NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Online contests like the Knight News Challenge , The Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge , and the AmEx Cardmember Project can be resource draining to participate in, especially for a time- and cash-strapped nonprofit. Empower your interns.

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Money Raise Contest Social Media 53

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. The article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation. Which one worked best?

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Nptech Social Fundraising Plugin 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. Katya Andresen has written a fantastic five minute guide to social networking tools.

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Case Study Social Network Philippines Advice 50

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

You should decide internally how you want to handle potentially negative comments and what your policy will be about moderating comments or not. I did an interview with her about this. Some specific groups exist: social media club , netsquared , tweetup , etc. They have published their commenting policy on the site.

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Social Media Social Media Blogger 20