Steve Tobak writes that innovation is not necessarily about inventing or building something new or different. Rather, a huge part innovation is seeing an existing model or idea in a different way. Apple CEO Steve Jobs didn’t invent the mp3 player, the portable tablet or the smartphone. He just envisioned these products differently and introduced [...]
Author Archives: Mike O'Mahoney
A New Place to Meet
05/05/2011 – 8:13 pm
MWO advisor Bill Harper has teamed up with non-profit ED Michelle Halsey, to launch EDLink, a global online resource and gathering place for Executive Directors of nonprofit organizations. Membership in EDLink provides the most senior staff person in non-profit organizations with 7/24 access to education and networking opportunities exclusively tailored to their profession. A survey [...]
Rise up! Rise up!
10/25/2010 – 2:42 pm
“Crowdrise, a new web platform for nonprofit fundraising introduced last month, is aiming to do for philanthropy what Zappos did for shoe-shopping online.” ~ AdAge Actor Ed Norton’s successful use of the Internet to raise $1.2 million for his participation in the Massai Marathon led to the creation of Crowdrise. Users start fundraising projects, sponsor [...]
Sharing Good Vibrations
10/01/2010 – 12:36 am
When the earthquake hit Haiti earlier this year, the American Red Cross set up a mobile text campaign asking people to text HAITI to a special 90999 number. Donations of $10 at a time began streaming in raising over 10 million for relief efforts. This summer, the Pew Research Centre released a study called Mobile [...]
Would You Like A Charity With Your Coffee?
09/14/2010 – 2:07 am
Starbucks recently began offering free Wi-Fi in its stores. Now the company is set to launch the Starbucks Digital Network in its US-stores this fall, giving customers free access to premium and localized content from providers like iTunes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Yahoo!, among others. Thus far, there’s one charity [...]
Music To Our Ears
07/26/2010 – 1:46 pm
“The more you download, the more we donate” –fairsharemusic.com Across the pond, UK music website fairsharemusic donates 50% of profits from downloaded tracks to a charity of your choice. Songs are priced at rates similar to other downloading sites like iTunes and Amazon MP3. All you do is create an account, choose a charity, and [...]
Built-In Failure For Success
07/05/2010 – 5:30 pm
Is the fear of failing hampering your organization from innovating? Many organizations tend to become more rigid as they grow, minimizing risk to avoid making ‘mistakes’. But remember: There is no such thing as perfect. If a culture of perfection is prevalent within your organization, you are doing more harm than good. Innovative success seldom [...]
Check Your Email
06/21/2010 – 11:42 pm
Findings in a study released by ExactTarget last week show that 58% of U.S. online consumers begin their day interacting with companies on email. Furthermore, 93 percent of U.S. consumers subscribe to email marketing messages. Is email part of your strategy and how big a role does it play? Are your emails relevant? Does your [...]
Social Gaming: Are You Playing Yet?
05/31/2010 – 4:12 pm
We wrote a piece on social gaming for Canadian Fundraising and Philanthropy. Click on the image below to read the article on their website.
The Sweet Sound of Volunteers
05/05/2010 – 6:11 pm
We came across the RockCorps movement on the Haft2Know blog and we’re singing its praises. 4 hours of volunteering in your community = 1 ticket to a concert. That’s music to our ears. The RockCorps movement was founded in 2005, offering volunteers tickets to big-name gigs across the US. Then, in 2008, the organization partnered [...]
