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New on SSIR: Can Giving Days Strengthen Your Community?

Amy Sample Ward

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities.

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Nonprofits and Instagram: The Ultimate Curated Collection of Best Practices, Examples, and Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests. Cheat Sheets and Tutorial To Coach Your Nonprofit CEO. Free Report: Simply Measured. Nonprofits That Get Instagram (2014) by Kerri Karvesti – an excellent Pinterest board of great examples.

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How To Put Social Fundraising On Steroids: Community Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas | A Guide for 2021

Qgiv

In our 2020 Navigating the Unknown Report , we found that over 50% of nonprofits pivoted to virtual events last year. Several even reported that virtual events helped them reach new donors and raise more donations than their previous in-person events did! Classes/Tutorials/Webinars. Simple Virtual Fundraising Ideas. Bingo Night.

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Your Top 10 Tech Topics

Tech Soup

Our five-part Photoshop for Nonprofits tutorial shows you how. Our Storymakers campaign offered storytelling how-to webinars and events, culminating in a contest to identify the very best nonprofit videos. Learn how to plan and implement QuickBooks, how to set up the chart of accounts , master coding and reporting , and more.

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TechSoup's Top 10 Tech Topics of 2016

Tech Soup

TechSoup organizes an annual event called Storymakers ; organizations from around the globe participate in a multimedia contest for a chance to win exciting prizes and learn how to effectively tell their story. We provide tutorials on video production processes and photo editing so you can tell your story like a pro.

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Best Tips to Rock your Online Presence

Care2

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Produce a monthly website and online engagement report of key metrics. Checklists or How-to Tutorial. What are the short-term and long-term goals and objectives? Who are the target audiences? What is your core message for the initiative? Lists Post (e.g.

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