Nonprofits Source

JULY 25, 2023

Look for ambassadors among your: Major donors Staff and loyal volunteers Board members Event committee members Supporters with a large social media following Sponsors and local business connections Once you’ve identified prospective ambassadors, reach out to them with a personalized request to join your campaign. Let’s begin.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Incentivize engagement by hosting a giveaway or other fun contest just for new followers on your platform of choice. Make sure to mention the contest in your regular emails and newsletters so your entire mailing list will know about it. Volunteer opportunities. Just like. a multi-channel approach to fundraising. New blog posts.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2014

At the start of any workshop I lead related to virtual volunteering, I ask the audience, "How many of you are engaging with volunteers virtually?" Take for example the webinar I did recently for TechSoup's audience on the best assignments for online volunteers. And the numbers always change.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

"This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Tags: contest COP Social Media Web Sites Communications. A jealous Quinn is bitten with the spirit to serve as well when she learns that the two will be spending every Saturday for a month together at a senior citizen's facility. She convinces the rest of Glee to stage a show that they can all perform. OK, yeah, that's horrible.

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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. Time will tell, but the contest has given us a jump start on our social media strategy.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2009

The contest asks clients, donors, volunteers, and board members to write reviews of these nonprofits. This will help highly-rated nonprofits attract more support and volunteers.”. Contest Deadline: September 30th. Tags: challenge awards nonprofits pressrelease youth. About GreatNonprofits.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Organization Size: 125 exotic cats, 9 paid staff, 107 volunteers, 80,000 supporters. 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. Tags: Social Media The Book. Organization: Big Cat Rescue. Name: Carol Baskin. Title: CEO.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

Target the Right Businesses Start by identifying businesses within your networks where your nonprofit has a personal connection, whether it’s through a staff member, board member, planning committee member, or dedicated volunteer. Next, think about businesses that have a particularly vested interest in your event’s audience. Use social media.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Get creative this year and brainstorm ways you can engage your supporters with a fully virtual or hybrid event, contests, matching gifts, and challenges. Consider offering volunteer opportunities and other ways people can get involved with your cause. Tag donors in your posts to get your post in front of more people.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

Get creative this year and brainstorm ways you can engage your supporters with a fully virtual or hybrid event , contests, matching gifts, and challenges. Consider offering volunteer opportunities and other ways people can get involved with your cause. Tag donors in your posts to get your post in front of more people.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Virtual volunteering carries real benefits -- chicagotribune.com: "Jeanine Handley, a graphic designer, volunteers without ever leaving her house by designing materials for a nonprofit legal aid organization. Amy Bogl uses Facebook parties to help an organization that shelters homeless teens win a fundraising contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It notes, "Maybe the answer is an intermediary b/w tech and design volunteers and the non-profits they???re There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft. No problem, I dug into the NpTech + Digg tag archives and pulled out this terrific Beginner's Guide To Digg. re working with???something

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Care2

JULY 19, 2010

If your nonprofit has been contemplating entering online fundraising contests, check out the 2009 American Giving Challenge report released by the Case Foundation. Contest participants rated the following as most useful: Tags: Nonprofit Events Online Fundraising Volunteering. The challenge raised $2.1

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Speaking of volunteers, Wild Apricot ''s post, The Mission Driven Volunteer, discusses a new definition and new models of volunteering.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 9, 2010

If you’re unfamiliar with Biggest Loser, it’s a reality show where contestants lose weight. Tonight showed the contestants each working an 8-hour day for a week at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. That got me to thinking – how can you recruit volunteers to help thank donors?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

More importantly, is “People Talking About” motivating or encouraging “People To Take Action” or “People to Donate” or ” People to Volunteer” or “People to Call their Legislators” or “People To Stop Drinking Bottled Water”? Checking in at a place.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Speaking of volunteers, Wild Apricot ''s post, The Mission Driven Volunteer, discusses a new definition and new models of volunteering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

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. There were 44 followers that used the #floodofsupport hash tag or linked to the Crowdrise page or blog post.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Earlier this year, organizations submitted their best creative works to the Show Your Impact 2010 design contest, sponsored by Adobe and TechSoup. Tags: Multimedia & Graphics Running Your Organization Software Spotlight Training Volunteers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2009

I have 3 new posts up on WE tv's WE Volunteer blog : 60+ Network TV Shows Highlight Volunteerism Oct. I have 3 new posts up on WE tv's WE Volunteer blog : 60+ Network TV Shows Highlight Volunteerism Oct. Tags: linklove. Check it out at www.beextra.org/widget. Share your service hero story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Peter Deitz, from FOIK, also a nominated project, offers volunteer assistance to the other 149 projects in implementing personal fundraising campaigns. There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. Congrats to Avaaz.org for the winning video in the NTC Video Contest.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

" Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!) Tags: roundup bookmarks. The idea of a networked organization is fascinating to me and hinges, truly, on organizations taking a networked approach both IN and OUT of the organization's "walls."

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

These apps can give your volunteers, donors, and constituents an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the important work that you do. TechSoup's Ale Bezdikian tested out Vine during TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Contest. Ask any mobile expert and they'll tell you that camera apps are blazing hot right now. What's New.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I volunteered to be the Dance Librarian. It also enabled the WWW Virtual Library to scale in terms of server capacity and allow for a distributed network of volunteer librarians. I remember organizing a meet up for 25 of these volunteer web librarians (all guys) when they came to Cambridge, MA for Web Consortium Meeting.

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See3

OCTOBER 26, 2009

They have a program called Video Volunteers , which encourages YouTube video makers to make videos about nonprofit issues. But they just started to pick issues and create contests to encourage people to make videos on that issue. And go to Video Volunteers page and see if you can get YouTube video makers talking about your issues.

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2010

By and large, these are small organizations that frequently rely on volunteers and working boards to fill all roles the organization needs to staff. It only enters one social media contest a year. Tags: Community E-mail NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Communications. See Students for a Free Tibet and Darius Goes West.).

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Care2

MARCH 31, 2010

In this webinar presentation nonprofit campaigners will learn how to: * Grow your email list of supporters – including donors, volunteers and others who will help your nonprofit? Or to vote for you in a contest? Tags: Care2 Webinars. Drive a ton of “do-gooders&# to your website? Care2 101 Webinar Presentation.

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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. And, if watching funny videos on the Interwebs during work hours makes you feel guilty, you should volunteer for Mozilla Service Day. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Flickr : You’re probably already familiar with Flickr's features such as the ability to upload from anywhere, tag photos, create sets , and create or join groups. Check out the winners of SlideRocket's Nonprofit Presentation Contest for great examples. But are you aware of the extra tools available through Flickr Pro?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

Also, with Facebook fundraising you give up the opportunity to bring donors to your website, where they will have other ways to engage with your work, such as signing up for your newsletter, reading a compelling story, and browsing through volunteer opportunities. Host polls and contests to engage your audience. Again, not ideal.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Because data is powerful!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The free agents do it when and how they please, making them distinct from and more powerful than traditional volunteers. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. Corporations use these contests to engage potential customers. Tags: Conferences Free Agent.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here are some post-gala strategies to spark engagement : Relive the Memories, Fuel Excitement: Photo & Video Power Unleash the Photo Power: Tag, Share, & Contest Your Way to Engagement Capture the night’s essence through captivating photos and videos. Offer exciting prizes to incentivize participation.

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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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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Remind them to tag you, use the hashtag, and encourage their friends to participate in the movement, too! Consider asking your volunteers or most engaged supporters if they would be willing to lead crowdfunding campaigns. Consider asking your volunteers or most engaged supporters if they would be willing to lead crowdfunding campaigns.

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