26 Nov 2010 No Comments
At FirstGiving, we’re committed to Bring(ing) the Giving Back to the holidays. We’ve been to enough holiday parties, and family holiday dinners, where the exchange of gifts has devolved to an exchange of credit in the form of gift cards. One member of our staff even exchanged a gift card for the exact same amount [...]
23 Nov 2010 1 Comment
Have you ever exchanged gift cards of the same value with friends or family during the holidays? Doesn’t it make you feel like your holidays have become more about the exchange of gifts (or gift cards) than about the true meaning of the holidays? Consider this: This year, Americans will spend over $24 billion on [...]
16 Nov 2010 2 Comments
As the annual 2010 Mutt Strut dog parade approached, we enjoyed reading the increasingly excited tweets and updates from TAILS Humane Society. One of the things we noticed was that TAILS used Twitter very well for creating interest and deepening engagement. They also listed regular #FF (Follow Friday) and #WW (Woof Wednesday) shoutouts. We were [...]
26 Oct 2010 No Comments
It’s trick or treat! We want to inspire you in this Halloween challenge, and we hope you take us up on it… For our Halloween treat, we want to donate $25 to five of our wonderful fundraisers who meet our Halloween Trick or Treat Challenge: FirstGiving will donate $25 dollars to the five fundraisers who [...]
01 Oct 2010 No Comments
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the first-ever FirstGiving Event Photos group on the photo-sharing site Flickr. It is open to anyone who is raising money for a cause through FirstGiving. Just add your photo to our group, tag it “FirstGiving,” and your photo will be part of our permanent photo gallery.
12 Aug 2010 1 Comment
Imagine hundreds of passionate people gathered together to strengthen their communities and neighborhoods. That’s Boot Camp – a fun, intensive one-day conference where you will learn to bring your ideas for empowered communities into reality. Read more about Boot Camp and view the program. We’re really looking forward to the incredible lineup of speakers and [...]
12 Aug 2010 4 Comments
If you’re holding an event and want to use online registration, you will, of course, want the maximum possible number of potential registrants to sign up. This means making sure it’s easy and straightforward for them to go through the online registration process. FirstGiving provides a template for your registrations, but the questions and options [...]
09 Aug 2010 No Comments
Two weeks ago, actor Keith Powell (30 Rock) responded to Alyssa Milano’s challenge to be a “real man” and donate money to the World Wildlife Federation to help the cleanup effort for the Gulf oil spill. Rather than simply writing a check and walking away, Powell decided instead to create a FirstGiving fundraising page (which [...]
20 Jul 2010 No Comments
Facebook just surpassed the highly boast-able milestone of 500 million site users. And in an interesting PR move, instead of boasting about themselves and their product, the folks at Facebook are using the opportunity to highlight their users. You can read more about the project, Facebook Stories, at BoomTown, but the premise is this: Facebook [...]
30 Jun 2010 1 Comment
Nothing can help build momentum and participation for an event like team spirit! Creating a team helps create a community and the sense that you’re all in it together, working toward a common goal and FirstGiving Teams makes teambuilding a snap. Whether running a marathon, a local race, or just raising money for an end-of-year [...]
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