Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I've written a lot lately about contests ( Chase Community Giving and Pepsi Refresh ) here in the United States that are focused on "social media for social media." While Ennovent , a social enterprise, is very different from a major consumer brand in the US, I think we can learn a lot about the design of the contest. .

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

Marnie Webb, one of TechSoup Global's CEOs was a judge for their contest, where winners are highlighted below. Presentation Contest! And a big congratulations to all the presentation contest participants. winners and have any questions or concerns please email. contest@sliderocket.com. If you are one of the.

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The MatrixFiles

JUNE 15, 2021

It’s a great question. Worked with their speakers to add interactive elements, from polls to contests. Polls and contests to add sparkle to a session or break. One client is now known for a great Jeopardy game where the questions are all about their accreditation program! Better Wayfinding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

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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Tech Soup

AUGUST 27, 2010

If a nonprofit organization wins the contest, they must gift the prize to another nonprofit organization. For more details, please visit the contest website. This contest is hosted by Symantec, please contact Inspire@Symantec.com with any questions. Submissions will be accepted through September 17, 5:00 p.m.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 25, 2023

Make sure you have a point person on hand that ambassadors can turn to whenever they have questions. Create Ambassador Contests One of the main reasons ambassador fundraising and marketing is so successful is the element of competition. But there are plenty of other ways to implement an ambassador contest. Let’s begin.

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Non Profit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I obviously can’t comment on what our defense is going to be, but we are going to contest this vigorously.” In early August, Representatives Lori Trahan, Sean Casten, and Adam Schiff sent a letter to X Corp demanding the company answer various questions about its legal actions against CCDH.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

Online Contest: Online contests are fun, easy, and interactive. Here are some ideas: Talent contest: Perfect for an arts organization. Photography contest: Ask participants to share their best nature, pet, bird, flower, or food photo. Art contest: The Dogwood Arts Festival in Knoxville, TN held a sidewalk chalk contest.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Build excitement through your Instagram event promotion by posting teasers about your event line-up, contests, and ticket deals. Host contests and giveaways to boost engagement. Engage your followers even before your event by hosting Instagram contests and giveaways. Create rules for each of your contest or giveaway posts.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Organic posting, running contests, and incorporating social media marketing in emails are all great ways to get started on your branding journey. Give feedback, ask questions, and make people feel heard. The organization has posted a photo and a question to showcase their interest in the follower’s stories. Run a contest!

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CauseVox

AUGUST 23, 2023

From pumpkin carving contests to haunted houses, there are so many ways to embrace this new season with fresh ideas. It is important to consider questions like these. Don’t worry, we will share more questions to ask yourself and ideas below. Are you: Curating a kid-friendly fundraiser that caters to families?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This opportunity may be of interest to Influence followers or your colleagues: The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health is seeking essay submissions that answer the following question in 500-800 words by midnight, November 20th 2009: "What is the most important thing the U.S. can do to improve global health over the next 15 years?"

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., I’m of the firm opinion you can never thank donors too much, so the real question is “What’s not enough?” And what’s not. — Charity Clairity P.S. You’re not the only one with this question! See How to Publicly Recognize Memorial Gifts.

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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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NetWits

JANUARY 25, 2012

Strive to answer their questions before they even think of them. This group will be tough to motivate, so focus on incentives, contests and convenience. Include reminders about deadlines and contests. Send event and team-related details, so they’re not bombarding their team captain with questions. Team captains.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2010

Taglines are incredibly powerful, which is why I'm always so excited when our fantastic board member Nancy Schwartz launches her tagline contest, and now she's back for round three! . So many nonprofit communicators were excited about last year’s awards, and had questions for us, that we developed a mini-site for this year’s program.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Here''s an interesting question: Can nonprofits increase voting? A new study out by Nonprofit VOTE explored this question and found that nonprofits are able to reach the people that campaigns miss and who are not expected to vote. Email eileigh@nten.org. The study involved 94 nonprofits and 33,000 people.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on how to honor, credit, and recognize their memorial gifts. . Dear Don’t Want Double Trouble, My first reaction to this question is “why not give double credit?” .

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2010

Adobe and TechSoup Global are delighted to announce that we are now taking submissions for the Show Your Impact Design Contest ! This contest is open only to organizations located in the United States and Canada that have received donated Adobe products through TechSoup. See the contest details for specific eligibility requirements.

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AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

They would likely be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the right to put their name on the contest. You can consider adding a survey question or two to your online event registration form to find out more about your audience and what drives them. Choose Incentives.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

Maybe your organization even uses some early AI for administrative tasks, like a chatbot for questions. I tried ChatGPT and can tell you it writes wonderful haikus, crafted a pretty decent Valentine’s Day message for my sweetheart, and correctly predicted many of the matchups in my colleagues’ Holiday Movie bracket contest.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 9, 2022

You should also have staff on hand who can answer questions about volunteering opportunities. To get started, identify some prizes that would be appealing to your target audience and then promote the contest through social media, flyers, and word-of-mouth. Speak at Local Events. Get Creative in your volunteer posts.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. – "Join Vivanista in sharing the love of philanthropy by participating in our Love of Philanthropy photo contest that showcases images of what it means to be philanthropic." So we need to remember that with social media! Doing Good.

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TechImpact

MARCH 31, 2014

Encourage interaction on your feed by running contests, asking questions, ask for a #regram, and encourage people to share your message. Whatever you choose to go with, make it is interesting, engaging, and provides insight to how your nonprofit operates. Encourage interaction. Instagram is for engaging, not jsut for viewing.

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AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

It is likely that they would be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the rights to put their name on the contest. You can consider adding a survey question or two to your registration form to find out more about your audience and what drives them. Choose Incentives.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. No contest. Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. Speaker: Mark Rovner, Sea Change Strategies.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 13, 2020

There are more people than ever stuck at home and ready to work, the question is how to engage them? They should answer questions the staff has about performance, give a 30k foot view of what happened, and generate insights about what’s working in a report. Social media analytics report. Virtual Volunteer Tools Bundle.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Host a pub-style quiz for your community and include some questions about your mission as a fun way to share your organization’s impact. Nowruz poetry contest Nowruz, also known as the Persian New Year, is another opportunity to celebrate with your community if you serve a Persian community. Pub quiz Everyone loves a bit of trivia!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

In fact, there's an NTEN Affinity Group for video blogging where you can get advice, ask questions, or share what you know. Chris Burke is winner of Save the Net viral video contest - check out the video here. I'd also like to point out a video genre that has been used for social change: machimina. Machinima, derived from the words ???machine???

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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NetWits

MARCH 8, 2012

Fundraising Results: Close to 18,000 people participated in this online fundraising contest resulting in over $2 million dollars being given to 1,200 participating nonprofits. To learn more you can read the full report on the Case Foundation website - How Giving Days Can Strengthen Nonprofit Communities. 1,200 Participating nonprofits.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. That will come later. Overall favorite.

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AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

It is likely that they would be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the rights to put their name on the contest. You can consider adding a survey question or two to your registration form to find out more about your audience and what drives them. Choose Incentives.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2011

Contests to encourage content sharing. If you have a topic or question you’d like to explore in an upcoming chat, feel free to let me know anytime! Some of the topics from the chat include: Engaging specific ethnic groups/communities. Using content to fuel community engagement. Engagement for advocacy vs non-advocacy organizations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

When we started writing, we were inspired by the question: What separates truly transformational leaders from the rest of the pack? In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and #GivingTuesday launched #MyGivingStory – a social media campaign and contest that asks people around country to tell their giving stories: to whom they give and why it is meaningful to them. I am honored to be a judge for the contest! Here is how to enter: How to Enter #MyGivingStory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and #GivingTuesday launched #MyGivingStory – a social media campaign and contest that asks people around country to tell their giving stories: to whom they give and why it is meaningful to them. I am honored to be a judge for the contest! The call for submissions runs through November 24.

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