Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2010

This case study explores how a small nonprofit, Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) , a contest winner in the first and second America’s Giving Challenges, is using social media effectively. They also understand how to avoid donor fatigue, the potential downside to online contests. Come join the discussion !

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 4, 2010

Great to see two social enterprise bloggers, Kylie Eastley of Tasmania and Tristan Pollock from Minnesota, won Halle Tecco's contest on Huffington Post to go to the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit later this month in San Francisco. Bill Strathmann of Network for Good will be our next Chair: be sure to come to SF to cheer him on!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2010

Today, I stumbled across another reason why I'd like to blow up online contests that use "vote for me" or popularity to make funding decisions. If a contest or program does not lead with social outcomes and if big money is thrown on the table, it encourages social innovation of another kind. I initially thought it was a good idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I've been following the PepsiFresh contest since the launch in December, the largest social media for social good cause marketing effort put forth to date. Jeremiah Owyang has shared his initial analysis of Pepsi's Contest, summarizing the opportunity, risks, strengths, weaknesses, metrics, and impact. Tags: contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2010

The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy , VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success. We only allowed 1 vote per e-mail address.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I've written a lot lately about contests ( Chase Community Giving and Pepsi Refresh ) here in the United States that are focused on "social media for social media." While Ennovent , a social enterprise, is very different from a major consumer brand in the US, I think we can learn a lot about the design of the contest. .

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Organize a Pumpkin Carving Contest. Why not host a pumpkin carving contest? The easiest way to organize a pumpkin carving contest is to ask your school or a local business to host it. Encourage them to post on social media about your event and tag your organization so you can share their photos. Plan a Costume 5k.

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Forum One

AUGUST 11, 2009

We have seen in recent years a growing prevalence of online contests. Here are three recent contest efforts that have impressed us. The final winner will soon be announced in a nail-biter end to the contest. The final winner will soon be announced in a nail-biter end to the contest. Tags: Collaboration.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

Social media contests: Photo contests can drive tons of engagement for your nonprofit on social media.Choose a relevant task for the contest that also makes for a fun visual, then ask supporters to post a photo and tag your nonprofit’s account to enter. Thank donors and volunteers often.

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Care2

AUGUST 20, 2009

We're no strangers to the world of video contests. This week, we've helped launch a video contest around one specific issue: driving smarter. We talk about why they chose to do a video contest, what the process involves, and how they plan for success. Tags: Video.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 27, 2010

If a nonprofit organization wins the contest, they must gift the prize to another nonprofit organization. For more details, please visit the contest website. This contest is hosted by Symantec, please contact Inspire@Symantec.com with any questions. Tags: Green Office Server Applications. Pacific time.

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See3

APRIL 22, 2010

We recently announced the winners of the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards, but the contests don’t end there. Our friends at the American Constitution Society have just announced a contest of their own. Tags: Video youtube contest video camera. The deadline is May 15, 2010, so get your camera out and act fast!

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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. Tag friends in a post or comment on one of your posts.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here are some post-gala strategies to spark engagement : Relive the Memories, Fuel Excitement: Photo & Video Power Unleash the Photo Power: Tag, Share, & Contest Your Way to Engagement Capture the night’s essence through captivating photos and videos. Offer exciting prizes to incentivize participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In December, Pepsi topped that amount with its Pepsi Refresh, a contest offering $20 million in prizes and also launching this week.) . For example.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 25, 2023

Review additional social media materials: Go over all social media guidelines, including hashtags they should use, accounts they should tag, links to include, and any other relevant details. Create Ambassador Contests One of the main reasons ambassador fundraising and marketing is so successful is the element of competition.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2009

3Banana just launched an interesting contest for nonprofits focused on health, environment, and education. Dubbed Share to Win, the contest will award the five nonprofits that can generate the most excitement among their followers with prizes totaling $10,000 in donations. Tags: Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Intuit , the company that produces the favorite accounting software QuickBooks and financial management software Quicken (and TechSoup donor partner) is running a contest for small businesses (and nonprofits) to win a total of $35,000 in products, cash and free advertising. Tags: Finances Fundraising Grants for Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2010

Congrats to Megha Bhagat , Winner of HP Laptop/Printer Bundle Contest that I ran on my blog last month. To enter the contest, readers had to share their " Theory of Change." Megha is a passionate human rights advocate in India and also lawyer. Tags: contest india. Her blog is here. Megha Bhagat. meghabhagat@nls.ac.in.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2009

contest in November, we asked everyone to take an online survey telling us some of the things they've done to reduce their IT energy use. We're happy to announce our three randomly-selected contest winners: read more. Tags: GreenTech. In our Unpower Yourself! We very much hope to continue to work closely with them.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This essay contest is one way we're expanding the conversation to include the ideas and opinions of people who are passionate about global health issues. Tags: Global Health. I hope you'll forward this opportunity along to students, friends and colleagues. .

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Greater Giving

JUNE 4, 2024

Run Social Media Giveaway or contest: Host a giveaway where participants share their favorite summer memories while tagging your organization. This could be children participating in a summer camp or a family enjoying a park revitalized by your efforts. This increases brand awareness and encourages community interaction.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This feature is similar to hashtags but provides a location-based tag instead of a phrase-based tag. Submission contest. Take both of these ideas to the next level by gamifying them with a contest. Ensure your hashtag is branded to your nonprofit, relevant to the event, and not too long or complicated. Geofilters.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This feature is similar to hashtags but provides a location-based tag instead of a phrase-based tag. Submission contest. Take both of these ideas to the next level by gamifying them with a contest. Ensure your hashtag is branded to your nonprofit, relevant to the event, and not too long or complicated. Geofilters.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

Changents is hosting a contest with P&G Give Health calling for bloggers to share why they are clean water Change Agents. The contest runs most of this month, so register your blog today and start rallying supporters to help get donated water to those in need, and join the Children’s Safe Drinking Water expedition!

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2010

Taglines are incredibly powerful, which is why I'm always so excited when our fantastic board member Nancy Schwartz launches her tagline contest, and now she's back for round three! . Tags: Getting Attention nancy schwartz NPTech NTEN tagline Communications. Say no more. This could be your organization in 2010!

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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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CauseVox

AUGUST 23, 2023

From pumpkin carving contests to haunted houses, there are so many ways to embrace this new season with fresh ideas. Pumpkin Patch Create a charming pumpkin patch and offer fun activities like pumpkin carving contests, hayrides, and pumpkin painting. Adults may enjoy bingo, fall themed trivia, or pumpkin bowling.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2010

The submission period for the 2010 Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest ends at midnight tonight (Pacific time). Tags: Event Multimedia & Graphics Software. This is it. We're down the wire. Check out the current submissions , see last year's winners , and ENTER NOW before the clock winds down.

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TechImpact

MARCH 31, 2014

Be sure to cite the original poster, and tag it with the #regram. Encourage interaction on your feed by running contests, asking questions, ask for a #regram, and encourage people to share your message. Here are a few hashtags to get you started: #regram – This one is like retweeting. Encourage interaction. Research is important.

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NTEN

APRIL 17, 2009

In contest news, NTEN member organization ZeroDivide has launched a great contest that combines poetry, social media, and good causes: the ZD Technology Haiku Contest ! Tags: community buzz NPTech nten members. They're going to be at the NTC , so can meet them at the Science Fair !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2010

BP Logo Redesign Contest. Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. YouTube: Environmental Defense Fund. MySpace: Greenpeace. Flickr: SkyTruth. Related Links: Nonprofits of the Month :: May 2010 :: Holding Corporations Accountable. Wikipedia :: Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Even if tech-savvy visitors do post, who’s to say that they will be sure to tag you? Host a selfie contest encouraging visitors to snap pics with their preferred objects or in their favorite spaces, . Here are some ideas on where to start with social media challenges: . Selfie stations . Communicative channels .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

Part of the campaign includes a photo context in Flickr using the tag freedomfromoil. Contest details are here: [link] Via Britt Bravo's blog at netsquared [link] [link] The JumpStart Ford ([link] is a campaign to convince the auto industry to improve fuel efficiency and eliminate greenhouse gasses by 2020.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Incentivize engagement by hosting a giveaway or other fun contest just for new followers on your platform of choice. Make sure to mention the contest in your regular emails and newsletters so your entire mailing list will know about it. Just like. a multi-channel approach to fundraising. Instagram story stickers.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Tags: Non-profit technology nptech events case studies training crowdsourcing. It's not only a great chance for some lucky non-profit folks to get free professional development, but there's a quick lesson in online marketing that you might be able to use in your own organization.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

The Case Foundation has just launched the " Change Begins With Me " contest. Tags: promotion. But, given how the economy has changed and that we are about to usher in a new era of change, it is also a great idea to set some more external goals. how might you make a change in your community, neighborhood, or the world. What's your idea?

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