Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Some of the examples and recommendations from this month’s chat included: UN Food&Ag Org (FAO) has done a great job with their Share Fairs – sharing the discussions and training on and offline. You can look at #sfaddis to see what they did recently from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Come to our all-day Twitter party on September 18 with chats in Nairobi, Douala, New Orleans, and more, discussing the keys to effective social media, from strategy to contests to volunteers. Join our free webinar on September 19 and learn how to fundraise with social media.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The contest is all about moving the field of nonprofit video forward and encouraging cause video creators to try new styles and strive to make their work different. Different is just what The Case Foundation is looking for in this year's contest. To enter the awards, just visit the contest website and submit your video.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

They also held a student art contest to design a special Art in Action necklace that could be purchased on the day, with an even higher percentage of proceeds going to the org. Don’t forget to sell bottles of wine at the event where a portion of proceeds go to support your org! Card Service. Wine & Paint Night.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

For me, the two most prominent reason to include crowdsourcing in your engagement strategies for campaigns or contests include: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. org (slide 28) – [link]. Ushahidi (slide 26) – [link]. Answers: 0ne-time, active, crowd.

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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. org campaign has done really well. This is something that the 350.org

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2019

The Mighty Big Grant contest. Quotes: “The purpose of them is to learn to see a person as an actual person that’s looking at your org, not as someone you’re just trying to sell to or talk to or get a donation from.”. Mighty Citizen Fundraising Campaign Metrics Template. Mighty Citizen Marketing Campaign Template.

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Forum One

JANUARY 7, 2009

US Agency for International Development has run an interesting contest to identify innovative ideas in mobile computing for international development. They got some interesting nominations and have identified the top three winners : * Child Malnutrition Surveillance and Famine Response. Ushahidi v2 - Mobile.Crisis.Reporting. .

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NTEN

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. No, not trapper keeper.)

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

How to Start Your Own Fundraiser for [org]. Why do you love [insert org]? Celebrate generosity with [insert org]. You could even create contests for the supporter(s) who raise the most money on the day and award the winner with exclusive perks! Fundraising Goal. Help us raise 10K in a day. One day to raise $10,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

I run the org???s ABOUT THE ORG The HSUS is the nation???s Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? We learned - were running a flickr contest right now that takes lessons learned from wendys and has been successful. s choice award.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Bring a pen to write down your twitter handle on your organization’s card, or to jot down a personal note about your org. The NTEN staff are great at posting the latest updates about sessions, coffee replenishment and fun contests. Bring business cards. Exchanging business cards is great!

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2009

At some point, somebody at your org will probably say, "I know what we'll do! We've run a video contest with See3 Communications for three years running now, and every year, we've more than doubled the number of entries. We'll make a video!" " It can be a good idea. There's a video revolution going on. Need proof?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

In case you hadn't heard , Convio is sponsoring 50 NTEN memberships to nonprofits nominated in their NPHero contest. Did your org make it? Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Jordan Viator explains. Thanks, Convio! Thanks, Peter!

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2009

Related posts Top 10 YouTube Videos for Social Good on Mashable How Nonprofits Can Use Youtube’s Call-To-Action feature by John Haydon Webinar: Crafting a Nonprofit Video Strategy on the see3 communications blog Launching a Nonprofit Video Contest by Michael Hoffman on frogloop Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Radio Promotions — Call to Win Contests. Facebook/Twitter Contests: Share/Re-tweet for a Chance to Win. Quizzes — Answer a fun fact about your org to win tickets (Drives them to your website). Where/how can you give tickets away?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2012

The other transmedia session told a similar story of whatBravo did with the Top Chef series and contest. While all nonprofits may not have the budget of the BBC and Bravo, these projects were completed on relatively low budgets for these companies and I believe orgs can mimic these storytelling techniques for similar results.

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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. In case you missed it, See3 staff have been guest-blogging on Care2 's Frogloop NTENny Beth Kanter captures online crowdsourcing, of a kind (Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg) this week.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The theme of this year’s contest is From the Ground Up: Using Technology to Engage Constituents and Make the World a Better Place. The finalists will be shown on www.DoGooder.tv

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you involve the org? but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. Have you seen examples of your org changing? Think about which things you really need to track and measure those, not everything you could possibly track. Discussion: What is your learning process from social media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

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. Consumer-solicited media (CSM): "Participatory media" -- that's what the flickr contests above are!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. You can create small posters for sponsor businesses to show off that they are giving back and sponsoring your org, team, project, or campaign. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2008

So they have contests. Show them concrete examples of what is currently happening at your org (a monologue) and show them what is possible (a dialogue). Is it so the CMO can point to it and say, ???Look! re part of Web 2.0, And then there???s s the numbers game. These companies want 10,000 people in the first week. And the people come.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

That's because when I started at the HSUS, I was obsessed with MySpace on a personal level, and I was challenge with the task of figuring out how the org could use it for their benefit of advocacy and fundraising. I did some outreach to my friends and colleagues from other orgs that are involved with doing social media. My job is fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2010

The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy , VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success. We only allowed 1 vote per e-mail address.

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See3

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

But I wonder about all the orgs who went down this road because of the publicity but were so less equipped than you to be successful. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Mazal Tov yet again on a job well done. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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See3

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

The People Speak also demonstrates the UN Foundation’s dedication to online video, featuring video throughout the web site, running video contests , and inviting supporters to capture and submit their own stories. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

They are also exemplars of partnership in the field; augmenting reach and showing how big orgs can lift up smaller orgs. John Russick of the Chicago History Center runs the annual label contest for the American Alliance of Museums , and those entries are always worth reading.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

Electronic application materials can be submitted to employment[at]wkkf[dot]org or via www.wkkf.org. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. Towards the end of the contest, it really became "viral" as more and more people linked to our Causes site.

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See3

MARCH 18, 2008

Please send cover letter and résumé to jdickinson[at]watereuse[dot]org. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? experience in water-related field. Salary commensurate with education and experience. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. Towards the end of the contest, it really became "viral" as more and more people linked to our Causes site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

You need to practice talking to people online about your cause; these aren’t skills that more traditional orgs have in their DNA. Don’t worry if the conversation is small, don’t worry that it isn’t leading to donations right now. Find one fundraising event or idea to take online this year. Don’t prescribe, listen and learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Film Contest - " Film Your Issue " from Yahoo and other sponsors. The 59 Smartest orgs online is a list of 59 organizations that make good use of the web2.0 I know I should do this, but here's a direct link to the chapter on technology tools. tools in their web sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

is right for you and your org? Making me think of March Dimes Flickr Contest ) Epilepsy Action in MySpace 1. I asked Miles this question: There's a lot of media attention being paid to "Web 2.0" " or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? Here and here ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

(“Gee, I don’t think I’ll donate to that org unless they’ve got at least 5 million web hits a year.&# ) Never happen. And that essentially would boil down to a big old pissing contest. (“Yes! We got twice as many visitors this month as (insert-competitive-org-name-here)!

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. A great place to share educational information about your org and your cause. JUST for fun! Memes, stories, photos – anything that causes a laugh or a smile. Call to Action. Donate, join, volunteer, help.

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