Six Ways to Crowdsource Your Nonprofit’s Blog Content | NTEN

Six Ways to Crowdsource Your Nonprofit’s Blog Content | NTEN: "Your nonprofit organization has a blog. Awesome. You have a plan that outlines post content and frequency. Fantastic. You’re ready to roll up your sleeves and start creating content…wait…that’s a lot of content. How are you going to produce it all? I know! You’re going to crowdsource your blog content.

Of course, I believe that your editorial planning should have factored in your ability to deliver; as in get it all written. But projects appear out of nowhere, priorities shift, and sometimes it’s hard to keep up. This is why crowdsourced content will save the day!"



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Futures Lab update #84: Engagement Using Text Messages, and Corrections via Social Media | Mediashift | PBS

Futures Lab update #84: Engagement Using Text Messages, and Corrections via Social Media | Mediashift | PBS: "Engagement Using Text Messages, and Corrections via Social Media"



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Nancy Frates: Why my family started the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The rest is history | Talk Video | TED.com

Nancy Frates: Why my family started the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The rest is history | Talk Video | TED.com: "In a brave talk, his mom Nancy Frates tells the story of how the family developed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and took great pleasure in seeing everyone from Justin Timberlake to Bill Gates take part"



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5 Falsehoods That Keep Nonprofits From Making the Most of Social Media - Opinion - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

5 Falsehoods That Keep Nonprofits From Making the Most of Social Media - Opinion - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "But there’s another way for things to work, something I call "matterness," or the intersection of people and organizations when they come together in a positive and mutually beneficial way.

Matterness is:

The willingness and ability of individuals to speak and be heard."



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:Pallotta: Mindset Curbs Ability of Nonprofits to Fulfill Potential

massnonprofit news ::: "November 17, 2014 — Nonprofits have been trained to think about themselves “in a backward way” that is stifling their potential to change the world, Dan Pallotta, an activist who has garnered renown for his efforts to get people to think about nonprofits the way they think about for-profits, told a Boston gathering of human services providers today.

Speaking at the annual convention of the Provider’s Councila statewide association of private, community-based care giving organizations offering educational, health, and social services, which posted a record 1,200 registrations, Pallotta said nonprofits need to think radically differently about their approach to solving social problems like childhood poverty and adult illiteracy."



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The Count Down to #GivingTuesday | LinkedIn

The Count Down to #GivingTuesday | LinkedIn: "Audits aren't just for taxes: Your website. Have you taken a look at your website from a phone? If you were a #GivingTuesday visitor who came to your site, on a phone (and an ever growing number are ) would you see any connection to #GivingTuesday? Or would you be left confused, frustrated...and just leave? 74% of adults are using social networking sites-- the majority do so on smartphones."



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The Ice-Bucket Racket - NYTimes.com

The Ice-Bucket Racket - NYTimes.com: "Ever since the ice-bucket challenge swept the Internet this summer, raising more than $115 million for A.L.S. research, a legion of imitators has sprung up to try and cash in themselves. In the approaching holiday season, as fund-raising appeals swell, we can now smash a pie in our faces, snap selfies first thing in the morning or take a photo of ourselves grabbing our crotches, among other tasteful gestures, to express solidarity with various worthy causes. But the failure of these newer gimmicks to enjoy anywhere near the same popularity as the frigid original demonstrates the peculiar and finicky nature of our altruism — a psychological puzzle that both scientists and economists are trying to decipher."



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