Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Dear What’s Enough, Congrats on receiving more tribute gifts, and good on you for considering the best ways to recognize the generous supporters who refer these gifts to you. You don’t want this to become a popularity contest or in any way make an individual or family uncomfortable if they weren’t loved or respected enough.

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TechImpact

APRIL 17, 2014

Check out hashtags.org as a reference. Hosting a caption contest is a great way to drive interaction. Knowing what time to post is key. While most networks deal with very similar time tables, the use of specific hashtags may be used more at one time versus another. Watch post frequency. Caption THIS.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Take a look at your target audience’s time zone and reference research on engagement rates based on publishing times. Interactive content like challenges, contests, polls, and filters offers a different way for supporters to get to know your organization’s personality. When should you post?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Here's my contest. It refers to a fairly new way of evaluating the effectiveness of projects by drawing out the underlying assumptions about how they lead to social change. Tags: contest. My Dirty Life & Times. Katya's Non-Profit Marketing Blog. Amy Sample Ward. Leave a comment sharing your "Theory of Change".

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2020

If you are like me, the COVID-19/coronavirus experience has taught you a new term: social distancing, which refers to actions that limit interactions with others in order to slow down the spread of a virus (the CDC refers to these as community mitigation strategies ). But don’t forget to have some fun, too. Assume positive intent.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

We’ve touched on task-based event fundraising contest here before, but because this way of motivating your supporters is so effective we thought it was time to0 revisit the topic in more details. If we create contests to encourage these behaviors in all fundraisers, it can help raise incremental revenue. Belong to a team.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. The Community Organizers Handbook available as a public resource, you can certainly refer there for information/feedback/best practices on offline organizing: [link].

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

On the day of your event, incorporate live supporter shout-outs, photo contests, and Q&A sessions in your social media to add another level of engagement to your event. Consider sending thank-you letters that reference the specific impact the ambassador had on your fundraiser and how this will propel your mission forward.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2016

Our contest begins today, August 29, 2016, and closes September 11, 2016. states of Maryland, North Dakota, and Vermont; the Canadian province of Québec; and in any and all jurisdictions where skill contest advertising promotions are prohibited or restricted by law. Now is the time to send in your nonprofit's story!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? s linking to you -referring URLs in stats program -google rss alerts (can be set to daily, as it happens, etc.) ??? s choice winner This gave people who didn???t Great thing about online marketing ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2008

Alan was the winner of my 50th Birthday Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix contest in 2007. I refer people to his blog. His blog was one of the first I discovered and have been hooked ever since. And he loves dogs). I've learned a lot from Alan. I trust him. But we've never met face-to-face.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

Wendy Harman from the Red Cross wished me a Happy Fourth of July with a Joey Chestnut reference which reminded of a post I wrote almost a year ago. Photo by Dietrich of Joey Chestnut, Winner of the 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in 2008. Let me explain.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

You can host a contest for your volunteers to come up with designs for their blankets. Reference letters Many volunteers, such as high school or college students, would appreciate a letter of recommendation from one of your staff members. Blankets Get creative and design your own blankets! Volunteers can vote for their favorite option.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2014

GE saved millions in fuel costs through a contest to reduce the weight of a bracket on their jet engine. Instead, publicize a contest on twitter and Facebook. In recent years, corporations from Dell to Starbucks have turned to crowdsourcing to generate new ideas directly from their customers.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Site Insights: 10 most visited pages on the site, top 10 referring sites, and top 10 exit pages (How can you improve the content on pages where you are loosing people’s attention?). What are the short-term and long-term goals and objectives?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Every year, GrantStation runs a contest to uncover some of the best proposals that have been written. GrantStation then publishes these winning proposals on its website so other grant writers can refer to them as they write their own proposals. Some Winning Stories.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

If they refer a friend they can get their webinar discount or make it free if a specific number of their friends register. Hold a contest per reposting or re-tweeting your event. Do NOT schedule it for more than an hour. People lack attention span and time. Offer incentives to people buying tickets or spreading the word.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2006

Today, I received an email with a reference to hamburger meat and at first I thought it was more spam. program announcing their "grant contest" for local non-profit groups raising funds to positively impact their community in some way. Flickr photo by zen??? But soon realized it was from Hamburger Helper???s

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

While a gala may reference just about any type of festive celebration, it’s most often used to refer to more extravagant events that feature entertainment, hors d’oeuvres, meals, open bars, and auctions. Photo Contest Photo costs are incredibly diverse. You can sell entries with t-shirts to cut back on waste.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next? Great question. The winning story will be promoted through all of TechSoup’s channels.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

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 ! The winning story will be promoted through all of TechSoup’s channels. Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next? Great question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I also bookmark posts that reference the project using a unique project tag. The next iteration of a photo contest, LOL Seals. The first contest, they asked people to upload their photos and tag it themselves, which meant they had to create a Flickr account and know what “tagging” was. There is a web and Facebook version.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Principle among the appropriate metrics are number of supporters or fans recruited, number of comments on status updates, number of "likes" for status updates, number of visitors referred to the organization's website from Facebook, and number of Causes or Birthday Wishes created that benefit the nonprofit.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

He has 500 professional how-to and reference books in his office. “There weren’t many popular frames of reference for human consciousness back in 1979. And creative problem solving (from puzzles and caption contests to improve and every episode of MacGyver ever). Results were all that mattered. He loves clubs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Some creative work is crowdsourced in the form of creative or design contests while others are produced by interactive agencies that gather and vet online communities of designers, artists and producers to be part of a creative development process. How do you know which platform will work for you?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Enter TechSoup's Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. Dell's free e-book, Windows 8 for Dummies, Dell Pocket Edition , is a quick reference guide for getting started in the new operating system. We curated a list of the most useful Windows 8 apps for nonprofits and libraries. Got an idea for the next great Windows 8 app?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

I asked them if they would be willing to share any screen captures from some key reports (as suggested by Google Analytics Evangelist Kaushik) and what they learned: Key Report #1: Referring Search Terms From Search Engines The report that tells you which search phrases people are using to find your site tells you a lot about your users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

It also refers to the reach of your content/story - the process of spreading word-of-mouth referrals or sparking new and related conversation threads. Cautions against it not being a popularity contest, but the number grows because people get some value from part of an active, informative, and value-driven community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Contests can work too, the Crooks and Liars was mentioned. Current offers TV time; Sunlight Foundation and moveon.org ran contests for the best ads, with Sunlight offering cash prizes. It would be interesting to see some of the projects he refers to in the clip. Exposure can be a motivation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

Use Facebook to ask your folks for ideas for fundraisers, should we pick a day and everyone does their own thing like Red Nose Day , or should we have one event in person, maybe a lower key breakfast this year instead of a fancy dinner, or maybe a virtual event or contest? Don’t prescribe, listen and learn.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

We have a special contest give-away in store at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference: a free year-long subscription of Adobe Creative Cloud. Stop By and Visit Us — Booth 217. Washington DC, here we come! Submission Restrictions. (a) a) In General. Limit one submission per individual. b) Third Party Rights.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

states of Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont; the Canadian province of Québec; and in any and all jurisdictions where skill contest advertising promotions are prohibited or restricted by law. (b) Void States. This Challenge is void in the U.S. Submission Restrictions. (a) a) In General. Limit one submission per organization.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The secret of reality TV’s success is the viewer’s involvement with the ‘journey’ of the contestants. The format of the exhibition was extremely simple – forty ‘star’ paintings from Worcester City Museums’ collection were hung in a visually pleasing layout with no reference to date or theme.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

states of Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont; the Canadian province of Québec; and in any and all jurisdictions where skill contest advertising promotions are prohibited or restricted by law. (b) Void States. This Challenge is void in the U.S. Submission Restrictions. (a) a) In General. Limit one submission per organization.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

states of Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont; the Canadian province of Québec; and in any and all jurisdictions where skill contest advertising promotions are prohibited or restricted by law. (b) Void States. This Challenge is void in the U.S. Submission Restrictions. (a) a) In General. Limit one submission per organization.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2015

states of Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont; the Canadian province of Québec; and in any and all jurisdictions where skill contest advertising promotions are prohibited or restricted by law. (b) Void States. This Challenge is void in the U.S. Submission Restrictions. (a) a) In General. Limit one submission per organization.

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