Nonprofit organizations impact your life every day. You might not realize how big the nonprofit world is. Gayle Gifford shared the below video at The Butterfly Effect and I just had to share it with you. Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think of the video and how it might…
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How Volunteers Can Support Nonprofits Online and How Nonprofits Can Help
The Nonprofit 2.0 Unconference was held in Washington DC on June 25, 2010. I had the privilege of leading a session on the topic of how volunteers can support nonprofit organizations online. Below are the viewgraphs used during the session (with a couple of tweaks). Please leave me a comment with additional methods that you…
Thank You Bricks
The Sharing Foundation continues to impress me with their creative ways of helping children in Cambodia, raising money and thanking donors. I learned about the Sharing Foundation almost a year ago. Beth Kanter was turbocharging her use of social networking to win a $50,000 contest award for the Sharing Foundation. She asked me to play…
Raggedy Ann is Start of Major Nonprofit Organization
Image by djwudi via Flickr Diane handcrafted a Raggedy Ann doll. You remember the Raggedy Ann doll, don’t you? It was a rag doll that was most known for its red yarn hair. This particular Raggedy Ann doll was special. It was to be given to a needy child at Christmas. When Diane finished creating…
Top 7 Reads for Nonprofit Marketers and Fundraisers
Amazon.com WidgetsMark Rovner at Sea Change Strategies, wants to know what books I would recommend this summer for nonprofit marketers and fundraisers. He is the host of the next Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. I am an avid reader, especially when it comes to nonprofit marketing and fundraising. The books I enjoy and recommend tend to…
If You Didn’t Exist, What Good Things Would Not Have Happened?
Image via Wikipedia Kivi Leroux Miller and Claire Meyerhoff have started a new show on BlogTalkRadio called Magic Keys Radio. The purpose of the show is to unlock the secrets of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. I have been a fan of Kivi’s nonprofit work for some time, so my expectations for Magic Keys Radio is…
Dave Webb Interviews Dr.Mani on Purpose, Vision, Mission and Impact
Dr.Mani is passionate and enthusiastic. He maintains several roles in life. Some of these include being an internet marketer, nonprofit leader and heart surgeon. I have the utmost respect for Dr.Mani. Dave Webb had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Mani. You need to click here and read the question and answers. What will you get…
GOOD Magazine Announces Partners for 2008 Choose GOOD Campaign
GOOD magazine is again donating 100% of the $20 subscription fee to your choice of one of twelve nonprofits. In its first year, the "Choose GOOD" campaign raised almost $500,000 and the amount continues to climb. A new set of nonprofits to choose from have been chosen. The Second Annual Choose Good Campaign Partners are:…
Congratulations Northern Illinois University
Scott Meis, Campaign Manager for Donate Life Illinois, contacted me with the final results of the “I Am. Are You?” Campus Challenge. The challenge was a statewide organ/tissue donor registration drive competition between Illinois colleges and universities. Northern Illinois University won the contest with 484 registrations. The real winners are each of the students who…
Do Your Volunteers Know You Appreciate Them?
An online conversation started with Seth Godin promoting the idea of a Customer of the Month program for businesses. Searchgive continued the conversation by suggesting a Donor of the Month program might be worth trying for nonprofits. A similar concept could be established for volunteers. The purpose of recognizing a volunteer each month is to…