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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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Volunteer Appreciation, Open Houses, etc., 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. You’ll reach them online when they don’t open your letters.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Photo Contest. Email open and click-through rates. 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. Photo Contest. Fundraising Letters. Text-to-Give. Product Fundraisers.

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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. You don't need to open your wallet because each install generates a small amount of revenue to Save the Rain Forest. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest. It's your choice.

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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. Superheroes on Bikes.

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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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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

And, instead of limiting your events just to those in the local area or to those who have the means to travel, you can actually open them to anyone on the internet! 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 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! After all, emails with personalized subject lines are 26% more likely to be opened! Bingo Night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Openness - ????A 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. Tagging is an open and informal method of categorizing that allows users to describe web resources with keywords.

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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

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? Challenge submission opens July 1, 2014 at 8:00:01 a.m. The ‘Youth Impact’ story of the month is open to nonprofits who have used TechSoup services in the past. (a)

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! John Center for Homeless Men hosted a virtual Raisin’ the Rent house party event in March 2021.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

I open my heart to Syrians: Will you? Deadline for InterAction’s14th Annual Photo Contest is January 15. Video: Dogs Cut Open and Left to Die. Thank you – we’ll end pet homelessness, the seal hunt, and more. RTPI Holiday Open House Tomorrow! Just hours left — please hurry! Closing the books.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Meeting your donors’ needs for giving will help open their heart and wallet to supporting your work. Harness the power of overcoming difficulty by : Holding challenging fundraising events that require some effort, like walk-a-thons, contests, or races. Ok, so why exactly do people give? Having plenty of volunteer opportunities.

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