Handheld human rights from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Co-director of Digital Democracy spells out how new platform can skirt government censorship One of the organizations I’ve been admiring from afar over the past year is Digital Democracy, which works with local partners to put information into the hands of people who need it most – […]
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New ways for nonprofits to raise money online
Mobile devices, SMS, social networks are options for online donations Guest post by Kemper Barkhurst HiDef Irecently set up an online donation form for Rio Grande Community Farm, a nonprofit where I serve as board member and volunteer. This PayPal donation form was static and made me wonder about other ways in which nonprofits can […]
How to customize your nonprofit Facebook Page
Y ou’ve probably heard a lot about Facebook Pages (and you might have also downloaded The Complete Facebook Guide For Small Nonprofits, which was published last week). One thing that sets Facebook Pages apart from Profiles, Groups and Community Pages is the ability to create custom tabs using an application called FBML. There’s an excellent […]
The Complete Facebook Guide for Small Nonprofits
Here’s an ebook I’m releasing as a comprehensive brain dump of strategies and tactics I’ve shared over the past couple of years to help small nonprofits get more out of using Facebook. The Complete Facebook Guide for Small Nonprofits has 104 pages and 5 chapters: Why Facebook? Creating Your Facebook Page Customizing Your Facebook Page […]
How to help out with the Gulf oil spill
Chandeleur Islands Balloon Aerial Imagery from Grassroots Mapping Ways to get involved & new technologies being used to stop and track the disaster President Obama addressed the nation last night and made a stop in the Gulf Coast region this week to survey the damage and relief efforts. As local residents already know, the environmental […]