Video: Young Donors React to Online Appeals - Online Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Young donors want to know where their money is going and what their gifts will accomplish.
Those are two of the key lessons from young donors interviewed in videos produced by Achieve, a fundraising consulting firm that in July released its annual Millennial Impact Report.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Nonprofits: Master ‘medium data’ before tackling Big Data | Philanthropy Journal
Nonprofits: Master ‘medium data’ before tackling Big Data | Philanthropy Journal: Every day, humanity adds approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes of data to our collective store of knowledge. Looking over this treasure trove, scientists, financiers, and business leaders are justifiably giddy about the potential of Big Data. For the nonprofit community, Big Data also offers immense potential. But with our mere billions of data points we're not quite ready for it. Instead, we need to get "medium data" right first.
Mobile emergency response still hampered by low bandwidth and fragmented networks | Innovation Trail
Mobile emergency response still hampered by low bandwidth and fragmented networks | Innovation Trail: Mobile technology is driving the modernization of disaster relief and public safety response. And, according to a recent report from the Brookings Institution, the rapid expansion of mobile devices and mobile driven data has already begun to save lives and alleviate suffering in disaster-struck communities.
Also check out the AFP Blog on Disaster Relief
Success = Right Tech at Right Time | LinkedIn
Success = Right Tech at Right Time | LinkedIn: Despite the clear nonprofit need and technology solution, the market simply wasn't ready. We needed to do a lot more work before we could get the critical mass of pro bono providers to populate the marketplace.
So, we changed course and lobbied the President to create A Billion Change, a challenge to secure pledges from 500 companies to not only provide pro bono services but also report on their activities. We also began to work with LinkedIn to leverage their network and corporate directory to enable us to provide even greater tools for nonprofits.
So, we changed course and lobbied the President to create A Billion Change, a challenge to secure pledges from 500 companies to not only provide pro bono services but also report on their activities. We also began to work with LinkedIn to leverage their network and corporate directory to enable us to provide even greater tools for nonprofits.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Using Vine Videos to Beef Up Your Written Content
Using Vine Videos to Beef Up Your Written Content: Twitter’s video service, Vine, has been making waves lately as a new platform that businesses can use to make an impression on their target audience. And while Vine certainly works to any business’s advantage on its own, it can also be used to enhance your written content as part of a larger campaign, or through linking and embedding Vine videos in your text.
Let’s take a look at a few ways
Let’s take a look at a few ways
How Philanthropic Contests Can Spur Innovation - Social Good - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
How Philanthropic Contests Can Spur Innovation - Social Good - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "The recently released “Why Contests Improve Philanthropy” compiles lessons from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s six years of offering open philanthropic contests."
CEOs Must Embrace Social Media…Finally - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly
CEOs Must Embrace Social Media…Finally - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: Businesses are now realizing that the CEO must be involved in social media activities. It “raises a company’s thought leadership and credibility. CEOs reap these benefits including a raised profile,” says the piece written by Brigitte Yuille.
This is especially true for nonprofits, where thought leadership and credibility are much more critical to an organization’s brand. Nonprofits are often defined by their policies, services and relationships with their communities—to a much greater extent than a business selling a product, for example.
This is especially true for nonprofits, where thought leadership and credibility are much more critical to an organization’s brand. Nonprofits are often defined by their policies, services and relationships with their communities—to a much greater extent than a business selling a product, for example.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Technology Blog: An Underused Fundraising Resource
Thanks to techsoup.org for the great coverage of our technology blog
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Technology Blog: An Underused Fundraising Resource: I have to admit that the venerable Association of Fundraising Professionals website was one of the last places I looked to find fresh interesting coverage of fundraising technology, but I have mended my ways. I’m now a fan of Reed Stockman’s AFP technology blog.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Technology Blog: An Underused Fundraising Resource: I have to admit that the venerable Association of Fundraising Professionals website was one of the last places I looked to find fresh interesting coverage of fundraising technology, but I have mended my ways. I’m now a fan of Reed Stockman’s AFP technology blog.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Ministers learn to compete | The Detroit News
Ministers learn to compete | The Detroit News: hey need to understand organizational leadership: how to create a mission statement, set goals and measure whether they’ve achieved those goals — skills typically taught in masters of business administration programs, not seminaries.
Beyond that, they should be comfortable with technology and savvy about social media — maybe tweeting or creating a lively Facebook page.
Beyond that, they should be comfortable with technology and savvy about social media — maybe tweeting or creating a lively Facebook page.
Nonprofits get help finding low-cost tech solutions - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Nonprofits get help finding low-cost tech solutions - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The conference, hosted by the Hands On Tech Pittsburgh program, will bring 100 nonprofit professionals to Garfield to discuss the technology, marketing and organizational management techniques that will bring their organizations to the next level.
When You Can’t Tell Web Suffixes Without a Scorecard - NYTimes.com
When You Can’t Tell Web Suffixes Without a Scorecard - NYTimes.com: But there soon may be, along with hundreds of other new Internet address suffixes like .bible, .blog, .family, .game, .gay and .pizza.
Is Crowdfunding's New "It Girl" Creating a Generation of Citizen Philanthropists? - Innovation Toronto
Some related stories on Crowdfunding are here
Is Crowdfunding's New "It Girl" Creating a Generation of Citizen Philanthropists? - Innovation Toronto: I went on a shopping spree in July and spent four million dollars on girls and women,” Maz Kessler says proudly.
As the founder and creative director of Catapult, a start-up nonprofit organization that helps development projects for women and girls get funding, she has every reason to boast. Catapult, a crowdfunding site that insists on transparency and engagement with donors, is one of several organizations changing the world of philanthropy. Launched on the first International Day of the Girl, in October 2012, the start-up has already seen impressive results.
Is Crowdfunding's New "It Girl" Creating a Generation of Citizen Philanthropists? - Innovation Toronto: I went on a shopping spree in July and spent four million dollars on girls and women,” Maz Kessler says proudly.
As the founder and creative director of Catapult, a start-up nonprofit organization that helps development projects for women and girls get funding, she has every reason to boast. Catapult, a crowdfunding site that insists on transparency and engagement with donors, is one of several organizations changing the world of philanthropy. Launched on the first International Day of the Girl, in October 2012, the start-up has already seen impressive results.
8 Things a Nonprofit Leader Really Needs to Know About Social Media Marketing
8 Things a Nonprofit Leader Really Needs to Know About Social Media Marketing: It’s not uncommon for nonprofit executives to be hesitant about using technology, especially since technology is constantly changing. Technology has changed the very basic notion of communication entirely. Learning to view social media as a “game changer”, not just an addition to the way your nonprofit communicates, is crucial
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