Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Whether a virtual gala, run/walk, golf tournament, interactive contest or other virtual fundraiser, you can connect with donors and inspire giving. Technology you’ll need to broadcast videos, livestream or both. All you need are some great ideas and a solid plan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Organically promote your Shop on social media by taking photos and videos of each item, ideally showing them in use in an authentic manner. Raise awareness for your Shop with a contest. A contest is a good way to get promotion for your Shop with your follower’s friends and family circles. Build up excitement about new products.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2010

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2013

See3 Communications and YouTube, along with the Nonprofit Technology Network, announced today the launch of the 2013 DoGooder Video Awards. The DoGooder Awards recognize the creative and effective use of video in promoting social good. Cisco is generously contributing $3500 to four contest winners.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

There is still time to enter the Blackbaud TV Inspire Contest for a chance to win one of two Apple iPads. Submit a video that shows us how you INSPIRE your supporters to take action. Each video you submit will be entered into this drawing. Two lucky participants will win an Apple iPad®!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

MyGivingStory is a social media storytelling contest that fosters a public conversation about giving and inspires more people to give. It is very simple to enter this contest. Think of a story, experience or person that inspired you to give, choose a format (essay or video), and craft your story. Here are the steps.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For the 5th year in a row, the annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest , presented by YouTube and See3 Communications , is open for submission during the weeks leading up to the Nonprofit Technology Conference. If you're a nonprofit and you made a video in 2010, you should: > Submit your video today! And… wait for it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once.

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NTEN

JANUARY 31, 2014

If you made a video in 2013 that had an impact in your community or around the world, we want to see it. Compelling cause-based video has the ability to advance social change and create real impact. The DoGooder Video Awards are taking submissions starting February 1st, 2014. See contest rules here.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

While it is still important to market directly through Twitter, it might also be a good idea to run contests, or campaigns more focused around awareness than fundraising. Twitter for many is simply a way to stay involved in greater conversations that are happening online, engage those users with photo caption, trivia, or retweet contest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

Giphy GIF Maker enables users to easily create animated video GIFs and GIF slideshows with captions. Video Editing. PowToon enables user to create video animations for video storytelling and presentations. Splice makes it easy to create fully customized videos on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Splice :: iTunes.

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The Verge

JUNE 12, 2020

Facebook has announced the results of its first Deepfake Detection Challenge , an open competition to find algorithms that can spot AI-manipulated videos. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The results, while promising, show there

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2013

Did you make a video in 2012 that had an impact in your community or around the world? If you or your organization produces creative, impactful videos, we think you deserve some recognition for the work you’re doing – and maybe even some incredible prizes. The DoGooder Video Awards are taking submissions starting March 4, 2013.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Due to this growing demographic on YouTube, dozens of tween YouTube stars have risen to fame with thousands and sometimes millions of subscribers and views on their video content. This can come in many forms, but ideally this user-generated content should be genuine when it comes to the incorporation of your company in these videos.

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The Next Web

MAY 2, 2013

Some of ShortStack’s most popular features include contests and sweepstakes, newsletter signup forms and integrations with Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and more. Belosic ultimately conceived of a software platform that would allow thousands of users to create Facebook apps for their businesses without needing to hire a developer.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The doGooder Nonprofit Video Awards are calling for submissions before Feb.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

Giphy GIF Maker enables users to easily create animated video GIFs and GIF slideshows with captions. Video Editing. Lumen5 converts articles and blog posts into video content – ideal for social media. PowToon enables user to create video animations for video storytelling and presentations. iStock :: istock.com.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Allow fundraisers to upload either photos or videos to their page. A video can tell a more powerful story than a photo. Give fundraisers the option to upload a video, like Diabetes Research Institute does. Provide samples of everything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Note from Beth: After you read this guest post, you’ll have lots of great tips for your nonprofit’s video. And don’t forget, The 5th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards is now open for submissions from members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program until March 2nd. The HD DSLR video revolution is here.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group? In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. If you have, you certainly aren’t alone.

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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. ThankView allows users to easily create unique “Thank You” videos in minutes that can be delivered by email or text message. Zoom is an affordable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The two contestants in MrBeast’s newest video, Suzie Taylor […] © 2023 TechCrunch. A woman in a blue tracksuit is on the floor of a bright asylum-like room, stretching in a pigeon yoga pose when she turns to the stranger she plans to live with for 100 days. What are you going to do with this money?” All rights reserved.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

Add call-to-action overlays to your YouTube videos that link to e-newsletter subscribe page. Include video icons and shortened links to relevant videos. Maximize your YouTube SEO using video tags and video titles. Conduct video interviews with speakers and attendees and host the videos on YouTube or Instagram.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

Creating interesting contest. Pro tip : Notice how the San Diego Zoo uses photos and videos in a lot of what they do? Video might just be the most effective way of bringing your exhibits to life for those who can’t be there in person. The other channels is where your video will be consumed. Connect with their loyal fans.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

With a virtual format, you have the advantage of offering more variety since you can easily change the video source and even use pre-recorded video content. Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. 15) Brand design contests. 9) Movie screenings.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Partnering with another resource-scarce organization can double the load; if you’re working with a partner that has the capacity, don’t hesitate to ask for help in building creative materials like graphics, media kits, videos, and more. Let your partner share their story.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

We’ve been working hard the past few days and are happy to share that we’ve narrowed down this year’s DoGooder Video Award submissions to a few special finalists! We received a wide array of funny, moving and informative videos that embraced strong storytelling to communicate important messages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2019

You can also offer “add-on” tickets for things like concessions, raffle or contest entries, and even tickets for rides or activities ahead of time. It’s also helpful to share your campaign updates via video, as campaigns with video updates raise on average 5.7x 5) Allow supporters to purchase tickets on the go.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Hosting contests, sweepstakes, giveaways and other types of promotions is a common strategy for businesses looking to build their following on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media channels. Here are seven ways to use social media to improve the quality of your email list. Offer relevant promotions.

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Care2

MARCH 21, 2012

Voting for the 6 th annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards is now open to the public. The Nonprofit Video Awards, which is designed to recognize nonprofits that produce creative and effective videos to highlight their mission and social justice around the world, will provide $14,000 in cash prizes and products to winners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2010

It was done through a series of blog posts called AGC Conversational Case Studies and encouraged the public to weigh in via comments to the blog posts, live CaseSoup video discussions, and Twitter. You find the report, blog posts, and archived videos over at the Case Foundation site here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Short, snappy, entertaining videos have become an increasingly common way for young people to receive information. Why not learn English through TikTok-like videos too? The Blabla app pays native English speakers by the hour to create short, engaging videos tailored to English-learning students around the world.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

You know bad video when you see it, right? We're exposed to so much video these days, many viewers simply don't have the patience to watch it anymore. This webinar is about re-thinking your approach to video – how to think about your audience, and how you can produce video that doesn’t suck.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

He led the company’s 2011 video initiatives with the World Economic Forum and United Nations Foundation. 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. Find her on Twitter – @claired.

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Tableau

JUNE 1, 2021

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 what you love. Maybe, like Tableau Community member Jonathan Minutillo , it’s video games. One global qualifier contest to rule them all. Data + Joy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2016

Promote an online contest and offer free giveaways where signing up for your e-newsletter is required to enter. Add call-to-action overlays to your YouTube video s that link to e-newsletter subscribe page. Offer exclusive content such as reports and e-books that require an email address in order for these to be downloaded.

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