NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

In a new white paper, " How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ", long-time NTEN Member Geoff Livingston takes a look at the next level: coordinated integration. At NTEN, we always say it's our community that has the knowledge, not us. You know about integrated fundraising campaigns. Learn, learn, learn.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Lots of NTEN folks there, so support them with your votes! ).

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

NTEN Member Knight Foundation announced their latest Knight News Challenge: mobile. The contest runs from August 29 until noon EDT on September 10, and hopes to uncover new ways of using mobile as a social engagement tool. Learn more about the challenges, check out the winners, and submit an idea. Sign up today !

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For the 5th year in a row, the annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest , presented by YouTube and See3 Communications , is open for submission during the weeks leading up to the Nonprofit Technology Conference. This year, winners will again have the chance to win: One of four $2500 grants generously provided by the Case Foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

Vodafone Americas Foundation Announces Wireless Innovation Project Winners - "The Vodafone Americas Foundation announced the winners of its Wireless Innovation Project, a new initiative that identifies and funds unique innovations using wireless related technology offering the best potential to address critical social issues around the world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

ViralSweep is an sweepstakes and contest platforms that easily allows you to launch and management online contests. GrantAdvisor allows anyone in the nonprofit community to anonymously write reviews about their grant experiences with foundations. NTEN :: nten.org. ViralSweep :: viralsweep.com. Event Management.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! I’m also a contributor to Socialbrite, NTEN, Women Who Tech and other industry leading collaborations. Journeys for Change is offering the chance to win a fully-paid nine-day tour of leading Social Entrepreneurs in India.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Haven''t renewed your 2013 NTEN membership or thinking of joining? Social Media for Nonprofits is partnering with The Case Foundation to better understand social media engagement among nonprofit organizations. The submission phase runs from September 3 - 17 and winners will receive funding and support from Knight Foundation.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

If you've taken some risks with your organization's video work this year, great news: thanks to The Case Foundation, the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards will be adding a special category for "Fearless" videos. Different is just what The Case Foundation is looking for in this year's contest. Did you experiment? Take risks?

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NTEN

APRIL 1, 2010

This year, See3, NTEN and YouTube received over 750 submissions for the contest - a record! Head over to YouTube and: The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation , plus custom designed Flip Video cameras to all finalists.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NTEN. Members are in bold. Beth's new blog! (I

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NTEN

MARCH 10, 2011

Visit the contest website here. For full contest details, visit: [link]. Along with the other partners, See3 Communications and YouTube hope you can vote now and vote often to help select the winners! How to Vote Public voting is open until Monday, March 14th at [link]. Log into your YouTube account.

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Care2

MARCH 21, 2012

In addition to the prizes, the four winners will be featured on YouTube’s homepage and receive free registrations to NTEN’s, Nonprofit Technology Conference. Nothing lets us do that like video," says Holly Ross, Executive Director of NTEN.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together! It's been info overload around here, but that's a good thing!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

I've been doing this for ten years as part of the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC. NTEN has two fantastic events this month! NTEN has two fantastic events this month! The conference will showcase NTEN's new book about mission-driven technology. You can read a case study about the winner of the first contest here.

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2010

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine have documented some of the small organizations who used social media exceedingly well during the Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. It only enters one social media contest a year. Here at NTEN, we're in an interesting position. See Students for a Free Tibet and Darius Goes West.).

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See3

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation , to the best videos of the year found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program —a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions. ? We are thrilled to partner with YouTube for the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The NTEN community is made up of thousands of inspiring individuals who are working hard every day to make some change in the world. It's why NTEN is here, and it's why we're fans of The CTK Foundation's "Heroes with a Heart" grant awards. Go to www.communitytech.net/foundation to nominate your Hero with a Heart today!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation, to the best videos of the year found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program —a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions. FAQs - Answers to all your most pressing contest questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Maine Health Access Foundation did an experiment on Facebook , including it in its channel to promote a funding opportunity but also posted the initial letters of inquiry on their Facebook page to get feedback. Crowdsourcing 101. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2010

Flickr photo: kcolwell We know that you, my fellow NTEN community members, are rock stars. Paperless Choice is a program of Catalog Choice funded by the Overbrook Foundation. You can write fundraising email copy in your sleep and hand code your e-appeal while making breakfast and watering your plants.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Because data is powerful!

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2012

With so many incredible videos submitted to this year’s contest it was no easy task, but judges in the 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards have narrowed down the field of entries to 16 finalists. The 16 finalist videos can be watched on the Contest homepage.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has partnered with the Entertainment Industry Foundation to create the VolunTV Challenge. Tags: contest COP Social Media Web Sites Communications. " Over 60 network television shows will incorporate service into their plots, which is a great thing for our sector. But it gets even better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

It's great that NTEN let's anyone who is passionate about a topic set up an affinity group. Fundraising Campaigns and Presentations Camera Rwanda Photo Stream Post with an interview Street Kids Fundraising Campaign raised $8,000 from photo group Sharing Foundation Presentation annotated in a flickr photo set.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2012

It was amazing to see so many NTEN members at the NTC last week! video contest and earn the chance to win money for your cause! The Rockefeller Foundation would like to know if you have an answer to a 21st century problem. Did your nonprofit make an astounding video this year? Submit it to the 2012 Lights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In their upcoming webinar, Powered by Pro Bono 101 , the Taproot Foundation will show you how to harness the power of pro bono services to help your organization do everything from build a website to update your brand strategy and develop strong strategic plans. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

The Love Without Boundaries Foundation created a cause despite being small, entirely new to Facebook, and having no paid staff. Tags: facebook facebook causes Fundraising Newsletter NPTech NTEN susan gordon. Thank you for using Causes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

Roger Carr at the Everyday Giving Blog responded to my reflections about networked fundraising , particularly my concern about donor fatique and potentially annoying blog readers here when I'm raising money for the Sharing Foundation. The question is "when is enough enough? (in

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

When I announced the contest, I thought there was one important book missing, Shel Israel's Twitterville. Like many nonprofits these days, decreased foundation support means we're really struggling financially. . - GIVE BACK by reporting out on what I have learned and how I am using the books, both internally (within my org.)

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2010

That's why we're excited to see a fantastic new contest out there: the Paperless Choice Challenge. . Catalog Choice and the Overbrook Foundation are bringing you online fundraisers the opportunity to shine and show off some of your best paperless fundraising -- be that email, mobile, or social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

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. at NWF, listening has been the foundation of our social media movement, we are nothing unless someone thinks we are something. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In their upcoming webinar, Powered by Pro Bono 101 , the Taproot Foundation will show you how to harness the power of pro bono services to help your organization do everything from build a website to update your brand strategy and develop strong strategic plans. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

The fact is that program officers at foundations, boomers, and prospective employees are all turning to social networks to get a sense of your organization. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own. Get an iPhone.

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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. Digidave of Spot.Us

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. The Knight Foundation is sponsoring The Knight News Challenge and they've got $5 million to give away. Peter Gulka had plenty to say about the lab.

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