Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Website: BigCatRescue.org. We have a second paid person, LaWanna Mitchell, who creates e-cards, games, screensavers, puzzles and a plethora of free downloads for our website. In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2020

Every nonprofit remote work posting has a unique, shareable link for social media promotion that can also be featured in your email newsletters and linked to on your website. The “best” definition is pretty straightforward – it is a nonprofit which received the highest number of applications during the contest period.

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Volunteer Social Media Professional Project 321

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. These are some links I wanted to share from March 18th. Find me on Delicious for more! Our staff comes from various companies - such as Razorfish, Time Inc., Check it out!

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Web Bookmarking Contest Delicious 100

Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2012

Using contests and challenges to engage communities was the topic of the July 17 edition of the weekly CommBuild chat. The chat, facilitated by by TechSoup online community manager, Michael DeLong, included helpful advice learned by participants who have run contests. Why hold a contest or challenge? Promote, promote, promote!

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Most people will tell you that learning how to effectively monitor (or listen to) what’s being said on the web is the beginning of social media success. The increasing popularity of social networking, blogs and social media on the web validates this point nicely – People are talking about you, but is your nonprofit listening to them?

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Social Media Media Social RSS 171

The Next Web

MAY 1, 2013

Streaming live on The Next Web, Pancake Labs founder Jim Belosic will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. Prior to starting Pancake Labs, Belosic ran a successful web design agency, which he also founded. ShortStack apps are mobile capable and embeddable on websites. Check The Next Web tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m.

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Question Nevada Social Media eBook 112

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

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?) Nonprofit Website Extreme Makeover. Looking for an extreme makeover for your nonprofit’s website?

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Nonprofit Social Media Case Study Websites 148

The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

“Sideloading is a cyber criminal’s best friend and requiring that on iPhone would be a gold rush for the malware industry,” according to Apple senior vice president Craig Federighi, who delivered a dramatic speech at Web Summit 2021 declaiming the security risks if Apple were required to let users sideload apps.

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Software Proposal Contest Social Network 144

The Next Web

MAY 2, 2013

Prior to starting Pancake Labs, Belosic ran a successful web design agency, which he also founded. Some of ShortStack’s most popular features include contests and sweepstakes, newsletter signup forms and integrations with Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and more. ShortStack apps are mobile capable and embeddable on websites.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2010

If you haven't heard the buzz, the 2010 Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest is on. Here are just a few that caught my eye: FTC Canada , which used their donated Adobe software to create a brand new and fully social media-integrated website. Tags: Event Multimedia & Graphics Software Web Building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

Meet the Fight Hunger Web Team From left: Anna Yl??-Kauttu, I'm the moderator for the Flickr for Nonprofits Online Affinity Group over at NTEN and during a recent exchange about nonprofits using online photo and (video) contests to call attention to the causes, Cordellia and Susanne caught my attention. Kauttu, Susanne Th??rnqvist,

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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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See3

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Social Actions’ Change the Web Challenge is a one-of-a-kind online competition that aims to inspire third-party developers to build innovative tools that make it easy for people to find and share opportunities to make a difference. See the slideshow below for details about the contest (hint: there are exciting prizes!).

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Web Change Contest Social Media 40

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

All it took was a quick Web search to help me figure it out. 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?

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Mobile Tools Marketing Channel 147

Byte Technology

JUNE 16, 2015

Promote an online contest such as a free giveaway where entrants must sign up using their email addresses. And be sure to promote the contest via social media channels as well. Learn more about Byte Technology’s strategic web consulting for nonprofits.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Jim Belosic is the CEO of ShortStack , a self-service custom app design tool used to create apps for Facebook Pages, websites and mobile Web browsing. ShortStack provides the tools for small businesses, graphic designers, agencies and corporations to create apps with contests and forms, fan gates, product lines and more.

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Business Social Media Profit Service 165

Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2010

Without further ado - drumroll, please - the winners of the 2010 Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest are: Print/Photo. 1st Place : WildiZe Foundation for its revamped website that effectively (and infectiously!) Other Media. Runners-up : Talking Eyes Media , Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center.

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Adobe Contest Design Impact 43

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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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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Comment Tips Facebook Contest 89

Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

On Monday, David Klevan (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) and I spoke at the MAAM Creating Exhibitions conference about Web 2.0 I provided the Web 2.0 So in the interest of hers, yours, and everyone else’s time, here’s a rundown on what I see as the real time costs of a variety of Web 2.0 The time cost of Web 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We even forgot about our own website at times. We went from technology belonging to the IT staff, to new media belonging to the young intern, web savvy communications officer, and so on. For example, a recent website called AdmittingFailure.com highlights the examples of those opportunities where we can learn from what didn’t work.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2012

With these donated training courses, novice Adobe users can get the basics they need to help your organization, while more experienced users can learn to design stronger newsletters, websites, and pamphlets. Learn how to more efficiently create, maintain, and improve the quality of websites. Online Training for Dreamweaver.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2012

Your web traffic, sign up rates, media coverage, and donations level out pretty quickly. You can also plan photo and caption contests on Facebook, Pinit contests on Pinterest, organize protests, and house parties, Fundraising appeals. Content updates across your online channels including your website and social network accounts.

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Campaign Support Strategy Social Network 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

These principles will no doubt be copied, refined, remixed, and extended as nonprofits experiment with social media-powered fundraising techniques: Weaving Together Online/Offline Into Real Time Web Fundraising Events. As we march into 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events?

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Social Media Trend Media Fundraising 109

Care2

MAY 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Do you have more tips to add to my top 10 list?

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Social Media Media Online Communication 76

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Other channels included TV news, radio, newspapers, websites, phone calls, and through friends or family. This meant pre-formatted social media messages and the creation of a spreadsheet of our sponsors and partners along with their websites, Facebook pages and Twitter handles.

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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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Online Tips Calendar Channel 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest. will have the opportunity to earn a spot on the GlobalGiving website if they mobilize supporters to raise $4,000 from at least 50 unique donors. 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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Social Media Nptech Ning Social 91

Care2

AUGUST 13, 2010

Connect with Us: Make your presence on social networks easy to find on your website. Offer polls on your website or social network like Twtpoll. Launching a voting contest on new slogans and program priorities are great engagement tactics too. Don’t bury it. They also want to voice their opinions. Who doesn’t, right?

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Support Social Network Poll Contest 72

Greater Giving

JANUARY 28, 2022

Guests visiting your website to register for an event already have their credit card out—so seize the opportunity to make additional sales. For some gala-goers, the concept of bidding via mobile device is still new, so you’ll need a bidding platform with a simple, sensible interface that even web novices can pick up and use.

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) And its relevant.

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Analytics Social Media Websites Track 38

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen. Our hope is that you'll get mad enough to do something," its Website reads. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people.

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Reflection Social Media Sample Wiki 98

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

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. They'll also be launching a web application development contest, Change the Web 2009 , in January.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Asking can be done via your organization website, phone, email, or even face-to-face. Contests, such as the YouTube DoGooder Video Awards or the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge, are another way to encourage storytelling. Social Networking Web 2.0

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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. Aliza Sherman is a veteran Web entrepreneur, author and commentator on digital, social and mobile. Measuring Input. Measuring Input can be a little more nebulous.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2023

To make your posters extra eye-catching, consider having a poster design contest. Your website: Create a landing page dedicated to volunteer opportunities. Eligible nonprofits receive $10,000 in free advertising credits to help promote their web pages. It’ll give local artists a chance to show off their skills.

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Volunteer Strategy Nonprofit Social Media 74