Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

It’s time again for the Nonprofit Video Awards from DoGooderTV , sponosored by NTEN & See3 Communications. If you were at the 08NTC last April, then you probably remember the awards ceremony for the 2008 contest. Tags: video nten 09ntc events ntc. Short-form Videos : any video under 5 minutes.

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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.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NTEN. Members are in bold. Beth's new blog! (I

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MARCH 6, 2013

The contest is presented by YouTube , See3 Communications , and NTEN with generous sponsorship by Cisco. Every year we are wowed by the change-makers using this powerful medium to tell stories, educate, raise awareness about critical issues, and inspire action – and this year will be no exception.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

. —– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. Then, why do we keep thinking celebrities are so important to raising money? Both of them involved celebrities.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

According to the Facebook Causes blog , the application has helped raise more than $12 million for nonprofits based in the U.S. Over $5 million has been raised in 2009 alone. 1) Raise Meaning B efore Money. Then and only then should a nonprofit or cause concern itself with number of donors and amount raised. #3

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

With the global financial crisis at its peak and a recession looming, many nonprofit managers are probably asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise money next year?" " I suspect fewer fundraisers are asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise the money it needs four years from now?"

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

RoundTables are monthly hour-long chats, free for NTEN Members, moderated by an NTEN member from the field of Consulting, Communications, or IT -- depending on which RoundTable it is. Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Then we switched topics to Twitter.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2012

It was amazing to see so many NTEN members at the NTC last week! video contest and earn the chance to win money for your cause! If you are interested in digital fundraising and live in the NYC area, you may want to check out “ Digital Fundraising: New Ways to Raise Money Online.” Submit it to the 2012 Lights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! 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

JANUARY 12, 2015

The DoGooder National Video Awards contest opens today! The contest is presented in partnership with YouTube and See3 Communications. See contest rules here. If your organization is not already a member, just sign up before you enter the contest. Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! 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

JUNE 9, 2010

They engage people to shape and share their work in order to raise awareness of social issues, organize communities to provide services or advocate for legislation. NTEN set up an event area on Slideshare for the NTC 2010. Some events have set up branded channels, like the Bar Camp Channel. (5) 6) Training. 7) Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

It's great that NTEN let's anyone who is passionate about a topic set up an affinity group. Fundraising Campaigns and Presentations Camera Rwanda Photo Stream Post with an interview Street Kids Fundraising Campaign raised $8,000 from photo group Sharing Foundation Presentation annotated in a flickr photo set.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

They have raised over $150,000 to provide medical care for Chinese orphans and even have 10 babies they call the "Facebook babies" because their surgeries were made possible by donations through the cause. The Love Without Boundaries Foundation created a cause despite being small, entirely new to Facebook, and having no paid staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. not that this necessarily applies to Oxfam) but its super low budget by using existing infrastructure and orgs of any size could really raise their profile and provide an intense interactive opportunity for supporters this way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

The main focus is raising awareness. I'm the moderator for the Flickr for Nonprofits Online Affinity Group over at NTEN and during a recent exchange about nonprofits using online photo and (video) contests to call attention to the causes, Cordellia and Susanne caught my attention. Tell me a little about your video contest We???re

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. Research Triangle, North Carolina: How to Create Digital Stories to Raise Money and More. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Wednesday, May 18.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Amy Sample Ward , filling in for Britt Bravo, writes about several awards and competitions including the UK Catalyst Awards and Simon Fairway's pointer to the digital makeover contest. Digidave of Spot.Us

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

Roger Carr at the Everyday Giving Blog responded to my reflections about networked fundraising , particularly my concern about donor fatique and potentially annoying blog readers here when I'm raising money for the Sharing Foundation. The question is "when is enough enough? (in This is the one exception to the rest of this list.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. 13,000 installs of the facebook app, and $600,000 raised. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Here some thoughts from the NTEN blog about ways to use twitter for your organization, although some nonprofit technology experts do not find twitter useful professionally. Do contests and competitions help build social capital and nonprofit fund raising or inspire burnout? Details here. Go vote here.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Millennial Distinctions about 85 Million 1st generation raised on mobiles 95% own mobile devices 83% sleep with mobile at bedside 62% connect to internet wirelessly more likely than any other generation to post a video of themselves online Are you Millennial ready? SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

Here’s a great opportunity to participate in SmartOnline’s ‘Invent Your Mobile App’ Contest, and explore these possibilities! Take our short survey and talk to the experts about ways to address threats and identify opportunities to raise brand equity with constituents and ultimately grow donations! Is Your Brand Mobile?

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NTEN

MARCH 29, 2012

Join us as we use crowd sourcing techniques to develop a mobile app that will help nonprofits raise more funds! The Engage Group Visit us at Booth #36 and enter our contest to see how big of a bubble gum bubble you can blow. Choose your gum, Bazooka or Dubble Bubble and warm up your lungs.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Michaela Hackner and I recently hosted a pair of NTEN webinars titled "How to Become a Facebook Rockstar." " We took folks through the steps required to raise the profile of an organization using Facebook Pages. Define your goals: Are you looking to find volunteers, direct activists, recruit talent, or raise money?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Seb Chan, of the Fresh + New Blog, raises an interesting question about web site stickness in a web2.0 The Give and Take Blog raises a question " Are anonymous blog authors as credible as those who write under their real names ? Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! era websites.

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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. Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. on the interplay of newspapers and internet content.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Before I worked at NTEN, I managed the NetSquared program at TechSoup Global. Well, that’s my dog and he’s pretty cute, but Beth and Katie are also running a dog vs cat photo contest. Here’s a case study of my own! To Link or Not to Link. I’ll pick someone on Friday, December 7th – so hurry!).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Email messaging raised 28% of all online revenue in 2017. Offering free webinars, gated content (such as research reports or infographics), online contests, and online petitions have the ability to grow your email list quickly by hundreds or thousands, but require an ongoing time and financial investment to create the content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Twestival Local Weekend : Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water on Twitter on February 13th with more 200 cities sponsoring local tweet, meet, and give parties. NTEN has two fantastic events this month! NTEN has two fantastic events this month! Registration here. It's open to 501c3's serving U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

This particular Carnival raises the question of how to decide which online social media tools to use and ramp up your skills using it. Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts.

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2009

You can give all your friends birthday donations, plus a dollar here and there to your other favorite causes using the Facebook app, and you'll be simultaneously helping to raise money for Feeding America. Oh, and Causes is an NTEN member, too!). Pretty cool, eh? (Oh, " Way to be world-class, Blackbaud!

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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

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowd voting has been used in Cause Marketing. There has been an explosion of “Vote for Me&# contests that have become contests in techniques for vote getting and inspired cause fatigue at worst. Internet platforms make it is easy for crowds to vote, rate, and provide feedback. Think Yelp , eBay , or Amazon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

I have just returned from a week in New Orleans where I participated in the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. I've organized social media workshops that also "give away" some equipment or software usually a contest. According to the blog post, it raises several questions.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

They differ in many ways – how they raise funds, their approach to technology, the events they attend, whether or not they engage in advocacy, just to name a few. I would like to acknowledge NTEN’s leadership in this area.

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