Online Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising is NOT About Technology : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

Online Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising is NOT About Technology : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: "Spring fundraising event season is upon us once again. Many of you have been setting up event registrations and getting peer-to-peer fundraising pages set up for your supporters. A few may even have used some mobile apps in place for your event fundraising. With all this, it’s important to remember that the people and how you engage with them — not the technology — determine the success of your event."

Bill Gates on Philanthropy: A How-To Guide for Techies - GeekWire

Bill Gates on Philanthropy: A How-To Guide for Techies - GeekWire: "For many years, technology executives would crowd into conference halls to listen to Bill Gates, hoping to glean some insight that might help them in their own businesses. The scene was much the same Tuesday night on the Microsoft campus, but the subject was philanthropy instead."

Text Message Donations: Aiding or Stifling Relief Efforts in Japan? - TIME NewsFeed

Text Message Donations: Aiding or Stifling Relief Efforts in Japan? - TIME NewsFeed: "In an age when you can balance your bank account or make dinner reservations from your cell phone, it's no surprise that disaster relief efforts have gone mobile. But are text message donation campaigns really helping the situation in Japan, following the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck last Friday? Not as much as one would hope"

Apple Stores accepting old iPad donations for Teach for America

Apple Stores accepting old iPad donations for Teach for America

How Not to Thank an Online Donor During a Disaster - Thanking an Online Donor AFter a Disaster

How Not to Thank an Online Donor During a Disaster - Thanking an Online Donor AFter a Disaster: "I decided to see what charities were doing in response to online donations given to help Japan. So I donated a small amount online to several charities, specifically for relief efforts in Japan.

The result? Only one provided a thank you email that was specific to the relief efforts in Japan. The others were all generic: thank you very much and here's your receipt."

Mastering social media saturation at SXSW | SXSW - CNET Blogs

Mastering social media saturation at SXSW | SXSW - CNET Blogs

Apple & Microsoft Take Different Approaches to Japan Relief

Apple & Microsoft Take Different Approaches to Japan Relief: "First up, Microsoft. The company tweeted a plea on its Bing search engine Twitter account, offering to donate up to $100,000 for earthquake victims, but under one condition: that users would retweet the message, which would result in Microsoft increasing its donations by one dollar per retweet:"