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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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What is Lethal Generosity?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Also in 2008, Daily Bread Food Bank , a local organization, announced that contributions had been sparse and unless something changed, homeless people would go hungry. Several Twitter social change users started to urge others in the community to do something. Take for example contests. Refining the Definition.

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A Few Reflections from SXSW Crowdsourcing Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people. Our hope is that you'll get mad enough to do something," its Website reads.

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How to structure your nonprofit social media plan

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What’s Your Audience Interested in? When planning content for your social media platforms, think first about your audience. Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans. It just takes knowing your audience. What are they interested in? Children?

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No Tricks, All Treats: 18 Spooktacular Halloween Fundraising Ideas

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Ghost story contest. If you’re lacking a good collection of horror stories to tell, send a call out to your imaginative supporters to send in their scariest stories for a ghost story contest fundraiser. Halloween decorating contest. Homeowners can submit photos of their homes to be entered into the contest.

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

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A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . So, getting your story in the news is still a worthwhile strategy, particularly if your nonprofit is young and needs a bigger audience. But how do you land a news story?

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The Evolution of NPTech: Keynote and slides

Amy Sample Ward

The tactics are created based on those limited moving parts – overall strategy and goal, the audience and the content. The difference, like with communications, is that when you launch a crowd-sourcing contest or campaign, you are trying to get ideas or submissions from the network, the crowd – from people or organizations you don’t know.

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