GOOD to Acquire Jumo, a Nonprofit Charity Site - NYTimes.com: "GOOD, a fast-growing publishing and marketing business dedicated to promoting social causes, is acquiring Jumo, a social networking site devoted to raising money and support for nonprofit groups.
“GOOD has managed to establish really the pre-eminent content platform with three million unique visitors a month,” said Chris Hughes, Jumo’s founder and a veteran of Facebook as well as a digital organizer for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign. “They have a huge social media presence and really strong community of people excited about their product, but they haven’t had a network.”"
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Andrew "Bo" Young's GiveLocally Connects Donors and Recipients on the Internet - Cascade, GA Patch
Andrew "Bo" Young's GiveLocally Connects Donors and Recipients on the Internet - Cascade, GA Patch: "It is an unusual concept,” said Michael Nelson, who is with the Association of Fundraising Professionals. “I’ve seen it with schools but I haven’t seen it done quite this way.”
Nelson, spokesman for the 30,000-member organization, said he has heard of teachers who put a list online requesting help in buying school supplies. But the concept behind GiveLocally and its expanded reach was quite unique."
Nelson, spokesman for the 30,000-member organization, said he has heard of teachers who put a list online requesting help in buying school supplies. But the concept behind GiveLocally and its expanded reach was quite unique."
Young philanthropists go high-tech to reach lofty giving goals | Reuters Money
Young philanthropists go high-tech to reach lofty giving goals | Reuters Money: "Nor does Greene have a huge bankroll to back his pet project, a new website called WorldPennyJar dedicated to disaster relief, health, education and the environment.
Yet Greene is light-years ahead of many in his age group to grasp how high-tech will change giving in the 21st Century. For starters, he’s using the same strategy indie artists now exploit to raise start-up capital: a concept known as “crowdfunding,” and popularized on sites such as Kickstarter and indiegogo.com. To explain WorldPennyJar, Greene produced a 4-minute video and posted it to attract donations."
Yet Greene is light-years ahead of many in his age group to grasp how high-tech will change giving in the 21st Century. For starters, he’s using the same strategy indie artists now exploit to raise start-up capital: a concept known as “crowdfunding,” and popularized on sites such as Kickstarter and indiegogo.com. To explain WorldPennyJar, Greene produced a 4-minute video and posted it to attract donations."
Subscribe to:
Posts
(
Atom
)