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Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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37 Social Media Ideas for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

We love how quickly orgs like Stand Up 2 Cancer can turn these out on Instagram. Giveaways and contests Contests and giveaways will drive action. Here is a Social InfluencerGPT trained to help nonprofits from CauseWriter.ai. A consistent look will help establish your credibility as a content producer.

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Crowdsourcing vs Community-sourcing: What’s the difference and the opportunity?

Amy Sample Ward

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. Review the example and see if you can identify the three elements at play: Time, Action, People.

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And the Winner(s) of the Social Media Library Are.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

. - GIVE BACK by reporting out on what I have learned and how I am using the books, both internally (within my org.) When I announced the contest, I thought there was one important book missing, Shel Israel's Twitterville. When I announced the contest, I thought there was one important book missing, Shel Israel's Twitterville.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Job Opening: New Media Manager, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applicant materials will begin immediately and will continue until finalist candidates have been identified. 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?

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our Flickr photo contest. is a good example of this philosophy in action; we could have held the contest behind closed doors and made people sign up in order to submit and view photos. ll send the link for our landing page to all of my contacts and ask them to give it a positive review. s annual digital photo contest.