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Roundup: Social Media, Networks for Non Profits

Posted on 06 June 2008

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 of […]

Roundup: Online Donations; Online Fundraising Strategies

Posted on 30 May 2008

This week the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants offers a variety of insights, tips and tricks for online fundraising. Though I didn’t participate with an original article this time I can at least offer up some additional resources. Here are several that I’ve found recently plus some that I’ve been saving in my bookmarks for awhile: […]

World Vision – Storytelling in Multimedia

Posted on 27 May 2008

In last week’s Resource Roundup: What’s Your Story? I featured World Vision as an example of a non profit that is always telling its story well. An email newsletter that I got from World Vision after publishing Friday’s post confirmed this once again. While they had already published a video and other news alerts about […]

Showing Appreciation to Board Members

Posted on 19 May 2008

Today’s Appreciation Challenge is all about board members. I’ve been active on two different boards for several years now. Now in my role as president of one board, I’m especially interested in how to make the experience of serving on a board a positive one for all of the members. Blue Avacado has a great […]

5 Ways to Show You Appreciate Your Donors

Posted on 13 May 2008

As I was listening to Mike Robbins The Power of Appreciation audio CD recently, what stood out to me was the difference between true appreciation and just “saying thanks.” Appreciation is first a state of being, an “attitude of gratitude” and then secondly taking action. While thank-you gifts, plaques or public acknowledgements have their place, […]

The Appreciation Challenge

Posted on 12 May 2008

What if each day you took the time to give appreciation to someone you work with, a donor to your cause or a friend or family member? Perhaps it is possible that something as simple as showing people that you appreciate them could make a big impact. Mike Robbins experienced this first hand and the […]

Roundup: Online Video to Support Your Cause

Posted on 09 May 2008

You know they say a picture is worth a thousand words…. how about pictures, video, words and music? Video has already exploded on the web and non profits are fast catching up. This roundup brings up some tips that you can use when considering getting into this medium, plus several examples of great cause related […]

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