Friday, October 18, 2013
Crowdfunding Fuels Philanthropy
Crowdfunding Fuels Philanthropy: Crowdfunding is a rapidly expanding Internet tool designed to allow large numbers of people to invest or contribute money in support of new businesses, people in need, interesting ideas or important causes. Its recent growth is impressive.
11 Ways Your Museum Should be using Twitter | npENGAGE
11 Ways Your Museum Should be using Twitter | npENGAGE: recently read “The Social Media Police: Nonprofit Edition.” In it the authors discussed how you should use social media at a nonprofit and it made me curious about how museums are using Twitter. So I did the logical thing and started researching.
The Gibbes Museum of Art, for example, does a great job of using Twitter to share announcements about exhibits, raise awareness for their events, and start conversations with groups scheduled to attend the museum (see below)…
The Gibbes Museum of Art, for example, does a great job of using Twitter to share announcements about exhibits, raise awareness for their events, and start conversations with groups scheduled to attend the museum (see below)…
Poor suffer digital deficit in disasters - Red Cross
Poor suffer digital deficit in disasters - Red Cross: In its annual World Disasters Report, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) charts the revolutionary impact of technology on humanitarian aid, but also explores the barriers to its adoption.
From text message warnings about coming storms and mobile apps telling survivors where to find relief, to online services that map needs in crises and digital collection of data on health or displaced families, the global expansion of mobile telephones and the internet has enabled two-way communication between people hit by disasters and the aid workers who help them.
From text message warnings about coming storms and mobile apps telling survivors where to find relief, to online services that map needs in crises and digital collection of data on health or displaced families, the global expansion of mobile telephones and the internet has enabled two-way communication between people hit by disasters and the aid workers who help them.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
12 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Instagram and Vine Video
12 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Instagram and Vine Video: When someone says “video marketing” to you, what comes to mind?
An expensive, lavish 20 minute epic mini-movie that crams in every single historical fact and statistics about your nonprofit?
A large, unwieldy budget and a big-time production studio?
Do you simply throw up your hands and declare: “My nonprofit is too small – we can’t use video in our marketing strategy”
An expensive, lavish 20 minute epic mini-movie that crams in every single historical fact and statistics about your nonprofit?
A large, unwieldy budget and a big-time production studio?
Do you simply throw up your hands and declare: “My nonprofit is too small – we can’t use video in our marketing strategy”
What Should Make A Hospital CEO's Paycheck Bigger? | KERA News
What Should Make A Hospital CEO's Paycheck Bigger? | KERA News: CEOs of technology-happy nonprofit hospitals earned $136,000 more, on average, than those with little advanced machinery, according to the study published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. CEOs at places with high patient satisfaction scores earned $52,000 more, on average, than those with poor reviews.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
4 Steps Toward Open Data Business Models
4 Steps Toward Open Data Business Models: By now, ‘open data for the social sector,’ ‘open data for the public sector,’ or ‘open data for hackers’ all roll quasi-easily off the tongue. The concept of ‘open data business models,’ on the other hand, still has many experts in the field scratching their heads.
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