Mark Rovner recently commented on the state of online philanthropy, and what I found most interesting about his post was that he framed it as an issue of “donor acquisition.” This, to me, is the heart of the problem with how nonprofits are approaching — or not approaching — social media.
The gist of his [...]
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Beth Kanter, nonprofit technology blogger extraordinaire, is celebrating her 51st birthday on January 11!
Happy Birthday, Beth!
You can wish Beth a happy birthday, too, by contributing a small yet meaningful gift to the Sharing Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge over at Global Giving. In honor of her birthday, Beth is trying to get 51 people to donate [...]
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The New York Times reported the other day on the growing use of virtual worlds by young children, who are getting engaged in record numbers on sites like webkinz.com, Club Penguin (A Disney site that looks like Habbo), Pixie Hollow (another Disney site), and Nicktropolis (a Nickelodeon virtual world).
As a nonprofit technologist, I’m interested in
What [...]
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I found this a little late for this year, but I’m really excited about the Send-a-Singer project that Bryan Miller blogged about back at the beginning of December.
Bryan is a strategist at WWAV Rapp Collins in London, and they developed this very inventive, yet charmingly simple campaign that lets you donate your company’s holiday card [...]
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Beth Kanter’s recent post about the power and recent success of DonorsChoose caught my eye. This recent success story of a blogger garnering a very impressive response in the form of big contributions to DonorsChoose doesn’t surprise me at all. It’s an awesome idea.
When I first heard about DonorsChoose, a site where educators can post specific requests for [...]
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