Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

You may want to consider charging more for entry on weekends than on weekdays because people are more likely to have time off from work during the weekend and are therefore more inclined to attend events like this one. Organize a Pumpkin Carving Contest. Why not host a pumpkin carving contest? Plan a Costume 5k.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I've written a lot lately about contests ( Chase Community Giving and Pepsi Refresh ) here in the United States that are focused on "social media for social media." While Ennovent , a social enterprise, is very different from a major consumer brand in the US, I think we can learn a lot about the design of the contest. .

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Forum One

AUGUST 11, 2009

We have seen in recent years a growing prevalence of online contests. Here are three recent contest efforts that have impressed us. The final winner will soon be announced in a nail-biter end to the contest. The final winner will soon be announced in a nail-biter end to the contest. Forum One also works on this topic.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This feature is similar to hashtags but provides a location-based tag instead of a phrase-based tag. Submission contest. Take both of these ideas to the next level by gamifying them with a contest. Whether you work with an agency or not, remember that events can serve as so much more than a fundraising conduit.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This feature is similar to hashtags but provides a location-based tag instead of a phrase-based tag. Submission contest. Take both of these ideas to the next level by gamifying them with a contest. Whether you work with an agency or not, remember that events can serve as so much more than a fundraising conduit.

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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.) . For example.

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2009

contest in November, we asked everyone to take an online survey telling us some of the things they've done to reduce their IT energy use. We very much hope to continue to work closely with them. We're happy to announce our three randomly-selected contest winners: read more. Tags: GreenTech. In our Unpower Yourself!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Fundraising 10 Steps to Plan a Successful Membership Drive 9 min read Read Now 3 Membership Engagement Strategies That Boost Member Retention You worked hard to grow your member base. 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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CauseVox

AUGUST 23, 2023

From pumpkin carving contests to haunted houses, there are so many ways to embrace this new season with fresh ideas. Pumpkin Patch Create a charming pumpkin patch and offer fun activities like pumpkin carving contests, hayrides, and pumpkin painting. And always remember to acknowledge your volunteers’ hard work.

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TechImpact

MARCH 31, 2014

Maybe it is the work you do in exotic locations, or even just when you campaign downtown. Be sure to cite the original poster, and tag it with the #regram. selfie – Take a picture of your CEO being interviewed, or your social media manager takes a selfie with the staff working in the background, or something completely unique.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

Changents is hosting a contest with P&G Give Health calling for bloggers to share why they are clean water Change Agents. possibility to win $15,000 for your favorite charity that’s working in the front lines of the global water crisis. Tags: blogging campaigns africa bloggers campaign contest water.

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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. Happy scanning! Is your nonprofit already using QR codes?

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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? Ask visitors to vote for their favorite collection works and then spotlight a special exhibition or reel of “crowd-curated favorites”, . Now, go forth, work smarter not harder, and start encouraging those valuable visitor posts!

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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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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2010

The submission period for the 2010 Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest ends at midnight tonight (Pacific time). It's a great way to demonstrate your story and show how donations to nonprofits have a great impact on the good work you do (and can help encourage more of it!). This is it. We're down the wire.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2010

Adobe and TechSoup Global are delighted to announce that we are now taking submissions for the Show Your Impact Design Contest ! Even if you don't have a piece you want to submit, we encourage you to come visit the gallery to be inspired by the incredible work of other nonprofits and libraries like yours. Enter Show Your Impact today

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AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

Whether planning for a hybrid or virtual event, the smartest thing you can do as an event organizer is to be proactive in your planning and actively work engagement into your virtual events through features like gamification. The last thing you want to do is create a situation where your gamification has become additional work.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When used intentionally, social media can work well as an avenue for increasing. 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. Just like.

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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 ! David works for the Pierce Family Foundation , based in Chicago, and helps 7 NPOs with their tech needs. 2009 NTENny Spotlight: David Krumlauf.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Both have worked for homeless services agencies, ironically in the same type of work – fundraising and communications. And they both feel passionately about working with organizations and people to shine a light on homelessness, tell those stories, and help people. There is one key difference.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2009

Adobe and TechSoup are delighted to announce that we are now taking submissions for the Show Your Impact Design Contest ! Their campaign was to help improve the curb appeal of communities, move more homes from rentals to owner-occupied, and help improve the overall private and public investment in the communities in which they work.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Think about how many volunteer hours go into making your nonprofit work, and now imagine having to pay out those salaries! They want to do good work in their communities, and often the work itself is reward enough. They want to do good work in their communities, and often the work itself is reward enough.

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AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

The smartest thing you can do as an event organizer is to be proactive in your planning and actively work engagement into your virtual events through features like gamification. The last thing you want to do is create a situation where your gamification has become additional work. This idea works best on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

He worked at Cern or the UN at the time and everyone wanted to view his public FTP folder - after all it was the "secret" folder.). Twitter Lists and List Numbers As Popularity Contests. Tags: twitter. That's where I met Arthur Secret , the project coordinator of this web volunteer effort. (He

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Reflecting on the Community and the work being done in every corner of the world, we’ve tried to articulate some of the aspects that make the NetSquared Community so unique and also so powerful. Tags: community net tuesday reports case studies global netsquared nettuesday whitepaper. You can download the paper directly here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

I've been thinking a lot of those, mostly internal - personal improvement and professional goals for my work, blog, and professional learning. The Case Foundation has just launched the " Change Begins With Me " contest. Tags: promotion. how might you make a change in your community, neighborhood, or the world. What's your idea?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2010

World’s Best Presentation Contest 2010. Slideshare has run a regular contest, “The World’s Best Presentation,&# and this year is adding a nonprofit category. The contest is sponsored by 3M and there are some great prizes, including the 3M pocket projector and Macbook. Tags: storytelling.

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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. Microsoft has joined TechSoup for a similar partnership to highlight, promote, and award nonprofits and public libraries which have used Microsoft-donated products from TechSoup to work better. Stay tuned for more!

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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. Based on the data below the strategy worked. More than 8,000 tweets using the #give2max hash tag and trended status on Twitter throughout the day in DC.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. 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. Who maintains your social media campaigns? Book Tour ? ?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits and Businesses – Debra's latest post has a list of ten guiding principles for social media in our work – they aren't necessarily new, but they are incredibly important and true! "A Here are my top trends in sustainable social media (hat tip to Reuters)."

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Giant collaborative tweetups show we like to work together. This work might have seemed easy, but I assure you, being a museum social person is exhausting. The work is 24/7 and the pay can be 7/11. Museum staffers are constantly taking on more work, and getting praised for it, but not given raises.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

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. Might we start seeing tag called "NpTechUk" or a wiki for the UK Riders List? 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. Flickr Remix Photo Birthday Card Contest. Flickr Remix Photo Birthday Card Contest. It would work okay on a web site though, but it isn't embedded. The question, "How can I display photos in flickr on my web site?"

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0

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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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