Getting Blogs Read
Is This Blog a Snooze?
Ok readers (if there are any) be honest, is this blog a big snooze? My sister told me my blog was boring. Then I went to a seminar about blogging and was told that blogs need to have a really distinct voice and be bold and a little out ...Read more
Charity Wish Lists
Last time I posted a blog entry it was about how charities can raise money and increase web traffic by making creative use of a holiday hook. Well that was around Mother’s day when I wrote that entry and now Father’s Day is almost here. My dad is tough to buy for ...Read more
Online Fundraising Surge & Shared Technology
A couple of articles in recent editions of The Chronicle of Philanthropy caught my attention so I thought I’d provide a short summary here in case you missed them. One article provided the latest data on online fundraising revenue increases and the other talked about how large organizations can serve their donors better and ...Read more
Email and Websites for Events
The latest edition of the Guidestar e-newsletter has an excellent article about using e-mail and the web for events. A few suggestions the authors provided which I especially liked were:
Remember to use language that encourages people to donate even if they can’t attend the event.
Encourage board members, volunteers, and other friends of ...Read more
NTEN’s Wiki
Last week I attended the Nonprofit Technology Conference put on by NTEN. It was an excellent conference and packed with plenty of info for techies and non-techies alike. Before I went to the conference I mentioned to a few people that I thought it was interesting that NTEN was creating a Wiki for ...Read more
