Cool Social Tools: Spin For Good

Cool Social Tools: Spin For Good: pin for Good offers a way for people to donate to causes their passionate about by doing something they already love to do – play games. Users make a small donation to enter a Spin for Good tournament and play their favorite casino games. The donation is added to the real-money prize pool, which amplifies the excitement of gameplay, and players have the chance to win the prize pool for a cause they care about. Each user gets to choose where their winnings will go from our list of partners, all doing excellent work and as varied as Against Malaria and Student Veterans of America. When a player loses a game, 100% of their donation is still going to a great cause, so users can be confident that they’re making an impact regardless of the outcome.

Update to Algorithm: Reducing Spam | EdgeRank Checker

Update to Algorithm: Reducing Spam | EdgeRank Checker: This sounds a lot like a strong call-to-action, doesn’t it? Over the past year or so, we’ve been suggesting that brands develop more intelligent call-to-actions. Meaning: stop asking directly for Likes, Comments, Shares. The key here is to get a conversation going, without begging for it.

Spice Up Your Nonprofit’s Blog with These 5 Content Ideas | Community TechKnowledge

Spice Up Your Nonprofit’s Blog with These 5 Content Ideas | Community TechKnowledge: Thinking about kicking your nonprofit’s blog up a notch? You already know how to tell your story on your blog by revealing personal stories, highlighting successes, and quantifying your progress. But what about the day-to-day process of crafting your blog’s message? It’s easy to lose the drive to create original content that really engages your readers. Mix things up and try these five new ways to tell your story and make your blog a compelling part of your nonprofit’s mission and message.

Four inspirational social fundraising campaigns

Four inspirational social fundraising campaigns: Charities and individuals are increasingly finding that social media can be a lucrative fundraising tool. Leon Ward takes a look at how some campaigns have fared so far this year.

We are only four months into 2014 but already we have witnessed the incredible generosity of the UK public in a variety of social media-led campaigns.

Small Charities Should Be Excited About The Power Of Digital | LinkedIn

From Alex Swallow



Small Charities Should Be Excited About The Power Of Digital | LinkedIn: Here is my speech from the Media Trust #contentconf

In it, I talk about:

- The reasons why small charities are scared about online content and content promotion

5 Nonprofits to Get Grants for Using Google Glass – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

5 Nonprofits to Get Grants for Using Google Glass – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Google is seeking ideas from nonprofit groups on how to use the company’s Web-connected eyewear in their work, with five organizations to receive $25,000 each to implement the best proposals, the Associated Press and tech-news site Mashable report.

Along with the grants, the winners will get a free set of Google Glass, which costs about $1,500 apiece, and training on how to use the wearable computer.

Privacy Worries Shutter Gates-Funded Education-Data Nonprofit – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Privacy Worries Shutter Gates-Funded Education-Data Nonprofit – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: A foundation-funded nonprofit software company that collected and stored information about public-school students announced Monday that it was closing over parental concerns about privacy, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times report.

95% of donors cover charities' transaction costs on Blackbaud Heroix | UK Fundraising

95% of donors cover charities' transaction costs on Blackbaud Heroix | UK Fundraising: Blackbaud’s Heroix online giving platform has started inviting donors to increase their donation to cover the transaction and card fees, ensuring that charities receive 100% of each donation. Since the ‘Donor Cover’ option was introduced in Ireland, 95% of people making direct donations have chosen to cover the fees.

Heye-Tech (hi-tech): Technology Committees - Meetings can have Value

Heye-Tech (hi-tech): Technology Committees - Meetings can have Value: echnology Committees - Meetings can have Value
I have long been a fan of Technology Committees, but I don't hear a lot of others talking about it. In my role at The Cara Program, we have a fantastic Technology Steering Committee. I can't begin to state all of the benefit this group has brought. They have provided assistance, advice and insight, but have also helped us make connections, find resources and accomplish things we couldn't do alone. But before I go into a little information about our Technology Advisory Board, a few thoughts about committees.

Wiser.org Blog � Wiser.org, the social network for sustainability closes its doors and looks back

Wiser.org Blog � Wiser.org, the social network for sustainability closes its doors and looks back: The Wiser.org website closed on April 22nd 2014 – Earth Day.

We are so grateful to everyone who has been part of this incredible journey towards a more just and sustainable world.

In this final blog, we wanted to look back over the history of WiserEarth and Wiser.org, to not only share some of our achievements but also why the decision was made to close our core website Wiser.org.

Center for the Future of Museums: Khan Academy & Cultural Understanding

Center for the Future of Museums: Khan Academy & Cultural Understanding: Smarthistory at Khan Academy is used by museum visitors, independent learners, professors, teachers and their students. There are nearly 600 short-form art history videos created from conversations recorded on-site (in urban spaces, archeological sites, museums, churches and mosques), as well as hundreds of essays on art and art history. We’ve begun to partner with museums to bring their formidable expertise to a global audience (often by simply repurposing pre-existing content). And we are working with over 100 art historians with deep knowledge of content stretching from Ancient Egypt to contemporary art in sub-Saharan Africa.

Five ways charities use gamification | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

Five ways charities use gamification | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: Five ways charities use gamification
Charities are using gaming, such as researching cancer cures through an app, to increase the reach of their message

5 Ways to Give Your Fundraising Strategy an Upgrade | Third Sector Today

5 Ways to Give Your Fundraising Strategy an Upgrade | Third Sector Today: The need for nonprofits to continuously reinvent themselves, to offer trending solutions and to make use of technology in the realization of their fundraising strategies is on an all-time high. The golden question now is: How do you keep up? How do you keep growing the work you’ve done’ This might have been a difficult feat for nonprofits before, but now, the opportunities are endless. The challenge has now become a question of efficiency and scalability.


Here are five ways you can effectively leverage technology in your fundraising strategy: