Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. Danielle shared a story about making mistakes on Twitter. Danielle @starfocus.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Individuals reflected on why they gave to a certain nonprofit organization and then shared these personal stories in a contest form on the #GivingTuesday website. All the submissions were shared in a public gallery and entrants were encouraged to share their stories more widely to garner votes.

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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. You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I am donating my royalties to support the Sharing Foundation ‘s college education program for young people in Cambodia. We had an all-star team of nonprofit, philanthropy, and measurement experts as peer reviewers who helped make the book more useful. The book also has a social good purpose.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "In the last few years, more corporations have been experimenting with ways to give consumers a chance to help direct their charitable money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

Source: Philanthropy 2.0 Last week, Geoff Livingston , Qui Diaz and I posted a summary of our findings from our Philanthropy 2.0 The goal of our Community Philanthropy 2.0 research, a survey of the giving habits of the social media savvy, over at Mashable. Don’t prescribe, listen and learn.

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JUNE 15, 2010

The forum asks visitors to identify what they think is the most pressing issue facing Oregon and to share their best ideas to address it. While idea challenges and social media contests are increasingly used by corporations, governments and in philanthropy, ideas4Oregon.org has a far larger potential fiscal reward than most.

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MARCH 2, 2012

Have more news to share? This research is conducted by Achieve and Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates in partnership with the Chronicle of Philanthropy. NTEN members receive 15% off of registration to the Share Point Conference; just use the discount code “NTEN15”. Share your links in the comments! Anything we missed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

There is also a Giving Story Contest for donors to share why they give and win a cash prize for the organization of their choice. While many nonprofits leverage the day to fundraise in many creative ways, some also use it for donor stewardship, thank you events, and in-kind donation drives. Is your board participating?

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MAY 3, 2021

When they sponsor your event, the local community sees their name and their commitment to philanthropy. In addition, many sponsors don’t see as much value in having their logo shared digitally: being face to face with potential clients is more of a premium. But you can also get creative about sharing sponsor information.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Since both apps allow you to share your video creations on other sites (such as Twitter and Facebook), Instagram and Vine videos are a low-cost and low-tech way to create and share short videos with any audience. Once you finish your masterpiece, the video is automatically saved to your device and shared to your followers on Instagram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Share your service hero story. To celebrate EIF's iParticipate initiative, The Chronicle of Philanthropy's VolunTV Challenge is inviting individuals and charity organizations to think of ideas for how volunteerism could be incorporated into their favorite TV shows. Check it out at www.beextra.org/widget.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

We’re beyond excited to share the speaker lineup for Cause Camp 2018 , held on March 26th and 27th in Lincoln, Nebraska. She hopes to inspire other leaders to share their “perfectly imperfect” stories of success to empower people with the knowledge that even if they screw up, they can still make it. . The moment is finally here!

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2009

The issue includes an interview with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , an interview with the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a piece about Women and Philanthropy by Lisa Belkin, and an excerpt from Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I couldn’t help but also think how powerful it would be if an organization like the Case Foundation hosted a convening of those involved with various giving days and challenges to share best practices and learning, perhaps leading to something even global. Incentivize video creation and video sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

There is also a Giving Story Contest for donors to share why they give and win a cash prize for the organization of their choice. While many nonprofits leverage the day to fundraise in many creative ways, some also use it for donor stewardship, thank you events, and in-kind donation drives. Is your board participating?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The quicksand of philanthropy is underneath, and our footing feels precarious. I’m not talking about a popularity contest. Do you have a story to share about something positive that resulted from doing the “other duties as assigned” parts of your job? It’s keeping you up at night. Being cool or popular isn’t the point.

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MAY 28, 2014

Sharing Their Lean Methodology. The contest sought solutions to support and empower trafficking survivors. ” (Ben Gose, “Charities Try New Ways to Test Ideas Quickly and Polish Them Later,” Chronicle of Philanthropy [March 23, 2014]). The app worked through crowdfunding. Range App: Feeding Children.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2007

With YouTube’s announcement in September that it plans to dedicate a portion of its video-sharing site exclusively to charities, experts say many nonprofit groups are likely to follow American Jewish World Service’s lead. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Rosenberg says.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2007

With YouTube’s announcement in September that it plans to dedicate a portion of its video-sharing site exclusively to charities, experts say many nonprofit groups are likely to follow American Jewish World Service’s lead. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Rosenberg says.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Winners of the Creative Commons Photo Contest, 2006. We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2008

Peter Deitz, of Social Actions , is an expert on micro philanthropy and social fundraising. He also shares that he wants to create a social fundraising wizard Currently, I am building an automated wizard. Nancy White has shared some manual examples. Contest ends on January 31st at 3:00 PM EST. Photo by Dunechaser.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 14, 2009

Usaservice.org has a Faceboook Cause that you can join, share with friends, and feature on your profile. Vicki of Zazengo shared more ways to spread the word in her Social Actions blog post, Help Promote MLK Day on Facebook + Zazengo. Enter the YouTube Contest Usaservice.org is also sponsoring a YouTube contest.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

If you didn’t help Beth win, you can still give $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation online and help kids in Cambodia.) And, is there a way to get the folks who gave with the urgency of this campaign to have a deeper engagement with the Sharing Foundation? How many of these could you do before you create fatigue in your network?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Qui Diaz:Livingston, recently did research for the Philanthropy 2.0 How do you share your data? ARC - gather data every morning and share with organization via email; issues that seem sensitive or are newsworthy will contact subject matter experts to follow up. funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more. The article goes on to quote Jean Case "Philanthropy shouldn't be defined as a bunch of rich people writing checks," she told the New York Times.

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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. That person obviously doesn't share your same values. The question is "when is enough enough? (in

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MARCH 12, 2008

The New York Times Magazine on Sunday was all about philanthropy. Some highlights: For a long time, philanthropy was mostly ignored by social scientists. percent from the mid-’70s to the mid-’90s, according to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Here’s what you need to read: What Makes People Give?

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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. Can you share some of the outreach strategies?

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

For example, you might: Share blog post links and teasers on your social media pages. Online contests or challenges. Incorporate contests or challenges into your annual social media posting calendar to generate organic engagement with your followers. Personalize content based on interests. News & World Report.

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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. Cleveland, Ohio: Sharing Your Story. Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link]. Wednesday, June 8. Wednesday, June 22.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Heather from Aspiration shares her process for securing a venue for Penguin Day. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. choice and when it is not.

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See3

OCTOBER 29, 2007

In reaction to this desire, the main organs of Jewish philanthropy set up funds to help. Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. But here we are, two years later. New Orleans is in trouble.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. Orlando, Florida: Microsoft Gives Back: Community, Education, and Philanthropy. Kakamega, Kenya: Stand for Sharing Your Story — NetSquared Kakamega. Check out the #Storymakers2017 page for all the details.

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