Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is back and there are some great prizes in store for organizations with the most creative, compelling, and entertaining stories. However, before we can talk about prizes or even sending submissions, we need to cover how to create those digital stories.

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APRIL 16, 2013

. — Shari (@silsen) April 13, 2013. Share Your #npfail story by April 30th and you will have a chance to win a Microsoft Surface or other schwag from the Case Foundation that is sponsoring the contest. CALL TO ACTION: Place a Little Bet at Your Nonprofit and Share It (You could win a Microsoft Surface or Other Schwag).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Contest ends October 25, 2013, so start pitching! Now you might’ve added in a few more stats, maybe even a story or two about the clients you serve, but the fundamental mistake would’ve remained the same: you would’ve done the equivalent of asking someone you barely know to marry you. ABOUT THE #FIXMYPITCH CONTEST.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. Are you a nonprofit?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. The contest is hosted by YouTube, NTEN , and the marketing firm See3. Here are a few of them for 2013: Flatter is better.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

The 2013 Millennial Impact Report concluded that: "Millennials are highly selective about what organizations they follow in a crowded and noisy media landscape. Share personal stories by staff and volunteers on the ground. There are so many devices (mobile devices, tablets, laptops, etc.) Nearly half of respondents (48.8

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Heroic Stories Capture Nonprofit Audiences. Sachs also wrote Winning the Story Wars , a book about how nonprofits and other organizations for social good can use storytelling to capture an audience. Sachs advised organizations to look to ancient mythology when forming their stories. Image: Ginny Mies.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

In mid-October, oDesk held a programming contest for freelancers registered on the platform. Freelancer.com sent out this email to users in Russia: Freelancer is coming to Russia to hold a media event in the coming weeks and we want to hear your story! The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine.

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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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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

You can read my first Harvard Business School Review Blog post is about how nonprofits learn from failure. And, I’m sponsoring a little bet of a contest to get nonprofits to share their #npfail stories (details here ).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. Enter your story by 5:00 p.m.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2013

Over the past year, large corporate brands have embraced Facebook apps from companies like Wildfire (purchased by Google), Buddy Media , (now part of Salesforce) and WooBox, for things like coupons, sweepstakes, and contests. Red’s Get Well card was one of Best Friends’ most popular and most engaging posts in February 2013.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). It is a place for funders, and NGOs alike to find inspiring stories about tech use.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In their newly published slideshow report: Cloud: What Every Charity Leader Should Know 2013 Report , Lasa shares why cloud technologies are the way of the future for charitable organizations. Submit a video, photo, or another description sharing a creative way you share your heart to the CaringBridge Share Your Heart contest.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

We are surrounded by stories: our own story, the stories of our families and friends, and the stories of the work we do every day. These stories simply exist in our minds until we add language and share them with others. And, as we all know, a story you share with others has the power to change the world.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Proctorio was founded in 2013; some competing platforms like ExamSoft were around as early as 1998. Proctorio contests this — “If you have a student who needs accommodation. Proctorio is meant to help schools answer a newly urgent question: How do you catch cheaters when they’re taking an exam at home?

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 16, 2014

He felt great about the money they had raised in 2013 and knew that they could double their budget again in 2014. Being an Executive coach to nonprofit EDs, I hear this story literally every day. Create a contest to see who had the best news and give them a silly trophy or something—you get the idea.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Department of Interior management plan protecting 11 million acres of critical habitat for caribou, migrating birds, and other wildlife in northwest Alaska in 2013. "There was a time when you could send a press release and expect a reporter to follow up with you to do a thoughtful story. Contributors presented across the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Department of Interior management plan protecting 11 million acres of critical habitat for caribou, migrating birds, and other wildlife in northwest Alaska in 2013. "There was a time when you could send a press release and expect a reporter to follow up with you to do a thoughtful story. Contributors presented across the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

We’ve had multiple celebrations of the web in recent years: the 20 th anniversary of the first public web page in 2011 , another 20 th anniversary webpage anniversary in 2013 , and this month, the 25 th anniversary of the idea of the web. All the news stories I saw on this urged us to not confuse the web with the Internet.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Early is the time to plan a “babies of the Class of 2013 photoshoot.” If homecoming has a theme, you can source the stories, people, and photos that will convey it in an exciting manner. Run contests to encourage people to share pictures or publish posts. Will there be especially photogenic moments? Feature Online-Only Content.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. And creative problem solving (from puzzles and caption contests to improve and every episode of MacGyver ever).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. Stories that haunt me. Deadline for InterAction’s14th Annual Photo Contest is January 15. Back in 2011, I started collecting all the emails that nonprofits sent me during the month of December and reviewed what was in my inbox. We’ll Be There. following up.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Dustin Volz at The Wall Street Journal has the story: Most of the attempted intrusions haven’t been successful, and those who were targeted or compromised have been directly notified of the malicious activity, Microsoft said. Russian, Chinese and Iranian officials didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Microsoft said. “I

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