Social media applications like blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook can be useful tools to help you publicize, gain attendees and supporters for fundraisers such as benefit auctions. Not only are these tools free to use, but they enable you to relay short, constant reminders about your  fundraiser.
Creating “something to write” can be overwhelming for some [...]

I spent most of this afternoon watching the live video from the Social Media for Social Good conference.  Here’s a blog post with some tips from the presentation and more links: Roundup: Social Media for Social Good
If you are on Facebook you’ve probably recieved “gifts” from your friends.  Anything from virtual plants to cupcakes, [...]

In the past few weeks the media buzz about Twitter has exploded.  Even if you’ve never been to the site, now most people have at least heard of it.  Like with the Twitter war between CNN and Ashton Kutcher, it’s mostly been about the numbers.  A million followers?  Wow.
But really social media is not about [...]

Last Thursday, February 12th, 2009, people in over 200 cities around the world hosted events to raise money for charity: water.  This non profit organization brings clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries.

Many of the events were small networking parties, bringing together people who normally only correspond via the web, specifically the [...]

Last week’s roundup was on online fundraising and taking donations online. Having a great website, including online donation capacity is now a basic must-have for every non-profit.
For non profits those who are ready to go to the next level there are many online social networks and other tools related to “web 2.0.” Many [...]