Tags: Social Media Chronicle of Philanthropy donors Giving Circles Katya Andresen np I was struck a few weeks ago when I read this article in the Chronicle about the rise of anonymous giving this year.  I suspect that this is due to these donors not wanted to be stalked by causes. the giving cacophony for causes is bad enough in a good economy, but the incessant pressure [...]

Last month, Andy Carvin, the social media mavin at NPR, asked what Web 2.0 Tags: Social Media Andy Carvin beka economopolous ben rigby ccs fundraising fission strategies npr sean mckean the extraordinarie The latest edition of my Social Good podcast for the Chronicle of Philanthropy is up for listening! Last solutions folks were using fo volunteer management. 

Tags: Social Media * Video File * Quick Capture Slagsmålsklubben Andy Goodman Morris Fiorina npr witness youtub I love this video about telling the story of Red Riding Hood with social media: Each Each one of us, and certainly the orgs that we work with and for, have the power to tell our stories in more visual and powerful ways using social media. YouTube is filled with compelling

Andy Carvin, the social media mavin of NPR, is my guest.  We talk about how he is helping NPR, and the reporters, use social media to share content and engage various communities in discussions of issues and contributions to content [...] ...Tags: Tags: npr Social Media Social good podcast Jayne Cravens Chronicle of Philanthrop The latest installment of the Social Good Podcast is up on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s site. Andy

The NPR Social Media desk staffed by Andy Carvin will be repurposing the guts of Twitter Vote Report for use on Election Day for attendees to share their travel and inauguration experiences. So, Tags: #dctrip09 npr Social Media Twitter Inauguration #inaug0 A week from now the world will be descending on Washington, DC for the inaugural festivities.  So, if you’re in DC next week, or on [...] ...Tags:

Perhaps you’ve heard his name on NPR : “Support 8220;Support for NPR comes from the estate of Richard Leroy Walters, whose life was enriched by NPR, and whose bequest seeks to encourage others to discover public radio.” But when he died, he’d amassed an estate of about $4 million and gave NPR and many other nonprofits $400,000 each. Do you remember Jean Preston, the unassuming librarian who’d amassed an $8 million estate ? Or Helene Whitlock Alley, the $100 donor that bequethed $7.3

Perhaps you’ve heard his name on NPR : “Support 8220;Support for NPR comes from the estate of Richard Leroy Walters, whose life was enriched by NPR, and whose bequest seeks to encourage others to discover public radio.” But when he died, he’d amassed an estate of about $4 million and gave NPR and many other nonprofits $400,000 each. Do you remember Jean Preston, the unassuming librarian who’d amassed an $8 million estate ? Or Helene Whitlock Alley, the $100 donor that bequethed $7.3

Do what NPR did with my gift. This is what they sent me, with “NPR Thanks You!” Your support helps NPR provide Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation, Car Talk, News & Notes, From the Top and other news and cultural programming to listeners from Alaska to Florida and many countries overseas. NPR simply could not do it without you. Wow - yesterday’s post about thank you notes and the lack thereof got the conversation started! Thanks to everyone who took the time to add some thoughts to the debate.

Last week, driving home, listening to NPR , I heard a fascinating tale about a lady in Texas who decided to get over her divorce by throwing herself into gardening-at her rental property. When her landlords gave her 30 days to get out, the lady posted a desperate plea on a gardening forum: what would happen to her hundreds of day lilies? Now I am not making up what happened next: dozens of Texas gardeners got in their trucks and drove over to this lady's house (and we all know Texas is not a small state, so who knows how long some of these people had to drive) and over the course of

Last year, NPR built a hurricane emergency online community site for free in one weekend, and asked the public for help. flickr/askpang Many nonprofits are in crisis mode these days. Still, it pays to remember that “crisis” is derived from two Greek words meaning “a turning point” and “to decide” (not “the sky is falling”).