Comments on: 8 tips for raising funds online

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By: Bridget Brandt

Bridget Brandt — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:50:25 +0000

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By: @AlzGA

@AlzGA — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:14:31 +0000

Sounds like great material. Have heard similar study from Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp podcast (http://craigslistfoundation.org/bootcamp). They cite that donations went down when the story even featured two children rather than just one. Will look into Half the Sky.

By: Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:00:01 +0000

Regading point 2 – Tell a compelling story with a strong human-interest angle – I've been reading Half the Sky (Kristoff/WuDunn) and at one point they briefly talk about studies comparing giving results from pitches that use a personal story vs. discussing the problem more generally. Former is superior for donation results. What was especially interesting was that overlaying general statistics about the overall problem on top of a personal story decreased the performance. In the footnote they say "Remarkably, the human interest in helping victims seems to taper as soon as the number of victims rises above one."

By: Lindsay Reene

Lindsay Reene — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:17:16 +0000

Question: We use our social networking outreach with the purpose of driving people to our central platform website. Do you believe that this strategy is becoming obsolete, (i.e. "Your destination website doesn't matter as much as it once did")? We just don't want to get our donation platform caught in the "next" aged social network (e.g. MySpace). Ideas?

By: Sokunthea Sa Chhabra

Sokunthea Sa Chhabra — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:57:19 +0000

Thanks for this great recap, moderation of the panel, and citing the Giving Challenge as an example. It was great to see this at BlogWorld and I think represents a broader example of how causes and nonprofit issues are integrated into the larger online discussion! Here are my thoughts from BlogWorld, and thanks for letting me use one of your photos: http://www.casefoundation.org/blog/blogworld-2009...