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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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The difference, like with communications, is that when you launch a crowd-sourcing contest or campaign, you are trying to get ideas or submissions from the network, the crowd – from people or organizations you don’t know. Community-sourcing is when you launch a contest or campaign to your community.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness. They''ll be visiting 7 cities along the way, sharing the stories of homeless youth and the folks fighting to end this crisis. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

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. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people. Our hope is that you'll get mad enough to do something," its Website reads.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness. They''ll be visiting 7 cities along the way, sharing the stories of homeless youth and the folks fighting to end this crisis. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. Their fifth wedding anniversary would be a fun news story. . Send your newsletters and updates to them.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

You want to help the homeless? It takes only minutes to get going on the site, and there are several different options to get potential donors interested, including contests. McKinney , Project Specialist (Marketing/Communications). ASU Lodestar Center. Reality: I think your cause is awesome. In fact, I think your cause is fantastic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2005

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

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2009

With a small staff, big hearts, and the right mix of singles, bunts and a few homeruns, MLF continues to raise more funds, increase its volunteer base of more than 12,000 and accomplish its mission of providing food, clothing, dignity, and housing to the homeless and indigent working poor. The winner will get a Kindle 2!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2009

With a small staff and the right mix of singles, bunts and a few homeruns, MLF continues to raise more funds, increase its volunteer base of more than 12,000 and accomplish its mission of providing food, clothing, dignity, and housing to the homeless and indigent working poor. The winner will get a Kindle 2!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Sports tricks contest. Give artists in your community a chance to submit their own designs for your next team shirt and turn it into a contest. John Center for Homeless Men. Virtual holiday lights tour and contest. Offer exclusive benefits to monthly giving program donors to encourage participation in the campaign.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Photo Contest. For example, a nonprofit whose mission is to provide food and supplies for the homeless might create a registry with nonperishable foods, shower products, vitamins, and other useful products. Or, offer an all-day auction, contests, and other activities for them to get involved and help you raise funds. .

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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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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. Last year, when I turned 51, I posted a challenge on my blog - could I get 51 people to donate $10 to the Sharing Foundation? It's your choice.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans. Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. Before you post, think about what THEY want to know. What are they interested in? Saving bears? Children? JUST for fun!

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Amy Bogl uses Facebook parties to help an organization that shelters homeless teens win a fundraising contest. Virtual volunteering carries real benefits -- chicagotribune.com: "Jeanine Handley, a graphic designer, volunteers without ever leaving her house by designing materials for a nonprofit legal aid organization.

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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. You might think you'd never do that. America: A Wasteland of Plenty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

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 Here and here ). As well as the publicity - it led to the creation of the online petition.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Nonprofits might also have access to data that others do not (such as numbers surrounding homelessness, food donations etc.). Provoking thought and invoking emotion contributes to link earning, but you can take it one step further and give people inclusion into an exciting event like fundraising, raising awareness, or a contest.

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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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Tableau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

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. . Tell us what you're most excited about and who you're rooting for throughout the contest using #IronViz on Twitter.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

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. . Tell us what you're most excited about and who you're rooting for throughout the contest using #IronViz on Twitter.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

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. For instance, the Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity hosted a wildly successful Gingerbread Home Build contest, bringing in 132% over their goal.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men recently hosted their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent. With just a couple of clicks, anyone can register their own fundraiser and raise money to help CityTeam with combating hunger and homelessness in their city. Costume contest. BONUS – See this idea in action!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. Check out the #Storymakers2017 page for all the details. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Wednesday, October 11, 2017.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

We collaborated with two local organizations--the Rebele Homeless Family Shelter and Dominican Oaks retirement community--to conduct oral histories and produce a small audio and photo-based exhibit on maintaining love in tough situations. interracial marriage, keeping a family together while homeless) and others are more immediate (i.e.

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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. Habitat for Humanity of Omaha was the first-place winner in TechSoup's January 2015 Remote Work Success Stories contest. Images: Habitat for Humanity of Omaha. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Want to know more about how one Philadelphia-based NGO was able to use their TechSoup donation to help homeless teens develop valuable life skills? The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Poke around the map and see for yourself. Click here to read the full story pictured above. Ready to enter?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men hosted a virtual Raisin’ the Rent house party event in March 2021. Who shares your contests? Here are some of our favorite from Qgiv’s list of virtual fundraising ideas : Virtual bingo night Photo or cooking contests Virtual scavenger hunt Classes, tutorials, or webinars Online game-a-thon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest. Adding a new data point to it. Another example.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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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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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

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. Contestants lasted as long as 70 hours before MrBeast decided to end the competition himself! Host a virtual endurance event! Bingo Night. Who doesn’t love a good bingo night?

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Qgiv

MAY 18, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men recently held their virtual house parties fundraiser, which was a huge success! If you’ve planned a fundraising gala with a nice dinner, it’s safe to predict that your guests will participate in their dining room (or their living room, if we’re being honest with ourselves).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Deadline for InterAction’s14th Annual Photo Contest is January 15. Thank you – we’ll end pet homelessness, the seal hunt, and more. eNews: Try One of These 7 Ways to Help Birds at Home. Help Us Build Better Men for a Better World. Give the gift that helps Syrian children. Holiday Fund + Gifts for Kids. Double Trouble.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

She was the recent winner of my son's Green Geek Charity Contest and we contributed a small amount to the charity of her choice, SOS Children's Villages. Reports suggest 15,000 are homeless because of the storm, and 22 dead. If you read Joan's blog or Foko, you will learn that Madagascar is a very poor country.

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