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Yesterday Network for Good and TrueSense Marketing released a landmark study of the online giving experience that offers important findings for nonprofits, donation portals, social networks and individual donors. The study analyzed the $381 million that individuals have donated to 66,000 charities through the Network for Good platform over the past seven years. It […]
VolunteerSpot: Tips to spur offline actions
I‘ve been impressed every time I’ve stopped by VolunteerSpot, a tool that makes it easy for anyone to coordinate and organize volunteers. At BlogWorld Expo, I got to chat with founder Karen Bantuveris shortly after she appeared on a panel about fueling real world action through social media. “Just by making it easier to volunteer,” […]
Use video to get to heart of your organization’s story
Storytellers for Good from JD Lasica on Vimeo. A chat with the founder of Storytellers for Good Of all the people I’ve met this year, probably the most fascinating encounter I’ve had was the few minutes I spent with Cara Jones, founder of Storytellers for Good (tagline: “Promoting goodness, inspiring greatness”). A former broadcast […]
How Free Speech TV learned to love social media
Giselle Diaz Campagna makes a point during the “Mobilizing Your Social Network” panel at BlogWorld Expo. One of the pleasures of working with nonprofits is seeing the evolution along the social media continuum — generally, from early skeptic to dabbler or explorer to enthusiast to evangelist. The latest convert who’s become a full-on, passionate […]
Nonprofits: Is your website mobile-ready?
The other day my colleague Christopher S. Rollyson asked, Why haven’t we optimized our website for mobile users? That’s when I first heard of WP-Touch and WPtouch Pro — WordPress plug-ins that make your site really nice-looking on a handheld device. With use of smartphones exploding, this is now a must-have in today’s marketplace.
