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5 Reasons Tech is a Must-Have for Marketing Your Nonprofit’s Golf Event

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You’ll want to be sure to keep the site up-to-date with any new details or information like the event itinerary, any add-ons or contests , food and beverage, raffle prizes or auction items, and player gifts. Leverage both organic and paid social media channels to help spread the word about the tournament. Email campaigns.

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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. Guest Post by Jared Paul, A Good Idea. What do you think?

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Congrats Mark Horvath & Invisible People TV for Pepsi SXSW Challenge Win

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV. As his celebrity champion, Gary Vee , says in this video , having homeless people use social media to leverage their situation is a powerful idea. She's quite a powerful force.

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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. But if you subscribed us to your organization's bulk email list without our permission, then you are sending us spam." Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of March 30th). " Lights.

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Should Nonprofits Focus on Email or Facebook?

Connection Cafe

Spam filters serve as email’s natural predator, but even something as common as low open rates can get an organization’s messages sent to the “other” folder in the inbox. Here are a few ideas to get you started: . You can also send just a quick three sentence action alert with a link! . Email Weaknesses:

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10 Elements of an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Blog

Have Fun - Do Good

Moderate your comments if you are concerned about inappropriate remarks, or spam. Requests for feedback and ideas. Hold and participate in online contests, challenges, blog carnivals and memes. You'll build community and provide a useful information filtering service for your readers. Facilitate commenting Allow commenting.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Identity 2.0

See3

Walking in the footsteps of my friend Yossi Abramowitz , these folks are putting out cultural products and shaking the traditional tree with new ideas. Ariel Beery’s ideas are included on a blog I have been reading called The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy. Beery’s ideas are big ideas that don’t sit in my gut.