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Guest Post by Anne Mai Bertelsen: Contests for Good - An Insider's View

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Anne Mai Bertlesen and I had a quick exchange at the end of year after I blogged about the Pepsi and Chase Giving Contests in December. She offered to write a guest post that provides an "insider's perspective" having run a number of cause-related ventures including contests.

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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 December, Pepsi topped that amount with its Pepsi Refresh, a contest offering $20 million in prizes and also launching this week.) . For example.

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Heartland Pride: Winner of the #npfail Little Bets Contest

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Mani Children Heart Foundation : To raise money using social media as part of your strategy, you need a group of champions with tight connections to your mission and voluntary opt-in email works well for this. Test your assumptions. Fundraising.

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The Hybrid Event: 5 Tips for Better Fundraising Results

Greater Giving

The change required major cuts to their programs, a new focus when working with sponsors, and a drive to make it more inclusive for a broader audience. Both formats share a similar theme and some program details overlap, but they differ in several specific ways to accommodate the restrictions of their distinctive formats.

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Razoo's Speedgranting and Change Your World Contest

Have Fun - Do Good

Razoo is a social networking platform built to, "promote social good and to inspire others to get involved by making giving and serving fun, easy, and meaningful." Its primary platforms are: Razoo.com : The social network itself. Razoo social network net2 philanthropy water Good Happens : Their blog.

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What's the opportunity cost when a nonprofit blocks employees from using social network sites during work hours?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. We're pushing the Text2Help program that allows anyone to donate $5 by texting "Give" to 24357. Recently, a change in policy has allowed access.

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Blackbaud Headed to SXSWi 2011

NetWits

There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users. Follow Frank on Twitter.

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