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. Marshall Kirkpatrick points us a tag 'PrezConference" for YouTube users to record their questions for the candidates on YouTube. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Some of the examples and recommendations from this month’s chat included: UN Food&Ag Org (FAO) has done a great job with their Share Fairs – sharing the discussions and training on and offline. Tags: Monthly Chats 4change commbuild community community building monthly chat. Hope to have you join us next time!

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AFP Blog

MAY 12, 2010

Tags: NPKanter NPPepsiChallenge NPAmerica'sGivingChallenge NPContests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

They’ve increased their fan base by 4 times or over 400 now – and the odds are good that there will be a truckload of food delivered to the Food Bank on October 4th. What’s nice about this approach is that it isn’t a contest and the only “winners&# are the people who are served by the Food Bank.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

I’m not talking about a popularity contest. Next week, we’re going to talk about how the quirky parts of our job can be positive. Do you have a story to share about something positive that resulted from doing the “other duties as assigned” parts of your job? [link] — Seema Rao (@artlust) February 14, 2020 Think about that.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 22, 2007

Louis City Museum's amateur video contest. And in June, they launched a creative user-generated content contest. The videos would be submitted into a contest, and the winning submission would be posted on their MySpace page and featured in a film festival. Why wasn't this a huge success like the Oreo Jingle contest ?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Idealware released a new report, Understanding Software for Program Evaluation , to help nonprofits with the sometimes overwhelming process of selecting the right tool for the job. The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Idealware released a new report, Understanding Software for Program Evaluation , to help nonprofits with the sometimes overwhelming process of selecting the right tool for the job. The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

Photo by Dietrich of Joey Chestnut, Winner of the 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in 2008. Professional learning is and should be a part of staff’s job and honored by the culture. Tags: Listening Mindfulness Organizational Culture. Let me explain.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2009

One thing we haven't really mentioned here yet, is the cool contest that Microsoft is hosting right now — specifically to benefit nonprofits and other social benefit organizations. Tags: Acquiring Technology Multimedia & Graphics Operating Systems Running Your Organization Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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CauseVox

MAY 3, 2021

It’s your job to find benefits that will make this happen. If you’re hosting a social media contest, you could make a sponsor part of it as a co-host. You can provide this for them by knowing your audience, having sponsor perks that get their logo and name out there, and details about the reach of your event.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

Sharp declines in construction severely affected Oregon’s wood products industry and the state experienced high tech manufacturing job losses in the recession. Tags: challenge collaboration competition foundation innovation oregon philanthropy. The global reach of the recession hurts exporting states like Oregon more than other states.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Photo by Mr. Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Which one worked best?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

tags: blogs facebook ). I also bookmark posts that reference the project using a unique project tag. I've watched the Carrie Lewis at the Humane Society do a fantastic job of adapting the organization's social media projects. The next iteration of a photo contest, LOL Seals. You have to be nimble and that can be hard.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

NWF - tag mentions in delicious with which programs or projects are mentioned, can share link to that tag on delicious with staff to see their section. Livingston - listening is everyone’s job, might start with social media person or dept but eventually want to make sure everyone is out there and closing the feedback loop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Using social media as part of getting your job done is easier to imagine and put into practice if you're in the communications, marketing, outreach, or fundraising departments. Before this can happen, there are a couple of culture shifts: Professional learning is and should be a part of your job and honored by the culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators. Web Worker Daily describes five new jobs of the Web2.0 here , using the ICT4peace tag.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Maybe they will add you as an administrator so you can work on the cause together or maybe they're already doing a great job and you can help them in their efforts in other ways. Tags: facebook facebook causes Fundraising Newsletter NPTech NTEN susan gordon. Thank you for using Causes!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Museum work is hard work: As mentioned above, social media is a burn out job partly as museums undervalue the labor of those individuals and as such understaff those roles. But those jobs aren’t the only ones that expect more for less. Our teams know what it takes to do their job. Our staff is the way collections come alive.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

Also, I would pay attention to the titling and tagging of videos when you are uploading them. This Is Why Im Hot" instead of "Global Warming is Serious") or interesting tags can increase the number of people who click on your video. There are some great examples of nonprofits that are doing an excellent job with online video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. apps at ground level and assessing which tools are right for each job. Analyse risk of web 2.0

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

Also, I would pay attention to the titling and tagging of videos when you are uploading them. This Is Why Im Hot" instead of "Global Warming is Serious") or interesting tags can increase the number of people who click on your video. There are some great examples of nonprofits that are doing an excellent job with online video.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

open collections databases like the Powerhouse Museum's tagging system , where visitors can add their own keyword tags to museum artifacts. These projects require a fundamentally different skill set than many of the other jobs we do in museums. This pretty much requires dedicated staff.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2007

I was in a bar recently and found myself captivated by “Deal or No Deal,” a show that features the simplest game in the world: a contestant opens suitcases with dollar amounts (up to $1M) behind them. But the combination of the pressure on the contestant, the personality of the host, and the dollars involved make it an enthralling half hour.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

Our job was to provide a structured environment in which to develop ideas and the expertise to build the best of them. Contests are good for raising awareness and focusing behavior, but not good for building sustainable communities or work in a flexible environment. Tags: exhibition Tech Virtual. It also focused the experience.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 13, 2008

She said it happens in one of two ways: either the place is small and inconsequential enough that no one is watching, or there's a passionate, gutsy director willing to risk his or her job. When EBOs fail, the teams don't lose their jobs. Tags: professional development. It will not be nimble. It will not be controlled chaos.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 25, 2010

I worked in the Museum of Art for my four years at RISD and when I'd talk about my tour-guide job there, other students would say, "Oh yeah, I never go there," or sometimes, "I should go there sometime," as if they felt guilty for not visiting. Tags: design guestpost comfort.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Or a baking contest? If your town is famous for its strawberries, for example, you could consider having a contest where cooks’ recipes must feature that ingredient. Contestants in the cook-off can make a donation as an “entry fee,” and people who want to sample the entries can buy tasters’ tickets. Awards shows. A 50/50 raffle.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2007

No one would contest the idea that most museum exhibitions, art shows, films, books, in short, most content experiences, have value both for the new and return user. Both PostSecret and the Weston Innovation Centre do a good job accommodating newcomers’ needs. Tags: exhibition Core Museum 2.0 There are materials to work with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest. You can read a case study about the winner of the first contest here. Okay, with all these contests perhaps you're worried about Cause Fatigue. Here's a systems way to think about the impact that such contests can create. Projects working in the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2008

Over th e last month, my job has shifted from cultivating a creative community to serving as the liaison between that community and The Tech's exhibit engineers and fabricators. They aren't commissioned to create exhibits; they're invited to take part in a contest. with a few significant differences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

With NWF as the hash tag; Wildlife sightings perhaps would not lag; (for all to brag?). It is my job to continue thinking how to keep goals and return from sinking. Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. Has tagging and category capability so media can subscribe to only what they’re interested in receiving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

This means that we see a lot of value in commenting, linking, tagging, and the like; sometimes more so than just an empty visit to our site. Amazing job by the conservancy.??? Our Flickr photo contest. s annual digital photo contest. We have two main guiding strategies that help us direct our efforts. but wouldn???t

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2009

The District of Columbia, for example, boasts one of the highest insurance rates in the country, but two thirds of its residents rely on Medicaid and finding and getting an appointment with a doctor who takes Medicaid can seem more difficult than winning a radio contest. Tags: Strategy. Let's break ground on this project immediately.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Many businesses are putting the job of judging and prioritizing suggestions in the hands of their customers by allowing them to rate each other's suggestions. Many staff react against this, saying that curation is the museum's job and shouldn't be reduced to a popularity contest.

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Main | Care2 Launches Americas Favorite Animal Shelter Contest » Monday Oct 13 2008 Using Google Analytics to Track a Nonprofit Website (Part 1) Monday, October 13, 2008 at 01:21PM | by James OMalley Nonprofits take note: Google Analytics software application has shattered previous barriers to analyzing and optimizing websites.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Nonprofits can start a Facebook Group, Cause Page to raise a bit of money, or Fan Page to post recent news, videos, photos, events, launch contests, and talk to your members via discussion boards. May 5, 2009 | Renee Fellows I would add - Executives must understand tags and the social web.

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