Guest post by Beth Kanter bethkanter.org It’s the sweltering dog days of summer and many nonprofits are deep into planning for year-end campaigns and perhaps looking for ways to raise money now. While I was sitting on the beach on vacation, Network for Good published a free ebook called How to Raise a Lot More Money Now – […]
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Reflections from 1st International CrisisCongress
CrisisCongress photo courtesy of Taylor Davidson on Flickr. Back in January, when the earthquake hit Haiti, I felt like I do in all catastrophic disasters. Sick to my stomach over the human suffering. As I’ve grown into my activist and humanitarian roles, technology has helped me find a place where I feel like I belong […]
Support my birthday campaign on Jolkona!
Help enterprising Colombia youths running an Internet cafe Today is my birthday, and in the tradition of other social media strategists working in the nonprofit space like Beth Kanter (I wrote about her last birthday campaign in January) and Geoff Livingston, I’d like to ask your help in making the day special for some enterprising […]
FeelGood: A new approach to fight hunger
FeelGood: A new approach to fight hunger from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Have you heard of FeelGood? It’s an innovative nonprofit social enterprise, based on 27 college campuses, that offers a new way to make a difference in the fight against hunger. The program transforms students social entrepreneurs and responsible global citizens. Its goal is […]
Where to volunteer this summer, and beyond
From Fabien Cousteau’s Plant a Fish site. This is part of The Causemopolitan‘s summerlong series of guest posts that will inspire you to get involved and give back. For more, see Cause It’s Summer! Guest post by Susan McPherson This summer I seem to have even more enthusiasm and energy to support the causes that […]