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Ceehive is a social community and idea exchange platform where users, or “hivers” as we call them, can run creative competitions. We believe that non-profit organizations can benefit from our site by utilizing it to raise awareness and create a “buzz” about their cause while learning valuable information about potential volunteers. Below are some ways in which you can easily use Ceehive to promote your organization:

Host creative competitions

Photo contests and story competitions, with themes that synch with your cause, work well to establish an online community for your organization. Competitions get people more involved in your online presence than a web site or a newsletter describing volunteer opportunities alone. They are easy to run and easy to enter, thus generating a lot of buzz among the community.

Solicit ideas for your organization

This is like asking a community super brain for ideas. These contests generally have fewer entries, but more committed involvement. Similar to the American Express Members Project, this type of contest can involve users submitting ideas for fundraising or volunteer opportunities.

Understand how ideas are perceived by the community

You can use this information to target and solicit help from potential volunteers. This couples nicely with objective number 2. Unlike the simple 1-5 star rating system, we can target rating criteria so that the data collected is more effective for you. As users judge entries, you are essentially conducting a survey.

An example would be to solicit ideas to inspire potential volunteers to come to a volunteer training orientation for your organization. Example criteria could be something like the following.

"Likeliness this idea would motivate me to learn more about the organization’s cause (40%)"
"This idea is easy and cost effective to implement (30%)"
"This idea inspires me to volunteer for the organization (30%)"

For a sample of this type of competition, visit: Tagline Contest

Thank you for taking the time to learn about this our unique idea exchange platform. If you have any questions about Ceehive, please do not hesitate to contact us.

charity's clog (what's a clog )

Welcome PAWS - Aug-05-07 22:38 EDT

Ceehive would like to welcome PAWS Atlanta to the Ceehive Charities Community.

"PAWS Atlanta has many great cats and dogs that are available for adoption. Kittens, puppies, cats and dogs, all sizes and colors-your next best friend is waiting for you at PAWS Atlanta. Every pet from PAWS Atlanta is spayed or neutered, has all their shots, dewormed and microchipped."

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