Social media fundraising

Thanks for following us, we're celebrating with a Twitter contest

Thanks to all you folks out there on Twitter, we’ve just surpassed 1,000 followers. And to celebrate, we’re sponsoring a Twitter contest this week.  You could win a donation to your fundraising page! Here’s how: 1.  If you don’t already have one, sign up for a Twitter account and follow us.  Otherwise, skip to step [...]

One More Thing

Last week we posted a mini-series on tips from our marathon fundraising panel experts.  If you missed it, you can find it here.   One of our experts, Beth from Samaritans, mentioned a method of thinking about your networks and extended networks called “treasure-mapping.”  This concept is so useful, we thought we’d give you a [...]

Fundraiser Spotlight: Jane Mauchly

Jane teaches Bay Area students in a Youth Media Education program facilitated by Just Think, an NPO that “envisions a world of critically and creatively engaged young people who influence media more than media influence them.”  (Below is a video project students in the program put together last year). Before Christmas, Jane was accidentally included [...]

Charity's Existential Dilemma?

Jason has an interesting post up on the Social Entrepreneurship page at Change.org asking some weighty questions, like, “Do charities make a difference?” and “How do we know if charities have an impact?” His key point is that those in the non-profit world need to take impact measurement seriously but also make sure they are asking [...]

YouTube's nonprofit program

Does your organization have a compelling story to tell? Do you want to connect with your supporters, volunteers, and donors but don’t have the funds to launch expensive outreach campaigns? If your NPO is based in the U.S. or the U.K., you may be eligible for YouTube’s Nonprofit Program. Current participants include: The One Campaign [...]

The Future (of fundraising) is Here

Beth Kanter, champion of the social media revolution and an authority on the use of social media for NPO fundraising, recently posted prophetically on her blog a response to the following question: “When will online fundraising using social media and social networks become more than just a niche source of income?” Here’s an excerpt from [...]

2 Views on Development & Doing Good Well

If you’ve been involved in the discussion about poverty and international development in the past few years, you probably know the name Jeffrey Sachs.  Sachs is a development economist at Columbia University, advisor to the UN on the Millennium Development Goals, and author of the bestselling work, The End of Poverty.  You may or may not [...]

Attention nonprofits: How Firstgiving can make your life easier (Part 2)

This morning, we left you with a cup of coffee and some thoughts about the true cost of your time.  We arrived at the conclusion that it sometimes makes your life easier (and less costly) to pay for a service rather than doing something on your own. Now, let’s extend the analogy.  You are an [...]