Friday, August 17, 2012

40% of Association Members’ Online Time is in Professional Communities [Research]

40% of Association Members’ Online Time is in Professional Communities [Research]: A new research project from the Society of New Communication Research called, The Social Mind, examines the rise of new social behaviors and interrelationships between individuals, organizations, and influencers. The three year series of studies surveyed more than 400 professionals and highly educated people in North America who participate in social media networks.

The research found that 40% of professionals’ online time is spent engaging in peer-to-peer online communities, followed by interacting with friends at 31% and family at 13%.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Crowd-funding campaigns gaining popularity with Canadians | News | National Post

Crowd-funding campaigns gaining popularity with Canadians | News | National Post: TORONTO — A burlesque troupe, a film about female Palestinian race car drivers and a bullied American bus monitor — as diverse as those topics are, they all share a common Canadian thread.

All three projects sparked crowd-funding campaigns, an Internet-based trend thrust into the spotlight recently by a Toronto man’s wildly successful fundraising effort for a Rochester, N.Y., grandmother.

How to Raise Funds Through Crowd Funding Platforms | Social Media Today

How to Raise Funds Through Crowd Funding Platforms | Social Media Today

Razoo raises $100M for social causes without dancing, PBS, or Milton Berle | VentureBeat

Razoo raises $100M for social causes without dancing, PBS, or Milton Berle | VentureBeat: Crowdfunding-for-causes platform Razoo hit the $100 million mark today. It raised more than half of this amount in the past nine months, ever since veteran gaming executive Lesley Mansford took over as CEO and applied her unique expertise to fundraising for social good.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

AFP Suncoast Blog

AFP Suncoast Blog: Social Media and Fundraising: Tampa Metropolitan YMCA