Tuesday, March 27, 2007

The $5 philanthropist: GiveMeaning's new site is launched

The $5 philanthropist: GiveMeaning's new site is launched: "Monday, March 26, 2007
GiveMeaning's new site is launched
At 6am this morning, we launched a brand-new version of the GiveMeaning website.

As most of you know, we here at GiveMeaning have been hard at work on a new version of the site since last September. We have codenamed this new site 'SaveAnything' because one of the most significant new features of this site is that you can submit any news story that addresses something that needs 'saving' to the site, tag the story based on what causes it's addressing and geotag the story (i.e. pinpoint the exact location of the story)."

10 Best Practices for Netting and Keeping Donors : FundRaising Success

10 Best Practices for Netting and Keeping Donors : FundRaising Success: "Attracting new donors is harder than keeping the ones you’ve got. But keeping the donors you have is easier said than done.

The session “Be Your Donors’ Favorite Charity: 10 Tips to Keep Them Giving Again and Again” presented by Heather Burton, product marketing manager at Sage Software, on Monday at the AFP 44th International Conference on Fundraising in Dallas, offered attendees these actionable tips to keep donors engaged and giving:"

Tips for Integrating Channels to Strengthen Your Overall Fundraising : FundRaising Success

Tips for Integrating Channels to Strengthen Your Overall Fundraising : FundRaising Success: "Tips for Integrating Channels to Strengthen Your Overall Fundraising
By Abny Santicola, editor, FS Advisor
March 26, 2007

Online and offline fundraising approaches each have their place in an organization’s program, but also can be used to complement one another.

A session at the AFP 44th International Conference on Fundraising in Dallas on Monday presented by Gene Austin, CEO of Convio, and Bobby Heard, associate executive director of the American College of Emergency Physicians, looked at ways organizations can use the Internet strategically to get more from their fundraising programs."

Meet Bob and Judy, First Vloggers -

Meet Bob and Judy, First Vloggers -: "Today, Bob and Judy have access to cheap video equipment that fits a shirt pocket, or sits like a little eye in the frame of your computer screen, ready to make 'television' at the flick of a switch. The resulting 'shows' can be transmitted worldwide in a matter of minutes, bypassing TV networks, national governments and pretty much any regulation. They're shows that don't need an audience to justify their existence, don't require commercials to support them, and needn't fit any pre-existing formula. The golden age of public access television is now!

Today's versions of Bob and Judy are probably vlogging -- blogging in video. I've tried it myself (here's a recent rumination on punk rock), but I prefer my LiveJournal friend Jordan Fish's efforts. In one show Jordan uses, in quick succession, all the filters in iMovie, in another he demonstrates how making tea with Social Biscuits can cure anti-social impulses."

Monday, March 26, 2007

Live From the AFP Conferance

Live From the AFP Conferance: "Buzz On AFP Exhibit Floor
Is Tech Integration

Annual conferences might as well be titled 'fresh fish' for exhibitors that roll out new products or upgrades to existing offerings in an attempt to attract the attention of the captives, err, conference attendees.

The Association for Fundraising Professionals annual conference is no different, with vendors vying for the attention of the 4,000 or so attendees. For example:"
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Wired News: Wikipedia Shakeup: Resignations

Wired News: Wikipedia Shakeup: Resignations: "By Kim Zetter| Also by this reporter
14:00 PM Mar, 23, 2007

Two top employees of the Wikimedia Foundation have resigned, citing disagreements with the board. Both publicly tendered their resignations to the community yesterday on a foundation mailing list, but say their resignations are unrelated and the timing coincidental.

Danny Wool, who has worked out of the foundation's St. Petersburg, Florida, office since October 2005 under the title of grants coordinator, and who is widely regarded as the number two guy at Wikimedia, discussed his resignation first in a message to the foundation list."

Inside Bay Area - Kiva does well, with help from friends

Inside Bay Area - Kiva does well, with help from friends: "Kiva does well, with help from friends
By Constance Loizos, MEDIANEWS STAFF
Article Last Updated: 03/26/2007 05:20:32 AM PDT

IF YOU HAVEN'T yet heard of Kiva.org, a San Francisco nonprofitthat at just 18 months old is already the leading online microcredit site, you're about to. Its friends in Silicon Valley will make sure of that.

Here's how Kiva — which means 'unity' in Swahili — works: Lenders visit Kiva's Web site to find entrepreneurs from developing countries looking for a small loan. Kiva posts the entrepreneurs' funding needs and pictures online with the help of 38 local microfinance institutions around the world."

Gadgets, Geeks, Gators - Forbes.com

Gadgets, Geeks, Gators - Forbes.com: "Thursday, former presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton will appear together on stage, giving speeches about philanthropy and taking questions from the audience."