Beth Kanter and John Haydon at the Nonprofit Technology Conference. (Image by cambodia4kidsorg) If you’re attending, please stop by and participate today & Thursday Four of Socialbrite’s strategists will be speaking at the Nonprofit Technology Conference — the year’s biggest nonprofit tech event — which concludes today and tomorrow in San Francisco. We might have […]
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Charity Blossom: Another step forward for social giving
You may have read my post here a few months ago about social fundraising, and I wanted to share a new start-up in this category that has a unique twist.
Founded by Wayne Yamamoto and Jason Culverhouse, both of whom have several successful start-ups to their credit, Charity Blossom has listed close to a million nonprofits on their website. The list of charities runs the gamut from huge multi-national organizations like the Red Cross to tiny, very local charities like my favorite, Town Cats, which may not have the bandwidth to set up fundraising pages on their own.
Nonprofit & social change calendar: April 2012
NPR’s Moira Gunn and Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., at last year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. (Photo by J.D. Lasica) Planning for the month’s top conferences & events April bring us ones of the biggest nonprofit technology conferences of the year: NTC, kicking off this evening in San Francisco. Four Socialbrite partners are speaking here (my talk […]
How Oxfam America engaged bloggers for International Women’s Day campaign
One of the most fun projects I’ve worked on recently was Oxfam America’s International Women’s Day 2012 campaign. Here’s a case study of how it went. Long story short, we were asked to provide digital support for the campaign — specifically, to engage bloggers with the goal of raising awareness for the campaign and the work […]
What story should you tell in Facebook Timeline?
Target audience: Nonprofits, foundations, NGOs, social enterprises, cause organizations, brands, businesses, Web publishers — anyone with a Facebook Page. Editor’s note: Facebook is switching over all nonprofit and business pages to the new Timeline format on Friday, March 30. Because so many organizations haven’t yet made the move, or are still figuring out the best […]