Razoo Achieves Online Crowdfunding Milestone by Raising $200 Million for Charitable Causes ‹ The Razoo BlogThe Razoo Blog

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Razoo Achieves Online Crowdfunding Milestone by Raising $200 Million for Charitable Causes ‹ The Razoo BlogThe Razoo Blog: SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Razoo.com, the fastest-growing crowdfunding site for causes, today announced its platform helped to raise more than $200 million. In 2013 alone, Razoo doubled in growth driving $100 million in donations in a little over 12 months. This financial milestone marks the highest-reported monetary value for U.S. crowdfunding strictly for social good. On Razoo, an excess of 870,000 donors have supported over 31,000 causes, and created upwards of 90,000 fundraising websites, with the average donation amount of $120 – the highest as compared to other cause based fundraising platforms.

Connection is shaky when cellphones used to monitor government

Connection is shaky when cellphones used to monitor government: Mobile “citizen engagement” initiatives are plagued by the question of who answers calls or replies to text messages. It’s hard to know if data is accurate or representative of a population. The poorest members of a community may not have access to a phone, while those who do may not respond for reasons that include illiteracy and a lack of technological

PHILANTHROPY 2173: The heroism of data entry

PHILANTHROPY 2173: The heroism of data entry: Even I was unprepared for the heroism of data entry. Or, as Miller puts it: "It’s the heroism of entering 7,700 separate positions into a database so we can track social and financial gains in real time in our equity portfolio." None of the cool data tricks listed in the first line of this blog are possible without clean, coherent, well-entered data. Even ambient data depends on behind-the-scenes structuring built into the algorithms (another topic altogether) in order to work. The hard work of making data useful is not usually fodder for a Foundation President's annual letter.

So You’re Thinking About Starting an Online Community?

So You’re Thinking About Starting an Online Community?: I’m hearing more frequently these days about companies entertaining the thought of starting online communities, both internal and external facing. The reasons are varied, from wanting to connect employees in the case of an internal community, to wanting to connect with specific external target audiences in the case of external communities. As companies acknowledge the need to shift from transaction-based exchanges to relationship-based interactions, the interest in developing online communities as part of the shift will continue.

Charities are 'drowning in fundraising data and failing to realise its potential' | Third Sector

Charities are 'drowning in fundraising data and failing to realise its potential' | Third Sector:Survey by the software firm Blackbaud and the consultancy nfpSynergy finds only 30 per cent of respondents feel they are doing a good job in utilising their data

Charities are "drowning in data" and struggling to realise the fundraising potential of the information they hold on donors, according to a new report by the software company Blackbaud and the research consultancy nfpSynergy.

Why Online Community is About More Than Community for Associations — Mizz Information

Why Online Community is About More Than Community for Associations — Mizz Information: Why Online Community is About More Than Community for Associations

There’s been a flurry of attention over a recent Associations Now story about how Doximity, a private online community for physicians, is outpacing the AMA in terms of membership. I started to reply to one of the comments in the original story, but then my response got so long I figured I should just write a blog post about it