Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

. —– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The Collaborative used virtual networking happy hours, gamification and contests, and attendee-to-attendee live chat to facilitate this. Feedback: Many virtual conference platforms offer features that allow for sending participants surveys both after specific sessions, as well as about the event as a whole. Contact Local Media.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. You probably already receive support from many local companies. According to the Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Consumer Survey, only 45% of fundraisers personalize their fundraising page.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

I'm happy to announce that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Boulder Food Rescue , an organization working to eliminate food waste in its community and across the country. To collect this information, Boulder Food Rescue sends out teams of people to survey local businesses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

As I wrote back in September when first covering Giving Tuesday, Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised many millions of dollars in 24 hours using the Razoo platform its first year.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

You can check out an in-depth look at the survey results in our webinar Inspiration Station: Creative Virtual Fundraising Ideas from Real Nonprofits. This is a type of event where donors pay a fee to be a part of a contest where the “last person standing” receives some sort of prize. Host a virtual endurance event! Bingo Night.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You can, however, join your local Giving Tuesday movement to localize your efforts. Team up with local news. Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays. Try partnering with your local news station to increase the reach of your campaign. Host a concert.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

We’ve touched on task-based event fundraising contest here before, but because this way of motivating your supporters is so effective we thought it was time to0 revisit the topic in more details. If we create contests to encourage these behaviors in all fundraisers, it can help raise incremental revenue. Belong to a team.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Every year, GrantStation runs a contest to uncover some of the best proposals that have been written. For example, you could use a series of headlines from the local news such as this (again, fictional): June 9, 2017 — The Daily News: Shelter Takes in 87 Abandoned Dogs. Some Winning Stories. Our state reports 24.5

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Our recently completed 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest winners and finalists are an impressive group, showcasing the broad reach and impact of TechSoup member charities doing environmental work. We had many excellent submissions to the contest. Here are the top 10. Here are the top 10. Braided River — Second-Place Winner.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

Check out the interview below to learn more about how My Colorado Project is empowering local change! One of my favorite moments was when Robert Egger, the founder of DC Central Kitchen and V3, came to visit us a while back and his advice to me was to “keep it local and make sure it translates offline.”

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Bake Sales Sweeten the deal for your supporters by selling homemade treats at local events or high-traffic areas, appealing to people’s love for delicious goodies. These can be indoor or outdoor events, and you can invite some local vendors to show up and sell tasty movie treats.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

obama reach vs local reach. survey in room: most prevalent is 20 hours/week with other job duties. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. Any resources to move from national to local? Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. what things need to be measured.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

research, a survey of the giving habits of the social media savvy, over at Mashable. This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Our survey revealed that 62% of nonprofits host between 2-6 events per year. Promote it on social media, local forums, and pickleball communities. Press Play Partner with local media outlets, radio stations, or community newspapers to spread the word. Add fun elements like music between matches, skills challenges, or contests.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. You probably already receive support from many local companies. According to the Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council’s Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Consumer Survey, only 45% of fundraisers personalize their fundraising page.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Are donors enthusiastic about your event (Hint: you should use donor surveys after events to gauge their feelings !)? For example, one of our local clients, Volunteers in Service to the Elderly (VISTE), runs VISTEBall, a golf-themed event that combines the fun of a golf tournament with the convenience of an indoor event.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

HR can also provide advice on conducting employee surveys. Try to get as much understanding as you can from those that participate and those that do not, you could conduct two surveys, asking tailored questions of each group, examine the data and integrate what you have learned. Ask how to most effectively reach peoples’ managers.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

A place that truly sees these initiatives as part of their mission to serve their local community. They just finished a YouTube video contest. We know that the actual statistics of people coming through the door is not quantifiable yet—we haven’t done a visitor survey in a couple years. Is there such a place?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Photo Contest. Do survey results from Giving Tuesday donors yield the same level of allegiance to your organization? Find out why by sending them a survey. Or, offer an all-day auction, contests, and other activities for them to get involved and help you raise funds. . Photo Contest. Fundraising Letters.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Competition: This is an event where you gather participants to compete against each other in some sort of contest. It could be a charity 5k, a pie-eating contest, or a battle of the bands. It could be a pancake breakfast, a barbecue, or a brewery fundraiser done in partnership with a local business. Do your research!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 16, 2015

Last week, I cast my first-ever vote for a contestant on The Voice. If one of my favorite contestants wins or releases a song, you can bet I’ll download the single, tweet about it, and maybe even buy tickets to their concert someday. For example, contests let supporters submit ideas and/or vote on them.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Submit a video, photo, or another description sharing a creative way you share your heart to the CaringBridge Share Your Heart contest. are looking for those in the social sector to respond to a survey: The State of Social Sector Leadership. Local folks, come join the celebration !

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Local university, my wife was working there as a major gift person. But a friend of mine says it’s like trying to get into a urinating contest with Niagara Falls, right, you’re not going to win that one. . Harvey: Okay. Another thing that’s critically important is people want to know how they will be treated.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2009

A recent survey showed that Americans lack basic information about health care and how it affects their finances. And while there are dozens of high-quality iPhone apps for providing detailed, localized information about everything from a restaurant to a taxi service, there are only a few doctor finders.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

They might go from seeing a poster about your organization at their favorite local coffee shop to scrolling through your organization’s website. If you’re trying to decide what merchandise you should sell, try surveying your supporters and find out what they want to buy, like t-shirts, water bottles, or stickers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Also in 2008, Daily Bread Food Bank , a local organization, announced that contributions had been sparse and unless something changed, homeless people would go hungry. Several Twitter social change users started to urge others in the community to do something. Take for example contests.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

SurveyGizmo is an online survey service. For multi-lingual surveys, it is a better service than SurveyMonkey. ViralSweep is an sweepstakes and contest platforms that easily allows you to launch and management online contests. For small regional nonprofits, the service could be used for local events and regular meetups.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

But at Pedal the Cause, because it’s a small organization, a small group of people, and we didn’t really want it to be a popularity contest, we kind of put it. And that survey is going to do two things. the staff put it out to the members, and we picked them. It ended up being that only one person, each one at each dog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

SurveyGizmo is an online survey service. For multi-lingual surveys, it is a better service than SurveyMonkey. ViralSweep is an sweepstakes and contest platforms that easily allows you to launch and management online contests in order to build your email list and collect user generated content. MeetUp :: meetup.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

ViralSweep is an sweepstakes and contest platforms that easily allows you to launch and management online contests in order to build your email list and collect user generated content. For small regional nonprofits, the service could be used for local events and regular meetups. iStock :: istock.com. Mapme :: mapme.com.

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