Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

18th at 10:00 am w/ four days to go in the voting process.). launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In other contests, the leaderboard has been updated in real time. For example.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Intuit , the company that produces the favorite accounting software QuickBooks and financial management software Quicken (and TechSoup donor partner) is running a contest for small businesses (and nonprofits) to win a total of $35,000 in products, cash and free advertising. Tags: Finances Fundraising Grants for Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Last month, during the Nonprofit Technology Conference plenary session on placing little bets and learning from failure , we issued a challenge to 1,000 nonprofits in the audience. Use the planning process to get internal buy in from staff. Break it down into smaller, bit sized campaigns.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

Other event types that can enhance peer-to-peer efforts include: Tributes End-of-year fundraising celebrations Contests Races Tournaments Galas Community service days Getting creative with events provides variety in the fundraising journey. Leverage data and technology using platforms like Flipcause to enhance the participant experience.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group? In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. If you have, you certainly aren’t alone.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. This is technology for good news from India. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

The right technology solutions can streamline the entire fundraising experience, easing your nonprofit’s administrative burden and leaving donors with a positive impression of your organization. As you begin the item procurement process, it’s vital that your team maintains an organized list that tracks each item’s status. Let’s begin.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 21, 2010

A List Apart: Articles: Web Fonts at the Crossing – a solid description of new web font technologies making substitution by other means obsolete. Contesting the Death of Traditional CRM: Social CRM is a Process and not a Technology – worth a read. Small Business CRM | BatchBook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Before I take you behind the scenes of our NTEN board fundraiser for Giving Tuesday , let me ask you to consider to a donation of any size to support NTEN and the Nonprofit Technology Conference Scholarship campaign. A donation to the NTC scholarship fund will help professionals make it to the 2019 Nonprofit Technology in Portland.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

A cooking contest or bake-off might attract local foodies and aspiring chefs to share their best dishes. If there’s a sport that’s popular with your local community, jump at the chance to involve avid players, educate them about your organization, and raise money in the process. Online gaming.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Text-to-give tools streamline the donation process and can even encourage donors to give more (and more frequently!). However, in general, the text-to-give process looks like the following: With your text-to-give platform, you’ll set up a shortened phone number, known as a shortcode. Otherwise, they may abandon the process altogether.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! and click the SEE OUR EM button to start the process!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Before I take you behind the scenes of our NTEN board fundraiser for Giving Tuesday , let me ask you to consider to a donation of any size to support NTEN and the Nonprofit Technology Conference Scholarship campaign. A donation to the NTC scholarship fund will help professionals make it to the 2018 Nonprofit Technology in New Orleans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Note from Beth: I've been writing about online contests that use social media and crowdsourcing techniques. As frequent readers of this blog know, many pitfalls of online contests have been discussed here. So, what’s different about this contest than other online contests?

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Achieve

JANUARY 17, 2016

by both the contestants and the survey respondents. Conversely, a research study is a process used to answer complex questions or to prove or disprove hypotheses. is a systematic, often scientific process, while. to collect data independently or within that process. are tools that can be.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

A list of 20 Insightful Nonprofit Technology and Social Media Stats was compiled by Tech Impact , featuring findings from TechSoup and Artez Interactive , to name just a few. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! Register now! Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. Technology. The donation process needs to be as simple as possible. Technology and ease of process is very important.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

A list of 20 Insightful Nonprofit Technology and Social Media Stats was compiled by Tech Impact , featuring findings from TechSoup and Artez Interactive , to name just a few. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! Register now! Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

A dedicated process to giving auction items to your virtual attendees, whether you’re using a delivery service or setting a pick up location. Some things to ask for might include: Book collections Technology, like phones, laptops, tablets Certificates to local businesses Art pieces. The most impressive dish wins the contest.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Technology can be a window to the outside world that gives these children back some of their freedom, and becomes a companion in the process. Brian Westerman and his wife Pepper created the Kosch-Westerman Foundation over two decades ago with the mission of connecting terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology.

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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. What are we cobbling together today from existing technology, and what could we be doing tomorrow?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

Technology Helps WORTH Increase Efficiency and Save Time. With a growing number of centers, managing daily processes such as accounts posed a big challenge. Management was spending far too much time on manual processes. The road to achieving this impact was not free from obstacles. Image : WORTH Trust. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Technology can be a window to the outside world that gives these children back some of their freedom, and becomes a companion in the process. Brian Westerman and his wife Pepper created the Kosch-Westerman Foundation over two decades ago with the mission of connecting terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2007. When participants collected data, they learned a great deal about data collection processes but not so much about the overall scientific method. Blog commenters are contributors, as are people who engage in contests.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It helps to make a list of the technology and other resources you’ll need to make your fundraising event successful. Check out these event planning tips and download the event planner template to make the process easier. Then, go through the process of planning your auction event. Need help organizing your fundraising event?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2020

With the shift to virtual fundraising and engagement over the past several months, technology is more important than ever before for the nonprofit sector. Being able to accept, process, and track bids in real time is essential for success with any auction. Facilitating bids online and via mobile devices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

If you are considering incorporating crowdsourcing principles or processes into your workflow, you should also thinking about how you’ll measure the results of your crowdsourcing efforts. Crowdsourcing consists of principles, processes and platforms to get things done and usually involves an open call to a group of people online – the “crowd.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. If you didn't win or didn't sign up, don't worry. I plan to do this regularly! It's a first edition! It was the first book I read on blogging.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Technology can be a window to the outside world that gives these children back some of their freedom, and becomes a companion in the process. Brian Westerman and his wife Pepper created the Kosch-Westerman Foundation over two decades ago with the mission of connecting terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

As Beck puts it: I think there’s something human in sheet music, something that doesn’t depend on technology to facilitate it—it’s a way of opening music up to what someone else is able to bring to it. Sheet music is not a new technology. Participatory processes often (and sometimes unintentionally) restructure the product.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

However, nonprofits that aren’t specifically music-focused typically tackle the challenge of building their lineup through sponsorships and partnerships since the process of vetting bands is extensive and requires expertise. It’s also very easy for just about anyone to put on due to modern portable karaoke technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It can be helpful to lead a planning process within your own organization that examines your organizational assets and access so you can translate them into benefits. New technology called “voicemail drop” allows an organization to place a voicemail in your voicemail box without ringing their phone. Plug donor skills into the work.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Hacking Autism was launched in June 2011 to seek new ideas for technology applications beneficial to people with autism. The Hacking Autism”initiative sought technology-based ideas to open up learning, communication and social possibilities. Narrowing the scope of your programs means people can contribute better.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Because data is powerful! Why make your data portable?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. Alright you got me, I’m in.

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See3

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

You can see the first video, “Free&# , below: On the website, there are interactive ways for new activists to get involved with NARAL Pro-Choice America’s work, including taking action on a choice-related issue, learning about state-by-state legislation, or entering (and later voting in) a $1,000 t-shirt design contest. (We

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! That sounds great. What’s next?

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