“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 download. [...]
Category Archives: Innovation
Music To Our Ears
07/26/2010 – 1:46 pm
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 occurs without [...]
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 [...]
As simple as A-B-C
03/08/2010 – 11:16 pm
To raise $100,000, the ABC Life Literacy Canada Foundation is selling letters of the alphabet for $3,847 each. Donors will have their name and letter printed in full-page ads in the Toronto Star and Vancouver’s The Province (a combined circulation of 1.5 million Canadians). Both papers have donated ad-space.
As companies buy letters, ABC shows their [...]
Two Causes, One Phone
02/23/2010 – 11:22 pm
The Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation runs a campaign to raise funds by recycling old tech devices (mobile phones, digital cameras, computers, laptops, monitors, printers, CDs, DVDs, cables and ink cartridges).
Send the foundation your old items free of charge. Items are refurbished and sent to developing countries while those beyond repair are recycled. A percentage [...]
Charities Checking-in
02/03/2010 – 6:02 pm
It’s a great feeling when we come across trends supporting non-profits. So we were delighted to read Trendcentral’s article on hotels encouraging patrons to give.
Guoman Hotels of London has created a unique cocktail collection with 100% of profits donated to their charity partners.
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants run numerous programs focusing on social responsibility through their [...]
New Year, New RE-solutions
01/18/2010 – 12:07 am
The New Year is often ushered in with resolutions to better oneself. What about resolutions for your organization? Drive your fundraising campaigns into high gear for 2010 with these 6 simple tips to encourage innovative thinking.
1. REthink a current fundraising campaign with your ENTIRE organization. Asking everyone to contribute can yield excellent suggestions, even from [...]
One for One: Product + Philanthropy
10/29/2009 – 1:09 am
On a trip to Argentina, Blake Myscoie saw young children without shoes and wanted to help them. So he founded TOMS Shoes based on the One for One principle: With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need.
Three years later, the successful company has given over [...]
Finding The Magic Within Your Organization
09/25/2009 – 1:25 am
“We take an outside-the-box approach to activism, to educating and mobilizing young people,” says Andrew Slack, founder of the Harry Potter Alliance, as he enthusiastically details his organization’s achievements over the phone. “Based off a modern myth, we’re building a worldview in our members. We’re encouraging each other to tap into the magic of our [...]
