Tech Soup

MARCH 2, 2009

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. See contest details for specific eligibility requirements).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Shel tells the story of the holiday season 2008, when the city of Toronto Transit Authority canceled its New Year's eve free-ride transportation due to budget pressures. Contests/Challenges: Directly involve stakeholders in social change project or program. Take for example contests.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Dig out that camcorder 'cause Quantum Shift TV has launched a video contest with social impact for students in the U.S. School Video Contest. The second, reporting on the project's execution and results, is due by March 31, 2008. contest video online education youth service learning Share the Story! by December 15, 2007.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

User-Generated Flickr Birthday Card Contest: For my 50th birthday, held a contest where friends got to remix embarrassing photos of me into a 50th Birthday Card on Flickr. Beth's 51st Birthday : This was part of an overall campaign for the America's Giving Challenge in 2008 for the Sharing Foundation that raised over $50,000.

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AUGUST 1, 2007

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment University Update – YouTube – Change the Debate in 2008 [.] Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Sign the petition here. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2010

between 2008 and 2009, according to the 2010 e-Benchmark study , though the report did note that online revenue for half of the nonprofits included in the study either held steady with 2008 or declined. What’s the ROI of Online Voting and Fundraising Contests? This decline was driven by a drop in the average gift size.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest and I donated 50 bucks to his cause. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest (details to be announced in early 2008), I caught this post. Alan Levine, AKA cogdog blog, is running a marathon to help support a cause he cares about - juvenile diabetes. Last year, Alan won the Beth 5.0

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JANUARY 14, 2008

Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment fran Hey Michael Hoffman- for us, you are the one and only, the authentic, the essential, the amazing, the loving, the best, the brilliant Michael HOffman there is… F and B 19 Jan 2008 JackieSee3 Well, now you have other Michael Hoffman’s trying to catch your Michael Hoffman fire.

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Kaggle Blog

APRIL 20, 2020

In 2009 and 2010, I participated the UCSD/FICO data mining contests. After the first 10 testing submissions, I realised that there was a concept drift happening between 2007 and 2008. Also, on the information page of the contest, it states that “In Australia, success rates have fallen to 20–25 per cent…”. In total 352 features.

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MARCH 13, 2008

We’re launching an ad contest: “Obama in 30 Seconds.&# Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? They are inviting the public to make a spot and then the winner will get a national airing of their spot as well as $20,000 in video equipment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. at 1:19 pm ToTehMoon Blog Part » OpenOffice.org Big Winner in SourceForge Contest 07.29.08 at 9:04 pm I agree with your assessment.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

You may remember " Children Need a Bailout " from 2009, or " Breathe In, Breathe Out ," from 2008. Everything you need to know about the contest: This year's contest is a bit different than before, but the concept is still the same: we're celebrating and recognizing the best in nonprofit video!

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The idea was that thefederal agency would work with Care2 to build support for the International Year of the Reef 2008. October 7, 2008 | Paul Greenberg Copyright © 2008, Care2.com October 7, 2008 | Paul Greenberg Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Great work. All rights reserved.

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JUNE 29, 2009

It's the third season for this Barcelona and Switzerland-based organization's digital divide photo contest, and you're invited to participate. Read full contest details here , and you can see the 2008 photos here. Tags: contest digital divide nonprofit technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

My first ladder of engagement was developed for the America’s Giving Challenge contest that I won in 2008 - it was a framework that used the “community manager” or “network weaver” as the human face to connect with people and bring them to the next level of involvement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

Photo by Dietrich of Joey Chestnut, Winner of the 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in 2008. Wendy Harman from the Red Cross wished me a Happy Fourth of July with a Joey Chestnut reference which reminded of a post I wrote almost a year ago. Let me explain.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2010

Online fundraising, something I spend a large percentage of my work week thinking about, accounted for just 2% of total fundraising in 2008. That's why we're excited to see a fantastic new contest out there: the Paperless Choice Challenge. . But direct mail has one big problem: it's not so good for trees.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

And that essentially would boil down to a big old pissing contest. (“Yes! Other nonprofits, nonprofit webmasters/marketing staff in particular are the only people I can imagine going after these numbers. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies. August, 2008 Using Twitter and other channels, I raised $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0 The experiment was to test Twitter's speed.

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JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The theme of this year’s contest is From the Ground Up: Using Technology to Engage Constituents and Make the World a Better Place. The finalists will be shown on www.DoGooder.tv

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

It may be easy for big groups, with photogenic interests -- like the National Wildlife Federation's Wildlife Habitat program or The Nature Conservancy's nature picture contest -- to use something like Flickr, but you're too small? What's that you say? Balderdash! Take a look at what the Learning Community is doing. Or the Women's Museum.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2012

Evergreen and International Rivers were runners-up in the 2008 Show Your Impact contest. Roadmap for Creating a Successful Marketing Campaign where Lea Anne Armstrong of Everygreen, a Canadian nonprofit, talks about her organization’s successful use of Adobe products.

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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 The challenge raised $2.1

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2009

webinar, Roadmap to Creating Successful Marketing Campaigns , which looked at one of the runners-up from the 2008 Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest. Earlier today we wrapped up the latest TechSoup Talks!

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

12 organizations are in the running to win $100,000 to amplify their message during the 2008 election. You can pick up a button or badge (like the one above) on the Peace Primary site to promote the contest on your blog, web site or email. The Plougshares Fund is celebrating its 25th anniversary by sponsoring the Peace Primary.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

If you go back to 2008 to 2009, the overwhelming majority of dollars spent on oDesk were technical in nature,” he said. “I In mid-October, oDesk held a programming contest for freelancers registered on the platform. Of those 350 freelancers I’d guess we have between 40 and 50 countries represented.”.

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Forum One

MARCH 15, 2010

The report cites a number of examples of successful contests, including from DARPA, Energy Department, EPA, and the U.S. At a Forum One's Web Executive Seminar in 2008, Jeremy Ames of EPA spoke about federal government prizes in the 1920s (including for the design of Memorial Bridge over the Potomac). State Department.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Submit your idea for a mashup with social impact by MARCH 14, 2008 at 5 PM PST. Submission forms are available at [link] As you know, I do the weekly roundup of NpTech for NetSquared and they've just asked me to work on another project related to this MashUp contest - to pull together a resource list.

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MARCH 7, 2008

Which is worse I wonder… 7 Mar 2008 juxtaposed I am not sure which language’s grammar rules you are using, but they are not those of any written English Language. 7 Mar 2008 daniel hartman 297 10 Mar 2008 Holly De Ruyter One more of me. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2008

14 Feb 2008 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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JANUARY 21, 2008

21 Jan 2008 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? It’s a dumb question because I know you can. Very much appreciate your help!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

While " Tweet and Meet " events, called "Tweet Ups," were popular with Twitter users in 2008, "Tweet-Meet-Donate" events became more and more common in 2009. Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water in 24 hours through self-organized volunteer events in 200 cities around the world.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

Knowing what you do now, what tips do you have for any nonprofit interested in holding a similar contest? Make sure you have clear processes and designate one person to communicate with the contest entrants and winners. March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Knowing what you do now, what tips do you have for any nonprofit interested in holding a similar contest? Make sure you have clear processes and designate one person to communicate with the contest entrants and winners. March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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See3

JANUARY 23, 2008

They have had video contests, and have made lots of 30-second spots. In the video he even points down to the donation form from his YouTube box, asking the viewer to donate right now to kick of the 2008 campaign activities. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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