Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

While idea challenges and social media contests are increasingly used by corporations, governments and in philanthropy, ideas4Oregon.org has a far larger potential fiscal reward than most. Meyer’s personal philanthropy and is not affiliated with Fred Meyer Inc., We want Oregonians to get engaged with us.”. the retail enterprise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. We opened with a question about what we thought were the most innovative approaches in contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Individuals can browse the site and find local nonprofits and make a donation online. The site is powered by Razoo, a giving platform. This site, " I Live Here, I Give Here " is to draw attention to giving to local nonprofits in Austin, TX. According to the site: Austin is no doubt a caring community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

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. Time will tell, but the contest has given us a jump start on our social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Cause marketing differs from corporate giving (philanthropy) as the latter generally involves a specific donation while cause marketing is a marketing relationship generally not based on a donation. (See Contests/Challenges: Directly involve stakeholders in social change project or program. Take for example contests.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has partnered with the Entertainment Industry Foundation to create the VolunTV Challenge. Tags: contest COP Social Media Web Sites Communications. Coming soon to a TV network near you: " iParticipate Week !" But it gets even better. Your plot ideas could be used in your favorite show! .

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Connect Your Donors To Your Work With Volunteer Opportunities According to the The Chronicle Of Philanthropy , 79% of volunteers contribute financially to the organizations they support with their time. Otherwise, try a traditional thermometer or post a funky impact-inspired infographic on your site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’ve done this through social media, winning some of the early online fundraising contests. I also donated my share of the royalties from my first book, The Networked Nonprofit , to support the Sharing Foundation’s college education fund. October is book launch month with events taking place in across the country.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 23, 2013

New Site Matches ''Crowdfunding'' and Cause-Driven Contests - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : A new organization called BigLeap is marrying “crowdfunding” Web sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe to competitions to attract dollars for innovative projects serving social goals, (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Over a century after its inception, over 52,000 people in 1823 places across 17 countries participated in the Christmas Bird Count – using email, web sites, and social media tools. Here’s an overview of the different types and some examples for each in philanthropy and doing. (1) 1) Creating collective knowledge or wisdom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

Source: Philanthropy 2.0 Last week, Geoff Livingston , Qui Diaz and I posted a summary of our findings from our Philanthropy 2.0 The goal of our Community Philanthropy 2.0 Since then the Foundation has ventured out to many of the social sites, spreading awareness about our cause and connecting with supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

This includes using email, web site presence, google ads, face-to-face events and reaching out to the online and mainstream media. . Last year, Facebook Causes added its birthday wish feature and we saw more peer to peer fundraising unfolding on social network sites. More than $550,000 was raised last March. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

Tell me about you - how did you end up working in global philanthropy? During my 17 + years in the financial services world I was always engaged in "philanthropy" as a volunteer in many "do gooder" opportunities. Do you have a foundation background? I am a corporate refugee. Do you typically fund American projects?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Youthprise, a youth-serving nonprofit and grantmaking organization put up $14,000 in prize grants for the contest.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Since both apps allow you to share your video creations on other sites (such as Twitter and Facebook), Instagram and Vine videos are a low-cost and low-tech way to create and share short videos with any audience. Once recorded, Vine videos are uploaded to Vine's social network and can also be shared on Facebook, Twitter, and other sites.

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AFP Blog

JULY 28, 2008

eJewish Philanthropy: "Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook aren’t just for college keg stand contest pictures anymore. Nonprofits are joining social network sites to connect with people, strengthen cause awareness and hopefully cultivate donors." From ejewishphilanthropy.comWho Needs So Many “Friends”?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

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. Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0. Tactical Philanthropy Blog notes that the next Giving Carnival will focus on Fundraising for Nonprofits and will be hosted by Gayle Roberts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

The site was developed by Democracy in Action. 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. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

It will be easier to ask many times if your site is focused on the topic of philanthropy or related to the mission of the charity you are raising funds to support. That person obviously doesn't share your same values. You need to stay true to the purpose of your blog. This is the one exception to the rest of this list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Screenshot of a poll from Philanthropy 2173 Still time to register your opinion! Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Be A Celebrity for Your Cause Katya Andresen from Network for Good has been busy working on the launch of the SixDegrees.org site with Kevin Bacon. Change the World!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 14, 2009

You can search for a service event on the site, or list your own. Enter the YouTube Contest Usaservice.org is also sponsoring a YouTube contest. The Greatest Antidote to Cynicism by Mario Morino, the Chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners. Below are 5 ways you can get involved: 1.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

The New York Times Magazine on Sunday was all about philanthropy. Some highlights: For a long time, philanthropy was mostly ignored by social scientists. percent from the mid-’70s to the mid-’90s, according to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Here’s what you need to read: What Makes People Give?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Photo Contest. Matching gifts are a part of corporate philanthropy programs designed by a company to support its employees’ philanthropic activities. Volunteer grants are another form of corporate philanthropy offered by companies as an incentive for supporters to volunteer at nonprofits like yours. . Photo Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Tell me about your project, The Generation Project The Generation Project is a new charity that seeks to revolutionize educational philanthropy by giving donors creative control over their gifts to kids in low-income communities. This is an awesome site popular with young people. Glassbooth.org blog. Who are they?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. Tactical Philanthropy weighs in on the debate. The question is "When is video a good. Some reactions here.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

HSUS ran a video contest during the outcry over the Michael Vick story that received 22 submissions, over 43,000 views of the contest intro video (featuring Hulk Hogan) , and garnered 2,000 new list members. I hope you can include Oxfam America Unwrapped on your site. On Second Life : Tim and Carie both say stay away.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

I actually joined Twitter because I had just submitted my entry into the Ideablob contest and there were links to share your entry on "social media" so I clicked on Twitter and that was that. This was interesting to me -- that people joined the Facebook social networking site specifically because I (Lend4Health) was there.

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CauseVox

MAY 3, 2021

When they sponsor your event, the local community sees their name and their commitment to philanthropy. If you’re hosting a social media contest, you could make a sponsor part of it as a co-host. Approach them from this community perspective. Work with your board members to approach their employer about sponsorship.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

James Rooney, senior manager of Microsoft Philanthropies, kicked off the first day's general session, highlighting the free cloud services available to nonprofits. The contest ends on April 24, 2017, so get those submissions in soon. You can enter to win on this site. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

While there is no magic formula, the best practices for online fundraisers right now lie in a solid communication strategy and philanthropy fundamentals. For example, online shopping sites that pay cash back can generate 10s of 1000s of dollars if large memberships use them regularly.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube. Share and Enjoy: 5 Comments comment restr » Blog Archiv » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories [.]

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube. Share and Enjoy: 5 Comments comment restr » Blog Archiv » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories [.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Harry's last green tip introduced the Charity Contest that allowed readers to submit a comment that included a suggestion about how to save energy or be green and the name of a charity. To learn more about how CFL can save energy here and find out how your state ranks in saving energy this way at the 18 seconds campaign site.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 30, 2008

The philanthropic blogosphere has been buzzing about Joshua Horwitz's Chronicle of Philanthropy piece, The Nonprofit Profession Lost Out in Oprah's Big Give. It reminded me of what makes giving successful, even when the contestants failed. philanthropy Oprah television reality giving Involve the community.

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2009

Blackbaud is among the " Ten Best Web Support Sites " awarded by the Association of Support Professionals this week. We're especially proud to hear what they said about Blackbaud as a small company: "The big news this year is the number of smaller companies that have developed world-class support sites."

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