Remove Contest Remove Philanthropy Remove United States
article thumbnail

GivingTuesday 2018 Scales Generosity and Kindness to New Highs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Eastern time, according to a Facebook spokesperson reported in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. We know from the early online giving contests that making nonprofits play the hunger games isn’t the best way, buy neither is the big boom of a big match dispersed all at once.

article thumbnail

Philanthropy 2.0 Study Results Published on Mashable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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 Carie Lewis from the Humane Society of the United States has used this approach with impressive results over the last three years.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2009, the organization launched the United State Spay Day Photo Contest in 2009 as one part of their overall effort that included broadcast media and other social media outreach efforts as well as offline event. A great example of how well this multi-channel approach works is the Humane Society’s Spay Day.

article thumbnail

An Innovative Approach to Social Problems: Caravan Studios

Tech Soup

The contest sought solutions to support and empower trafficking survivors. Chronicle of Philanthropy cited it as an example of how nonprofits are trying new ways to test: Caravan Studios, the TechSoup division that created the [SafeNight] app, has embraced a new management approach popular in Silicon Valley known as “lean start-up.

Problem 44
article thumbnail

The Big Chill: Why Nonprofits Should Care about Affirmative Action

Blue Avocado

President of the nonprofit and philanthropy membership group, Independent Sector, Akilah Watkins noted that the decision “could touch how [nonprofits] hire, build our boards, make funding decisions, and design and deliver our programs.” These questions have caused concern among many in the nonprofit sector.

Action 52
article thumbnail

AFP ICON 2023 Recap

Qgiv

” Data-driven philanthropy is based on fact and not on a gut feeling. For more information on their study, visit the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy. There are many options for peer-to-peer fundraising you can use: Contests Challenges Crowdfunding DIY fundraising A-thons (walk, bowl, etc.)

article thumbnail

Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

” In the last five years alone, Dan has given over 275 talks on philanthropy and innovation in 34 states and eight countries. This ongoing study has been cited in hundreds of publications, including Forbes, TIME, Fast Company, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He is a William J.

Causes 28