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Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. It combines expert judging with popular vote, online strategy with good old fashion off line organizing, links objectives to a theory of change, and incorporates a fun and engaging way for people to learn about and take action on a timely community problem.

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How To Make Social Media Experiments Fun!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Arts Council of Silicon Valley Staff. I like to have fun experimenting and that’s just what I’m doing on my Facebook Page , a place for learning, and sharing insights about best practices in social media for networked nonprofits. I learn so much from the conversation threads and people sharing what they do.

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Using Social Media to Bring Museum Exhibits to Life

NetWits

million volunteers making things happen in the arts and cultural space. In order to sustain this type of impact tech savvy art museums, zoos, historical sites, botanical gardens and many other types of arts and cultural nonprofits understand that technology is key to sustaining their growth. Creating interesting contest.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. Participants may improve their painting abilities, try their hand at some knitting, or do whatever other sort of art they like without having to leave the comfort of their own home. 15) Brand design contests. 7) Shopping. 16) Hybrid costume party.

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59 Useful Mobile Apps & Online Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Vecteezy offers an excellent selection of free and low-cost vector art that can be used for multiple kinds of online content (event invitations, social media posts, blog graphics, etc. For nonprofit social media managers that work internationally, Dulingo’s design and gamification make it fun to learn the basics of a new language.

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Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

The eighth guest blogger in my have fun, do good series is Beth Terry. Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish: How I Have Fun, Do Good When I tell people about my project to live without buying any new plastic, they invariably want to know if it’s hard. But it’s also fun. We won the costume contest. Now that was fun!

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How Duolingo designed the new characters for its Project World

The Verge

Obviously Duolingo is a very gamified language learning app,” says Duolingo art director Greg Hartman. “We So the question was: How you make these everyday scenarios fun?”. With most cartoon characters, the design is informed by the character’s personality— triangles are dynamic, squares are solid, and circles are fun, for example.

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