[/quote]View the Post on the BlogOpportunity Knocks!
The Chase Giving Contest is back and with it the opportunity to get cash-starved ME/CFS non-profits some real cash. All it takes is your vote and spreading the word for the next two weeks (Sept 6-19th). This, in the world of non-profits is a remarkably easy (if nerve-wracking) way to make money…
Over the past two years Phoenix Rising has played a key role in getting Chase to pump over $170,000 into ME/CFS non-profits coffers and now we and eight other organizations are in the contest. The Top 200 vote getters this year will win from 10K to 250K.
Where We Are Now - Because you only have two votes we suggest that you focus them on organizations with a good chance of winning. In this blog we're going to focus on the top two vote-getters; Phoenix Rising and the Neuro Immune Disease Alliance or NIDA, an ME/CFS research funder. On the fifth day of the two week contest here are the votes for the two orgs with a strong chance of winning money..
To Vote on Facebook
- Neuro Immune Disease Alliance at 54th place - winning 20K
- Phoenix Rising An NEID Corporation at 86th place - winning 20K
NOTE: The Chase FB site is overloaded at times, so if it behaves weirdly, please try again later!
If you do not have a Facebook Account - go to www.facebook.com and quickly create a page. Since you must ‘like’ Community Chase Giving first in order to vote go to Community Chase’s Facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com. Each person has two votes (plus a possible bonus vote, see below).
If You Have a Facebook Account
1. Go to Phoenix Rising's page at http://fb.chasegiving.com/charity/view/ein/27-3313361
(Or type NEID in the box "Search Charities".) "Phoenix Rising, an NEID corporation" will appear. Click “Vote”.If it asks you to "Allow" or "Allow App", click Yes. Then click the Like and Send buttons to spread the word about Phoenix Rising and the contest.
2. Then go to NIDA's page: http://fb.chasegiving.com/charity/view/ein/27-2861703
(Or type NIDA in the box “"Search charities".) "Neuro Immune Disease Alliance" will appear. Click "Vote". At the question "Allow" or "Allow App", click Yes. Then click the Like and Send buttons to spread the word about Phoenix Rising and the contest.
To Vote From Chase (all Chase customers)
Chase Bank and Facebook Users- can vote for the same organization twice...If you get a Bonus vote you can vote for an organization a third time.
- Go to Chase.com/ChaseGiving, log in, search for your Charity and do the same thing
The Bonus Vote
A Bonus Vote is an extra vote you can win and then use to vote for any organization you wish. In the grand tradition of Chase Giving the bonus vote is a complicated but getting Bonus votes could make a big difference...We're going to explain as simply as possible how to get an extra vote. If it's too much - forget about the Bonus vote strategy and just vote!
To Get a Bonus Vote
Sharing Content - To get a bonus vote Chase wants you to share an organization you like with a friend and then have them vote for that organization.
How to Share An Organization
- the person voting for the organization must click on your link and then vote without going to any other pages..
- you only get one Bonus Vote..
a) Go to Phoenix Rising's page at http://fb.chasegiving.com/charity/view/ein/27-3313361 and then click the like button to put the organization on your Timeline. Then ask one of your Facebook Friends to click on it and vote...You'll then get a Bonus you can use to vote for Phoenix Rising or another organization, including ones you already voted for.
b) For Family and Friends - Clicking on the 'Send' button is a great way to get a string going with family and friends. Click the Send button will send the organization's profile to a person's Facebook page, their email address or to their twitter account.
For instance, I'm asking my brother, Cass, to vote for Phoenix Risng An NEID Organization and NIDA. I will get a bonus vote when my brother votes. He will ask his partner to vote for the two organizations; once his partner has done that Cass will get a vote. Then his partner will send a message to my sister, who will send the message to her husband to his son etc. As long as the string continues everyone gets 3 instead of 2 votes.
You can also try The Bonus Vote Exchange we created.
Phoenix Rising's Winnings
Phoenix Rising has several projects it could spend the winnings on. Check some of them our here:
- Rate a Practitioner program - to help ME/CFS patients save time, money and improve their health by finding good doctors and avoiding bad ones
- Community Rising program - to break up the isolation and connect people in their local communities, provide avenues for assistance, reviews of local clinics and physicians, etc.
- Making the Forums More Accessible to the Visually Impaired - upgrading the Forums so that as many as possible can participate.
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Welcome to Phoenix Rising!
Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of, and finding treatments for, complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.
To become a member, simply click the Register button at the top right.
Chase Contest For ME/CFS Non-profits Has Begun
- Thread starter Phoenix Rising Team
- Start date
Well, I shouldn't give the impression I've done that much. I know a number of people who have been doing considerably more. Much work goes on at the Facebook fundraising group, some of it by people who aren't active on Phoenix Rising (or perhaps I don't recognize them by the names they use here or there). I just wish I knew the secret to get more people involved.
Yes, I agree. Simon, if you could post something like, Chase Contest Stats... and show the graph, it would be marvelous! 
Any suggestions on where to post though? Fundraising forum is a bit quiet, Advocacy is busier but not strictly appropriate for this, and I can't post in this Front Page posts forum. Though it would be good to have a general "Chase Contest Countdown" thread, inc the updated graph and any live info too.Yes, I agree. Simon, if you could post something like, Chase Contest Stats... and show the graph, it would be marvelous!
I know two people who have links and need bonus votes, if anyone still needs to vote.
Dealing with the Chase App problem
this seems to be a big reason not to vote: people don't want to install an app that can access their data and post updates on their wall. Some suggestions on this:
Tell them removing apps is easy (it really is).
at the same time as asking them to votes : facebook instructions on deleting apps
I hope this won't 'unvote' them, might be wise to ask them to wait til Thursday when the competition is over.
Each vote is probably worth at least $20
Assuming that we won't need more than another 500 votes in the next 3 days to win, each of those votes is effectively worth at least $20 in securing the money ($20 x 500 = $10,000). That's got to be worth a little bit of app hassle.
this seems to be a big reason not to vote: people don't want to install an app that can access their data and post updates on their wall. Some suggestions on this:
Tell them removing apps is easy (it really is).
at the same time as asking them to votes : facebook instructions on deleting apps
I hope this won't 'unvote' them, might be wise to ask them to wait til Thursday when the competition is over.
Each vote is probably worth at least $20
Assuming that we won't need more than another 500 votes in the next 3 days to win, each of those votes is effectively worth at least $20 in securing the money ($20 x 500 = $10,000). That's got to be worth a little bit of app hassle.
Let's hope we can keep this up!