What It’s Like To Ring The Opening Bell For Twitter As A 9-Year-Old In A Bird Tutu | Fast Company | Business Innovation: ut instead, when time came to pronounce Twitter public Thursday morning, a 9-year-old girl dressed in a “little bluebird” tutu dress appeared behind the bell. She is Vivienne Harr, who recently raised more than $100,000 to fight childhood slavery by spending 365 days behind a lemonade stand.
What is it like to be 9 and dressed in a bird dress at the New York Stock Exchange to open one of the biggest Internet IPOs in history?
Friday, November 08, 2013
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Using Short Social-Media Videos to Spread Your Message - Social Media - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
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November 7, 2013
Using Super-Short Social-Media Videos to Spread Your Message
By Idit Knaan
As video smartphone apps like Vine and Instagram gain momentum, Forbes is predicting the format will become one of 2014’s strongest social-media marketing trends.
Both apps allow users to shoot and share video clips that are only seconds long.
November 7, 2013
Using Super-Short Social-Media Videos to Spread Your Message
By Idit Knaan
As video smartphone apps like Vine and Instagram gain momentum, Forbes is predicting the format will become one of 2014’s strongest social-media marketing trends.
Both apps allow users to shoot and share video clips that are only seconds long.
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Giving through charity websites grows � Philanthropy North Carolina
Giving through charity websites grows � Philanthropy North Carolina: Donors, including a growing number age 60 and older, increasingly prefer to give through a charity’s website, often motivated by requests through direct mail and social media, a new study says.
As a results, “it is vital for charitable organizations to ensure they have created an easy and effective online giving experience for donors,” says the study by Dunham Company.
From 2010 to 2013, roughly one in two donors gave through charity websites, says the study, The Growing Importance of Charity Websites to Philanthropy.
As a results, “it is vital for charitable organizations to ensure they have created an easy and effective online giving experience for donors,” says the study by Dunham Company.
From 2010 to 2013, roughly one in two donors gave through charity websites, says the study, The Growing Importance of Charity Websites to Philanthropy.
Friday, November 01, 2013
Personify Blog
Personify Blog: Hosting a webinar can be an anxiety inducing experience for many people. Here are some of the top reasons why… and some tricks to turn your next webinar into a treat.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
LinkedIn is Great...But Not as Your Community Platform — Mizz Information
LinkedIn is Great...But Not as Your Community Platform — Mizz Information: I know this topic has been discussed to death, particularly in the association community, but I just can't help weighing in again after seeing it come up yet again in the ASAE LinkedIn group. The topic? Killing a private community in favor of using public social media platforms--in this particular case, LinkedIn groups.
Tips for Virtual Fundraising Success | npENGAGE
Tips for Virtual Fundraising Success | npENGAGE: While most of us were planning our July 4th barbeque, Valencia College Foundation was preparing to launch their First ONE campaign. This year the foundation took their six-week fundraising campaign online using peer-to-peer fundraising to supplement their offline campaign activities. At the end of the day the foundation raised $203,817 which included a matching grant, recruited 152 fundraisers on 36 teams, and attracted 170 first time donors.
11 Flavors of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising | npENGAGE
11 Flavors of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising | npENGAGE: Peer-to-peer fundraising isn’t just for cause and cure organizations anymore. The rise of crowd funding coupled with a changing donor demographic has led to a surge in nonprofits of all types building do it yourself (DIY) fundraising programs.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Beware! The Scary Truth About Widgets [Infographic] | MarketingProfs Daily Fix Blog
Beware! The Scary Truth About Widgets [Infographic] | MarketingProfs Daily Fix Blog: ith visions of holiday campaigns and jolly green dollar signs dancing in their heads, many marketers overlook the most important part of a successful online holiday campaign: Web performance. It’s where speed and user experience come together.
For example, websites that take longer than three seconds to load immediately lose 80% of site visitors, and 40% never return.
For example, websites that take longer than three seconds to load immediately lose 80% of site visitors, and 40% never return.
Big Data Era Will Help Mass. Nonprofits Thrive and Tell Their Story
massnonprofit.org ::: Big Data Era Will Help Mass. Nonprofits Thrive and Tell Their Story
October 29, 2013 — Nonprofits are at the threshold of a new era in which, using extensive, detailed data and data analysis tools, they will be able to more fully and accurately measure their effectiveness and tell their story to key constituencies, Massachusetts sector leaders were told today.
October 29, 2013 — Nonprofits are at the threshold of a new era in which, using extensive, detailed data and data analysis tools, they will be able to more fully and accurately measure their effectiveness and tell their story to key constituencies, Massachusetts sector leaders were told today.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Hyperlocal Bets On Nonprofit-Focused Retool | NetNewsCheck.com
Hyperlocal Bets On Nonprofit-Focused Retool | NetNewsCheck.com: A Massachusetts-based hyperlocal has relaunched this month, betting on a unique nonprofit-focused content model to drive Web traffic.
As the debate rages on in the local digital media community as to whether hyperlocal news ventures can scale, Xtraxtra.com’s management team says they’re confident the site’s niche play — charities and nonprofits — and minimal expense structure (contrary to the corporate overhead of AOL’s Patch) will equal succes
As the debate rages on in the local digital media community as to whether hyperlocal news ventures can scale, Xtraxtra.com’s management team says they’re confident the site’s niche play — charities and nonprofits — and minimal expense structure (contrary to the corporate overhead of AOL’s Patch) will equal succes
Twitter Helps Intel Foundation Plan Grants - Technology - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
Twitter Helps Intel Foundation Plan Grants - Technology - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: The Intel Foundation plans to award $100,000 in education grants to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and it turned to Twitter for advice on what programs and organizations to support.
“We thought it was a great opportunity to engage in a conversation with people who don’t usually have the opportunity to have a voice in donating that kind of money,” says Wendy Hawkins, the fund’s executive director. “We also thought we might get some really good ideas that we just wouldn’t come up with on our own.”
“We thought it was a great opportunity to engage in a conversation with people who don’t usually have the opportunity to have a voice in donating that kind of money,” says Wendy Hawkins, the fund’s executive director. “We also thought we might get some really good ideas that we just wouldn’t come up with on our own.”
Friday, October 25, 2013
The Salvation Army of Austin Advertising and Social Media Guidelines � The Salvation Army of Austin
The Salvation Army of Austin Advertising and Social Media Guidelines � The Salvation Army of Austin:The Salvation Army will support your third-party fundraising effort by enabling you to link your social media campaign to specified web page(s), our Facebook fundraiser page and retweeting your Twitter campaign.
Please provide short, descriptive messages about your event for inclusion in our social media activities.
Create a Facebook Group. Creating a Facebook group will allow you
Please provide short, descriptive messages about your event for inclusion in our social media activities.
Create a Facebook Group. Creating a Facebook group will allow you
How Subhas Dhar's Gudville is trying to help philanthropy make business sense - The Economic Times
How Subhas Dhar's Gudville is trying to help philanthropy make business sense - The Economic Times: Gudville, a website that he is building, aims to bridge the gap between those wanting to do good and organisations that can help them do so. It is currently being beta-tested in the Silicon Valley.
"Philanthropy has to make business sense. It's about making capitalism work for social responsibility," said Dhar, 46. By the end of this year, he expects to sign up 50,000 users on the portal.
"Philanthropy has to make business sense. It's about making capitalism work for social responsibility," said Dhar, 46. By the end of this year, he expects to sign up 50,000 users on the portal.
Are Digital Magazines Really Working for Publishers?: Associations Now
Are Digital Magazines Really Working for Publishers?: Associations Now: According to a new AdWeek piece, tablet magazines remain a tiny part of the market. Though the segment is seeing growth, it may not be enough for a larger industry in transition.
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