Archive for the 'Fundraising_Technology' Category

My Top 5.

This week’s Carnival of Non-Profits is to be held on the Non-Profit Marketing Blog, and is titled ‘My Top 5”. I thought I would add my penny’s worth with a UK perspective on what, I think, are the 5 things it is most important the third sector focuses on. So here we go:
Build trust: […]

Donors’ desires

In response to a request for submissions for next week’s Giving Carnival – to be held on Tactical Philanthropy and Donor Power Blog  - I have tried to think what “donors wish nonprofits knew about them…”
From how I see it there are two main parts to this:
Firstly they want them to know when to contact […]

Community Opportunities.

Social networking sites such as MySpace, and those with networking opportunities such as Second Life, are being used by a few progressive charities such as Epilepsy Action and Amnesty International. Dean Russell of iConcertina Creative has predicted that there are fundraising, campaigning and communication opportunities for those who dare to become part of these online communities. […]

Every Success?

It was great to hear back from Lou about the Perfect Pitch IT event which I sadly missed. Having read through the presentations I was impressed and excited about all that is going on in this expanding area of the Third Sector. I have previously talked about my admiration for the transparency of Everyclick, but […]

Pitching to the young.

WaterAid has launched a fundraising website aimed at 8-13 yr olds. It aims to educate and engage children in the plight of those who do not have clean water. The simple cartoons which personalise the simple message of need with ‘real life’ examples are a great way to motivate the next generation of philanthropists.

More low-cost communication

Another way to grow your army of supporters – be that actual financial supporters or people who talk about the vital work you do and create a buzz, is to capitalise on the social networking phenomenon.  A charity to have done this is Epilepsy Action who have put up their own page on myspace.com, and already […]