Online Fundraising & the Social Web: A Primer « Chrissie Brodigan
Online Fundraising & the Social Web: A Primer Social Assets (Facebook Fan Page, Twitter, YouTube Channel, etc.) are marketing channels that help you get your organization’s message and content out to your audience. Facebook and Twitter alone won’t get you contributions! Facebook and Twitter are awesome web 2.0 supplements to your fundraising strategy to: * Raise awareness * Connect with...
Read MoreFoundations and Web 2.0 – Give and Take – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
A new report that looks at how foundations are using interactive Web 2.0 technology, such as blogs, podcasts, and social networks, in their communications has been announced — appropriately — on the blog run by the Communications Network, a membership organization for people who handle public relations at foundations. Some foundations are already embracing technology tools that allow for...
Read MoreTO THE ANSWER: Philanthropy 2.0
The old and traditional philanthropy was one way. When we donate, we feel we did a good thing. But that’s the end. We don’t know what effect our money will do. I want to call it Philanthropy 1.0 like Web 1.0 in which information was always provided in one-way road from the big media to us ordinary people. But in the world of Web 2.0, we got the power to express what we want to express and...
Read MoreNew Revenue Generating Solution for Struggling Nonprofits and Businesses: Fundraising 2.0: haoodnla.com
Given the myriad of difficulties facing both nonprofits and businesses in driving traffic, revenues, and ongoing donor/consumer commitments – Chicago-based experiential marketing consultant Marc Portugal recommends an affordable, cooperative solution quickly finding its way into mainstream lexicons: Fundraising 2.0. “Not unlike Web 2.0, Fundraising 2.0, or F20 for short (pronounced...
Read MoreOverrun by social media campaigns for your vote « Chewy Chunks
Nathaniel Whittemore of Change.org writes: “Is there actually any real demand for crowdsourced funding platforms?” These include Kiva, GlobalGiving, America’s Giving Challenge (Case foundation), Betterplace, Pepsi Refresh, and even Change.org itself from the idea-crowdsourcing point of view. Nathaniel succinctly summarizes the situation like so: “What about GlobalGiving? GlobalGiving...
Read MoreNon-Profit Generating Revenue Through Facebook & Twitter « Mike Holden’s blog
The non-profit teaching certification program I work for ran a small promotion on Facebook and Twitter last week and we saw some nice results, bringing in over $12,000 in revenue in one day. The promotion also helped us gain new followers, particularly on Facebook, where we’ve gained about 100 new fans since we first announced the promotion about two weeks ago. Here’s what we did…it’s...
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