Given the visible success of the Haiti text-to-give campaigns, SMS is bound to become one of the tools in an organization’s fundraising bag, if it isn’t already. This week I heard about Drew Olanoff’s latest fundraising campaign, a text-to-give strategy on behalf of Boarding for Breast Cancer. Here’s how it works: Every time someone texts “tp4bc” to 60611, the […]
Archives for January 2010
10 tactics to be more efficient with social media
This is part of the series the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Apost I wrote a while ago called How to avoid the social media time suck received a lot of comments -– proof that social media time management is a constant struggle for folks -– and continues to be. In […]
Calendar of 2010 social change conferences
Holly Ross, executive director, NTEN (Photo by JD Lasica) Superguide to events for nonprofits & social change organizations Following is a roundup of conferences and events scheduled in the nonprofit and social change sector in 2010, with a few educational events tossed in as well. If you know of other must-attend events, please add them […]
How to grow your blog with social media for social good
This is part of the series the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Like many kids, I was involved in the Boy Scouts. The scout leader was Mr. Pertrazzio, who was an electrician. Now, I’m sure he loved being involved with the Boy Scouts. But when you think about it, he […]
How to bridge professional and social networks with social media
This is part of the series the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Guest post by Chris Garrett chrisg.com Many people find networking to be challenging. Being an introvert, real world networking is particularly daunting for me, but my geeky side allows me to use social media to be a much […]