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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
This morning’s Washington Post article, “To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn’t So Green&# , takes some not-very-new shots at Causes, the friending and fundraising app on Facebook, while not providing any new insights.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
During the conversation, we talked about how several nonprofits are handling this, including the National Wildlife Federation , the Humane Society of the United States , LiveStrong (Lance Armstrong Foundation), and Goodwill of Greater Washington DC , as well as some corporations. Share your thoughts and stories in the comments.
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Saturday, June 5, 2010
Expo in Washington D.C. Same applies to the Washington Convention Centre staff, who were A+ all the way. Pharmville RX –Facebook game created for free by enthusiasts. Civic hacker networks. Civic innovator networks. open data Social Media summary washington d.c. last week. DAY 1. Climate Momentum Simulation.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Fundraising Social Networking Web Site 101 Email 101 Donor Databases Nonprofit Marketing Training Network for Good provides easy and affordable online fundraising services. CircleUp currently supports email, AIM, and Yahoo messenger, and will soon support Facebook and SMS. Tis the season for email marketing. We can help.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Last week, an article in the Washington Post reported that since its founding last year, the Facebook and MySpacec "Causes" Applications have raised over $2.5 Causes is an application on MySpace and Facebook that allows users to donate to their favorite charities and non-profits through their profiles and recruit friends and families.
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Even while media researcher Niesen is reporting that social nets and online video have transformed the web, the Washington Post is telling us that online fundraising via social nets is over-rated. Mercy me! What’s a poor blogger to do? Say they’re both right! Here MediaPost’s summary: "The number of U.S.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Most nonprofits are now dabbling in social networks, according to a new survey on the nonprofit industry’s use of social networking for marketing and fundraising from NTEN, Common Knowledge and ThePort Network. Nonprofit communities on Facebook are still relatively small, with an average size of 5,454 members.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
triggered by a Washington Post article. The Post more or less said that Facebook was failing as a fundraising tool or venue. Compare this to the Post report that fewer than 50 of the 179,000 groups in Facebook’s Causes program have raised $10,000. The scale of Facebook or Twitter is global. In mass."
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Friday, July 20, 2007
It's more transparent than Facebook, more anonymous than Evite. It made me really appreciate the value of associations as a vital networking resource. Association members are invested in their network in a very different way than people who meet for free on the Internet. Just checked out my first Meetup. What's Meetup?
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Social Networks are built around Social Objects, not vice versa." Granted, the network is more powerful than the node. But the network needs the node, like flowers need sunlight." So.for associations jumping into the world of social networking, is this a case where the network IS the object? Is that enough?
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