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Turning Fundraising into a Game: Groupon, Zynga and Care2 do it, Why Don’t You?

NetWits

Team in Training has raised over $1 billion by rewarding the fundraising efforts of nearly half a million people. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes – In Stanley Cup-style, the top walker and team receive a trophy that they keep until next year. Understanding the Value of Team Captains. Increase Event Fundraising with Social Media.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Alternatively, you might combine a silent auction with a shop by allowing buyers to either purchase an item at a buy-it-now or have the item awarded to the highest bidder. You may place individual gamers head-to-head and compete against one another or set up a points system with teams. 15) Brand design contests. 20) Book club.

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Rally More Support for Your Cause: 3 Simple Ways to Add New Event Participants

NetWits

Focus on team captains. A recent survey of six national nonprofits found multi-year team captains raise two to three times more than new team captains and retain about 86 percent of their prior year’s revenue. Team captains are the lifeblood of fundraising events. Include a sample script of what to say to team members.

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Vote for the Winners of the 2014 DoGooder Video Awards!

NTEN

We’ve been working hard the past few days and are happy to share that we’ve narrowed down this year’s DoGooder Video Award submissions to a few special finalists! It was a difficult task, but the DoGooder Team have chosen the finalists- and now it’s up to the public to choose the winners!

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Pepsi Refresh Project: An Insider's View - Guest Post by Bonin Bough

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I've been writing about online contests that use social media and crowdsourcing techniques. As frequent readers of this blog know, many pitfalls of online contests have been discussed here. We’ve pledged to award more than $20 million to support innovative ideas that move communities forward.

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Activate Your Community with Contests and Challenges: CommBuild Chat Recap

Tech Soup

Using contests and challenges to engage communities was the topic of the July 17 edition of the weekly CommBuild chat. The chat, facilitated by by TechSoup online community manager, Michael DeLong, included helpful advice learned by participants who have run contests. Why hold a contest or challenge? Promote, promote, promote!

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20+ Exciting Golf Tournament Fundraising Ideas to Raise More

OneCause

We’ll start with our 10 favorites: Mulligans Donation Appeal Hole Sponsorship Hole-in-One Contest Putting Contest Helicopter Drop Pink Ball Contest Logo Accessories Drink Tickets Discounted Foursome Ticket Packages Once you’ve covered these, make to sure to explore the rest of our golf fundraising ideas , too.

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