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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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117 Ways to Improve Your Event Fundraising Results Today

NetWits

1 Strategy and 3 Tactics for Growing Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events Revenue by 10%. 10 Expert Strategies and 500 Minutes of Free Event Fundraising Consulting. Kickstart Your Supporters with 5 NEW Fundraising Contest Ideas. What’s Mobile Have to do with Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events? Event Fundraising Program.

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Heartland Pride: Winner of the #npfail Little Bets Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Dr. Mani Children Heart Foundation : To raise money using social media as part of your strategy, you need a group of champions with tight connections to your mission and voluntary opt-in email works well for this. Jewish Federations : When developing a strategy for an engagement campaign, don’t be off the cuff.

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Guest Post by Katherine Hutt: A Small Nonprofit's Strategy for Pepsi Refresh Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. Time will tell, but the contest has given us a jump start on our social media strategy.

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Reach Farther On Your Nonprofit’s Facebook

TechImpact

Image courtesy of Etiquette Consulting Inc. Hammer out your content strategy. As referenced in an earlier blog post , having a clear and concise content strategy is the first step to garnering more reach. Hosting a caption contest is a great way to drive interaction. Caption THIS. Repost high performing posts.

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. everything before lays the foundation, everything during and after helps you improve and change your strategy. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Taproot Foundation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We don’t use it in our strategy now, which is telling! Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in recruiting new pro bono consultants and connecting with nonprofits that could benefit from our Service Grant projects. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Are they paid, full-time, part-time?