend. Consider hosting a virtual beach-themed auction!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 2, 2009

Well, time to get out your most awesomely-designed (yes, I did type MOST awesomely-designed) campaign materials and enter the 2009 Adobe Show Your Impact Nonprofit Design Contest ! If you're not familiar with this cool contest, check out last year's winners. See contest details for specific eligibility requirements).

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

And, we know a lot more about how to host virtual events and engage an online audience than we did last year. Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine recently hosted a social media and email campaign called “Be a Helper.” Consider hosting Zoom classes or streaming virtual events like a concert. Host a virtual endurance event!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

So, if you have a team of people who are willing to sustain a few paper cuts in the quest to provide people with prettily-wrapped packages, consider hosting a gift-wrapping fundraiser to help gift givers out this holiday season. Host a serve-a-thon. Gingerbread house decorating contest. Pictures with Santa. Hot chocolate stand.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

As my colleague Ale noted in her post a few days ago, the 2014 digital storytelling contest and event series (now called Storymakers ) has arrived! All of these events lead to the open challenge ( starting August 26 ) to submit your organization's or cause's digital story to be among the contenders for $13,000 in cash prizes and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This means that for the foreseeable future at least, event professionals will have to continue to plan and host hybrid or virtual events. Consider adding trivia contests, virtual scavenger hunts, escape rooms, polls, and even traditional board games to your event agenda. End the day with a virtual cocktail hour.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

To make the process extra fun and to make your posters extra eye-catching, consider having a poster design contest. Hosting fun local events could help draw more volunteers to your organization. You could have a potluck dinner and open it up to the public and have your staff and employees invite friends.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 24, 2021

In it, she will examine the key findings event planners uncovered while hosting virtual events and offer useful tips and tricks to create an engaging hybrid event. Opening the bidding early and running it online throughout the program will provide more opportunities for bidders to find, bookmark, and bid on their favorite items.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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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].

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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. I also work closely with our innovator community, those who have submitted Projects on our platform and participated in open innovation Challenges.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Virtual auctions have a few key benefits: They’re often less expensive to plan and host than traditional, in-person auctions. They open up a ton of flexibility in terms of scale, timeframe, and additional virtual activities to engage donors. Blast bid opening announcements and bid closure countdowns to all your participants.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Kintera opens a Developers Challenge. Developers who code solutions that integrate with Kintera using their open API platform, Connect , can win $15,000 or $5,000 (not the $25 K their big logo seems to suggest – that’s just the total they will award.) When will people learn that to be open, you need to really be open ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The room was mostly filled with people from nonprofit organizations, some of whom had entered contests and others wanting to learn best practices. I did a quick icebreaker asking folks in the room to share two words — what comes to mind when you think about these online contests for nonprofits?

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

In 2019, Art in Action partnered with a local outpost of popular national jewelry retainer Kendra Scott to host a local shopping day where 20% of proceeds went to AiA (including online sales through a custom link!). Host a flower sale and take pre-orders. Host a Mother’s Day wine-tasting event at the home of a donor or volunteer.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

Based on this philosophy, Cora makes it her business to open doors to a path of continual success for companies of all sizes. Hosting fundraising events, whether online or in person, can yield great rewards for nonprofit organizations. Utilize a platform like Qgiv to help you host virtual auctions and mobile bidding.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. We’re leading up to it providing webinars and chats, but will be hosting an awards mixed reality event in February. Second Life and IRL at TechSoup HQ in SF.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

Live-streaming Tools Live-streaming gives your virtual event a more engaging, dynamic feel and opens up additional opportunities both to keep attendees interested and to ask for more support. Be sure to link directly to your virtual auction’s website or registration form. Nonprofit’s website.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

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. This is the third and final installment of the challenge, which seeks to encourage media innovation, and is open to innovators in all industries and countries.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays. Host an auction.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

Is there an open setup that naturally stimulates side conversations throughout the day? With screen-sharing capabilities, you can open online Monopoly, JackBox games (a popular party game), or Bingo onto your desktop to allow for full participation. Virtual Show and Tell. Who said show and tells are just for kids?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

If you want to go the event route, consider hosting your own basketball tournament. Or if you want a simpler route, consider a free-throw contest and other skills challenges like dribbling through cones or precision-passing contests. You could also host a March Madness open house.

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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?" > Learn more about the contest at [link]. They encourage you to use Sunlight's code libraries , which the Labs recently open sourced.

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