Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The realization that another organization was using a tool, seeing another group’s profile on any given platform, or hearing a colleague at another organization mention something we hadn’t heard before were all causes enough to compel us to register, download, or log in. Digital Tactics. Social Tactics.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

As my colleague Ale noted in her post a few days ago, the 2014 digital storytelling contest and event series (now called Storymakers ) has arrived! All of these events lead to the open challenge ( starting August 26 ) to submit your organization's or cause's digital story to be among the contenders for $13,000 in cash prizes and more.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Do you think your organization, or cause should be represented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland? The winner will have access to a "special panel" at the Forum to talk about their cause. Make your pitch in a YouTube video by January 4, 2010. Speak clearly and from the heart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. NpTech Community.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. They are a great, and fun, mechanism for bringing together people who are passionate about a cause and connecting them to opportunities to enhance civil society, create social change, and have a real-world impact.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! gotomeeting.com/register/352609216 Kovida.IS

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

I personally really like any activism that includes individual expression like this (like www.sorryeverybody.com ) If someone gets out the crayons and makes a sign, they are definitely engaged in your cause. Just last week, Lee Romeo, posted something over a Netsquared about a similar use of flickr - people holding signs.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

You can use the points you collected to contribute to a charity cause. Depending on your resources and budget, adding a gaming element to your organization's campaigns could be as simple as a social media contest or as elaborate as developing your own game-like app.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

We recently polled our TechSoup employees and NetSquared community on what they see as looming large in 2015. " And then there's the personal causes funding service, Go Fund Me. Every now and then, we like to predict what's on the tech horizon. What they said may surprise you. No Internet of Things (IoT) or big data.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

In this medium, openness, responsiveness, and inquisitiveness serve your cause well. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Amy Sample Ward , filling in for Britt Bravo, writes about several awards and competitions including the UK Catalyst Awards and Simon Fairway's pointer to the digital makeover contest. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Be A Celebrity for Your Cause Katya Andresen from Network for Good has been busy working on the launch of the SixDegrees.org site with Kevin Bacon. Film Contest - " Film Your Issue " from Yahoo and other sponsors. Change the World!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

What are the best practices for using a YouTube Nonprofit Channel to promote your cause? The five top nominees are Causes, DonorsChoose, ZeroFootprint, Kiva, and OneLaptop Per Child. Do contests and competitions help build social capital and nonprofit fund raising or inspire burnout? There is a category for Changing the World.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Contests can work too, the Crooks and Liars was mentioned. Current offers TV time; Sunlight Foundation and moveon.org ran contests for the best ads, with Sunlight offering cash prizes. I've never donated to a cause after watching a video online, I don't think-other than political campaigns, I've ever been asked.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

As if you don't get enough of my holding forth here, Marshall Kirkpatrick interviewed me the other day for Techsoup's Netsquared project, and posted it here. But the posting is most noteworthy for the accompanying photo of me playing my fiddle at the Speedy Tolliver fiddle contest in Arlington VA a couple years back.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * The **NetSquared Victoria** team has been investigating [tools for online collaboration]([link] Check out the storify! * John Kaama Primary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Nancy Schwartz has a terrific post about getting your audience to spread the word about your cause.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away US$7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera (but don't be afraid to start with the cell phone in your pocket!). NetSquared groups are holding free events all month. Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 2016. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. How have social networking tools helped spread the word about your cause? How has your blog connected you with people to help with your cause?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

It lets you tap into a stream of people who care and may be committed to your organization, cause, program, or subject area. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest. Netsquared Conference Mashup Panel. My experiment with user-generated content is here. Who Is Sick? Full Stop Campaign.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

They need to know that you are aware of all players’ opinions and then they will take your cause or point of view more seriously than if you completely ignore the issue. Instead, if your organization has one particular cause that deserves one larger group of followers, a more “PR” motivated twitter account could make sense.

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