Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. buzz at the UK National Circuit Riders Conference this week was not tool talk, but issues related to adoption of the tools. Five Hot Conversations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

In partnering with the White House, National Lab Day, and videogame makers Sony and EA, the Digital media and Learning Competitions has prizes up to $200,000 and is open to all kinds of innovative projects (including games) that make use of digital media for education and social change. ."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

One of my favorite examples is the National Day of Unplugging Campaign. Instagram Contests and Hashtags. As part of this campaign, they held a photo contest on Instagram featuring the hashtag #keepemwet. As the campaign took off, other companies wanted to host their own Keep ‘Em Wet photo contests.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Two Contests Spur Online Giving - washingtonpost.com: "That tech savvy and energy were enough to win the group $50,000 in one of two national contests aimed at increasing charitable giving through the use of Web-based tools.The 21 winners, announced yesterday, raised more than $1.7 The two contests, which ran.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Ranger Rick, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , has been banished from Facebook! Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

I’ve never run an ad for more fans, or done silly contests or anything else, you know? Checking in at a place. My first reaction was – what does that stupid number mean? How is it calculated? His take: “It is a very shallow metric. And it does feel somewhat gratifying that I think we’ve been right all along.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

" Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!) It includes recommendations for local and national not-for-profit organisations who provide support to young adults." Tags: roundup bookmarks. open source applications for helping make the government more transparent from Sunlight Labs.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Whether a conference, a gala, or a trivia contest, you can live stream the event directly on Facebook. If a donor tags your organization in a fundraiser after they’ve given to it, make sure to respond and thank them for their support. That removes a massive administrative burden from your team! Respond to comments on fundraisers.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Tags: community buzz NPTech NTEN nten members. Voting's open till Monday!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2009

This is a national competition to encourage people to use their personal and social networks to help win cash for their favorite nonprofit. The contest runs through November 6, 2009. Tags: Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Social Networking Web 2.0 The latest round of the America's Giving Challenge is on. Tools Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Earlier this year, we hosted the first Microsoft-TechSoup Show Your Impact Story Contest and I wandted to take a moment to highlight one of the winners. This is, in part, because September is National Preparedness Month. One such resource, is a project of the Pangea Foundation , one of the winners of that contest I mentioned earlier.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

We’ve set a goal to make MMT a national model of a regional foundation,” Stamm said. Unemployment remains among the highest levels in the nation, with many more underemployed and in dire financial straits. Tags: challenge collaboration competition foundation innovation oregon philanthropy. the retail enterprise.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th. The contest is calling for participants to make a one-minute video that portrays diversity and inclusion. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th. The contest is calling for participants to make a one-minute video that portrays diversity and inclusion. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Care2

MARCH 31, 2010

Or to vote for you in a contest? Care2 members donate many millions of dollars to charity and help nonprofits win hundreds of major advocacy victories for important causes every year -- locally, nationally and internationally. Tags: Care2 Webinars. Drive a ton of “do-gooders&# to your website?

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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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

So, it's due time to give shout-outs where shout-outs are due: Members converging online: Care2 , Allyson Kapin , and the National Women's Law Center , all NTEN members, offer a great case study on using Google Grants. Tags: contest NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz NTEN nten member.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

National Wildlife Federation uses Slideshare for its presentations, but also to promote the winners of their photo contests. Tags: Presenting Tips Tools and Tactics Training Design slideshare webinar. These have come in the form of awareness events like Earth Hour and Yoga to End Poverty. (9)

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

feed * Starbucks Challenge Map * Starbucks Challenge photos tagged on Flickr NONPROFIT CAMPAIGNS USING MULTIPLE SOCIAL WEB TOOLS ONE Campaign. View the National Memorial for the Mountains on Google Earth. Tags: blog nonprofit video podcast activism green. As of January 2006, more than 200 blogs had joined the challenge.

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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. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. Any resources to move from national to local? this time they got 3,000 photos and 2,500 email address.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

We have a special contest give-away in store at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference: a free year-long subscription of Adobe Creative Cloud. Tag @Techsoup and use #TechedUp and #17NTC. Tag @Techsoup and use #TechedUp and #17NTC. Tag @Techsoup and use #TechedUp and #17NTC. Stop By and Visit Us — Booth 217.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

They make this happen through a competition that rewards nonprofits daily during the contest period and overall at the end. Tags: Uncategorized fundraising. It is a program that encourages nonprofits, large and small, to use the web to engage people in their work, and to encourage small donations. Challenge Has Already Raised $1.1

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Where's the conference tag?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

People curious to learn more about these trends packed a room at the National Press Club in Washington on September 16 to discuss the challenges and successes of content syndication. government to run a “ Show Us a Better Way ” contest. Technorati Tags: wes08sep. The model for disseminating web content is evolving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

" Came to the idea that if people play together, they tend not to think of people as different nationalities. We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan. Technorati Tags: 06-g4c We decided to ask Europeans who were playing the game whether or not they knew they were playing with Americans.

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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. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day.

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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. I think we are going to see many more nonprofits launching interactive video campaigns and contests.

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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. I think we are going to see many more nonprofits launching interactive video campaigns and contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. Nutrition or fill in your Extension topic/subject area in Blog posts , in tags and in the Blog Directory. It's messy.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2007

There's a video booth at the Prize exhibition in which people can register their thoughts, and the best of those commentors are invited to take place in a reality TV show, "The Turner Prize Challenge," in which contestants vie to explain the artists' work to the public. Tags: exhibition Museums Engaging in 2.0 Projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest. Tags: nptechtagsummary. Projects working in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

The Return by Danielle Brigida, NWF NWF Description of Case Study While strategy plays an important role within the National Wildlife Federation, initially it was very hard to determine one for our social media presences. With NWF as the hash tag; Wildlife sightings perhaps would not lag; (for all to brag?). media: local and national.

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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. Our Flickr photo contest. is a good example of this philosophy in action; we could have held the contest behind closed doors and made people sign up in order to submit and view photos.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. The competition would progress through in-person competitions to a national competition. Tags: Influence Government. Vote for This Idea].

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2007

Here’s what I see when I look out my window at work: the National Portrait Gallery. to look askance at contests. Sure, Oreo had success with their jingle competition , but the National Portrait Gallery? Tags: exhibition interview usercontent. I’ve been conditioned by the inconsistent quality of web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

We have some great ideas for how to use the money, including the forthcoming Code for Canada contest and an initiative to get computer science students to develop transparency applications. In the end this was a quick-and-dirty campaign that raised some well-deserved money and got good visibility on a national scale.

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