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Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy , VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success. We only allowed 1 vote per e-mail address.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Big Cat Rescue

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In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase. Chris also notes the headlines and tags of videos that are trending and often patterns our next video to capitalize on the buzz. Tags: Social Media The Book. Book Tour ? ?

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Congrats to Megha Bhagat, Winner of HP Laptop/Printer Bundle Theory of Change Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Congrats to Megha Bhagat , Winner of HP Laptop/Printer Bundle Contest that I ran on my blog last month. To enter the contest, readers had to share their " Theory of Change." Megha is a passionate human rights advocate in India and also lawyer. Tags: contest india. Her blog is here. Megha Bhagat. meghabhagat@nls.ac.in.

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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. We sent e-mails to our personal contacts and the GOH database. Photo: Jim Harrison.

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Small Organizations and Social Media: It's What You DON'T Do That Matters

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It only enters one social media contest a year. Do they have a direct mail or direct e-mail program? We do very few mailings each year, which means that as we've grown, we've been able to prioritize social media, rather than shoehorning it into an already full plate of communications. Do they have a large scale PR effort?

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. Kicking off the effort was paired with an e-mail to a list of about 30 classical music bloggers. All are captured here ).

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Calling all Online Fundraisers! The Paperless Choice Challenge

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Flickr Photo: licolnian Direct mail has been, and still is, the cornerstone of nonprofit fundraising. But direct mail has one big problem: it's not so good for trees. That's why we're excited to see a fantastic new contest out there: the Paperless Choice Challenge. .