As you’ll see from the promotional video above, the world of online charity crowdfunding ’supermarkets’ looks set to grow yet again later this year, with the launch of See The Difference . Founded by former BBC Executive Dominic Vallely, See The Difference plans to engage supporters with a diverse range of projects from all around the world, through a video-based site that uses ‘digital storytelling’ to promote projects and, very importantly, to show donors just what a difference their support has made. With a very impressive line-up of corporate backers - and endorsements from a diverse group of people from the Head of Individual Marketing at the RSPB to the editor of Heat Magazine - See The Difference is clearly a very ambitious initiative.

different email programs. Those new to the world of e-newsletter publishing are often surprised to learn that their email newsletters can look quite different to someone who is using Outlook versus someone using  Gmail or Thunderbird, not to mention what it looks like on a smartphone. That’s because email programs (called email clients) process HTML in different ways. “Oh, no! That’s what our newsletter

As you’ll see from the promotional video above, the world of online charity crowdfunding ’supermarkets’ looks set to grow yet again later this year, with the launch of See The Difference . Founded by former BBC Executive Dominic Vallely, See The Difference plans to engage supporters with a diverse range of projects from all around the world, through a video-based site that uses ‘digital storytelling’ to promote projects and, very importantly, to show donors just what a difference their support has made. With a very impressive line-up of corporate backers – and endorsements from a diverse group of people from the Head of Individual Marketing at the RSPB to the editor of Heat Magazine – See The Difference is clearly a very ambitious initiative.

Well, one very handy place to start is Chris Boudreaux’s Social Media Governance website , where he has very helpfully collated links to social media guidelines from over 70 different organisations – including the American Red Cross and Easter Seals , as well as a diverse range of other corporate and public sector organisations. The incredibly fast adoption of Social Media over the last couple of years has left many, if not most, organisations in something of a spin – as, in very short order, something that was at first dismissed as the preserve of the young and the geeks has become an unavoidable key component of mainstream communications.

Something's wrong with fundraising. At least, that's one conclusion you could draw from a study reported in the Wall Street Journal Wealth Report blog at Why the Rich Give to Charity . The survey, by the Center on Philanthropy and Bank of America, asked people with incomes of $200,000 or more or a net worth of $1 million-plus, about their motivations for giving to charity.

One of the most popular posts on this blog is one the earliest. It is also the one that seems to upset the most people. I'm referring, of course, to my posting on nonprofit grant writing fees versus commissions . In that posting, I explained why I follow the AFP Code of Ethics and refuse to write grants on a contingency basis.

Tags: Online fundraising crowdfunding Bryan Miller DonorsChoose IFC Online Jimmy The Man Tours Kiva Pifworld See The Difference SocialActions The Big Giv There was quite a bit of talk of Crowdfunding in some of the sessions at this week’s IFC Online eConference and that reminded me of an article I was asked to write a while back for Professional Fundraising , the Monthly trade magazine for the sector in the UK, specifically about how online fundraisers might learn from commercial crowdfunding initiatives. It was a timely reminder, because the article has just been published

I love when someone challenges the lens through which I look at the world, challenges my assumptions, and helps me to see things differently. That’s That’s what the Pollyanna Principles written by Hildy Gotlieb does — in spades! The The book is based on Hildy’s considerable experience hands-on working directly with people and communities.

There has been a growing level of discussion here in the UK fundraising sector over the last couple of months about the much awaited launch of video-based charity project crowdfunding site See the Difference – added to just this week by a resounding endorsement in an open letter from UK Institute of Fundraising CEO Lindsay Boswell, which you can read on the Institute website . As I outlined in my post about this exciting initiative back in May , the See the Difference team includes an impressive line-up of corporate backers contributing time and resources to launch a site

There has been a growing level of discussion here in the UK fundraising sector over the last couple of months about the much awaited launch of video-based charity project crowdfunding site See the Difference – added to just this week by a resounding endorsement in an open letter from UK Institute of Fundraising CEO Lindsay Boswell, which you can read on the Institute website . As I outlined in my post about this exciting initiative back in May , the See the Difference team includes an impressive line-up of corporate backers contributing time and resources to launch a site