Arm your tribes with a digital tool that allows them to share their passions for your cause and your organization. Johnson & Johnson is offering a free widget for individuals and non-profits. The customizable &you widget offers one central location for information on volunteer and job opportunities, events, news, and donation capabilities. Place the widget [...]
Category Archives: Social Media
Give A Little, Get A Lot
05/16/2011 – 4:15 pm
Google is collaborating with acclaimed art museums across the globe to display artwork online. Each museum was able to choose the number of pieces and information to include in The Google Art Project. The high-resolution images are copyright protected, and thus far, 17 museums are participating including MoMA (New York), Tate Britain (London), Van Gogh [...]
Google Wants To Help
03/24/2011 – 11:45 am
Last week Google launched Google for Nonprofits. The program allows you to sign-up for the many Google products in one-application. If approved, your organization is given access to products for free or at discounted rates, including: Up to $10,000 a month in advertising on Google AdWords Free or discounted Google Apps Premium features for YouTube [...]
Get Into The Game
03/02/2011 – 4:32 pm
We like the creative approach Urban Ministries of Durham is taking to raise awareness of poverty and homelessness. The organization has teamed up with ad agency McKinney and created an interactive online game: Spent. Down to their last $1000, players must make difficult budgeting decisions, trying to survive to the end of the month. At [...]
Play With The Box
02/07/2011 – 3:03 pm
Thinking outside the box is great. But sometimes you can’t execute your outside-the-box idea because of budgets constraints, lack of resources, or limited manpower. Here’s a different approach. Rename the box! The small town of Speed, Australia, raised funds for its Lions Club by teaming up with the state’s Transport Accident Commission (TAC) on an [...]
Let’s Talk
01/12/2011 – 11:07 pm
We’re calling 2011 the Year of the Conversation. It’s being encouraged everywhere, as it should be, and we want every organization to ride the chatter wave. You’ll learn a lot from speaking with your clients, your employees, and your fans. But most of all, talk to your donors. Use social media (facebook, twitter, etc), email, [...]
AFP Congress 2010 – Day 1
12/01/2010 – 10:45 am
We’re having a great time at the AFP Congress 2010. There’s an exciting line-up of speak speakers leading some very interesting sessions. Here are a couple of presenters we caught up with: Bryan Tenenhouse at AFP Congress 2010: Nicci Noble at AFP Congress 2010:
Growing Your Support
11/16/2010 – 2:30 pm
Are you innovative with technology and using it to further your organization’s mission? The Royal British Legion is. This year, the Legion took the traditional Poppy Appeal mobile and created a mobile application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. For 59p (Gold) or £2.99 (Platinum), users could download a poppy seed, water it, see [...]
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.
Refreshing Collaborations
04/12/2010 – 11:39 pm
Need some extra funds to launch your organization’s next big campaign? If your non-profit is registered in the US, let Pepsi know about your idea and win funding. [Come on, Canadian corporations! Get on board!] Pepsi is giving over $20 million through the end of this year to individuals, businesses and non-profits working to better [...]
