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• News of Note Around the Philanthropic World

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 555
  from The New York Times: Confusion on Where Money Lent via Kiva Goes “There’s a whole new generation of socially connected nonprofits that use the Internet to make the illusion of person-to-person contact much more believable,” said Timothy Ogden, editor in chief of Philanthropy Action, an online ...
  7 hours ago

• Causes Says Bye-Bye to MySpace

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 555
  Amy Sample Ward writing on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog: Causes: Causing a Stir for Social Impact A recent event has brought up some huge red flags for me around data, around communities, around social impact, inclusion and even more. It’s a case of letting technology lead (or, rather, the ...
  7 hours ago

• How Well Do You Know Your Database?

  
  A Small Change- Fundraising Blog — Authority: 114
  Every organization I’ve worked for has always had a hard time using their database to capture donor information and keeping it up-to-date. Many will say this is because they don’t have the staffing to properly update the database. But I think that most often staff just don’t understand how it works. Every ...
  22 hours ago

• How Web Design Can Improve Your Online Fundraising

  
  Step By Step Fundraising — Authority: 110
  A lot of non-profits have online donation pages but complain that they still receive very few donations.  Why?  There are several reasons that could explain the lack of online giving ranging from low traffic to a poorly designed website. In essence, to be effective your entire online communication strategy must be ...
  1 day ago

• Now Email Is Dead Too

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 467
  First, direct mail was dead. Now email is dead. Apparently the only channel that’s alive is social media. At least that’s the POV presented by Jessica Vascellaro in a Wall Street Journal article, Why Email No Longer Rules , published last month. She begins: "Email has had a good run as king of communications. ...
  1 day ago

• Do You Flip?

  
  onLine! — Authority: 98
  This morning while walking up the subway stairs on my way to the office, I caught site of a great ad for Flip Video – it asks a simple question – "Do you Flip?".  It reminded me of the terrific Flip Video Spotlight programs available to charitable organizations – their Matching Purchase Program and Flip for ...
  3 days ago

• This week’s nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action

  
  Online Fundraising Blog — Authority: 114
  Today we bring you another installment in our weekly series of nonprofit fundraising Best Practices in Action . Each week, we’ll highlight an organization that has done an incredible job of promoting its online fundraising efforts with FirstGiving and show you how to do the same. This week’s Best Practice is. . ...
  4 days ago

• Strengthening your online advocacy with YouTube

  
  JVA's Nonprofit Street — Authority: 119
  Last month, www.nonprofitstreet.com shared news about the launch of YouTube’s Nonprofit Program . This innovative and free program allows nonprofit organizations to insert links inside their videos so that viewers can be easily directed to the cause’s Web site. For this new program to be effective, videos ...
  4 days ago

• It Makes Me Cringe

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 467
  When I read an article like this one in DM News , it makes me cringe. It’s talking about a study by online agency Return Path looking at the extent to which advocacy and arts groups collect (or not) and then use (or not) personal data on folks who sign up for these groups’ e-newsletters. After signing up for ...
  6 days ago

• The Fine Art of Timing a Money Bomb

  
  techPresident — Authority: 691
  (Updated to include DFAs actual remarks. They somehow got lost in editing. Sorry for the bother.) Yesterday we covered how the progressive blogosphere was afire with activity around Florida Democrat Alan Graysons "money bomb," which has thus far raised, according to a campaign tally, more than $505,000 ...
  6 days ago

• Online Left Bundles Dollars for Grayson

  
  techPresident — Authority: 691
  Its perhaps cliched, but no less true, that Democratic Representative Alan Grayson of Florida is a Rorschach test of contemporary American politics. If you ask people working in politics about the fiery, hard-charging, bulldog-ish Grayson, the responses tend to reflect a view of politics how it should be, in the ...
  1 week ago

• Scavenger hunt adventure race to benefit local nonprofit

  
  Online Fundraising Blog — Authority: 114
  Looking for a creative nonprofit fundraising event idea?  Our friends at Nutfit have partnered with local nonprofit Action for Boston Community Development for an adventure race this month.  It’s one of the most creative ideas we’ve seen, and it’s for a great cause.  We caught up with James Moore of Nutfit ...
  1 week ago

• Handwritten Letters

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 467
  Handwritten letters … what a concept! I enjoyed this article by Max Kalehoff writing in — of all places — Online Spin! Says Max: "… the growing volume of communications in digital form also drives attention deficit, dehumanization and diminishing returns. It’s a tragedy of the commons when digital ...
  1 week ago

• This week’s nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action

  
  Online Fundraising Blog — Authority: 114
  Today we bring you another installment in our weekly series of nonprofit fundraising Best Practices in Action . Each week, we’ll highlight an organization that has done an incredible job of promoting its online fundraising efforts with FirstGiving and show you how to do the same. This week’s Best Practice is. . . ...
  1 week ago

• Saying Thank You in a Social World

  
  onLine! — Authority: 98
  A donor, one big or small, makes a gift to your organization. Your backend office generates and (e)mails a thank you letter and/or reciept. If the gift size says "major donor", you might even call to say thank you. But is that enough? Are you missing out on opportunities to show your appreciation in a more public ...
  1 week ago

• Trust Is The New Black

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 467
  Yesterday, we posted some data from Cone regarding the degree to which social media friends and fans used such media to make contributions. By and large, they do not. And the study we cited pointed to the issue of trust as the essential basis of both giving and online relationships. Here is a post titled Trust Is ...
  1 week ago

• Do You Engage in Multiple Touch?

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 555
  A recently conducted social media survey of nonprofit organizations in North America has found that 91% of respondents raise funds online, but only 58 percent of those nonprofits cite fundraising as a goal for using it. Conducted by Sage North America, the survey results list “sharing our story,” building a ...
  1 week ago

• Trust, Social Media And Fundraising

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 467
  Cone, an agency known for its expertise in cause marketing, has released some findings from its 2009 study of how consumers interact with brands online. The Cone study looks in part at the role of social media in generating awareness and support for causes. Cone notes that 80% of respondents say that social media ...
  1 week ago

• Asking: A 59-minute Guide to Everything Board Members, Volunteers, and Staff Must Know to Secure the Gift: Jerold Panas, Bonnie McElveen-Hunter

  
  Make Money Myself — Authority: 139
  Editorial Reviews Review “ASKING is full of gems. No better blueprint for those of us embarking on the adventure of asking.” — Jerold Katz, Headmaster, The Park School “Jerry Panas writing on asking is like Michael Jordan writing on shot-making or Warren Buffet on investing.” — Kenneth ...
  2 weeks ago

• Distracting Social Media Stats

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 467
  Although you know I hate to fan your social media flames, here are the latest social media usage stats from the Pew Internet Project. Some highlights: 46% of online American adults are social network site (SNS) users. This figure was only 8% on February 05. Of these, 73% have Facebook accounts, 48% use MySpace, ...
  2 weeks ago

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