Agora Partnerships expanding its impact beyond Central America roots One of the coolest people I met at Sustainatopia in Miami last week was Daniela Hammeken, director of strategic partnerships for Agora Partnerships, a nonprofit that works with small companies in Central America to provide access to knowledge, capital and networks. Based in Washington, D.C., […]
Archives for April 2011
LikeMinded: A new platform to connect leaders with ideas for local change
Guest post by Arthur Coddington Craigslist Foundation Over the past year, Craigslist Foundation has been working on LikeMinded, a new online tool for local change makers that launched Wednesday. The idea is that people are doing great work in their local communities, but stories about their work frequently stay local or go untold. LikeMinded will collect stories […]
GoodSearch & GoodShop: A step forward for online philanthropy
Guest post by Aviva Schick GoodSearch.com Cancer patients. The rainforest. Homeless pets. Underfunded schools. Refugees. This is a part of a list J.J. Ramberg was thinking about when she and her brother came up with the idea for their socially responsible company GoodSearch.com. As she continued thinking, her list became more personal. Her mother had passed […]
How to activate your organization’s supporters
At the conclusion of Socialbrite’s 3-hour Move the Needle bootcamp at Sustainatopia in Miami to help organizations — social enterprises and nonprofits — use social media for social good, I chatted with my partner Sloane Berrent about some of the tips we discussed with participants, including how to find the influencers in your sector and […]
More nonprofits are getting results from Facebook
Upcoming Idealware report shows Facebook helps with event attendance, membership, volunteerism & even fundraising Guest post by Kyle Andrei Idealware Which nonprofits are seeing success with their Facebook Page? In February Idealware distributed a survey (through an informal email outreach) to more than 500 nonprofit professionals who were using Facebook at their organizations. Well, […]