Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Creating a page with 3-5 CTAs on your website could be a great tool for engagement. Pay for the admission or ticket fee for people who you think should attend your nonprofit’s events with the hope they’ll donate on-site or in the future. You can sign a petition, forward info from the site, or more if you are so compelled.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

A food-related event usually entails a few individuals sitting around and eating a meal served on-site at the location. Virtual tours can be surprisingly pleasurable and rejuvenating while not having to travel anywhere — just let a tour guide show you around a museum, ancient site, city, or gallery while live streaming to a group of people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Website: www.taprootfoundation.org. Dupe: I love our blog – I has surprisingly become one of the strongest presence on our website. Also, we use Google analytics to track where our website visitors are coming from and where they go after that. a mobile website, texting, mobile Apps, text-to-give, etc.?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. Create a donor appreciation page on your website that exists year-round. Name an event after them.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 18, 2009

About Us | Overview | UX Test Kitchen - "The UX Test Kitchen is a nonprofit interactive agency providing free website and media development to other nonprofits. IdealistNews - New partnership with Idealist.org and Reddit has created the IdealistNews site where you can see some of the hot news items in the nonprofit sector.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

My Colorado Project is a website that highlights the attributes and interests of a new generation of givers. The greatest obstacle for me as the manager of the project is to create a website which meets the user-experience standards of the average Millennial. How did My Colorado Project come about, how did it get started?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2016

But the GivingTuesday spirit still continues until the end of the month with #MyGivingStory , a contest where your nonprofit organization could receive a grant up to $10,000. MyGivingStory, in its second year, is a nationwide campaign and social media storytelling contest to inspire public discussion about the reasons people give.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Otherwise, try a traditional thermometer or post a funky impact-inspired infographic on your site. 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.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Here are a few ideas for you: Keywords you use on your website or in your analytics. It’s a great catch all that monitors numerous social sites. The internet’s popularity contest at your fingertips. It won’t look the same on every site, but you will see something very similar. Mentions of your organization.

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The Next Web

MAY 1, 2013

As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council ’s #StartupLab initiative, a virtual mentorship program, Jim will appear live via video chat broadcast on this site. Some of ShortStack’s most popular features include contests and sweepstakes, newsletter signup forms and integrations with Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and more.

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OneCause

AUGUST 22, 2024

As you’re sitting by the fire, you can also host a scary story contest. Pumpkin Carving Contest Get your donors engaged while getting into the spirit of Halloween with a pumpkin carving contest. This idea provides a perfect transition from summer to fall, with a slightly nostalgic yet cozy feeling hovering around the event.

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NTEN

APRIL 14, 2009

We're glad to see member organization ZeroDivide shares our appreciation and is deploying it for educational and rewarding purposes: The ZD Technology Haiku Contest! A panel of technology superstar judges will select the top 10 Haikus and we'll post them to our website, www.zerodivide.org. Winners will be announced on Friday, May 1.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Use an event website. Using an event website for your charity golf tournament makes promotion simpler and easier. An event website also gives sponsors premium digital exposure every time someone visits the site to learn more about the fundraiser. Your event website becomes the home base for marketing your golf fundraiser.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Clean up your website. Clean up your website. When people visit your website, the last thing you want is for them to get bogged down with outdated content. This makes it more challenging to navigate the site and find. Often, supporters will abandon the site if they can’t quickly find what they’re looking for.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

A table on Amazon’s site shows what’s available at each reward level. These are often hotly contested between drivers, and there have even been reports of some using bots to access in-demand shifts. According to Amazon’s website, there’s no signup required for the Flex Rewards program. Screenshot: Amazon.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

You can even add a good deed widget for your site. American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest. communities can compete with each other by fundraising on the GlobalGiving site. You can read a case study about the winner of the first contest here. It's open to 501c3's serving U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Other work might be creative such as coming up with a name for a new product or company or designing a logo, website or brochure or producing a 30-second video spot. For nonprofits, crowdsourcing work can be a cost-effective way of taking care of repetitive tasks through sites like Crowdflower, Castingwords, and Clickworker.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

With nearly all phones equipped with SMS capabilities, and with consumers reading virtually every text within minutes after receipt, why is it that businesses still choose to forego this channel and rely solely on mobile optimized websites and native applications? Texting to the rescue.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

Google will change how its algorithms rank websites in search results, the company announced today. Starting sometime early next year, if your website has a poor “page experience,” it may show up lower on search results. The Top Stories section is hotly contested prime real estate for news sites.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Many microgiving websites make it outrageously simple to donate, and with mobile giving on the rise, we can definitely expect an increase in the number of smaller donations. Crowdrise is a personal fundraising site where you can ask for monetary support on just about anything. Trust me, you don’t need another tie or a DVD.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

So you launched your new website and have an online marketing plan in hand to help you reach new audiences. Everyone at your organization thinks the new website is fantastic. How are you going to maintain the website and make it compelling over time? Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.).

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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. Other channels included TV news, radio, newspapers, websites, phone calls, and through friends or family.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

See the full contest website to learn more about the competition, presented by Invest Early , to gather and share stories about the importance of interactions and learning opportunities for babies and young children. Please visit the site to view this video). Please visit the site to view this video).

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See3

JULY 12, 2007

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JUL 12, 2007 How many site visitors do you have?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

As some sort of measure of accountability, raw web statistics (this site got x visits and y pageviews in t timeframe) mean zilch. Allan says: Granted, web site stats will not tell me anything about how many hungry people a nonprofit feeds. Why bother having a web site at all? Your site, zenofnptech.org, is already on Quantcast.

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2008

| Main | Care2 Launches Americas Favorite Animal Shelter Contest » Monday Oct 13 2008 Using Google Analytics to Track a Nonprofit Website (Part 1) Monday, October 13, 2008 at 01:21PM | by James OMalley Nonprofits take note: Google Analytics software application has shattered previous barriers to analyzing and optimizing websites.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

Pune Dracker, Director, Website Content & Editorial Services, ASPCA. It’s along the lines of a weekly caption contest, but there’s an educational component to it. Photo: Pune Dracker Everything I know about the editorial process I learned from Teddy Bear Review. Ask in a way that there are no—or more than one—“right” answers.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Wildfire creates a spectrum of contest based apps, including sweepstakes & photo/video contest apps. The contest should offer an incentive for your constituents to become fans. No, not trapper keeper.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? important with higher-engagement leveled UGC campaigns PROCESS - marketing Email Website Social networks Web badges Blogger outreach OUTCOMES Both tangible & intangible Increase list members (we don??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ???

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

If you have a job that doesn’t require someone to be on site, consider letting volunteers do it remotely. Some possible remote volunteer jobs include writing newsletters, designing websites, consulting and even making small items that can be mailed in.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Just like games, contests are virtual event ideas that can get people talking. Maybe the cutest pet contest or something event/topic-focused that does not require attendees to be on site. . Maybe the cutest pet contest or something event/topic-focused that does not require attendees to be on site. .

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

For the past couple months, I've been working with the Social Actions team on their site redesign, which launched today! 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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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2012

In order to sustain this type of impact tech savvy art museums, zoos, historical sites, botanical gardens and many other types of arts and cultural nonprofits understand that technology is key to sustaining their growth. Creating interesting contest. They serve over 850 million visitors that generate $166.2 Pinterest - [link].

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees. You can find local comedians on entertainer-sourcing sites like GigSalad or The Bash, or you can ask for help from local comedy clubs. Photo Contest Photo costs are incredibly diverse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2008

So they have contests. s just another website. ll have a nice, pretty site that ends up being another community ghost town. Be sure to include your name with a link to your email or web site next to your contribution. And then there???s s the numbers game. These companies want 10,000 people in the first week.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

It is easy to post a link to a crowdfunding platform or to your website’s donation page, but letting supporters give directly through Facebook makes it even easier to capture impulse donors. Facebook fundraising tools are designed to keep people on the site rather than send them to a crowdfunding platform or other website.

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