Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right | Beth’s Blog – "The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

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. So, what’s different about this contest than other online contests?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Read the post below or visit SSIR to read and comment with that community. A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up. Slightly more than a third (34%) gave as a result of a workplace fundraising 52% drive.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! Thank you to those who have already voted or commented! Please support me by voting and commenting here. An journey like this opens doors to new partnerships, relationships, and networks in a unique way. Like I said, I cannot wait!

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 5, 2024

The judges also determined the rules of the granting process in Fearless Foundation’s “Fearless Strivers Grant Contest,” constituted a contract and were therefore subject to anti racial-discrimination statutes found in 42 U.S. In declarations filed with the court, all three asserted they “meet the nonracial requirements for the contest.”

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Kintera opens a Developers Challenge. Developers who code solutions that integrate with Kintera using their open API platform, Connect , can win $15,000 or $5,000 (not the $25 K their big logo seems to suggest – that’s just the total they will award.) When will people learn that to be open, you need to really be open ?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

According to Federighi, the lack of sideloading is what separates Apple’s relatively low rate of malware on iOS from the “5 million Android attacks per month,” and that if Apple were forced to let users install their own apps, “the floodgates are open for malware.”.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Submissions will be open through the end of day next Tuesday, December 22, and like it says on the page, it’s as easy as 1 – 2 – 3 to get involved: Nominate your hero. Share the contest with your peers and increase your odds of winning each time you use the hashtag #nphero on Twitter. So what are you waiting for?

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Final program is selected through a combination open voting and secret SXSW staff magic. I’m sure there are plenty of other folks suggesting sessions … make sure to let us know in the comments. That mean’s is WE NEED YOUR VOTES ! Uhmm, I should be more specific. We need you thumbs UP vote. When Social Good Goes Bad.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

Silos Culture Inside the Walls of Nonprofits Prevent Effective Social Media Use - Beth Kanter's post about internal silos in nonprofits reminds me of a post and the ensuing conversation that happened in the comments on my blog about a month ago. " Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2013

About a year ago, Facebook began rolling out a series of important changes, most notably the launch of Facebook Open Graph , designed to empower app developers (like us here at ActionSprout ) to create tools to help brands and organizations get more out of Facebook. Promote It With A Wall Post. Cute dog photo: check. Happy Endings for All.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Put one of your pitches in the comments and/or tweet it using #FixMyPitch. Contest ends October 25, 2013, so start pitching! This thinking harkens back to a time when three martini lunches were the norm, women wore pantyhose to work every day, and deals were opened and closed in a single elevator ride. Guest post by Erica Mills.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

Foundations are beginning to open themselves up as never before, and we want to be a leader in that movement.”. All content of the forum will be public, with comments and feedback on ideas welcomed, Forbes said. “We Ideas can be submitted and commented on until July 13, 2010. We want Oregonians to get engaged with us.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Submissions will be open through the end of day next Tuesday, December 22, and like it says on the page, it’s as easy as 1 – 2 – 3 to get involved: Nominate your hero. Share the contest with your peers and increase your odds of winning each time you use the hashtag #nphero on Twitter. So what are you waiting for?

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Non Profit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I obviously can’t comment on what our defense is going to be, but we are going to contest this vigorously.” NPQ contacted X Corp and an attorney representing X Corp in this lawsuit for comment; neither replied. Even in its legal claims against CCDH, X Corp is opening the door to targeting other organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Hoping someone can update the final results in the comments). Judy Chang presented an overview of PayPal’s contests, including its Regift the Fruitcake. ( I also learned about their giving app ). We opened with a question about what we thought were the most innovative approaches in contests.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

The next Knight News Challenge: Health opened August 19, with an "inspiration phase" where anyone can submit inspirations, ideas, or challenges related to the topic. Let us know in the comments. The study involved 94 nonprofits and 33,000 people. Get the full report here. Anything we missed?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. If you have a question or topic you’d like to discuss, be sure to leave a comment here so we can ensure it’s covered. Upcoming: November. The next chat will be in November.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

However, if you want to hold a global scavenger hunt, open to anyone in the world, you have that option will virtual scavenger hunts. 15) Brand design contests. Consider a brand design contest for a more inventive competition. These clues will help lead them to locate the ultimate prize concealed in a public place.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Take free or paid classes, courses, or webinars to learn how to fundraise.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest. Among organizations, contests may seem like a short-cut to get compelling content, and cheaply. The current Heinz contest is a great example.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

We’re fortunate to have been able to present this idea to funders who have given us a great start and we recently struck up a relationship that we’re very proud of with one of Denver’s most innovative nonprofits, the Open Media Foundation. The time to stand aside and let the comments roll in is near!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

Holly Ross simply ignores it and track the number of comments and likes on individual posts. That particular wall post had 31 comments and 15 likes, way higher than other types of posts. I asked an open-ended question “ What are your Facebook administrator best practices? Rinse and repeat.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The measure of impact is to determine whether the comments and feedback strengthened or improved the final proposal. Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping. Hybrids include a mix of openness and curated decision-making by experts.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Analytics offered by numerous email marketing tools now allow you to track how many recipients opened your emails, see what they clicked on, and understand which aspects of your messaging users respond to, thus bringing you a wealth of information on what your users are interested in and helping you improve your messaging for greater impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

For the social media library giveaway I asked folks to leave a comment on how they would use the books to shape their 2010 social media strategy. I had over 60 comments and boy was it hard to choose only one winner - so I didn't. Brian Reich author of Media Rules left a comment offering to include a copy of his book.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Not only were we open to trying and learning, the social paradigm also included the emergence of toolkits – resources organizations created either to support community members taking on our mission and our work, or in the form of documentation for other organizations looking to replicate our efforts. Holistic Tactics.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2023

The program is the Fearless Strivers Grant Contest , and the fund hosts it four times a year in partnership with Mastercard. At the time, it was widely held at the time that the market was open to everyone, but it wasn’t really. Fearless Fund did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

I’ve spent the past week digging into this world — the players, the jargon, the university’s turbulent history with open-source software, the devoted and principled Linux kernel community. The kernel is open-source, meaning its millions of lines of code are publicly available for anyone to view and contribute to. Well, “anyone.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

I got ten fantastic comments too hard to choose a winner in a subjective way. Chas was the 7th comment. Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. I plan to do this regularly!

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2024

Hold a recruitment contest with special perks for current members and recognition for when they recruit new members. Create connections through special events and open houses Why not invite potential members to step into your world? Let us know in the comments. Extend a recurring “bring a friend” plus one invite for your events.

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Tableau

AUGUST 24, 2021

release: Get Tableau notifications directly in Slack for data-driven alerts, @mentions in comments, and sharing activity to stay on top of your data, from anywhere. mention comments : Get notified directly in Slack when you’re @mentioned in a comment within a Tableau dashboard.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Submissions will be open until May 31 and the submission form can be filled out at the Lights. I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

What I need is your input -I'd love to hear about your social media "adaption stories" - please leave me a comment. They determine what comments need action, whether to say thank you and build a relationship, repair a customer service issue, or ignore. We don’t really care about views as much as we care about comments.

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