Whole Whale

JUNE 9, 2022

Another way to recruit volunteers is to reach out to local businesses and ask if they would be interested in sponsoring a volunteer day or donating supplies for a project. Host a Volunteer Open House. Be sure to include clear instructions on how people can enter the contest and what they need to do to win.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 20, 2019

Such a culture supports an open discussion about uncertainties and opportunities, encourages staff to express concerns, and maintains processes to elevate concerns to appropriate levels.”. Funders recognized that an estimated 20 percent of funded projects would experience an event that would negatively impact the outcome. Be flexible.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2010

Without further ado - drumroll, please - the winners of the 2010 Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest are: Print/Photo. Runners-up : Light of Cambodian Children , Open Hand Studios. communicates its mission to promote wildlife conservation and sustainable community development projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. There are lots of examples of projects that use crowdsourcing, even this one!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

That means we frequently run into cool projects (and mentally check the box: taken care of!). Zerofootprint supports the running of contests between schools (or whatever unit you want to pick). We have some new ideas for software Benetech could be developing. Are they using a boiler built in 1910?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2023

They also advocate for your organization and dedicate their time and energy to completing important projects for your nonprofit. To make your posters extra eye-catching, consider having a poster design contest. Open the dinner to the public and have your existing supporters invite their friends.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 9, 2024

Add a big screen to project the actual Kentucky Derby Race for the ultimate viewing experience. As the first runner has entered the open space between the tables and prizes, the auctioneer calls out the table with the second highest bid and so on. A good auctioneer will add to the comedy with play-by-play commentary.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 18, 2009

We are releasing this project as an "Open source hardware" project - in other words, anyone can make these, modify them and make a commercial product from the ideas and methods." in cash for their organizations! ." in cash for their organizations! Check it out!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Take free or paid classes, courses, or webinars to learn how to fundraise.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! " 1 vote can equal $1 million « Nonprofit Communications: Duck Call Blog – "Today is the first day people can vote in the final round of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and #GivingTuesday launched #MyGivingStory – a social media campaign and contest that asks people around country to tell their giving stories: to whom they give and why it is meaningful to them. The call for submissions opens today, November 2, 2015 , and runs through November 24.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Obama administration is close to unveiling a new Open Government Directive to push agencies to become more transparent, accountable, and collaborative. The directive builds upon the memorandum on transparency and open government released by the administration in January, and was announced by US CTO Aneesh Chopra during the Gov 2.0

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. A Contest Built on City Data. Apps4Warsaw.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

This compelling experiment in the wisdom of the crowds started off with an open call for works through the museum's various Web 2.0 As Shelly Bernstein, staff member at the museum, writes on the project blog, Click is not a contest, it's a study of crowds. Nina Simon wrote an analysis of the project when it launched here.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. If you’re smart and build revenue projections into your plan, you’ll have a good idea of cash flow for the year. For example, a new project provides grocery store gift cards to college students coping with food insecurity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine, Duke University and the virtual network of HASTAC, announced its second annual open-call competition that will provide $2 million in awards to innovators shaping the field of digital media and learning. I am currently launching The Generation Project full-time.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! I also work closely with our innovator community, those who have submitted Projects on our platform and participated in open innovation Challenges. An journey like this opens doors to new partnerships, relationships, and networks in a unique way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2013

I will summarize the top takeaways and the call to action: Nonprofits and the people who work for them have to loose their fear of taking risks and that opens us up to fail and improve. Nonprofits and funders need to change upfront expectations about projects and make space to allow for a fail or something not working out. Failure'

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Kintera opens a Developers Challenge. Developers who code solutions that integrate with Kintera using their open API platform, Connect , can win $15,000 or $5,000 (not the $25 K their big logo seems to suggest – that’s just the total they will award.) When will people learn that to be open, you need to really be open ?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2013

Voting is now open through March 15 and winners will be announced on March 25! feature your projects and participate in our community blog!) feature your projects and participate in our community blog!) Select your top three projects from [link] and fill out your online ballot. the better. you should. you should.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Plan your fundraiser around a day where your supporters will go out and participate in service projects over the course of a day. You can either choose what service projects to participate in or encourage people to pick a volunteer opportunity close to their hearts, like a clean-up day at a park or sorting food at a food bank.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Jesse Shapins, the other panelist, is the co-founder of Zeega , an open-source web application. Shapins said the company plans to open it up to the public soon. To get inspired, check out these projects made with Zeega. Create Documentaries for Your Cause. Learn More About Digital Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The foundation plans to fund 20 plus projects with new ideas on how to increase participation in U.S. It has been five years now since the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling that opened the door to 501(c)(4) nonprofits and massive anonymous "dark money" political contributions for political ads.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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Care2

MARCH 1, 2011

The song will be written and recorded by songwriter Bill Dillon — who was recently exonerated after 27 years in prison thanks to Innocence Project of Florida — and produced by Jim Tullio of Butcher Boy Studios. The contest is open to all nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

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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. Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! NpTech Community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and voting process. The panel picker process has opened – so you can vote for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program until August 27th. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. How much do we share?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2021

They made it fun by challenging participants to a car decorating contest! Due to the exclusive nature of the event, and the demand for popular timeslots and teachers, registration was first only open to previous top fundraisers, before opening to the general public. American Lung Association – Fight for Air Climb.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Not only is this a loss of projected revenue for your organization, but it’s also a disappointment for your potential attendees and donors. 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. Pivot An In-person Event To Virtual. But you have options!

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). Beck was inspired to launch this project by the popularity of sheet music and songbooks in the early 1900s.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

Below and at this link is information on the position: *POSITION OPEN* POSITION: New Media Manager PURPOSE: Responsible for developing and executing new media strategies to support the Foundation’s organizational as well as internal and external communications goals and objectives. . Five to ten years of project management experience.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

While most day-to-day responsibilities and projects are moving along, there are aspects of not being able to go into a workplace that are hard to replicate. Is there an open setup that naturally stimulates side conversations throughout the day? So How Do You Drive Participation?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Surowiecki’s talk, drawing on his 2005 book , was about the surprising value of crowd-based judgments, from guessing the numbers of jelly beans in a jar, to mapping Martian craters , to open contests like the DARPA Grand Challenge for driverless vehicles. Use competitions and contests to generate new ideas from new audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Disruptive Model: School Project Crowdfunding. I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and projects to help kids learn better,” said Best in a 2014 interview in Fast Company. “[My first project] was literally for pens, pencils, crayons, glue and rulers. Disruptor: Kickstarter.

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