Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised $2 million in 24 hours using the Razoo platform. Maybe one is that Giving Tuesday becomes an official national holiday or becomes an annual event like Cyber Monday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

During the session, it was pointed out that crowd sourcing is a way to people, organizations, and communities work together for mutual good, and without competing. 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.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

As Halloween-inspired decorations begin popping up around your community, a spooky scavenger hunt will get your donors on their feet and in the Halloween spirit. Ghost story contest. After running the contest, host a reading around a campfire and listen to the scariest ghost stories in an appropriately spooky setting.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 21, 2007

Most of the emails I receive are from companies or organizations, but this week I received an email from a reader who, along with her sister, is a triathlete "tri-ing" to end homelessness by raising awareness and funds for Genesis Home , a transitional shelter for homeless families in Durham, NC. homelessness triathalon activism

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness. Read up on your ever generous, thoughtful, and talented peers and have a great weekend!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2013

Over the past year, large corporate brands have embraced Facebook apps from companies like Wildfire (purchased by Google), Buddy Media , (now part of Salesforce) and WooBox, for things like coupons, sweepstakes, and contests. Others have spent tens of thousands of dollars to build custom Facebook apps from scratch.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness. Read up on your ever generous, thoughtful, and talented peers and have a great weekend!

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JANUARY 4, 2022

In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. Sports tricks contest. Emergency campaigns. Online tutoring. Virtual school supply drive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2005

A few folks responded to my query of the vlogging community , a community that hopes to spread vlogging far and wide. Homeless Nonprofit via Brent Gaylor: "We have a site that is currently in beta [link]. contest with cash prizes. Jumpstart Theatre (via Michael Verdi of [link] ). editing equipment.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using products donated through TechSoup to help the youth in your community develop valuable life skills that will prepare them to take full advantage of their bright futures. Interested in winning this tablet? If you answered yes to all of those questions, keep reading! Ready to enter? b) Void States.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

Habitat for Humanity has been working to serve the nearly 100 million homeless and 2 billion people living in slum housing around the world since 1976. Transforming Communities … From Outside the Office. " Most important of all is the impact that Habitat makes on families and whole communities. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Check out the winners of SlideRocket's Nonprofit Presentation Contest for great examples. With GIS tools, nonprofits have been able to identify homeless populations in San Diego, plan public utilities in small, underserved communities in Ohio, and track food bank services to low-income neighborhoods in Texas and California.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Here are some tips for nonprofits to improve link earning within their online communities. Nonprofits might also have access to data that others do not (such as numbers surrounding homelessness, food donations etc.). Get Involved in Your Online Community. Focus on Quality Content. Aim for Many Niches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest. Or sometimes the problem is that there isn't a safe playspace in a community. And, yes they did ! It's your choice.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Director, Community Programs & Engagement at Tableau. We are just weeks away from Tableau Conference and the ultimate visualization showdown —Iron Viz 2021—where three fierce contestants will take the virtual stage for an intense lightning round of live viz-tastic storytelling. . Andrew Grinaker. Ateken Abla. October 21, 2021.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Director, Community Programs & Engagement at Tableau. We are just weeks away from Tableau Conference and the ultimate visualization showdown —Iron Viz 2021—where three fierce contestants will take the virtual stage for an intense lightning round of live viz-tastic storytelling. . Andrew Grinaker. Ateken Abla. October 21, 2021.

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JUNE 9, 2021

This social aspect makes it a powerful way to boost visibility in your community and raise money for your programs! John Center for Homeless Men recently did their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent , with some of their participants raising over $10,000 in their house party. in 2019 increase to $108.62

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JUNE 22, 2021

Then, donors can click on the items on your site, “buy them” as a gift, and have them delivered directly to the community members in need. John Center for Homeless Men recently hosted their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent. Community classes. House parties. In the last year, the St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

apps to a community centre for Bangladeshi women. Making me think of March Dimes Flickr Contest ) Epilepsy Action in MySpace 1. From a presentation by www.jamkit.com Pre and post-election blog by homeless writer as campaign tactic [link] Greenpeace Ocean Defenders campaign ???weblogdirect tools and business applications for it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

Last week I hosted a little contest to win a copy of Darius Graham's book, Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World. After 34 years in the Navy, Rick Koca "retired" - and started StandUp For Kids (S4K) , a nonprofit that works with homeless and street kids.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

I'm happy to announce that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Boulder Food Rescue , an organization working to eliminate food waste in its community and across the country. About the Success Stories Contest. But as a country, that's exactly what we do in the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. interracial marriage, keeping a family together while homeless) and others are more immediate (i.e. Some are conceptual (i.e. making a special gift).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. Thursday, September 14, 2017.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Since then Giving Tuesday has grown into a global movement, inspiring millions of people to get involved in doing good in their communities. You can even interview beneficiaries, volunteers, staff, or board members to give your telethon viewers a look into the impact your organization is having on your community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Technorati rapidly index tens of thousands of updates every hour, and monitors live communities and the conversations they foster. You can find out what other people are saying or thinking about your topic, community, organization, program or issue area. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

But for the vast majority of nonprofits out there, web strategy is a small part of their communications strategy, and the numbers of people that visit their site bears little or no relationship to how well they do their work, or what they do. I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. The winners of the contest, and their entries, are: · Entoure , Sarah Allen. “My

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JUNE 4, 2021

Supporters can simply click on them to “buy” them, and then your organization will send them to the necessary community. This is a type of event where donors pay a fee to be a part of a contest where the “last person standing” receives some sort of prize. Switch Up Your Fundraising Language. Host a virtual endurance event!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

You’re invited to our Community Candle Lighting on Wed., Deadline for InterAction’s14th Annual Photo Contest is January 15. Coastal Community Foundation’s Giving News: December 2015. Thank you – we’ll end pet homelessness, the seal hunt, and more. Give for Community. Look what you did.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Some want to make their community a better place. For instance, they may give to the homeless shelter because they feel bad for people who don’t have homes or because it feels good to help someone in need or because their favorite uncle was homeless for a while or because of all those reasons!

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