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. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Film Contest - " Film Your Issue " from Yahoo and other sponsors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Photo from Cambodia4kids. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. We have the NPTech Meta Tag Feed (which aggregates about dozen feeds of NpTech tagged items and I'm still using for various reasons); Kikono.org (which uses an NpTech feed and digg like features) and now we have the two pipes from NTEN - the NTC pipe and the NpTech Pipe.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 20, 2010

Flickr photo credit: Juicy Fruit uploaded by Rumple/Kurt. Tags: nptech. Your post doesn't have to be long (100-200 words). For more information, see the original call for submissions.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Flicker photo: mastermaq Every year at the NTC , we partner with See3 to bring you the DoGooder Nonprofit Video awards. Everything you need to know about the contest: This year's contest is a bit different than before, but the concept is still the same: we're celebrating and recognizing the best in nonprofit video!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. A Few NpTech Conversations. Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! Engagement Strategie s. Social Network Fragmentation.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Right now, they're using the big, round number to try to reach even more folks: They have a custom landing tab on Facebook for the campaign, tied to a contest: they're asking their fans to share their pets' stories and photos. Everybody who uploads a photo gets a discount coupon to their online store.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Wildfire creates a spectrum of contest based apps, including sweepstakes & photo/video contest apps. The contest should offer an incentive for your constituents to become fans. Thanks to everyone who came.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

The photo above is of me, Cheryl Hanback, and Joel Remigio from 2002 when we won the "Swimming Upstream Award" for the diligent staff person who worked on the Riders Conference to make it a success. We hold a fundamental belief that technology and all of its benefits must be made available to everyone??? MediaJumpStart, 2002).

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

more than 200 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs from 25 countries submitted one-minute videos and five-photo slideshows to showcase the impact they are making on their respective communities. There was an overwhelming amount of talent and stories shared through the contest! This is a “red carpet” event!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

15 groups held live events which helped drive video submissions to the contest and allowed TechSoup to reach more NGOs with educational opportunities. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. NPTech Social. Washington, DC: Dec.

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MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe. And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. Social Media.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Add visual variety by highlighting new photos, captions, and links in the slide rotation every week. Media – Photos, Video, Audio. What are the short-term and long-term goals and objectives? Who are the target audiences? Spotlight/Profile, Interview.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The internet’s popularity contest at your fingertips. Photo Credit: Customers Rock. Tags: Marketing and Communication Social Media #nptech Facebook Google Reader Listening Non-Profit social media Social Media Monitoring Social Media Strategy Social Media Tools Twitter YouTube. Monitor what’s being bubbled up about you on Digg.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. The Evolution of NPTech: Where we came from, and [maybe] where we’re going. Community-sourcing is when you launch a contest or campaign to your community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

Earthquake Aftermath in Jacmel Photos by Andrew Bigosinski, Director of Ciné Lekol. I've had some posts in pipeline following up on social media metrics and the Chase Community Giving Contest second phase, but wanted to share these two stories from Haiti from on the ground and a bird's eye view. Crisis Camps.

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MAY 4, 2009

Flickr Photo: ann.a.liese The NTEN Award is given each year to a person who lives the values of our community. Flickr Photo: cambodia4kids The Lifetime Acheivement Award is given each year to a person who has pushed the nptech community forward. Tags: 09NTC awards NPTech NTEN.

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APRIL 26, 2012

NTCwinning 1: The Community Photo by Trav Williams You. NTCwinning 3: Napkins Photo by Trav Williams We were sure glad that Max Ward made an extra trip to replace the napkins lost in the mail for Dan Roam’s keynote. Here are a few areas we thought were pretty successful. (It The community showed up for the 2012 NTC. 1772 to be exact.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

feed * Starbucks Challenge Map * Starbucks Challenge photos tagged on Flickr NONPROFIT CAMPAIGNS USING MULTIPLE SOCIAL WEB TOOLS ONE Campaign. Tools: Videos on Google Videos, podcasts on Gcast, blog posts on site, photos on Flickr, questions on Yahoo! Other tools used: * Starbuckschallenge del.icio.us Goal: Make poverty history.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Hence, they're pretty lousy photos.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) That went to several thousand supporters.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) That went to several thousand supporters.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

But the posting is most noteworthy for the accompanying photo of me playing my fiddle at the Speedy Tolliver fiddle contest in Arlington VA a couple years back. Tags: nptech , net2 We talked about the work of my company Members Only Software, and how I see emerging Internet technologies impacting the non-profit arena.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out nearly 100 exhibirors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. It will also allow you to store 12 hours of videos and photos in Space Saver format so you can take your favorite content wherever you go.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Every so often I read in the nptech blogosphere articles that I consider to be problematic. I would much rather have my advocacy asks, my content, my photos, my organizational stuff than the paragraph I get from Causes. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Causes is passive.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013. Social Media.

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Care2

MARCH 18, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) We made the cute little guy in this post.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

We launched a digital photo contest through Flickr in 2005, not because we thought it was going to raise a ton of money, but because we thought we could launch the whole effort in just a couple of days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

s engaged enough to write a sentence or two or to participate in a conversation or to upload a photo with a caption is a person who???s The photos are amazing, and the craziest thing is that 20 minutes ago I never knew it existed. Our Flickr photo contest. Rather than build our own photo-sharing application, why don???t

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2009

Wiley is donating books to Mashable's #Stories4Good contest , a social media for social good initiative. I saw this photo from NTEN member Marc Osten , and thought I'd include it as an "image of the week" for us: Tags: community buzz NPTech nten member. " Way to be world-class, Blackbaud!

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JULY 23, 2009

In several different pilot studies, participants used cell phones to document aspects of diabetes treatment ranging from glucose readings to snapping photos of the meals they ate. Participants then sent the photos, readings, or other questions to a diabetes education center, where a diabetes educator could instantly respond to questions.

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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. Katya Anderson offers Three thoughts on writing that can help you in any kind of writing you do. How do you share your heart with family and friends?

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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