Tactical Tech, based in the UK and India, has published The Quick 'n Easy Guide to Online Advocacy to help advocates find "online services that are quick to use and easy to understand." Here's how they describe it: The guide provide descriptions of online services including social … [Read more...]
Fundraising via Social Media: Pros and Cons
I've already mentioned Beth Kanter's extensive discussion of Twestival, an attempt to raise $500,000 for the group charity:water using Twitter. Beth titled her post Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations? and didn't reach a conclusion either … [Read more...]
Twestival: Trying to raise $500,000 through Twitter
Beth Kanter wrote an extensive, thoughtful account of the upcoming Twestival event, which aims to raise $500,000 for the group charity:water. As a fundraising operations geek, I wonder how this works on the back end. Will the Twestival organizers send tax receipts to the donors, or will that … [Read more...]
Fundraising in a Bad Economy
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...]
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