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No Tricks, All Treats: 18 Spooktacular Halloween Fundraising Ideas

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Ghost story contest. If you’re lacking a good collection of horror stories to tell, send a call out to your imaginative supporters to send in their scariest stories for a ghost story contest fundraiser. Increase your 5K registrations and donations by putting together an interactive website. Halloween decorating contest.

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12 Ideas for a Virtual Fundraiser or Online Event

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Online Contest: Online contests are fun, easy, and interactive. Here are some ideas: Talent contest: Perfect for an arts organization. Photography contest: Ask participants to share their best nature, pet, bird, flower, or food photo. Artists used their driveways as their canvas and posted a photo.

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Harnessing Nonprofit Events for Marketing: 3 Top Strategies

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Social media’s interactive elements provide a great way to showcase your attendees and leverage user-generated content. Submission contest. Take both of these ideas to the next level by gamifying them with a contest. Use the following features to encourage users to post event-related content on social media: Hashtags.

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Harnessing Nonprofit Events for Marketing: 3 Top Strategies

Get Fully Funded

Social media’s interactive elements provide a great way to showcase your attendees and leverage user-generated content. Submission contest. Take both of these ideas to the next level by gamifying them with a contest. This, in turn, will foster a sense of community and increase your event’s visibility.

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How to Build a Social Media Following: Top Secrets Revealed

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Schedule your posts Scheduling your posts ensures you’re making the most of your social media presence without sacrificing additional time and resources. Create interactive engagement opportunities Use your social media to go beyond posting static, one-sided updates. Instead, leverage interactive content to grow your online community.

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10 Creative Ways for Nonprofits to Recruit Volunteers

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Be sure to post regularly and interact with people who express interest in volunteering. To get started, identify some prizes that would be appealing to your target audience and then promote the contest through social media, flyers, and word-of-mouth. Run a Volunteer Promotion. Get Creative in your volunteer posts.

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Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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