Community Organizer 2.0

This 2009 NTEN conference session covered basic issues that nonprofits have telling their stories through a campaign. The post features the case example of Jewish Voice for Peace that turned around its approach to telling stories, using social media, and developing fundraising campaigns.

In this NTC 2009 Session “The Value of Online Fundraising,” representatives from Care2 and Blackbaud discuss case studies and survey results that offer current benchmarks for online email marketing ROI and social network fundraisin ROI.

Mobile advocacy and fundraising is a brave new world for many. This 2009 NTC session covers the best case examples, questions and trends in mobile advocacy and fundraising.

A national veteran’s group tested the fundraising strategies of higher frequency direct email vs. lower frequency direct email. There were surprising results.

I’m live blogging the 2009 NTC session Best of the Best: Integrated Fundraising Case Studies at the NTEN National Technology Conference, April 27, 2009. Jeff Patrick, President of Common Knowledge will be presenting. Two things to remember: 1. If integrate across multiple channels, you raise more money. 2. This presentation goes beyond email and direct [...]

An introduction to how to set up, create, edit and list podcasts, from the Podcasting session at NTEN’s 2009 NTC.

I’m off to the Nonprofit Technology Network’s Annual Conference 2009! I’m hoping to either live blog some of the sessions that I’ll be attending, or blog about my thoughts and “take aways” afterward. At this point, I’m planning to attend today these sessions (but these may change): Sunday, April 26: 1. Strategy consult for a [...]

The multimedia website application Apture is a new tool that helps nonprofits to tell their story better. In this post, I demonstrate the application and its potential. I invite you to tell me how your organization can use this powerful tool to tell its story better!

This week, two employees blindsided Domino’s Pizza with a self-made, so-called prank video. It went viral. the shocking news? Domino’s wasn’t even listening. Every organization and nonprofit should learn from Domino’s Pizza.

In 2003, most nonprofits had yet to realize the full potential of the technological revolution already taking place. In this post, I look back at the past, and consider what nonprofits can learn from the past in order to be fully prepared for the technological future.