NetWits

JUNE 2, 2011

Team in Training has raised over $1 billion by rewarding the fundraising efforts of nearly half a million people. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes – In Stanley Cup-style, the top walker and team receive a trophy that they keep until next year. Understanding the Value of Team Captains. Increase Event Fundraising with Social Media.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Adds Salmirs, whose company employs more than 100,000 team members and frontline workers: You have to be out there building relationships, being present and engaged. We tell our frontline team, if you come up with innovations, youll be recognized and rewarded, Salmirs says.

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TechSpot

MARCH 28, 2023

Pwn2Own is an annual hacking contest organized by Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) during the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver. Five teams of. Every year, security researchers and code experts join the digital fray hoping to score big and win some of the bountiful cash prizes provided by ZDI. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

AUGUST 21, 2020

Run The Jewels has teamed up with Sketchfab, an online platform to share and sell 3D artwork, for a remix challenge of the duo’s iconic pistol and fist logo. And even though it’s a Sketchfab-only contest, I have to include this incredible Instagram post from the legendary Beeple. Run The Jewels / Sketchfab.

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TechImpact

APRIL 16, 2014

Dedicate a #hashtag to questions that your social media team is dedicated to answering. Run a contest on your social media feeds and give people the chance to win something by interacting, Retweeting, or liking a post on your social media feeds. Give away ANYTHING.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

A team of programmers and songwriters from Australia have won the inaugural (and unofficial) AI ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ , using a neural network trained on noises made by koalas, kookaburras, and Tasmanian devils to help score their winning entry. Thirteen teams entered songs and were live-streamed earlier this week.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Encourage them to start a team of fundraisers. Not only do teams raise more money for your organization, they add camaraderie and competition to fundraising. Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Understanding the Value of Team Captains. . $50 gift card for $5,000 raised).

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Promote teams (they raise more $). The survey also found 40% of team members exceeded their fundraising goals vs. only 29% of non-team participants. Teams provide a great support system that is conducive to enjoying the event and raising more money. Make sure you’re promoting your teams every opportunity you get.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

Focus on team captains. A recent survey of six national nonprofits found multi-year team captains raise two to three times more than new team captains and retain about 86 percent of their prior year’s revenue. Team captains are the lifeblood of fundraising events. Include a sample script of what to say to team members.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Whether it’s small communities coming together offline to train and share knowledge about using technology or it’s innovation projects competing in the same contest working together instead – we hope you’ll find this short paper compelling and share it with your networks.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 27, 2014

Every dollar is tightly contested by other nonprofits whose missions are often equally as noble as your own. If it does not meet your standards after running this experiment several times, get your web design team on the job! Image courtesy of Fundraiser Help. Ask, and thank.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Golfers and sponsors can purchase teams and sponsorships quickly and securely as soon as they hear about the event, with just a few clicks. Traditionally, teams in a golf tournament track their scores on a paper scorecard, then hand it in at the end of the event. Live scoring allows teams to submit their scores in real time.

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TechSpot

JUNE 26, 2023

This year, however, the Las Vegas event will provide eight teams of white hat hackers with the chance to compromise an actual satellite. The DEFCON hacker convention is usually the place where analysts and code tinkerers assemble to try and defeat security defenses on computers, vehicles or other "terrestrial" technologies.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking. "Their money, our votes." " pleas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2019

By Gary Wohlfeill , Director of Marketing at CrowdRise , who works with partners to develop highly engaging fundraising campaigns and leads the marketing team in developing the CrowdRise brand. Have an event coming up that encourages teams? And this applies to nonprofits in a big way. Maybe it’s a golf event or even a bowling event.

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NetWits

AUGUST 31, 2012

Kickstart Your Supporters with 5 NEW Fundraising Contest Ideas. The 2 Key Elements of Successful Fundraising Campaigns. 10 Expert Strategies and 500 Minutes of Free Event Fundraising Consulting. Creative Ideas. The #1 Way to Improve Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events Survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Disability Network : When you plan a fundraising project, make sure you have a solid team of volunteers to help you implement – and train and equipment them to support the effort. The Piedmont Environmental Council: Proof your fundraising emails before you send them out.

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OneCause

DECEMBER 4, 2024

We’ll start with our 10 favorites: Mulligans Donation Appeal Hole Sponsorship Hole-in-One Contest Putting Contest Helicopter Drop Pink Ball Contest Logo Accessories Drink Tickets Discounted Foursome Ticket Packages Once you’ve covered these, make to sure to explore the rest of our golf fundraising ideas , too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2024

It functions as the home base for your golf event, where golfers and sponsors can learn more about your organization, what the tournament is raising money for, specifics about the event, and register a team or become a sponsor. Instead, they can commit to the event as soon as they hear about it, with just a few simple clicks or taps.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

He is a recovering political junkie who has served on more than a dozen political campaigns and, as far as he knows, he is the only two-time winner of the USA Today online haiku contest. In her role Beverly leads the new media team who tweets on @ marchofdimes and blogs on the News Moms Need and Nacersano blog. He loves bacon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

What’s more, golfers often tap into their personal and professional networks to field a team, which expands your tournament’s reach and donor pool and opens doors for further stewardship and partnerships. For example, adding hole-in-one or other contests (putting, closest to the pin, etc.) 2) Sponsors Will Look For New Options.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. Convincing your executive team to use crowdsourcing shouldn’t take bribery.

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Classy

JUNE 21, 2021

Host a Contest With Multiple Ways to Participate. Hosting a contest can be an effective way to raise funds and encourage participation, but it’s important to remember that friendly competition isn’t for everyone. If you registered for the dog surf contest, a fundraising page was automatically created for you.

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Neon CRM

MARCH 21, 2025

Team fundraising (also called group fundraising) is what strength in numbers looks like for nonprofits. When your supporters come together to fundraise as a team, theyre able to raise more for your cause than they could have as individuals. But what kind of fundraisers are fun and engaging for teams? What Is Team Fundraising?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

What blew my mind in the demonstration was how the Zerofootprint team took a metro area’s schools, and mashed the energy consumption data together with student census data to demonstrate how much the energy costs by dollar per student per year. But, we can approach human behavior change from a social perspective.

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The Verge

JULY 3, 2020

After watching contestants keep their fingers attached to a phone screen for more than 70 hours, YouTube creator Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson called an early end to a massive competition originally designed with one winner and a $25,000 prize in mind. Despite Donaldson’s calls for players to “go to sleep,” a couple contestants kept going.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You can create small posters for sponsor businesses to show off that they are giving back and sponsoring your org, team, project, or campaign. Many of us are familiar with local businesses sponsoring local sports teams. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Note from Beth: I've been writing about online contests that use social media and crowdsourcing techniques. As frequent readers of this blog know, many pitfalls of online contests have been discussed here. We’ve also compiled a team of Ambassadors , who are emerging leaders in the six award categories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

You may place individual gamers head-to-head and compete against one another or set up a points system with teams. 15) Brand design contests. Consider a brand design contest for a more inventive competition. Each team should be charged a modest entry fee, rewarded with a prize, and marketed via the internet.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The contest, announced Monday morning, will run for four years and is open to teams around the globe. Fifteen teams will be selected for the competition within 18 months. They will each get $1 million, and 25 separate $200,000 scholarships will be given to student teams who enter. Whatever it takes.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2010

The JustGiving team is always great about sharing stories, lessons, and insights – so I'll be watching to see how this new tool goes! " Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right | Beth’s Blog – "The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works.

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Charity Village

MAY 17, 2022

This was used when the contestant needed help with an answer. The post How to use a team charter appeared first on CharityVillage. When Who Wants to Be a Millionaire first began, one of the lifelines was “Ask the Audience”. Author James Surowiecki, Wisdom of the Crowds, writes that this lifeline was right more than 90% of the time.

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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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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Ghost story contest. If you’re lacking a good collection of horror stories to tell, send a call out to your imaginative supporters to send in their scariest stories for a ghost story contest fundraiser. Halloween decorating contest. Homeowners can submit photos of their homes to be entered into the contest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Dupe: This is a team effort! I drive the strategy for day to day and our campaigns and every now and then, team members that ‘get’ our messaging will hop in and send out a tweet or two. It’s extremely helpful having not only the buy-in of our senior team, but the entire organization as well. Dupe: Have a team to support you.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. That’s where the Private Workplace comes in. Focus on the East.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The fundraiser—whether it’s an inspired event, online appeal or one-time contest—should of course be considered an important component of any non-profit’s campaigning effort. Create a timeline contest that encourages people to craft videos and photo sets boosting your fundraiser. Lean on your core supporters.

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