NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Twitter search is your best friend for finding out what’s going on in the real time conversation world of microblogging. Have a Google Blog Search and Technorati Blog Search running at all times to see what the Blogosphere has to say. The internet’s popularity contest at your fingertips. Lot’s of options here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

You can even pull this off in multiple long-distance locations where several smaller groups gather in-person and combine to share their experience virtually with other group locations via livestream and watch party event software features. 15) Brand design contests. Consider a brand design contest for a more inventive competition.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

And by all means, please share your secrets in the comments below. For those job-searching, teams may provide new networking opportunities. Create team-specific communications and contests. – OK, now that you’ve heard my 3 big tips it’s time to share yours with the readers here. Focus on team captains.

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TechImpact

APRIL 22, 2014

Start a hashtag contest. You can then search for that hashtag on Twitter, or Instagram, and choose weekly winners. With over 1 billion images being shared on social media every day, and by utilizing hashtag research, your nonprofit has the chance to figure out what your audience is talking about. Be interactive.

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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. Check out this blog post for some great tips and resources to aid in your search. One global qualifier contest to rule them all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Here’s the basics if you are getting the C-Suite up to speed: Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the photos and then share them. Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests.

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The MatrixFiles

JUNE 15, 2021

Worked with their speakers to add interactive elements, from polls to contests. Extended attendee profiles and better searching. Easy to use attendee search and messaging. Polls and contests to add sparkle to a session or break. Have places where people can post, share and connect, not just virtually, but also in person!

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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. Check out this blog post for some great tips and resources to aid in your search. One global qualifier contest to rule them all.

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Arts Global Czech Republic Contest 98

sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2022

Examples include text-to-give campaigns, merchandise fundraisers, and virtual contests. Consider sharing a challenge on a platform like Facebook that makes it easy for people to connect and share with their friends. There are countless ways to implement contests into your fundraising strategy. Educational nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

While I curate a lot of information online , I also still appreciate the printed word – either on paper or as an e-book. It is always good to have a place to start to read up on a topic before searching online. John’s book takes you through the technical and practical aspects of marketing on Facebook, particularly brand pages.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Leading nonprofits practitioners will share all about how they use measurement to improve strategy and prove results. There have been contests with nothing but crickets, comment wars where everyone loses, and the inadvertent mixing of personal and business accounts – often with hilarious results (who here’s #gettingslizzard?)

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

It is fueled by easy-to-use blog software, social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and the online video phenomenon of YouTube, and a thousand other video sharing sites. One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While you’re searching for a haunted house to partner with, consider hosting your event at a haunted house that’s also willing to be your partner in a matching gift drive. Ghost story contest. After running the contest, host a reading around a campfire and listen to the scariest ghost stories in an appropriately spooky setting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

During the past two weeks, links shared via the #nptech hashtag on Twitter have been like a Chinese buffet, a huge selection of tempting dishes that look so good you want to fill an entire plate. Susan Tenby from TechSoup shares her notes from the Unconference. American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Staff the organization’s social media accounts by monitoring follower activity (shares, likes, and comments) and ping those individuals with a way to volunteer or donate (or some other call to action). Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Check your state laws to make sure you are in compliance.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

We’re launching an ad contest: “Obama in 30 Seconds.&# Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 24, 2021

Social Media Shares. No matter which form of gamification you use, you should always ask your attendees to share things about your event on their social media page. Social media shares can contribute to points, the earning of badges, or perks (like discounts down the road). . Gamifying Online Events.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

And last week, the British Environment Agency announced it would share real-time water-level measurements taken every 15 minutes with apps that will use them to warn residents to prepare for floods caused by rising rivers. You can see some of the apps generated by the contest at civicapps.org.). Have you done it yourself?

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NTEN

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! Enhances your mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2006

Last week when I blogged that won the Creative Commons flickr photo contest, the prize I got was Lessig's on my answering machine. In today's email, J Wynia, shared with me a tool he created with the Flickr API that lets me search for interesting photos that I can remix or use and automatically generates the attribution.

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AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

If you are hosting an industry-specific event or a networking event, part of the reward or prize can include sharing the winner’s name, title, and company at the event in post-event follow-ups. . Share that information on social media as well. You can do a contest like the one above or do something different. Choose Incentives.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 1, 2010

I'd love it if you would share your tips for how nonprofits who want to start a blog, or who already have a blog, can create content and community that is engaging, lively, and JUICY! What Kind of Blog Posts Would Be a Good Fit? Your post doesn't have to be long (100-200 words). Your post doesn't have to be long (100-200 words).

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. USAID Should do More to Require their Contractors to Share Data. Many contractors avoid sharing this raw data for competitive reasons. Vote for this Idea].

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Google Analytics: Google Analytics , a free and powerful website stats software, lets you dig into your website data so you can find out all sorts of useful info such as who your audience is and what keywords they are searching for to find your website. Pineda Ive shared your list on my blog. Friend Feed is another option.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

When you pursue a multichannel strategy, you can share email content on your social media pages, social media posts within your weekly email newsletters and multimedia content across all platforms. . Online contests or challenges. Alternatively, a. multichannel marketing strategy. Personalize content based on interests.

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See3

JANUARY 25, 2007

Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Opens tonight, 6-8pm, at Lennon, Weinberg, 514 W.

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The Verge

AUGUST 2, 2021

Google is only sharing a few of the key specs for each phone, leaving the details for later — likely October. Google isn’t sharing specs on the camera beyond saying the main wide-angle sensor takes in 150 percent more light. So excited to share our new custom Google Tensor chip, which has been 4 yrs in the making ( for scale)!

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See3

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Care2

AUGUST 30, 2013

Seek out great images: Borrow images from others - Flickr has a treasure trove of Creative Commons accessible images you can search through to find the perfect image for your message. Be strategic about your subject matter: Share images that tell a story. Share your best tips for supercharging your nonprofit''s images.'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? We learned - were running a flickr contest right now that takes lessons learned from wendys and has been successful. Also helps for communicating with UGC contestants and winners. s choice award.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

And if you’re searching for fun and engaging ways to raise money, auctions and simple online events will get your donors excited to support your organization. Let them share and show off for a night with a virtual open mic night fundraiser. Sports tricks contest. Virtual holiday lights tour and contest.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

If you don’t know about Flickr , it’s a popular photo sharing site that can be used by nonprofits. It gives you search engine mojo – because all the Flickr goodness is indexed heavily. You can see the Humane Society Seal Photo caption contest here. So what can nonprofits do with Flickr?

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See3

JANUARY 21, 2008

Beth Kanter , friend and blogger, is raising money for the Sharing Foundation, which supports kids in Cambodia. The Challenge begins December 13 at 3pm EST and will close January 31 at 3pm EST. Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Beth Kanter Michael, Thank you!! It’s a dumb question because I know you can.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Following the best practices of person-to-person fundraising and that is to talk about why the charity is important to you, he shares his reason, "kids deserve awesomeness". I searched flickr and found the above photo taken by video blogger Steve Garfield. Steve's been a huge supporter of the Sharing Foundation. Thank you Steve!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Social Actions is a nonprofit initiative that helps you find and share opportunities to change the world. You can find an action to take about the causes you care about by using their search engine , and share ways for others to take action on your website, blog, or mobile device with one of their web applications.

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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. You can also search for volunteer opportunities on VolunteerMatch , Idealist , Social Actions , Network for Good , 1-800 Volunteer.org , MLK.gov , servenet.org , Volunteer Solutions , and GuideStar. Below are 5 ways you can get involved: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

I asked them if they would be willing to share any screen captures from some key reports (as suggested by Google Analytics Evangelist Kaushik) and what they learned: Key Report #1: Referring Search Terms From Search Engines The report that tells you which search phrases people are using to find your site tells you a lot about your users.

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