Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

Tuition for ten students in an after-school program? Be direct and specific, and focus on how the donor’s gift will impact a life. Maybe your organization’s vehicle needs new tires, or maybe your students need headphones for school. Host polls and contests to engage your audience. Keep your words brief and to the point.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. Given the many ways a fundraising plan can make your life easier, it’s hard to understand why so many organizations don’t have them. But seriously, 100% retention is unrealistic because life is fluid and peoples’ situations change.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. Second Life and IRL at TechSoup HQ in SF. At the end of every presentation, they put up a slide where students can either 1) join their cause on Facebook or 2) text them to sign up.

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CauseVox

MARCH 4, 2021

If you’re part of a sorority or fraternity or an alum of a fraternal organization, you know that an important element of your Greek life is fundraising for your organization. One of the hallmarks of Greek life is tradition. You could create faux Olympic games as a peer-to-peer fundraiser, do a sleep-out, or host a costume contest.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

This consists of 45-minute meetings sent out to all donors for updates on programming and the Family Stability Fund, as well as to connect with some students. Further, by inviting the students who are benefiting from the Family Stability Fund, the donors can get first-hand interaction with those that they are helping. Bingo Night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. This example from Teach for America is a photograph of handwritten thank you note from a student to an TFA alumni thanking them for making a difference.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

They also held a student art contest to design a special Art in Action necklace that could be purchased on the day, with an even higher percentage of proceeds going to the org. Card Service.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2016

Fitness and lifestyle blogger Lauryn Evarts gives her fans a peek at her hectic life — and often pokes fun at her fiancé As we've discussed with Facebook , humor is a great way to engage your fans. Share Exclusive Content, Challenges, and Contests. Remember when Facebook was just for college students?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 1, 2016

Avery has become a little brother to not only the Nebraska basketball team, but surely the student section and perhaps the entire state of Nebraska. Payne’s involvement in Lacey Holsworth’s life made a huge impact, not just on one little girl’s life but on bringing awareness and action to a greater issue. The PGA Tour.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Created by local NYC students, this game is designed to be played in and around city libraries and teaches players how to use library resources. Depending on your resources and budget, adding a gaming element to your organization's campaigns could be as simple as a social media contest or as elaborate as developing your own game-like app.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We are looking for hackers to put together projects that can improve any aspect of a veteran's life. Apps Against Abuse Contest [A] challenge that encourages the development of applications that provide college students and young adults with the tools to help prevent dating violence and sexual assault.

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Care2

OCTOBER 13, 2008

You can read all the details on the contest and submit your idea here. link] October 10, 2008 | FChristie I think that this is a great contest. have an idea which will changes the entire life of my state and india.if will collet only from the 9th standard students to phd students.at I have submitted my idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

This includes some of the most basic student essentials. Since GoFundMe is an open platform where people can solicit support for life events of any kind users have found plenty of uses for it – like supporting charitable causes. Disruptive Model: Contest Crowdfunding. Co-Disruptor: Dodge Dart Registry. Disruptor: Omaze.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Gretchen has donated her time to numerous causes including Relay for Life, Girls on the Run, Rebuilding Together and just recently became involved with the local land trust. To add to the evening’s fun, have special contests, like one for the best pet and pet-parent look-alikes. Dance-A-Thon. All-nighters? Hanging out with friends?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The Department of State should develop a Young Diplomats Program which would provide students with the opportunity to advance their understanding of the core topics and issues relevant to the foreign service. The program would run for the entire academic school year and rely on long-term engagement with students. Vote for this Idea].

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

You can up the ante by building your party around a costume contest and encouraging attendees to get sponsorships for their participation. Dance-a-Thon You and your staff work tirelessly to bring your nonprofit’s mission to life. Why not ask your supporters to join in the fun and dance till they drop?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Three out of four of these were on Second Life. We created an Island in Second Life to forward this agenda. College students have led the fight on issues. We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan. We put out a call and got a number of responses from game programmers. We identified four finalists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. And here's a Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

As you know, I'm working on a screencast about Google Analytics and have been collecting real life nonprofit examples. Greenhill SAVP - This led to a blog post where we had written about a local VC pitch contest we won. you won't get it unless you were a music conservatory student like me. Photo from Pro-Zak's Flickr Stream.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

They just finished a YouTube video contest. But other things--the twitter thing, the video contest was my idea. We’d received a video PSA from Pratt students, and I proposed the contest. That’s why we’re not in Second Life. #1, We look at the equation and say maybe Second Life isn’t the right fit for us.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

The Ordyslexie program, in combination with Les Ateliers du Bocage, has helped more than 1,500 dyslexic French students become more independent and confident in school. This program has improved academic performance and is loved by both students and parents. The copies are submitted on a USB flash drive or directly."

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Would you like to change a life in 2016? Your year-end gift helps others find life after cancer. 3 days left to change a life. Students Need Your Help to Help Others. Still a Little Time for a Life-Saving, Tax-Deductible Gift. VIDEO: ‘Life of Pi’ Tiger Owner Caught Viciously Whipping Young Tiger.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

1] These suits were brought by the (ironically named) Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, and they capitalized on a line of prior cases that had already begun to erode the practice.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Women who were denied basic education in their youth can now access online education from some of the best schools in the world and open doors to a better life," he adds. " says Janissa Balcomb, president of Laptops to Lesotho Inc. A New Web Presence and a Better Way to Connect with Donors.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

Just because they might be using social media in their personal life or maybe even in their work life, that’s not the best ask to automatically make before you get to know a millennial. And yes, I would say, even with high school and college students, you might have people who want to identify that way.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The Internet and the Web are changing every institution and impacting every aspect of life. In Los Angeles, they"re hosting an event called "Access to Teknowledgy" for parents, teachers, students and staff at a local school. Unfortunately, these issues rarely break through the noise barrier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

Schedule things, and have a single coordinator for the life of the campaign. We have some great ideas for how to use the money, including the forthcoming Code for Canada contest and an initiative to get computer science students to develop transparency applications. It’s constant, and it needs to be planned.

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