Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Show how much money is being raised! 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

not that this necessarily applies to Oxfam) but its super low budget by using existing infrastructure and orgs of any size could really raise their profile and provide an intense interactive opportunity for supporters this way. Just last week, Lee Romeo, posted something over a Netsquared about a similar use of flickr - people holding signs.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

We recently polled our TechSoup employees and NetSquared community on what they see as looming large in 2015. They include the ALS Association Ice Bucket Challenge and Zack Brown's potato salad project that raised $55,000 on Kickstarter, where he explains, "Basically I'm just making potato salad. Digital Refugees.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

These apps have the power to help nonprofits and charities reach a whole new audience and raise awareness about their mission. 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. What do you think?

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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. And if you???re

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. Research Triangle, North Carolina: How to Create Digital Stories to Raise Money and More. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Wednesday, June 8. Wednesday, June 22.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Contests can work too, the Crooks and Liars was mentioned. Current offers TV time; Sunlight Foundation and moveon.org ran contests for the best ads, with Sunlight offering cash prizes. Netsquared Net Tuesday also had a session on vlogging and Britt Bravo posted some great notes. Exposure can be a motivation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Do contests and competitions help build social capital and nonprofit fund raising or inspire burnout? Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. There is a category for Changing the World. Go vote here. Do you think these are worthwhile pursuits for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

This particular Carnival raises the question of how to decide which online social media tools to use and ramp up your skills using it. Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. The Short Resource List.

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