How Some Nonprofits Use Twitter

I was just searching Twitter to see how some nonprofit organizations are using it. National Wildlife Federation – tips for energy conservation, interesting animal facts, links to opportunities to participate in advocacy etc… AIDG – a lot of links to interesting videos that showcase the work that they do Adler Planetarium – some great quick facts ...Read more
Posted in All, Social Media, March 15, 2008 | 3 comments

Twitter in Plain English

Ok I’ve been a bad blogger. I need to post on a more regular basis I know or my blog visitors will quickly lose interest. Maybe it will be easier for me to be a regular twitterer (? tweeter?) than a blogger. I first heard about twitter more than a year ago, but didn’t really ...Read more
Posted in All, Social Media, March 14, 2008 | 1 comment

Embedding Video from DoGooder.TV

I heard about http://www.dogooder.tv awhile back but I hadn’t spent any time there to watch videos and seee what it was really all about until just recently. I thought I’d use this space to experiment with how quick and easy it was for a non technical person to use the code generated at ...Read more
Posted in All, Social Media, Websites, June 21, 2007 | 1 comment

Widgets To Promote Personal Fundraising

Because so many people have their own blogs, websites, and pages on My Space, FaceBook etc… these days, smart nonprofits are leveraging this fact and encouraging people to post buttons and badges on these sites to spread the word about the organizations they believe in and encourage others to donate. There are a variety ...Read more
Posted in All, Fundraising, February 13, 2007 | 1 comment

Reaching Donors Under 40

Almost 2 years ago I did a blog post about reaching donors under 40. The post was based on an excellent presentation I saw at the AFP Northern New England chapter conference. I think back on that presentation often and when I make presentations myself I often include some of the wisdom that ...Read more
Posted in All, Fundraising, September 25, 2006 | 1 comment