Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

Spend time using the platform you choose, and familiarize yourself with their tech support so you’ll feel confident when the big day arrives.The best fundraiser ideas always start with the audience in mind. Which artists would your supporters be thrilled to see? You won’t land Harry Styles, but who might you be able to get?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

That's why TechSoup Global and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. We're proud to announce the winners of this contest: People's Choice : YumvY Cooking Companion by Sari Louis. We are very grateful for their support of the contest.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

When you get new followers or someone retweets you, take a moment to reach out to them directly with a mention to let them know how much you appreciate their support! One way to keep your followers engaged is to hold a weekly or bi weekly contest that entices users to interact with your page and other users following your page.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

That’s why we’ve pulled together a list of 19 easy fundraisers you can use in between major events to engage your supporters, build community, and—of course—raise some money. Pet Fundraisers Host events like dog walks, pet parades, dog washes, or pet costume contests and charge admission/entry fees.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2019

Nonprofit fundraising events can be a great opportunity to bring the support of donors, volunteers, and fundraisers together in real life to rally around your cause, whether it’s through a nationwide 5k or a local bowl-a-thon. Refer back to your goal and really think about what supporters might best fit your event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The past 18+ months have been challenging for the nonprofit sector, but golf tournaments have provided and continue to provide an opportunity to gather safely, raise crucial dollars, attract corporate support, and steward donors and sponsors. 4) Move Registration Online. 6) Live-Score the Tournament. 7) Communicate With Participants.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In celebration of the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest in partnership with NetSquared. The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest challenges anyone to design an app for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 that can make a positive difference. Here are some tips.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2019

That’s why when nonprofits encourage the act of social fundraising, they not only empower supporters to share their love of the cause, but they also leverage their vast personal networks to grow in so many ways. Social fundraising is when people (supporters, donors, evangelists, fundraisers, etc.) Craft your supporter’s journey.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

It is tempting to allow board members to skip fundraising, but this useful list is designed to give board members a wide range of tasks they can choose from to support the financial growth of your organization, and only a few involve directly asking for money. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2016

TechSoup covered tech topics this year from Microsoft Excel to working in the cloud. These were the top 10 TechSoup tech topics of 2016 (say that 10 times fast). Office 2016 is packed with new features for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook that are designed to improve teamwork and help support growing organizations.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Intuit , the company that produces the favorite accounting software QuickBooks and financial management software Quicken (and TechSoup donor partner) is running a contest for small businesses (and nonprofits) to win a total of $35,000 in products, cash and free advertising.

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NTEN

APRIL 17, 2009

She just provided a nice summary of her 501 Tech Club Triangle meeting notes in wiki format , so others can help add to and annotate them. In contest news, NTEN member organization ZeroDivide has launched a great contest that combines poetry, social media, and good causes: the ZD Technology Haiku Contest !

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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. Earthquake Aftermath in Jacmel Photos by Andrew Bigosinski, Director of Ciné Lekol. Here's more about their haiti platform.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2009

Some of you may be familiar with the ongoing Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Contest from this year and the last. Maybe your donated products helped your nonprofit upgrade to a new donor-database, create an interactive and engaging Web site, or develop effective outreach materials that helped reach new supporters and increase your impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2016

You may have an e-newsletter list that includes all donors and supporters, another list specifically for repeat donors, and another list for supporters who have not yet donated. Promote an online contest and offer free giveaways where signing up for your e-newsletter is required to enter. Not all email lists are the same.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Before I take you behind the scenes of our NTEN board fundraiser for Giving Tuesday , let me ask you to consider to a donation of any size to support NTEN and the Nonprofit Technology Conference Scholarship campaign. Donor Perfect is matching the next $3,000 that is donated). How is your organization leveraging Giving Tuesday?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests. Here several excellent recent posts written for nonprofits that want to use Instagram: Best Practices and Tips for Nonprofits by Nonprofit Tech for Good (2014). How To Convert Instagram Audience To Supporters (2014).

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Even if tech-savvy visitors do post, who’s to say that they will be sure to tag you? Host a selfie contest encouraging visitors to snap pics with their preferred objects or in their favorite spaces, . Here are some ideas on where to start with social media challenges: . Selfie stations .

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup Global has had a busy year so far with new ventures, exciting contests, and global recognition. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Contest is here!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

With doctors giving no hope that his eyesight would get any better, his parents were constantly worried about his education and ability to support himself. The surplus generated from the production units is plowed back into the system and supports the second arm — the rehabilitation centers. Arjun was born partially blind.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Using a TechSoup product not mentioned above for green tech? Special thanks to our amazing and generous donors: Interconnection , PC Rebuilders and Recyclers , and CDI Computers , who help TechSoup support nonprofits everywhere in meeting their technology needs.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Using a TechSoup product not mentioned above for green tech? Special thanks to our amazing and generous donors: Interconnection , PC Rebuilders and Recyclers , and CDI Computers , who help TechSoup support nonprofits everywhere in meeting their technology needs.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Read the full post, A Call for New Tech Ideas in 2014.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 22, 2020

For one, it’s often largely supporter-initiated! Educate supporters about the basics of Facebook fundraising. Educate supporters about the basics of Facebook fundraising. Unlike other online fundraising efforts, Facebook fundraising is largely supporter-led. tech-savvy tip to boost your virtual fundraising events.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Inspire ” video contest. Finally, in honor of today’s first #WomenInTech Community of Practice call, we raise our glasses to Emma Watson''s recent speech in support of the HeForShe Campaign. Read more posts on our blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Before I take you behind the scenes of our NTEN board fundraiser for Giving Tuesday , let me ask you to consider to a donation of any size to support NTEN and the Nonprofit Technology Conference Scholarship campaign. I’ve been on the board over a year and currently chair the Evaluation Committee. Is your board participating?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Organization Size: 125 exotic cats, 9 paid staff, 107 volunteers, 80,000 supporters. The Pay to Play schemes are what cause so much breeding, abuse and then abandonment, but the people paying for these photo ops and play sessions don’t know what they are supporting. Organization: Big Cat Rescue. Name: Carol Baskin. Title: CEO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

I don’t always share links as I find them, but because I use content curation to support curriculum development for my training work, I like to share collections that are organized so people can take an hour or so and get up to speed on a topic or to use if you are doing a training. Instagram Cheat Sheet.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Material on Storytelling and a contest from Tech Soup. Storymakers 2014 This webinar is part of a series of events supporting our Storymakers 2014 Contest , which is happening now through September 26, 2014. We encourage you to submit your video or a series of five photos here and follow #Storymakers2014 on Twitter.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. A Contest Built on City Data. Apps4Warsaw.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! I’m so honored by your support and really look forward to a chance at sharing all the work from this network of changemakers with those on this journey! Please support me by voting and commenting here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Engagement is the first step in building the relationship between your nonprofits’s supporters and the organization. Back in 2007, I got a little obsessed with ladders of engagement – a way to describe the different stages that supports go through in deepening their involvement with your organization.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. The Rhode Island 501 Tech Club is launching! Voting's open till Monday!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2017

The contest opens on September 5, and closes on October 31, 2017. Simply put, a good video or set of photos can make the difference and result in a donation or a supporter taking action on behalf of your nonprofit. And so, each time we do it, our Storymakers campaign gets bigger, better, and stronger. Storymakers 2017 is here!

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Supporters of your nonprofit have busy schedules, so you want to ensure your event offers them value that is worth their investment of time. . The Collaborative used virtual networking happy hours, gamification and contests, and attendee-to-attendee live chat to facilitate this. Be Mindful of Your Participants’ Time.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The goal of the project is to not simply host a contest, but "to help nonprofits think creatively about using technology to fulfill their missions, without having a fear of technology and by learning a new skill with an element of fun," says Susan Tenby, Director, Online Community and Social Media Team, TechSoup Global.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. On many levels, The Tech Virtual experiment was a success.

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