Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I've been following the PepsiFresh contest since the launch in December, the largest social media for social good cause marketing effort put forth to date. Jeremiah Owyang has shared his initial analysis of Pepsi's Contest, summarizing the opportunity, risks, strengths, weaknesses, metrics, and impact. Tags: contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2010

Today, I stumbled across another reason why I'd like to blow up online contests that use "vote for me" or popularity to make funding decisions. If a contest or program does not lead with social outcomes and if big money is thrown on the table, it encourages social innovation of another kind. I initially thought it was a good idea.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

What channel do they spend the most time on? Once you’ve solidified your branding and marketing strategy , it’s time to promote your event on Instagram. 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.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 27, 2010

If you're a current Symentec Backup Exec customer (whether via TechSoup's donation programs or elsewhere), tell Symantec how your datacenter has taken advantage of the benefits of the tool — helping your organization save time, money, and the environment, with a reduced environmental footprint through a reduction in tape and disk use.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 25, 2023

Provide Training, Guidelines, And Resources With the right ambassadors on board, it’s time to get them ready to market your fundraising campaign or event. Create Ambassador Contests One of the main reasons ambassador fundraising and marketing is so successful is the element of competition. Let’s begin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In December, Pepsi topped that amount with its Pepsi Refresh, a contest offering $20 million in prizes and also launching this week.) .

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Ensure the influencer knows ahead of time what’s expected of them and how you’ll use their likeness. Influencers’ time is valuable, so you need to make your proposal worthwhile. This feature is similar to hashtags but provides a location-based tag instead of a phrase-based tag. Submission contest. Geofilters.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Ensure the influencer knows ahead of time what’s expected of them and how you’ll use their likeness. Influencers’ time is valuable, so you need to make your proposal worthwhile. This feature is similar to hashtags but provides a location-based tag instead of a phrase-based tag. Submission contest. Geofilters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2010

Congrats to Megha Bhagat , Winner of HP Laptop/Printer Bundle Contest that I ran on my blog last month. To enter the contest, readers had to share their " Theory of Change." Megha is a passionate human rights advocate in India and also lawyer. Tags: contest india. Her blog is here. Megha Bhagat. meghabhagat@nls.ac.in.

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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. Tags: Finances Fundraising Grants for Technology.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2010

There have been a LOT of nonprofit contests going on lately. Seems like everyday I get asked online to “vote&# for some organization in one contest or another. But are these contests worth it? I’ve even heard a few nonprofits complaining that some contests aren’t set up very fairly.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

That’s a little over two workdays a week—plenty of time to interact with your organization. Thanks to social media, spending quality time with your members doesn’t always have to happen face to face. Challenge your members to a photo contest, and require that all entries use the same branded hashtag. Looking for an easy win?

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NTEN

APRIL 14, 2009

We're glad to see member organization ZeroDivide shares our appreciation and is deploying it for educational and rewarding purposes: The ZD Technology Haiku Contest! Tags: contest haiku NPTech social media zerodivide. Vote for your favorite from Monday, April 27 - Thursday, April 30. Winners will be announced on Friday, May 1.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2010

If you're not familiar with this contest and you want to jumpstart your creative inspiration, check out last year's winners. Stay tuned for details on an upcoming free webinar on creating successful marketing campaigns featuring Asthma Free School Zone , whose Idle-Free NYC campaign was a runner-up in the 2009 Show Your Impact 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. The time invested in careful preparation not only ensures a smoothly run event but also maximizes the fundraising potential, leaving both organizers and attendees with a sense of accomplishment and delight.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Before I show you some easy ways to generate QR codes, here are some examples of how nonprofits are using them: Be Rare Contest, South Carolina Aquarium. They created the Be Rare Contest , which used QR codes as the focus of a city-wide scavenger hunt. Creating a QR Code. You can also add a “ qr&# after any bit.ly Happy scanning!

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2010

Each time, I walked past a gallery set up for AED. 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! . Tags: Getting Attention nancy schwartz NPTech NTEN tagline Communications. Say no more.

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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

MARCH 2, 2009

It's that time of year again! What time, you ask? Well, time to get out your most awesomely-designed (yes, I did type MOST awesomely-designed) campaign materials and enter the 2009 Adobe Show Your Impact Nonprofit Design Contest ! If you're not familiar with this cool contest, check out last year's winners.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2010

If you haven't heard the buzz, the 2010 Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest is on. Contest winners will receive a $1,000 cash grant plus their choice of one of Adobe's CS5 Premium software packages. Tags: Event Multimedia & Graphics Software Web Building.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2010

The submission period for the 2010 Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest ends at midnight tonight (Pacific time). Tags: Event Multimedia & Graphics Software. This is it. We're down the wire. Check out the current submissions , see last year's winners , and ENTER NOW before the clock winds down.

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NTEN

APRIL 17, 2009

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 ! Tags: community buzz NPTech nten members. They're going to be at the NTC , so can meet them at the Science Fair !

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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 . Communicative channels .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Are they paid, full-time, part-time? We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. Chris Poole is our full time Videographer and Media Producer. In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Without the help of volunteers’ donated time, many nonprofits simply couldn’t function. In fact, the value of volunteer hours is at an all-time high, according to a recent report by Independent Sector. They give their time freely, often with no expectation of recognition or attention.

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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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AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

Gamification has been a growing trend in events for some time. You can monitor body language and real-time reactions and make adjustments if necessary. 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. Choose Incentives.

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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 ! Tags: Marketing Multimedia & Graphics Online Activism Running Your Organization Software Web Building. Which designs do you like best? You tell us!

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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. Social media has been all the rage for some time now. 1,200 Participating nonprofits. 17,838 individual donations. 1,886,434 dollars raised.

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AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

Gamification has been a growing trend in events for some time. You can monitor body language and real-time reactions and make adjustments if necessary. 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. Choose Incentives.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

" AGC Coversational Case Studies: Students for a Free Tibet: A mindful social media strategy for campaigns or contests – Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are evaluating the second America's Giving Challenge and are sharing case studies from the winners. Here are my top trends in sustainable social media (hat tip to Reuters)."

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Tips for a Successful #GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement that promotes community engagement and giving back. Pro Tip: Write out your emails and social media posts ahead of time and schedule them to be sent out ( check out these free social media scheduling tools ).

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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. Five Hot Conversations. The proposed call agenda is here.

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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. Flickr Remix Photo Birthday Card Contest. Flickr Remix Photo Birthday Card Contest.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Tips for a Successful #GivingTuesday 2021. Pro Tip: Write out your emails and social media posts ahead of time and schedule them to be sent out ( check out these free social media scheduling tools ). Planning your posts ahead of time will relieve you of stress closer to the date.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

This weekend, I got to spend some time at a beautiful conference center on Falling Leaf Lake with 140 grassroots environmental organizations, all grantees of Patagonia, at the Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference. Instagram Contests and Hashtags. Have you used a contest? It was called the Keep ‘Em Wet campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV. The rules were simple, the winner who got the most retweets of a unique tag won. Jessica shares how she helped in the contest. . Tags: sxsw. He doesn't give up.

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