NTEN

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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The Verge

JUNE 12, 2020

Facebook has announced the results of its first Deepfake Detection Challenge , an open competition to find algorithms that can spot AI-manipulated videos. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The results, while promising, show there

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NetWits

JANUARY 25, 2012

Many summer peer-to-peer fundraising events will be opening registration in the upcoming months (hopefully, yours included). This group will be tough to motivate, so focus on incentives, contests and convenience. Include reminders about deadlines and contests. Highlight team-specific contests, like best theme or largest team.

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 12, 2024

This is a quick announcement to let everyone know that the NIA 2024 Nonprofit Photo Contest is happening now. This is the first, the largest, and the most popular photo contest exclusively for 501(c)(3) nonprofits (as far as we know)! Everything you need to know is on the official photo contest page.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. – "Join Vivanista in sharing the love of philanthropy by participating in our Love of Philanthropy photo contest that showcases images of what it means to be philanthropic." So we need to remember that with social media! Doing Good.

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The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2020

Contests are free to enter , and you don’t have to be a T-Mobile customer (though you do need to be a US resident). I need to open a P.O. A disproportionate number of the public winners were located in the tiny township of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. In contrast, they counted 14 New York winners out of 8.3 million residents.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

. —– 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.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The Awards are open for submissions from members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program until March 2nd. Learn more about the contest guidelines and how to submit your video! The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards , from See3, in partnership with YouTube, are back again for the 5th year!

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Earlier this week, the World Press Photo Foundation said it would permit the use of generative AI in its Open Format category, which encourages entries that feature innovative techniques, non-traditional modes of presentation, and new approaches to storytelling. The only stipulation was that the images must still incorporate lens-based still.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For the 5th year in a row, the annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest , presented by YouTube and See3 Communications , is open for submission during the weeks leading up to the Nonprofit Technology Conference. Starting March 7th, voting is open to the public, so be sure to share the word (Email, Facebook, Twitter, carrier pigeon).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

TechCrunch does not require any equity from any contestants or the winner. Be bootstrapped or have pre-scale funding (variable by industry) Apply Now Applications are open for the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 by Neesha A. The winner snags the $100,000 prize and the coveted Disrupt Cup. It’s 100% free to apply and to participate.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 22, 2014

It was like opening a colorful Christmas gift with every new submission. And since the competition is open and all designers can see each other’s work, there was very little originality. Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to remove an erroneous reference to a 99designs-run community contest to design a new Gap logo.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

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. You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link].

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

What’s more, golfers often tap into their personal and professional networks to field a team, which expands your tournament’s reach and donor pool and opens doors for further stewardship and partnerships. For example, adding hole-in-one or other contests (putting, closest to the pin, etc.) 2) Sponsors Will Look For New Options.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

But surprisingly few nonprofits are talking about open data. The government is even planning to appoint a chief data officer to manage the effort, earning praise from the Open Data Institute as the most advanced government in the field of open data. According to the Open Data Institute, open data saved Canada $3.2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Note from Beth: I've been writing about online contests that use social media and crowdsourcing techniques. As frequent readers of this blog know, many pitfalls of online contests have been discussed here. So, what’s different about this contest than other online contests?

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Project Contest Award Social Media 105

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

As you can read below, Green Mountain Coffee and JustMeans have partnered up for the Change Climate Change contest. Change Climage Change: Grant Proposals Open. To participate in this contest, you need to submit your idea on JustMeans and fill out the full grant proposal from Green Mountain Coffee. I’d love to hear it!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Charity Village

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The 12 finalist charities for the fifth edition of the iA Financial Group philanthropic contest have been chosen! The post Public voting now open for the iA Financial Group philanthropic contest appeared first on CharityVillage. The public has until November 30 to go to donations-contest.ia.ca and vote for […].

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In fact, 47 percent of email recipients open an email based solely on its subject line. When you personalize your subject lines with your donors first name, it instantly makes your email so much more personal and boosts the chances of it being opened by 22%! Start with a great subject line. So, what does this mean?

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Tableau

JUNE 1, 2021

Earn the humble-bragging rights that come with qualifying for the world’s largest data visualization contest. . For the global qualifier contest, we want you to viz what you love. The top 10 overall finishers in the qualifier contest will receive a $200 Tableau Store gift certificate to get their data swag on. Data + Joy.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2010

" Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right | Beth’s Blog – "The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. Today, let’s look at infographics in general – and resources to help your nonprofit get started on making your own."

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! " 1 vote can equal $1 million « Nonprofit Communications: Duck Call Blog – "Today is the first day people can vote in the final round of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

Are they running the heat with the windows open during the winter? Zerofootprint supports the running of contests between schools (or whatever unit you want to pick). Are they using a boiler built in 1910? Do they leave the lights on in all the classrooms all night?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2013

Cisco is generously contributing $3500 to four contest winners. In addition to prizes provided by Cisco, contest winners will be featured on the YouTube homepage and receive free registration to the Nonprofit Technology Conference, the signature event hosted by the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN).

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Once imported, fundraisers can keep track of which contacts who have donated, not opened the email , forwarded the email, etc. Encourage them to start a team of fundraisers. After the initial excitement wears off, your fundraisers may need motivation. insert link}.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 5, 2024

The judges also determined the rules of the granting process in Fearless Foundation’s “Fearless Strivers Grant Contest,” constituted a contract and were therefore subject to anti racial-discrimination statutes found in 42 U.S. In declarations filed with the court, all three asserted they “meet the nonracial requirements for the contest.”

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Tableau

JANUARY 6, 2022

Earn the humble-bragging rights that come with qualifying for the world’s largest data visualization contest. . For the global qualifier contest, we want you to viz about your favorite art form. The top 10 overall finishers in the qualifier contest will receive a $200 Tableau Store gift certificate to get their data swag on.

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Arts Global Czech Republic Contest 105

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

Using emoji on social media can increase engagement and when used in email subject lines, it can increase open rates. ViralSweep is an sweepstakes and contest platforms that easily allows you to launch and management online contests in order to build your email list and collect user generated content. iStock :: istock.com.

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Forum One

APRIL 2, 2010

I was pleasantly surprised by the number of people interested or involved in local open government projects. Ever since I began hearing about Open 311 , SeeClickFix , FixMyStreet , and other projects with a local focus, I became interested in how the principles of open government would look for municipalities.

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The Next Web

JUNE 6, 2013

Last spring, we successfully pitched our real time social TV analytics platform at the IC tomorrow ‘Digital Innovation Contest – TV and Film’. One of IC tomorrow’s more recent ‘Digital Innovation Contests’ focuses on fashion and is set to complete with a panel of judges on 10 July. A different way. Image Credit – SecondSync.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2011

Contests to encourage content sharing. About the CommBuild Chat: These monthly chats originated out of the #4Change network and are open to anyone interested in learning and sharing about building community, on and offline, with the use of social media or other technology tools. Using content to fuel community engagement.

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The Verge

JULY 3, 2020

After watching contestants keep their fingers attached to a phone screen for more than 70 hours, YouTube creator Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson called an early end to a massive competition originally designed with one winner and a $25,000 prize in mind. Despite Donaldson’s calls for players to “go to sleep,” a couple contestants kept going.

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Tableau

JANUARY 6, 2022

Earn the humble-bragging rights that come with qualifying for the world’s largest data visualization contest. For the global qualifier contest, we want you to viz about your favorite art form. The top 10 overall finishers in the qualifier contest will receive a $200 Tableau Store gift certificate to get their data swag on.

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Arts Global Czech Republic Contest 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2019

At these pivotal moments with your cause, these passionate supporters are at your fingertips, and when you embrace social fundraising as a component of your fundraising strategy, a whole world of possibilities opens up. Move offline activities online. This definitely creates a little competition and motivation for everyone involved.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. R eport financial condition - transparency is key, your 990 and other paperwork is public data (it’s already posted on Guidestar so you might as well be open about it!).

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