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The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. Sometimes what you want to do and the tools at your disposal just don’t match.
"This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.
. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group? In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. If you have, you certainly aren’t alone. The ins and outs.
For me, the two most prominent reason to include crowdsourcing in your engagement strategies for campaigns or contests include: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. Sometimes what you want to do and the tools at your disposal just don’t match, though. When it isn’t a fit.
NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. …That means setting aside our shiny online tools and tactics long enough to ensure that we're using them to deliver real impact."
And in each of these we will talk a bit about tools, tactics and strategies. Analog Tools. What this means for tools, specifically, is that we don’t actually like technology. The tools in an analog world fulfilled a specific function but did not influence our planning or programs. Digital Tools. So let’s dive in!
Via Britt Bravo Do you have an idea for how a mashup could be a tool for social change? NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge.
As some of you know, part of my work is being the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that facilitates the adoption of social web tools by nonprofits and NGOs. Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool."
We put our communities and tools together to create new solutions. We see it in the broad range of projects that responded to our NetSquared Challenges. We see it in the stories that people have shared in our S how Your Impact contests. We see it in the stories that people have shared in our S how Your Impact contests.
Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. 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. shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools!
Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Congrats to Avaaz.org for the winning video in the NTC Video Contest. Photo from Cambodia4kids.
This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. 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.
Need a good vlogging (video blogging) tool? Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. To celebrate the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced a new contest to encourage developers to create apps that positively impact the world around them. Visit NetSquared and Microsoft for more details on the contest.
TechSoup Global has had a busy year so far with new ventures, exciting contests, and global recognition. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. TechSoup Digital Storytelling.
And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston.
Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. Katya Andresen has written a fantastic five minute guide to social networking tools.
During my interview with her for NetSquared she said, "Some of the most exciting things going on are what individuals are doing by themselves online, through a meet-up or through a blog or an email, and how organizations learn how to leverage that passion, I think, will prove how successful they can be in this new era."
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?
If you, like Jon Stahl and many others, are interested in seeing more tools play well together, go sign it right now. buzz at the UK National Circuit Riders Conference this week was not tool talk, but issues related to adoption of the tools. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site.
They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. The Case Foundation blog also has a section called " Tech4Good " TechSoup blog posts about an online tool and forum discussion about green policies. Global NpTech.
Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Online contests like the Knight News Challenge , The Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge , and the AmEx Cardmember Project can be resource draining to participate in, especially for a time- and cash-strapped nonprofit. Four years ago, web 2.0
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.
Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft. With streaming video tools that are free - like Ustream.TV - I imagine we'll see more people video streaming from professional conferences like next month's NTC Conference in New Orleans. And if you???re
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. The tools used are low cost (Logitech camera and MovieMaker software). Exposure can be a motivation. Off to consume those now!
Do contests and competitions help build social capital and nonprofit fund raising or inspire burnout? Their use as a recruitment tool will table; they'll reach a network threshold fairly quickly. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Go vote here.
As if you don't get enough of my holding forth here, Marshall Kirkpatrick interviewed me the other day for Techsoup's Netsquared project, and posted it here. But the posting is most noteworthy for the accompanying photo of me playing my fiddle at the Speedy Tolliver fiddle contest in Arlington VA a couple years back.
We also have a contest in which we're giving away US$7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera (but don't be afraid to start with the cell phone in your pocket!). NetSquared groups are holding free events all month. Topics include the latest storytelling tools, fundraising strategies, and a video 101 seminar.
Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. bleeding edge tool, twitter. More than $100,000 is on the table for innovate projects.
Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. tools can provide quick and dirty market research tools or the ability to do an environmental scans for strategic planning. Step 5: RSS As Information Coping Tool. Eating Fabulous Step 2: Thinking Outloud. An example?
The internet is loaded with amazing free or low-cost tools and resources! Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media. Buffer :: buffer.com. Chatfuel :: chatfuel.com.
We had so many that we couldn’t get to all of them during the webinar, so we’ve answered the overflow here: Q: How can we use social media tools when working with clients in an agency specifically concerning privacy or HIPPA issues? Some specific groups exist: social media club , netsquared , tweetup , etc.
We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * The **NetSquared Victoria** team has been investigating [tools for online collaboration]([link] Check out the storify! * Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
We recently polled our TechSoup employees and NetSquared community on what they see as looming large in 2015. TechSoup's senior online community manager, Lewis Haidt, predicts that charities will use more sophisticated group social media tools like Thunderclap that amplify messaging. " Collaboration Tools.
TechSoup and NetSquared have joined forces to bring you a September full of social media learning! Attend one of more than 30 NetSquared Local events happening around the world, including social media surgeries in Vancouver and Peterborough, Canada; Guatemala City; and Cambridge and Manchester, United Kingdom.
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