Posted by Adrian on 14 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Charities, Technology, Philanthropy, Online, Fundraising Campaigns, CSR
There is a great ‘round-up’ posting on the Philanthropy 2173 blog talking about new media tools. On it I read about Altruistiq, a stock exchange for non-profits. This seems to me like a great bridge between the third and commercial sector. One step on from the FTSE4Good index which measures performance in companies which meet […]
Posted by Adrian on 14 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Celebrity, Technology, Brand, Charities, Online, Fundraising Technology, Fundraising Campaigns
I have come across– somewhat belatedly I am sure! – a great use of the new media tools available for all to use. The Variety Club has launched a Mr Men and Little Miss Celebrity Podcasts. They have got some of the UK’s best-loved celebrities from screen and radio to record their favourite Mr. Men […]
Posted by Adrian on 01 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Charity Events, Charities, Charity Awards, Fundraising Campaigns
I was excited to be asked to be on the judging panel of the Third Sector Excellence Awards, and last week spent much of Friday going through the many fantastic entries with my fellow judges. I wasn’t entirely sure about the mechanism for the scoring process, which I think can be (greatly!) improved, but was […]
Posted by Adrian on 27 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Google, Technology, Fundraising Technology, Online, Fundraising Campaigns
The Philanthropy 2173 site had a brief but exciting posting yesterday which directed me to a new Web 2.0 tool for charities.
In the spirit of the site by Amnesty International, Google Earth have launched Google Earth Outreach. This allows non-profits to invite their supporters to a virtual visit of their projects, meet the people […]
Posted by Adrian on 14 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Technology, Online, Fundraising Campaigns
Via a posting on The Agitator blog I have read about a great new use of technology by Amnesty International.
They have created a website, called Eyes on Darfur, which uses satellite photography to monitor and compile evidence of the violence in Darfur.
On the site they have regularly updated satellite imagery of villages both […]
Posted by Adrian on 06 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Technology, Fundraising Technology, Inclusivity, Online, Fundraising Campaigns
According to the Wild Apricot blog, Facebook has now joined the drive to promote fundraising on social networking sites.
Project Agape has launched this new feature that allows members to create causes, take donations, and recruit members.
The best bit of this move is that the demographic of Facebook users is much younger than other […]