Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

It may seem like so much fun to round up friends and record a video about why you are all so passionate about a cause, then edit it with catchy backgound music and effects, and post it on YouTube. That may mean it is a quick text-based response, a photo, a very short video, or a good sized video, respectively. This is a big one.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 23, 2012

Sure you're ready to let go of your friends, music, and that profile design you spent so much time creating? Why not preserve your profile, playlists and photos by deleting your friends and changing your privacy setting to "Only my friends?" Here they are: 1) Subject: Please confirm your Myspace account cancellation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2010

Some have even declared it to be the “ Twitter of 2010 “ I am not so sure about that, but it is fun. Do not skip the option to upload a photo. You will not accrue “Badges&# if you do not have a photo, nor will you become a “Mayor&#. FourSquare has received quite a bit of buzz over the last few months.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

A fun, colorful way to track your nonprofit’s growth and activity on Twitter. Storify is a new tool that allows you easily search multiple social networks by subject or theme and then through drag and drop functionality, you can organize the results (tweets, status updates, videos, photos, etc.) TwitSprout :: twitsprout.com.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Love List: A Have Fun, Do Good Holiday Gift Want a great do-good, feel-good holiday gift that doesn’t cost a dime? It's simple and fun to create. Play some music and maybe dig up a photo of the gift recipient. People are always thinking of original and fun ways to turn their lists into a unique gift.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Note – Photos or a video of your characters are HIGHLY recommended. Large, beautiful photos of the family, perhaps in front of their humble home). Our new playground equipment has turned our backyard into an oasis of fun for our resident kids to play and just be a kid. Photos and videos are crucial to the success of your story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

It is a fun activity that gets a few laughs, people moving, and replenishes energy. Adding some music makes it more fun. Here’s a list of dance music. see the photo at the top). These are not therapy sessions, but a chance to let people express how they are feeling or let off steam with some fun.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2024

Galas are an exciting opportunity that allows you to connect with new donors and returning donors alike in a fun environment. Casino night Turn your gala into a fun casino with vibrant decorations and the sounds of games in action. Donor engagement. When should my organization host a gala?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

We may even have some fun in store for you! The Beacon Lounge will be our home-base, and here are some of the fun things they have planned to make it your home-base, too: Daily Events in the Lounge include: Breakfast from 9-11: Get your morning buzz on with coffee and food sponsored by The Colorado Health Foundation. Connect with NTEN.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 17, 2011

A list of some of the people, things, and events that inspired me, or added fun to my week: 1. After the hubs and I heard the Studio One Soul CD playing during breakfast at Pizzaiolo last Saturday, we went right over to Amoeba Music, and got a copy. I'm still loving Instagram , the iPhone app that makes all my photos look fabulous.

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

One thing you could do is name a Volunteer of the Month and put their name and photo somewhere prominent in your office. Consider how you can create a fun event exclusively for your volunteers. You can provide snacks and play music and turn it into a casual appreciation event. It’s a cheap and fun way to go the extra “mile.”.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 20, 2011

A list of some of the people, things, and events that inspired me, or added fun to my week • Finishing Kathy LeMay's book The Generosity Plan, and interviewing her for the Big Vision Podcast. My favorite song of the moment is an oldie by Mama Cass, "Make Your Own Kinda Music." I'll post our conversation next week.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Create a challenge that will be an exciting lead up to the virtual gala, such as a virtual walk or fun run, a meditation challenge, or a themed challenge that would benefit your nonprofit’s mission, such as a day-long beach cleaning challenge. Speed networking for fun and donations. Fun and games. Make giving a game!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by 1066. In addition to the summary, the music director is blogging about on how the story can combine with some music and acting and singing to become a finished piece. This isn't the first time a classical music organization has turned to social media and crowdsourcing. Photo by hasmil. Here's Act 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

And I think it’s good that we’re building such a fun, vibrant community…but not good enough. Photo by clyatt.jasper ( Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 WEINGARTEN | Rolling Stone Music Critic| @1000TimesYes. I hate it…It’s not the music that’s the best, it’s the music that the most people can stand.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Here are 31 fun, unique fundraising ideas that will support your programs without exhausting your members. Youth Group Fundraising Ideas Small Church Fundraising Ideas Easy Church Fundraising Event Ideas Fundraising Ideas for the Church Choir Fundraising Ideas for Your Church Building Fund Fun Church Fundraising Ideas. A cook-off.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

First, links for the day: High Tech Trash – it’s an in depth photo essay and interactive feature on the National Geographic website. I wish all a holiday season full of fun, quality time with family (chosen or otherwise), and joy. { Two whole pageviews. I find that fascinating.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2011

And my husband and I had so much fun. We went out and saw friends, went for a walk around the lake near our house, read books while listening to music, worked on creative projects we're often "too busy" to do, and went to sleep early. spruce up your own blog's design, use more photos in your posts). It was awesome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

And of course, we’d have fun while we did all of these things. It included items that were fun and made us feel part of something bigger—like adding a song we loved to the “ETR playlist.” This music was played in the meeting room during transitions and breaks. Let me tell you, our staff has some great taste in music!).

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Given the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, hosting a virtual holiday fundraiser is the best way to take advantage of the opportunity to raise funds while keeping things light and fun! However you decide to organize the event, consider these fun virtual holiday fundraising ideas: Virtual Holiday Fundraiser Ideas. Virtual Holiday Gala.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2007

As the host, I asked bloggers to post about, How Does Your Nonprofit Have Fun and Do Good? Your favorite fun, creative nonprofit campaign (i.e. How you make nonprofit work fun for you, your colleagues and constituents. Extra points if you include an amusing photo, cartoon or video with your post. fundraising, advocacy).

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Companies and corporations large and small have rolled out some truly extraordinary things, from changing what we pay for our cellphone plans to apps that make our lives easier or just more fun. Cell Plan Revolution. Google Keeps Intriguing Us.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

For Thunderbird, the two I’ve been trying out include XNote , which is kinda fun, it allows you to add sticky notes to email messages. Mail to, and my absolute favorite Photo Compass. The other Firefox extension that I use a lot is Google Toolbar. It’s great to have easy Google tools at my fingertips.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Live Music Battles Live music battles make for great events because you can find a lot of excellent musical talent who want to get their names out there. Karaoke Karaoke is more than a fun bar night activity—it can be a nonprofit event with multiple revenue streams.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 20, 2024

Instagram isn’t just a platform for selfies and dinner photos. For instance, the Brooklyn Academy of Music updates its logo with a Pride-themed overlay every June, enhancing brand recognition while aligning with important cultural moments. A well-placed Boomerang can capture a fun moment, like celebrating a fundraising milestone.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

Have a celebrity endorser or a connection with someone in film, music, or sports? For each donation, users receive photos, short stories, and explanations of how their dollars are effecting change globally. This was such a fun idea that we actually did a podcast with the founder of this app: 8. One Today by Google.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest. Like a timeless piece of music, gratitude has an incredibly long half-life. She asked staff to give 15 minutes of their time to handwrite a card and prepared them with ready-made assets, stationery, stamps, and sample scripts.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

To successfully complete their goals, players are asked to use their creativity to solve problems and more importantly, to share their work with others online through blogs, photos and YouTube clips. Jeff has been a DJ, music producer, graphic designer, illustrator and consultant to independent artists and small business owners.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

We may even have some fun in store for you! We hope we're easy to find: we will be using the Beacon Lounge as our go-to, chill-out, home-base spot throughout the conference. Connect with NTEN Sarah and I, in typical NTEN fashion, will be sure to bring some NTEN swag and are hoping to connect with as many of you as possible!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Yet many nonprofit leaders are intimidated by videos and more comfortable with traditional stories and photos to tell your organization’s stories. Photo or video montage: This is a popular type of fundraising video designed to tug at the heartstrings. There are many sites with free and low-cost images and music.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

I think that the whole LOL* lpidgin phenomenon is based on a very specific sort of fun. If you don’t fall into either of these categories, but you enjoy the photos of fluffy kittens, more power to you. You either have to find gamer/hacker/leet speak very amusing in itself, or be fascinated by the linguistic implications.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

And if you’re searching for fun and engaging ways to raise money, auctions and simple online events will get your donors excited to support your organization. Check out our comprehensive list to keep your fundraising campaigns fun and fresh for all of your donors. Designate a night for a few fun games of virtual bingo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Find more photos like this on So You Think You Can Do Social Media. And then the fun really started! The pitches included costumes, music, video filmed on-site, mock-ups, and social media demos. The “game show” conceit made it all more fun. In fact, just last month, I took it to India.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 31, 2014

Can music heal crime ? Photo by me with my iPhone (how cool is it to see the bee up close?!) Can laughter heal injustice ? Can eating together heal environmental destruction ? What I see on that list is a lot of basic human needs, activities and qualities. No single one of them is more "healing" than another.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

And because we love rapid ideation and an excuse for a fundraiser here at Whole Whale, we’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. Get a selection of your breakfast favorites and a variety of milks — make it extra fun with a pajama party vibe for your supporters. Enroll Now.

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