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In this free training sponsored by Kenneth Cole Productions, Matthew Mahan, who manages nonprofit relations and business development at Causes, will share Causes' new Partner Center for nonprofits, a redesign of the application on Facebook, and information about the upcoming America's Giving Challenge. Matthew joined Causes after teaching middle school through Teach for America building irrigation systems in Bolivia through a Rockefeller Fellowship. MORE
Beth and I posted our final reflections on America’s Giving Challenge on the Case Foundation blog yesterday. Tags: Social Media case foundation america's giving challenge You can read the post here. It is a summary of what we learned in our assessment of the second round of the Giving Challenge. Some of the themes that we learned about and discussed online with participants [.]. MORE
His team has a new free report on the best social media from America's top 50 hospitals. The big news this week is that I'm at the Engage for Good Conference in Chicago Wednesday and Thursday. For cause marketing geeks like me #EFG2018 is like dying and going to heaven! It's that much fun! MORE
Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Abby Lunardini , Vice President of Brand Marketing and Communications at Virgin America , about #TinyDogsTinyFares. On the show, Megan, Abby and I discuss: Abby Lunardini, Virgin America. MORE
Here’s a description of the online video campaign being conducted by Feeding America in support of Hunger Action Month in September. The Feeding America widgets allow people to click to ‘Get Involved’ by entering their Zip codes to find a local food bank and events calendar, as well as submit contact information to receive email updates and share via Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Blogger, and other platforms. MORE
Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Adrienne Weil , Vice President of Partnerships at Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) about how they approach corporate partnerships, cause marketing and measuring the impact of both. MORE
If you haven't checked out the 2017 America's Charity Checkout Champions report, it's a must-read for anyone in the cause marketing space. Congratulations to the Engage for Good team for putting together such an outstanding resource! MORE
Yesterday, May 3, was Give Local America Day. In many of the 50+ communities that participated, today — May 4 — is now also Give Local America Day. MORE
Today, at 3 pm eastern time, the second America’s Giving Challenge is being launched by The Case Foundation. Tags: Social Media america's giving challenge The Case Foundation Over the next thirty days, literally until November 6th at 2:59 pm eastern time, thousands of individual activists will champion their favorite causes and vie for the largest number of friends raised on the Causes application on Facebook. [.]. MORE
Rapidata, the UK’s leading processor of direct-debit charitable and commercial transactions, has just released a massive study of monthly giving in the UK , with a special focus on 2008 to 2009 comparisons. To put this in context, 37% of donors in the UK are monthly givers, and such giving amounts to 31% of the giving total. MORE
Source: Wall Street Journal There's a fascinating article in this week's Wall Street Journal on how discount retailer Dollar General is thriving in rural America. Sadly, as you'll learn in the article, the reason Dollar General is thriving is because rural America is not. MORE
If you don’t think you can pull together a thank-you video quickly, Emily Roush-Bobolz, Communications Manager at the Hemophilia Federation of America shares how she did just that. Emily Roush-Bobolz is the Communications Manager for Hemophilia Federation of America. MORE
Tags: Boys and Girls Club of America Cone Inc. MORE
It's almost a year since President Obama's election, but there is still a LOT of interest in the staggering success of Obama for America (OFA). Tags: social networking email marketing online marketing online fundraising Obama for America market research M+R Strategic Services MORE
We’ve heard some great episodic stories about what happened last week with Give Local America Day. ” across America? The CEO will give up three months salary and pay it “to organizations that participated in Give Local America.” MORE
The Corporation for National and Community Service shares this great data on volunteering. Can’t see it in this post? Go here.). Parents clearly invest a lot of time in their children’s schools, which is a gratifying thing to remember MORE
Network for Good is happy to partner with Kimbia to extend the reach of Give Local America , a nation-wide giving day that marks the 100-year milestone of community foundations in the United States. Give Local America uses the power and pride of local communities to tie it all together. MORE
What do you do when you're a 98-year-old institution and you think your logo doesn't quite work anymore?Girls Girls Scouts of the USA, the world's largest organization for girls, recently updated theirs in a very subtle way.(The The photo illustration comes from Fast Company magazine).I MORE
Letter just sent to my Maryland members of Congress (thanks to prompting by Maryland Nonprofits): Nonprofit organizations in Maryland and across the broadly support the Serve America Act - S 277. Tags: Serve America Act lobbying charity However the House-passed "Give Act" (HR 1388)includes an amendment with problem language that would ban legislative lobbying by these public service organizations--a right that should continue to be protected. Some of the language added by Rep. MORE
Thousands of individuals competed for donors, donations, and matching awards for their favorite charitable causes as part of the Case Foundation’s first-ever Giving Challenge. The Challenge introduced emerging technologies to millions of people and helped give new significance to the power of individual donors and small donations. MORE
We are engaged in the evaluation of the second America’s Giving Challenge contest that the foundation sponsored last year. Tags: Social Media america's giving challenge beth kanter Darius Goes West The Case Foundation I’m cooking up some fun with Beth and the Case Foundation again. We did a survey and we wanted to do some in depth case studies to better understand the experiences of some of the winners. [.]. MORE
America’s Giving Challenge is one of my favorite online fundraising competitions. America’s Giving Challenge is a 30-day competition, running until November 6th that allows causes to compete for cash awards by inspiring the most people to donate to their cause, regardless of the dollar amount. Last year the Causes application on Facebook raised over $600,000 for nonprofits during the challenge. MORE
Liberty Bottleworks fabricates rugged water bottles in brand-new factory in Yakima, Washington of recycled aluminum and using America-made machinery. Liberty is the only company making metal water bottles in America today. MORE
The news media has dubbed the divide the “Two Americas” and for lack of a better term, we’ll go with that. So, how do you, as a communications professional, deal with this “Two Americas” reality? It’s the figurative wall between two Americas. MORE
But today, I want to share with you the particularly compelling, creative and all-inclusive campaign launched by Oxfam America(OA) around its International Women’s Day 2012 Award. But Oxfam America Didn’t Stop There, They…. Oxfam America implemented an admirable (e.g. MORE
Grassroots nonprofit organizations led by or closely linked to MSM/LGBT communities in low- and middle-income countries in Latin America are encouraged to submit relevant proposals. RFP grants Latin America the foundation center AIDS HIVFrom The Foundation Center. [If MORE
million meals to Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief charity. Tags: Snickers Kind Healthy Snacks Lowe's Home Depot Feeding America Back in August I bought this cause-marketed Snickers bar during my fourth trip of the day to Home Depot. (Is MORE
Steve Casimiro , writing in Adventure Journal , is downright angry: "What a sad day, when America's best idea has to whore itself for a few dollars here and there." And since they are the largest generation in America, companies can't live without them. Photo via mkfeeney on Flickr. MORE
More is MoreThis ad for Firedog Across America ran in the local newspaper last month. Tags: Firedog Across America Determining donation amounts More is more In the campaign people are invited to submit an essay that describes how a local firehouse has been a service to the community.Firedog is the digital technology services division of electronics retailer Circuit City.Ten firehouses will receive donations of $20,000 each and an additional $100,000 grand prize will. MORE
I’ve barely cracked the binding on Paul Taylor’s new book, The Next America , and already I’m hugely impressed. The book is grounded in boatloads of well-organized data about America’s shifting demographics and the cultural and political attitudes of our various population segments, as well as their economic prospects, gleaned from the extensive studies of the Pew Research Center. MORE
Suphatra Laviolette of the Margueritte Casey Foundation in Seattle reached out to me to tell me about their recent effort called America’s Families Speak Out. Uncategorized America's Families Speak Out Marguerite Casey Foundation MORE
Next week, we are hosting a brand new webinar on a very important topic: How Your Nonprofit Should Communicate to a Divided America. featuring Peter Panepento. Thursday, January 26, 2017. 1:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00 a.m. Pacific). Registration is $50 or free with an All-Access Pass. MORE
What makes Jay especially relevant to the Diva Marketing community is his use of social media, aka Social TV, to promote his on-air opportunity on the Food Network and to leverage the social buzz to encourage Scripps Networks Interactive to pick up the Deep Fried America pilot. MORE
The Case Foundation released this morning the asseement report that Beth and I co-authored on their Giving Challenge. It was a wonderful opportunity and experience really digging into the Challenge to better understand how and why it worked, we hope you’ll read and enjoy the report. Here’s the skinny on what the Giving Challenge: The Giving Challenge [.]. MORE
Assume you’re responsible for raising all the money for a nonprofit organization. Maybe you are!) MORE
Director, New Partnerships, Southwest Region Development, Feeding America (Los Angeles, Houston or Dallas) 2. Freakonomics explores why the most vilified industry in America is also the most charitable. ??Consumers Years ago I used to work for a chamber that hosted networking events. MORE
This is a sponsored post for OneBillionShirts.or OBS is leveraging the billion dollar custom tee shirt industry to create a brand new fundraising stream for charity and nonprofit organizations. OneBillionShirts.org is a proud sponsor of Selfishgiving.com and CauseTalk Radio. MORE
Nielsen refers to “America’s New Mobile Majority” reporting that 50.4% Thanks to the Agitator readers who got back to us regarding their mobile reading of our blog. Sounds like plenty of subscribers read via mobile, mostly on their way to work. MORE
What makes Jay especially relevant to the Diva Marketing community is his use of social media, aka Social TV, to promote his on-air opportunity on the Food Network and to leverage the social buzz to encourage Scripps Networks Interactive to pick up the Deep Fried America pilot. MORE
Tags: Change.org Social Media ideas for america MORE
Feeding America has explainer videos for both models. In the “Feeding America: Ending Childhood Hunger” video, which follows the problem and solution approach , they cover the problem in the first 45 seconds of the video, which is just under 2 minutes total. MORE
Just a few hours ago Tom and I were engaged in our semi-weekly food fight and screaming session about what posts will — and won’t — make it for the coming week. On one thing we agreed. MORE
Wish Nation is the official blog for Make-a-Wish America. Justin Schmid and Jennifer Parsons, Wish Nation collaborators, have learned a lot since starting the blog over a year ago. I had the chance to chat with them about the success of Wish Nation and what they’ve learned since the launch. If you’re interested in launching a blog for your nonprofit, check out the highlights from our conversation and some actionable tips to help you get the blog process started at your organization MORE
America’s Giving Challenge concluded last week. Tags: Social Media america's giving challenge The Aspen Institute The Case Foundation The Nonprofit Times W.K. The event, the second such challenge, was sponsored by The Case Foundation ($150,000), The Aspen Institute’s Program on Philanthropy & Social Innovation ($20,000) and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation ($75,000). MORE
America Related Topics Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Feeding America has explainer videos for both models. In the “Feeding America: Ending Childhood Hunger” video, which follows the problem and solution approach , they cover the problem in the first 45 seconds of the video, which is just under 2 minutes total.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
If you don’t think you can pull together a thank-you video quickly, Emily Roush-Bobolz, Communications Manager at the Hemophilia Federation of America shares how she did just that. Emily Roush-Bobolz is the Communications Manager for Hemophilia Federation of America.
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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JANUARY 18, 2017
Next week, we are hosting a brand new webinar on a very important topic: How Your Nonprofit Should Communicate to a Divided America. featuring Peter Panepento. Thursday, January 26, 2017. 1:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00 a.m. Pacific). Registration is $50 or free with an All-Access Pass.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MAY 4, 2016
Yesterday, May 3, was Give Local America Day. In many of the 50+ communities that participated, today — May 4 — is now also Give Local America Day.
Getting Attention
MARCH 9, 2012
But today, I want to share with you the particularly compelling, creative and all-inclusive campaign launched by Oxfam America(OA) around its International Women’s Day 2012 Award. But Oxfam America Didn’t Stop There, They…. Oxfam America implemented an admirable (e.g.
Cause Related Marketing
JANUARY 25, 2012
Liberty Bottleworks fabricates rugged water bottles in brand-new factory in Yakima, Washington of recycled aluminum and using America-made machinery. Liberty is the only company making metal water bottles in America today.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MAY 10, 2016
We’ve heard some great episodic stories about what happened last week with Give Local America Day. ” across America? The CEO will give up three months salary and pay it “to organizations that participated in Give Local America.”
Cause Related Marketing
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
million meals to Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief charity. Tags: Snickers Kind Healthy Snacks Lowe's Home Depot Feeding America Back in August I bought this cause-marketed Snickers bar during my fourth trip of the day to Home Depot. (Is
Selfish Giving
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Abby Lunardini , Vice President of Brand Marketing and Communications at Virgin America , about #TinyDogsTinyFares. On the show, Megan, Abby and I discuss: Abby Lunardini, Virgin America.
Cause Related Marketing
JANUARY 2, 2007
More is MoreThis ad for Firedog Across America ran in the local newspaper last month. Tags: Firedog Across America Determining donation amounts More is more In the campaign people are invited to submit an essay that describes how a local firehouse has been a service to the community.Firedog is the digital technology services division of electronics retailer Circuit City.Ten firehouses will receive donations of $20,000 each and an additional $100,000 grand prize will.
The Agitator
APRIL 17, 2014
I’ve barely cracked the binding on Paul Taylor’s new book, The Next America , and already I’m hugely impressed. The book is grounded in boatloads of well-organized data about America’s shifting demographics and the cultural and political attitudes of our various population segments, as well as their economic prospects, gleaned from the extensive studies of the Pew Research Center.
The Agitator
MAY 10, 2012
Nielsen refers to “America’s New Mobile Majority” reporting that 50.4% Thanks to the Agitator readers who got back to us regarding their mobile reading of our blog. Sounds like plenty of subscribers read via mobile, mostly on their way to work.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
The news media has dubbed the divide the “Two Americas” and for lack of a better term, we’ll go with that. So, how do you, as a communications professional, deal with this “Two Americas” reality? It’s the figurative wall between two Americas.
The Agitator
JUNE 23, 2013
Just a few hours ago Tom and I were engaged in our semi-weekly food fight and screaming session about what posts will — and won’t — make it for the coming week. On one thing we agreed.
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2012
The Corporation for National and Community Service shares this great data on volunteering. Can’t see it in this post? Go here.). Parents clearly invest a lot of time in their children’s schools, which is a gratifying thing to remember
Fundraising 123
JUNE 24, 2009
Thousands of individuals competed for donors, donations, and matching awards for their favorite charitable causes as part of the Case Foundation’s first-ever Giving Challenge. The Challenge introduced emerging technologies to millions of people and helped give new significance to the power of individual donors and small donations.
Diva Marketing Blog
JUNE 19, 2016
What makes Jay especially relevant to the Diva Marketing community is his use of social media, aka Social TV, to promote his on-air opportunity on the Food Network and to leverage the social buzz to encourage Scripps Networks Interactive to pick up the Deep Fried America pilot.
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
JANUARY 2, 2015
Wish Nation is the official blog for Make-a-Wish America. Justin Schmid and Jennifer Parsons, Wish Nation collaborators, have learned a lot since starting the blog over a year ago. I had the chance to chat with them about the success of Wish Nation and what they’ve learned since the launch. If you’re interested in launching a blog for your nonprofit, check out the highlights from our conversation and some actionable tips to help you get the blog process started at your organization
Selfish Giving
DECEMBER 7, 2017
Source: Wall Street Journal There's a fascinating article in this week's Wall Street Journal on how discount retailer Dollar General is thriving in rural America. Sadly, as you'll learn in the article, the reason Dollar General is thriving is because rural America is not.
Selfish Giving
MAY 11, 2016
Steve Casimiro , writing in Adventure Journal , is downright angry: "What a sad day, when America's best idea has to whore itself for a few dollars here and there." And since they are the largest generation in America, companies can't live without them. Photo via mkfeeney on Flickr.
Selfish Giving
MAY 1, 2018
Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Adrienne Weil , Vice President of Partnerships at Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) about how they approach corporate partnerships, cause marketing and measuring the impact of both.
A. Fine Blog
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
America’s Giving Challenge concluded last week. Tags: Social Media america's giving challenge The Aspen Institute The Case Foundation The Nonprofit Times W.K. The event, the second such challenge, was sponsored by The Case Foundation ($150,000), The Aspen Institute’s Program on Philanthropy & Social Innovation ($20,000) and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation ($75,000).
Cause Related Marketing
JULY 8, 2010
What do you do when you're a 98-year-old institution and you think your logo doesn't quite work anymore?Girls Girls Scouts of the USA, the world's largest organization for girls, recently updated theirs in a very subtle way.(The The photo illustration comes from Fast Company magazine).I
Selfish Giving
JUNE 20, 2017
If you haven't checked out the 2017 America's Charity Checkout Champions report, it's a must-read for anyone in the cause marketing space. Congratulations to the Engage for Good team for putting together such an outstanding resource!
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
MARCH 25, 2014
Network for Good is happy to partner with Kimbia to extend the reach of Give Local America , a nation-wide giving day that marks the 100-year milestone of community foundations in the United States. Give Local America uses the power and pride of local communities to tie it all together.
Fundraising 123
OCTOBER 6, 2009
In this free training sponsored by Kenneth Cole Productions, Matthew Mahan, who manages nonprofit relations and business development at Causes, will share Causes' new Partner Center for nonprofits, a redesign of the application on Facebook, and information about the upcoming America's Giving Challenge. Matthew joined Causes after teaching middle school through Teach for America building irrigation systems in Bolivia through a Rockefeller Fellowship.
A. Fine Blog
JUNE 3, 2010
Beth and I posted our final reflections on America’s Giving Challenge on the Case Foundation blog yesterday. Tags: Social Media case foundation america's giving challenge You can read the post here. It is a summary of what we learned in our assessment of the second round of the Giving Challenge. Some of the themes that we learned about and discussed online with participants [.].
A. Fine Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2008
Tags: Change.org Social Media ideas for america
Diva Marketing Blog
JUNE 19, 2016
What makes Jay especially relevant to the Diva Marketing community is his use of social media, aka Social TV, to promote his on-air opportunity on the Food Network and to leverage the social buzz to encourage Scripps Networks Interactive to pick up the Deep Fried America pilot.
The Agitator
APRIL 21, 2010
Rapidata, the UK’s leading processor of direct-debit charitable and commercial transactions, has just released a massive study of monthly giving in the UK , with a special focus on 2008 to 2009 comparisons. To put this in context, 37% of donors in the UK are monthly givers, and such giving amounts to 31% of the giving total.
A. Fine Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2009
Today, at 3 pm eastern time, the second America’s Giving Challenge is being launched by The Case Foundation. Tags: Social Media america's giving challenge The Case Foundation Over the next thirty days, literally until November 6th at 2:59 pm eastern time, thousands of individual activists will champion their favorite causes and vie for the largest number of friends raised on the Causes application on Facebook. [.].
The Agitator
AUGUST 11, 2011
Here’s a description of the online video campaign being conducted by Feeding America in support of Hunger Action Month in September. The Feeding America widgets allow people to click to ‘Get Involved’ by entering their Zip codes to find a local food bank and events calendar, as well as submit contact information to receive email updates and share via Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Blogger, and other platforms.
A. Fine Blog
JUNE 6, 2012
Suphatra Laviolette of the Margueritte Casey Foundation in Seattle reached out to me to tell me about their recent effort called America’s Families Speak Out. Uncategorized America's Families Speak Out Marguerite Casey Foundation
Cause Related Marketing
MARCH 6, 2007
Tags: Boys and Girls Club of America Cone Inc.
Selfish Giving
OCTOBER 28, 2013
This is a sponsored post for OneBillionShirts.or OBS is leveraging the billion dollar custom tee shirt industry to create a brand new fundraising stream for charity and nonprofit organizations. OneBillionShirts.org is a proud sponsor of Selfishgiving.com and CauseTalk Radio.
Selfish Giving
JUNE 6, 2018
Director, New Partnerships, Southwest Region Development, Feeding America (Los Angeles, Houston or Dallas) 2. Freakonomics explores why the most vilified industry in America is also the most charitable. ??Consumers Years ago I used to work for a chamber that hosted networking events.
Marketing for Nonprofits
AUGUST 14, 2009
It's almost a year since President Obama's election, but there is still a LOT of interest in the staggering success of Obama for America (OFA). Tags: social networking email marketing online marketing online fundraising Obama for America market research M+R Strategic Services
A. Fine Blog
JUNE 22, 2009
The Case Foundation released this morning the asseement report that Beth and I co-authored on their Giving Challenge. It was a wonderful opportunity and experience really digging into the Challenge to better understand how and why it worked, we hope you’ll read and enjoy the report. Here’s the skinny on what the Giving Challenge: The Giving Challenge [.].
A. Fine Blog
MAY 12, 2010
We are engaged in the evaluation of the second America’s Giving Challenge contest that the foundation sponsored last year. Tags: Social Media america's giving challenge beth kanter Darius Goes West The Case Foundation I’m cooking up some fun with Beth and the Case Foundation again. We did a survey and we wanted to do some in depth case studies to better understand the experiences of some of the winners. [.].
Selfish Giving
MAY 23, 2018
His team has a new free report on the best social media from America's top 50 hospitals. The big news this week is that I'm at the Engage for Good Conference in Chicago Wednesday and Thursday. For cause marketing geeks like me #EFG2018 is like dying and going to heaven! It's that much fun!
Seeking Grant Money Today
JUNE 6, 2011
Grassroots nonprofit organizations led by or closely linked to MSM/LGBT communities in low- and middle-income countries in Latin America are encouraged to submit relevant proposals. RFP grants Latin America the foundation center AIDS HIVFrom The Foundation Center. [If
DonorDigital
APRIL 1, 2013
Assume you’re responsible for raising all the money for a nonprofit organization. Maybe you are!)
Fundraising Breakthroughs
MARCH 23, 2009
Letter just sent to my Maryland members of Congress (thanks to prompting by Maryland Nonprofits): Nonprofit organizations in Maryland and across the broadly support the Serve America Act - S 277. Tags: Serve America Act lobbying charity However the House-passed "Give Act" (HR 1388)includes an amendment with problem language that would ban legislative lobbying by these public service organizations--a right that should continue to be protected. Some of the language added by Rep.
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