Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. We didn’t have much time to respond to the Pepsi Refresh challenge.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2009

Now that submissions have been closed for this year's Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest , it's time to give your two cents and vote for your favorite submissions ! Environmental Impact: Other Media (for example, a Web site design or video submission). Register on the site and review the submissions in the Gallery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

I've had time offline, with family, and just relaxing. It's also that time of year when you think about setting personal goals or making resolutions for change. The Case Foundation has just launched the " Change Begins With Me " contest. Tags: promotion. This past week has been about the lightest blogging week ever.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Screenshot of a poll from Philanthropy 2173 Still time to register your opinion! NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. tools in their web sites. Five Hot Conversations.

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MARCH 18, 2009

Our staff comes from various companies - such as Razorfish, Time Inc., " The Razoo March Goodness Contest - $16,500 in Grants to Non-profits and Prizes for Fundraisers - Razoo.com is currently running a Fundraising Contest, called March Madness, where non-profits stand to win $16,000.00 Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2007

Click to Flickr Photos Tagged with 07ntc in A Slide Show Presentation. I got asked this question several times during various presentations/panels at I was on at the NTC, including the Flickr Affnity Group session on Wednesday. The question, "How can I display photos in flickr on my web site?"

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JUNE 21, 2023

Unlike on-site signage or a logo in the event’s printed program (which also have value), digital sponsorships provide impressions before, during, and after the event. Give sponsor shoutouts (be sure to tag their accounts) on all your social channels for additional sponsor visibility and engagement. Use social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The social strategy includes the widget above that can be customized to show the charity and be shared on different social networking sites or blogs. My Dirty Life & Times. Here's my contest. Tags: contest. Visit the You Tube channel and share a video on How you will Create Change in FY10. Fine Blog .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. " I agree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The holidays are in full swing, and in between the last minute shopping, out-of-town guests, and end-of-year nonprofit campaigns, most of us are trying to fit in as much time as possible to make a positive impact in our own way. Tags: 09ntc nten. So what are you waiting for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. What does web site stickiness mean in the context of Web2.0? Seb Chan, of the Fresh + New Blog, raises an interesting question about web site stickness in a web2.0 For others, the concept of ???public

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We're at it again in 2010, this time with more YouTube -y goodness! The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation, to the best videos of the year found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program —a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This was also about the same time as the flood in Nashville. 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. All are captured here ). Technology.

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JUNE 29, 2009

If you're one of the lucky ones taking some vacation time to get out and about this summer, the folks at iwith.org have an assignment for you: Take your camera and shoot some pics that demonstrate the digital divide. Read full contest details here , and you can see the 2008 photos here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

An extension is actually good thing, gives us more time to look at all those projects! Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. "Put it this way, if you have a quote from Bill Clinton on your site, you are probably not hurting for publicity!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I put the call out for some case studies and Carie Lewis, the HSUS, Social Media Rock Star, took the time to share her story about the success and challenges of LOLseal s. What was the LOLseals Photo Caption Contest ? We provided the photos and an easy way to caption them - so it didn't take a lot of time to participate and it was fun.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Learning takes time, but it’s something that you can start to pick up very quickly and with daily or weekly work you’ll become effective in no time at all. Twitter search is your best friend for finding out what’s going on in the real time conversation world of microblogging. The internet’s popularity contest at your fingertips.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2014

This time: Yes: 58% No: 42%. The term "virtual volunteering" is a contested term. Some people define oh-so-strictly: remote volunteers who never come on-site at an organization, and all of their service is conducted online. The results: Yes: 32% No: 68%.

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MAY 25, 2010

On the other hand, small organizations often lack the thing social media does require, and requires a lot of: time. When you have to prepare the annual budget, oversee the programs, and write the grants, the investment of time required to make social media work seems unrealistic. It only enters one social media contest a year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

The Nature Conservancy has used Flickr Group to host a photo contest on its Web site. We have long known that our members were passionate about photography, and one of their strongest ties to the organization was through the photography that we use on our web site and in our publications. Keep them engaged. Any gotchas?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

With that said, it is difficult to make time for learning when you have a big, hairy to do list breathing facing you or in this case when grief is involved. 95% of donations were made online through the Razoo site, with 5% via mobile app. I used simple measurement tools to collect data and further analyzed it in Excel spreadsheets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Microtasks could be tagging hundreds of images or cleaning up hundreds of database entries. 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.

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CauseVox

MAY 3, 2021

And while many aspects translate seamlessly, one of the questions we hear time and time again is: “How do I get sponsors for my virtual event?”. Now it’s time to get to the good stuff: what types of benefits can you offer to your sponsors? Create opportunities for one on one time with attendees. Here are some ideas.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

Facebook fundraising tools are designed to keep people on the site rather than send them to a crowdfunding platform or other website. For most organizations, this represents a significant number of prospects, especially organizations that invest time creating and sharing compelling Facebook content, building a large following.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

There are third-party developers who sell apps for business purposes, some offer freebies: Wildfire , Parachure , Involver , Buddy Media , and Tab Site. Sweepstakes Applet: If you considering running a contest, GOSO’s Sweepstakes applet makes it easy to manage. Twitter: There are two different apps to integrate Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

At the same time, its assets have grown from $120 million to about $600 million, after giving away $500 million. “To This is the first time the foundation has asked for broad and direct public input in its grants process. This is not a time for faint-hearted suggestions, it’s a time to think big,” Stamm said. “We

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The online contest they ran recently , hiding pieces of their new album cover on different sites around the Internet, ought to give you some ideas. It's only a matter of time before the robots can beat us at ping pong. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Know somebody who texts while driving?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

tags: blogs facebook ). Now say that five times fast! They use social media to achieve goals of increased transparency and increased donations of blood, time, and money. They spend time reading other posts by the blogger to help make this decision. The Red Cross has overcome these hurdles. In that order.

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

It's that time again. Voting ends this Friday, October 16, so time is short. We will also name the winner of the webinar series storytelling contest. They come to our sites looking to "buy" one thing when we wish to "sell" them something else. Tags: Communication Events Strategy. You just click the stars to vote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

I've had some posts in pipeline following up on social media metrics and the Chase Community Giving Contest second phase, but wanted to share these two stories from Haiti from on the ground and a bird's eye view. Tags: maps. Earthquake Aftermath in Jacmel Photos by Andrew Bigosinski, Director of Ciné Lekol. Crisis Camps.

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

Can you edit the videos your supporters created for your video contest into something entirely new? How much of the New York Times technology blog can you quote on your own site? Tags: 09NTC brian_rowe creative commons ip NPTech NTEN. There's more content than ever before -- and more confusion about how we can use it.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Even non- conspiracy theorists would likely have a hard time summoning up "transparent" as one of the top three adjectives to describe our government. Since transparency is only one leg of the stool, San Francisco also sponsored an app development contest to get people involved in using the data for the public good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

With his site, WeAreVisible , he is helping homeless people gain the social media skills to connect with others and help them improve their situation. Some times free agents go on to form their own nonprofits like Amanda Rose and Manny Hernandez. Tags: Free Agent. They are adept at relationship building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

It will be easier to ask many times if your site is focused on the topic of philanthropy or related to the mission of the charity you are raising funds to support. Gayle Roberts made the point, " tags about the links between people are equally if not more valuable than tags about people."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

The importance of monitoring in real time and demonstrating what's working through active listening and continually taking the temperature. Traffic: Suggests partnering with the web team and using analytics software to track the referrals of unique visitors to site from a site.

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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. Tag @Techsoup and use #TechedUp and #17NTC. Tag @Techsoup and use #TechedUp and #17NTC. and March 27, 2017 at noon Eastern time. Stop By and Visit Us — Booth 217.

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