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Event Fundraising Contests That Will Blow Your Mind!!

NetWits

We’ve touched on task-based event fundraising contest here before, but because this way of motivating your supporters is so effective we thought it was time to0 revisit the topic in more details. If we create contests to encourage these behaviors in all fundraisers, it can help raise incremental revenue. Belong to a team.

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Selfies for Good?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I asked this question on my Facebook brand page, and here’s what I learned: The New York Public Library Photo Booth. The New York Public Library is using selfies as part of its social media initiative to engage library patrons. Flickr Photo - NYPL Photo Booth. Family is Familia.

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. There have been many remixes of online contests since the Giving Challenge, so many that I can't quite remember all of them.

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

We love the New York Public Library’s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. Or host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have your own tip jars for people to support their favorite competitors in the form of donations.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

Tech Soup

Among the plethora of news stories on this, I recommend Der Spiegel’s frank interview with Berners-Lee. NPTech Contests and Awards. Charity Digital News in the UK just announced that the Digital Leaders 100 competition in the UK is now open to nominations. Digital Leaders 100 Nominations. The Big Picture.

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Charities Cry Foul on Chase Facebook Charitable Giving Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities. Here's what Stephanie Strom, New York Times reported: JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities.

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

So if you treat all your actions as if I wouldn’t want this on Twitter, or the front page of “The New York Times,” then that’s a pretty good way to behave in life. . It could be, you know, my mom had cancer that’s why I’m doing this volunteer work for the cancer organization. .

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