Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

If they spend 30% of their time with frontline workers, theyll better understand the needs of both customers and employees and will be better able to lead their companies, George wrote in a 2022 article for Harvard Business Review. We tell our frontline team, if you come up with innovations, youll be recognized and rewarded, Salmirs says.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Not until September 2024, when the district considered applications for updated permits to export the combined 89 million-gallon-per-day production of all 48 wells, did Texas A&M University enter into the proceedings, filing a request for review by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

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Texas San Antonio Project Conservancy 136

Tableau

AUGUST 4, 2021

The results for the 2021 Iron Viz Qualifier Contest are in. As a reminder, you can see all the entries for this year's contest here.) Next, our final-round guest judges independently reviewed the Top 10 vizzes, scored each using the same criteria as the first-round judges, and selected three finalists. Andrew Grinaker.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up – you can read the post and join the discussion on SSIR , or read the full post below. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group?

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Contest Platform Proposal Netsquared 137

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2009

In the month of September, the small, medium, and large organizations with the most positive reviews will be featured on GreatNonprofits and Guidestar. The contest asks clients, donors, volunteers, and board members to write reviews of these nonprofits. All reviews will be automatically visible on GuideStar.org.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

My $799 review unit has the Ryzen 5-4500U, along with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. Reviews of budget and midrange laptops are often a question of what you’re trading off for that lower price point. Between the Envy x360 and other $800 laptops, there’s no contest. The thesis of this review is that I have almost no complaints.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

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. Review the example and see if you can identify the three elements at play: Time, Action, People.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports. Offer to draft, edit, review and improve the acknowledgment emails or letters the organization sends to donors. Offer to review organizational materials and offer feedback on how it could adapt or improve its talking points. It’s easier than it sounds. Canvas door-to-door.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Overall, when it comes to low light, it feels like no contest: the iPhone 12 Pro Max consistently took better, more detailed, and less noisy photos than the Pixel 5 and Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. It’s impressive. And there’s still a lot of lens flare going on.

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Camera Review Phone Photo 145

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2010

World’s Best Presentation Contest 2010. Slideshare has run a regular contest, “The World’s Best Presentation,&# and this year is adding a nonprofit category. The contest is sponsored by 3M and there are some great prizes, including the 3M pocket projector and Macbook. View more presentations from Amit Ranjan.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up. A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. Read the post below or visit SSIR to read and comment with that community. Slightly more than a third (34%) gave as a result of a workplace fundraising 52% drive.

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Celebrate Fundraising Impact Case Study 201

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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Learning Contest Philanthropy Facebook 101

The Verge

MARCH 27, 2021

No contest. There’s more bass than before, but this is where I think it’s most important to set reasonable expectations: the low end you get from any decent pair of in-ear buds will blow these out of the water. It’s there and perceptible.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

But Amazon can also request a review of the decision from the full NLRB board, which (if granted) could prevent the election from taking place or invalidate its results after the fact. Update 5:25PM ET: Updated with more information about specific outcomes of the NLRB review process. I order a second election”.

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Amazon Alabama Contest Review 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2013

That’s the summary of a post I wrote last week for the Harvard Business Review Blog called “ Go Ahead Take A Failure Bow.” Share Your #npfail story by April 30th and you will have a chance to win a Microsoft Surface or other schwag from the Case Foundation that is sponsoring the contest.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Dig out that camcorder 'cause Quantum Shift TV has launched a video contest with social impact for students in the U.S. School Video Contest. contest video online education youth service learning and Canada grades one through twelve: Be the Change! Share the Story!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

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. GrantAdvisor allows anyone in the nonprofit community to anonymously write reviews about their grant experiences with foundations.

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Mobile Tools Online Free 275

Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2009

Now that submissions have been closed for this year's Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest , it's time to give your two cents and vote for your favorite submissions ! Register on the site and review the submissions in the Gallery. Which designs do you like best? Who had the most effective marketing? You tell us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

As a group we spend time clustering similar ideas before reviewing them. This process isn’t a popularity contest or a way to force a decision. Review the the results. It is at this point, each person gets to vote for the ideas that they feel are the strongest. Then ask everyone to cast their vote at the same time.

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The Verge

APRIL 1, 2021

The show will debut on April 26th, and it entirely centers on the S21 Ultra 5G; it’s the only device contestants will use to capture their images. For what it’s worth, Verge reviewer Dieter Bohn said the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G’s cameras did live up to the hype when he reviewed the device in January.

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Create Contest Camera Photography 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Contests/Challenges: Directly involve stakeholders in social change project or program. We've been reviewing examples for case studies in our research and some use more than one tactic. Take for example contests. Contests have been a marketing tactic for years.

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Social Media Contest Case Study Media 96

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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

ViralSweep is an sweepstakes and contest platforms that easily allows you to launch and management online contests. GrantAdvisor allows anyone in the nonprofit community to anonymously write reviews about their grant experiences with foundations. For multi-lingual surveys, it is a better service than SurveyMonkey.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 8, 2011

I found particularly helpful in the book the definitions of the following five different types of conflict and then how best to deal with each: Problems to solve Disagreement Contest Fight Intractable situation Also helpful are the "consider this" questions asked of the reader in at the end of each chapter, along with the list of "homework" to do's.

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The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2014

Vivek Ravisankar is the co-founder of Y Combinator alumnus, HackerRank , a platform for coding contests used by programmers to hone their skills and a tool for companies to streamline their own recruiting process. Everything we buy is either because we are naturally attracted (inbound) or hear great reviews from a friend (referral).

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Interview Skills Contest Process 145

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up. You can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the copy below. —– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington.

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Community Giving Washington Social Media 158

CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Hold a “Who Looks Like Santa” contest, have supporters grow facial hair, challenge donors to run a 5k every weekend in December— it doesn’t matter what you choose, as long as it’s fun, funky, and different. So, give them something to look forward to with a year-end challenge.

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Campaign Giving Strategy Donor 105

Engadget

APRIL 14, 2025

Staggered vs columnar This decision seems to be one of the more hotly-contested among ergo enthusiasts. We consider brands with good reputations that weve heard good things about from colleagues and look at keyboard reviews in forums and other trusted publications.

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Test Guide Model Raise 81

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Build excitement through your Instagram event promotion by posting teasers about your event line-up, contests, and ticket deals. Host contests and giveaways to boost engagement. Engage your followers even before your event by hosting Instagram contests and giveaways. Create rules for each of your contest or giveaway posts.

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Contest Social Media Volunteer Headline 111

The Next Web

OCTOBER 30, 2013

ShortStack provides the tools for small businesses, graphic designers, agencies and corporations to create apps with contests and forms, fan gates, product lines and more. About 20 years ago, the Harvard Business Review published a study that looked at how employee satisfaction affects a company’s profit and growth.

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Business Social Media Profit Service 165

sgEngage

JANUARY 11, 2023

Review software vendor agreements carefully. Teach your team to review unexpected emails carefully, not to click links or attachments, and to check the sender’s email address for errors. Then they may ask you to verify yourself before reviewing the activity by providing an account number or social security number.

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Practice email Policy Software 130

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2013

This means front loading failure as well as doing “after action reviews.” Share Your #npfail story by April 30th and you will have a chance to win a Microsoft Surface or other schwag from the Case Foundation that is sponsoring the contest. Nonprofits need to embrace failure, not just accept it. npfail #13ntcbets.

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The Verge

MAY 1, 2021

Apple has hotly contested that interpretation of the data. But Apple insists the App Store review process is a pivotal part of the broader platform safety efforts around iOS. Barnes also testified that Apple has been tracking its App Store profits for several years.

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Profit Contest Exercise Structure 98

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

Plus, hes likely racking up legal fees after contestants sued him and Amazon for sexual harassment and chronic mistreatment.) Reviews panned Beast Games , calling it an undignified spectacle and surprisingly dull. James Charles is best when hes reviewing makeup; hosting a reality competition show, he flails.

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Amazon Influence Hype YouTube 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

The Nature Conservancy has used Flickr Group to host a photo contest on its Web site. Looking to tap into this, we launched a photo contest where the prize would be featuring the winning images along side the photography that they have told us they like so much. Why did your decide to set up a group on Flickr? Keep them engaged.

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Flickr Conservancy Group Interview 56

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

“As we at Kabam reviewed our strategic priorities, we made the decision to adjust our resourcing structure in alignment with our goals. The Vancouver-based company informed the affected employees about the move earlier this week, a person familiar with the development said. The company has a headcount of over 500 employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2011

Chad Norman shares a post of some interesting nonprofit examples , including one from the South Carolina Aquarium that created the Be Rare Contest , which used QR codes as the focus of a city-wide scavenger hunt. Joe Waters shares an example used for Cause Marketing. Nonprofit Tech2.0

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