A teenaged friend asked me what you were supposed to do on World AIDS day (today). I don’t think there’s a set list, but here were some ideas:
You could watch this.
You could play this.
You could go here, and look up a question you were scared to ask: (I started you off on a less scary [...]
Has your non-profit got some wired friends? Consider the power of a blogathon for fundraising.
The idea is simple – bloggers commit to staying up for 24 hours, and collect pledges and donations. Well, the idea is simple: in practice, that’s 49 posts and no sleep, which is heroic before you throw in the fundraising. What [...]
Capital campaigns are a big deal, because, well, you’re trying to raise a building here. You need a campaign that will catch people’s imaginations, make them want to stick with you for the long haul and hopefully, donate more than once. This sounds like a job for…social media! If you’re looking for inspiration [...]
Guest writer Sven Haertig looks at European fundraising both on and offline. A committed human rights activist based in Warsaw, Sven is the leader of Amnesty International Poland’s international volunteer group. Want to connect with him about non-profits in Europe? You can find him on Facebook where he’s working on Amnesty International Poland’s Page, or [...]
Hey, does this sound like your non-profit job description?
“…Creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for clients, partners, and society at large.”*
Surprise: the secret word for your job is marketing. Why is it a secret? When you work as a fundraiser, “marketing” is a bit of a dirty word – it sounds corporate, [...]
For a nerdy non-profit activist, this brand new initiative is the ultimate geek-bait: it combines music remixes, open source technology, and supporting Africa. What’s not to like?
Launched yesterday, the non-profit IntraHealth International has partnered with Youssou N’Dour, Senegalese/World Music superstar. They have released a new charity EP titled OPEN Remix, to support a project that to [...]
Blogs, Youtube videos, Twitter, Powerpoint presentations: what do they have in common? Story telling.
If your non-profit is working on a social media plan, you’re going to need to think about how your non-profit tells stories. If you fundraise, you already know that the best collateral a non-profit produces are stories about their audience. Here’s an [...]
It seems that there’s a bit of a thread out there on a few blogs, something in the air, a terrible question that’s being asked: are social networks actually a useful fundraising strategy?
The Pew Research Center published a report this week on the changing demographic profile of social networks. I would, ahem, modestly point out [...]
We’ve written about games and non-profits on Social Ch@nge before (and here.) Some more recent news from this front:
Electronic Arts (EA), the gaming behemoth, has entered into the fundraising world. The Xbox live version of NHL ‘09 rewards players who raise $100 for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation by allowing them to compete in special [...]
Alex Steed’s recent connective predictions post got us at Social Ch@nge thinking about the future of technology and civil society. Here’s our predictions for 2009 and beyond, based on some of the trends we’ve been watching at Social Ch@nge this year.
1) Cells will save lives
One of the things you will surely see more of is [...]
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