Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

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. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Things are slowing down during the holidays , so here's a short version of the NpTech Tag Summary. The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. What lessons can nonprofits take from this in using social media campaigns for social good?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Most people will tell you that learning how to effectively monitor (or listen to) what’s being said on the web is the beginning of social media success. The increasing popularity of social networking, blogs and social media on the web validates this point nicely – People are talking about you, but is your nonprofit listening to them?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Chad is an absolute rock star when it comes to social media and marketing. Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Then we switched topics to Twitter. For my field?

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NTEN

APRIL 17, 2009

In contest news, NTEN member organization ZeroDivide has launched a great contest that combines poetry, social media, and good causes: the ZD Technology Haiku Contest ! Finally, I love it when NTEN members pat each other on the back: Michelle Murrain gives ONE/Northwest a nice shout-out for having a helpful nptech blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

"This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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NTEN

APRIL 14, 2009

We're glad to see member organization ZeroDivide shares our appreciation and is deploying it for educational and rewarding purposes: The ZD Technology Haiku Contest! Tags: contest haiku NPTech social media zerodivide. Vote for your favorite from Monday, April 27 - Thursday, April 30.

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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. Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Tags: member appreciation NPTech NTEN Social Media video Communications. Thanks to everyone who attended the webinar and a special thanks to everyone who posted videos. We can't wait to see examples of how everyone uses what they learned in the webinar to create even more fantastic nonprofit mission-driven video.

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2010

So, after a presentation on marketing and social media, I was not surprised to hear a common question: "We're a small organization, so we can't do it all. " It's a great question because it perfectly summarizes the conundrum of social media. Nevertheless, small organizations are using social media well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2006

Creative Commons is running a Flickr Contest encouraging people to use their photographic skills to support Creative Commons. Technorati Tags: nptech. Photo in flickr. The official rules are here. What a great idea!

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NTEN

APRIL 1, 2010

This year, See3, NTEN and YouTube received over 750 submissions for the contest - a record! Head over to YouTube and: The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation , plus custom designed Flip Video cameras to all finalists. In just that short time period, the use of video by nonprofits has exploded.

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See3

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Social Actions’ Change the Web Challenge is a one-of-a-kind online competition that aims to inspire third-party developers to build innovative tools that make it easy for people to find and share opportunities to make a difference. See the slideshow below for details about the contest (hint: there are exciting prizes!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

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. NpTech Community. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. Where's the conference tag?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. Data member news Member Round Up nptech'

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation, to the best videos of the year found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program —a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions. FAQs - Answers to all your most pressing contest questions.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. Data member news Member Round Up nptech'

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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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

No contest. Tags: 10NTC E-mail mark rovner NPTech Social Media Web Sites Communications. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why? He’s a muppet of action. He cares. He doesn’t take himself too seriously. And he’s blue!!!! Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? .

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

" GlobalGiving recently ran a contest to encourage nonprofits to use social media tools to engage and raise donations for their causes. They provided social media tools to the vying nonprofits and provided $9000 in prizes to the organization that raised the most money. Is there something in the nptech water?

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Look, we all know that social media isn't "the answer"for nonprofit fundraising.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

The fine people at Social Actions have announced a new contest that hopes to further social change (the hoped-for final result), online democracy (the community will vote to determine winners), and abject geekiness (you get to code for a cause). social actions mashup. You have until April 3rd to submit your project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

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. Luke is a colleague of several social media colleagues, including Justin Perkins from Care. Tags: maps.

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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. Social Paradigm. Thus, we entered the social period. Social Tools.

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See3

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

For example, participants can watch videos, get ringtones for their phones, submit a design to a t-shirt contest, take a quiz about reproductive rights and find information on an interactive map , among other things. Tags: social media see3 new media conference social networking Nonprofits Video nptech.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Lots of members, including Charles Lenchner and Laura Quinn , were talking about the recent Pew research report on the use of social network by US adults over at M+R 's Progressive Exchange online community. Convio and Social Actions worked together to launch the Change the Web Challenge. Interestingly, social media comes last.).

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APRIL 3, 2009

Can you edit the videos your supporters created for your video contest into something entirely new? But the bottom line is, if you're working in social media, you can't afford to miss this session. Tags: 09NTC brian_rowe creative commons ip NPTech NTEN. Yes, there is.

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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. Making me think of March Dimes Flickr Contest ) Epilepsy Action in MySpace 1. Here and here ).

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2009

Flickr Photo: cambodia4kids The Lifetime Acheivement Award is given each year to a person who has pushed the nptech community forward. The winners were: First Prize Winner ($5,000) -- Social Actions Interactive Map -- submitted by John Brennan. Tags: 09NTC awards NPTech NTEN.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Also, I would pay attention to the titling and tagging of videos when you are uploading them.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Also, I would pay attention to the titling and tagging of videos when you are uploading them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

During the past two weeks, links shared via the #nptech hashtag on Twitter have been like a Chinese buffet, a huge selection of tempting dishes that look so good you want to fill an entire plate. American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest. Chinese Buffet by Drunken Monkey. Projects working in the U.S.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

We developed Causes because we know what it takes to be an activist and we know how much social networking can revolutionize grassroots organizing. Tags: facebook facebook causes Fundraising Newsletter NPTech NTEN susan gordon. Thank you for using Causes!

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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. It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 There are two sets of social roles here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Social Media tools during your time with The Nature Conservancy. I was (and still am) so convinced that social media and web 2.0 Luckily enough, one of the most interesting parts of engaging in social media is how you can measure just about everything that you do. Our Flickr photo contest. What were the concerns?

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2009

Wiley is donating books to Mashable's #Stories4Good contest , a social media for social good initiative. You're invited to submit your stories about how social media was used for good causes. Be sure to read the directions for how to submit -- there are multiple social media steps!

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