The Association of Fundraising Professionals has posted A Survival Kit for Fundraising in a Bad Economy, which includes links to dozens of articles. Titles include "Direct Response: Ways to Cut Costs, Not Returns," "Face the Economy With Sharpened Focus, Solid Strategy," … [Read more...]
Advice on Pulling Out of the Economic Nosedive
NetworkforGood's Katya Andresen's blog, Nonprofit Marketing, offers nonprofits 5 suggestions for surviving the economic downturn. She advises organizations to: Give donors what they want: To feel good. To hear from people they know. Tangibility. read more … [Read more...]
MarketingProfs Free Virtual Conference
MarketingProfs, an online marketing resource center, is presenting a free virtual conference on online marketing. Many of their offerings require a paid membership, but this one is gratis. While it appears to be aimed at businesses (the tracks are called Business to Business and Business to … [Read more...]
Social Media and College Admissions
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has just published Social Media and College Admissions: The First Longitudinal Study by Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D. The study compares adoption of social media between 2007 and 2008 by the admissions offices of all four-year accredited … [Read more...]
New listing of big gifts
Jay Frost of ContactReporter.com (formerly of WealthID) has started a new blog that will track large individual gifts to all types of charities in the US and abroad: www.BigGifts.wordpress.com … [Read more...]
Inside the Mind of a Top Donor
The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently conducted an online discussion with Lorry I. Lokey, who has appeared on The Chronicle's list of America's top donors every year since 2000. Mr. Lokey responded to questions such as What is the biggest mistake development officers make when first … [Read more...]
Early-Bird Discount on the Nonprofit Technology Conference Ends 1/31
The early-bird registration period for NTEN's 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference ends January 31. I love the NTC. Here's what the NTEN folks have to say about it: In addition to the scores of breakout sessions, the networking, camaraderie, and general nptech-related good times, noted author … [Read more...]
The Economy May Be Down, but Online Giving Is Up
M+R Strategic Services says that although the economy is down, online giving is up (as of November 2008). They looked at online giving for five nonprofit clients during September and October (Easter Seals, Habitat for Humanity International, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Oxfam America, and … [Read more...]
Matching Gifts Best Practices
SupportingAdvancement.com has published the results of their 2008 survey on how nonprofits are handling corporate matching gifts. The responses came primarily from post-secondary schools, but also included elementary schools, healthcare, museums, gardens, performing arts, and service organizations. … [Read more...]
Downadup Worm on the Rampage
Internet security firm F-Secure has estimated that more than 3.5 million computers have been infected with the Downadup worm, a malicious program. The worm, also known as Conficker, uses a major flaw that Microsoft patched in October to remotely compromise computers running unpatched versions of … [Read more...]
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