Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Lots of NTEN folks there, so support them with your votes! ).

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MARCH 1, 2012

In a new white paper, " How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ", long-time NTEN Member Geoff Livingston takes a look at the next level: coordinated integration. At NTEN, we always say it's our community that has the knowledge, not us. You know about integrated fundraising campaigns. Learn, learn, learn.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

From futuristic challenges to free, online resources, there are plenty of reasons to put down those grill tongs and cast aside that cheesy beach read. NTEN Member Knight Foundation announced their latest Knight News Challenge: mobile. Learn more about the challenges, check out the winners, and submit an idea. Sign up today !

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Congratulations to NTEN Member the Humane Society of the United States for reaching 1,000,000 Fans on Facebook! That is quite an accomplishment – and since it's Member Appreciation Month here at NTEN, I'd like to let them know how much we admire the examples they've set in social media outreach.

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JANUARY 31, 2014

The contest is presented by NTEN, YouTube , and See3 Communications , with generous sponsorship by Cisco and the National Alliance for Media and Culture and the National Youth Media Network. See contest rules here. If your organization is not already a member, please sign up before you enter the contest.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

In celebration of the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest in partnership with NetSquared. The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest challenges anyone to design an app for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 that can make a positive difference. Here are some tips.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

You may agree with this or not, but I think it’s safe to say that the skill of listening online is one that all nonprofits should learn – it’s essential for anyone who wants to harness the power of the social web in their online strategy. The internet’s popularity contest at your fingertips. Have I left anything out?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

- Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) of Maastricht University are conducting a survey: "We are investigating the effects of online social network memberships on your daily life. The winners will be announced at NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference on April 25 in San Francisco.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

NTEN members generally rock, but every week we try to give props where props are due. This week in NTEN member news: . In case you missed it, See3 staff have been guest-blogging on Care2 's Frogloop NTENny Beth Kanter captures online crowdsourcing, of a kind (Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg) this week. " to the post.

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MAY 18, 2009

Here are highlights from the web of NTEN members doing their, you know, NTEN-type awesomeness: NARAL-Pro Choice America launched a contest on Twitter last week: submit hashtag (#) ideas for aggregating the discussion around "the Supreme Court battle that's just around the corner." Tags: NPTech nten members.

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MAY 24, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NTEN. Members are in bold. Beth's new blog!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 27, 2012

Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio , a weekly online radio show that Tony hosts, is Big Nonprofit Ideas for the Other 95%. I’ve donated a bunch of NTEN books and swag, and Tony’ll give away his book and free consulting hours, in Planned Giving and Charity Registration. We’ll also give out prizes to live and archive listeners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009. Good Reads: Online.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together! It's been info overload around here, but that's a good thing!

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! This offline network, called Net Tuesdays, balances the work we do online to connect all those working at the intersection of technology and social impact. We now have over 50 cities globally hosting monthly events with many more getting started.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Haven''t renewed your 2013 NTEN membership or thinking of joining? Also check out their Usability Testing of nine nonprofits'' online presence. Four non-profits will receive a Rs 3 crore Global Impact Award and Google''s support to make their winning ideas happen. Apply here or check out past award recipients for a dose of inspiration.

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MAY 4, 2010

Online fundraising, something I spend a large percentage of my work week thinking about, accounted for just 2% of total fundraising in 2008. That's why we're excited to see a fantastic new contest out there: the Paperless Choice Challenge. . But direct mail has one big problem: it's not so good for trees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2011

QR Codes (Quick Response) is a bar code that can be scanned by your mobile phone (with a free app) and are currently being used with print media (or t-shirt media) to point people to more information online. NTEN has published a useful quick “What’s This? I made the one above and if you scan it, it is the URL to my blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Says Carie Lewis, director of Emerging for the HSUS, “Although we prefer not to focus on numbers as a measurement of social media success, one million fans is a huge landmark that we are celebrated with our online community.” We know that animal welfare nonprofit rule on Facebook , but how did HSUS do this?

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Session: That's Not Funny: Using Humor in Online Communications . No contest. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? . Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Less than 24 hours ago, Epic Change launched its TweetsGiving 2009 , a 48-hour charity event to encourage people to express their gratitude using online tools and at face-to-face meet-ups. This two-day event, which ends on Thanksgiving, also invites people to donate to Epic Change. . A Platform for Self-Organizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. This conversation was sparked by this post from Richard Becker that shares the numbers from the Pepsi Refresh Contest. Photo by M. Schenekenberg.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Because data is powerful! Fortunately, simply choosing Save As.

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APRIL 26, 2012

As Holly wrote in the #NTCFail blog post outlining the things that didn’t go as planned at the event, we value being open and accountable at NTEN. We were also fortunate to have the San Francsico Gay Men’s Chorus (NTEN Members all) close up the event in a very classy way. Yes, the counter to #NTCfail is #NTCwinning.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

When it comes to online fundraising, an obvious tip is to meet your current and potential donors where they are. Moreover, the company reports that people who are 35 years and older make up the fastest growing user demographic, which corresponds to the demographic mostly likely to make a donation online. Peter Deitz, Social Actions.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The grand prize winner will be announced at NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in New Orleans on March 21. The finalists will be shown on www.DoGooder.tv net www.dogooder.tv

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

It's great that NTEN let's anyone who is passionate about a topic set up an affinity group. What if you could become part of an online community that contributes images of similar topics for you to consume? Overview article from December NTEN newsletter. Creative Commons Swag Contest and I won!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Parker, Associate Director, Online Donor Engagement, The Nature Conservancy. We launched a digital photo contest through Flickr in 2005, not because we thought it was going to raise a ton of money, but because we thought we could launch the whole effort in just a couple of days. They're right about each and every one of them.

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MAY 1, 2007

Unfortunately, Katrin neglected to mention DoGooderTV, but we know that next time she will give DoGooderTV, which hosted the NTEN – See3 Nonprofit Video Contest , a big plug. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? You can watch the video here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Mozilla Labs announces the winners of their Extend Firefox2 contest – the best Firefox add-ons. .&# Um, Matt, Sourceforge has been basically irrelevant for years, since people started moving their projects off of that platform, and onto their own platforms. New projects seem to crop up more on Google Code than on SF now a days.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. at ARC, listening has been the core value of our last three year’s of social media (mentioned online over 400 times a day), learn what people want and expect from us. Can’t wait!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. 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. You've got to love their logo.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The online contest they ran recently , hiding pieces of their new album cover on different sites around the Internet, ought to give you some ideas. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Speaking of which, here are " Ten Practical Tips for Facebook Fan Pages " Now get out there and try to succeed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping. Crowd voting has been used in Cause Marketing. There has been an explosion of “Vote for Me&# contests that have become contests in techniques for vote getting and inspired cause fatigue at worst.

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