Like so many others in the past few days, I read a great blog post on what twitter lists can say about your personal brand by Jay Baer.
He points out that Twitter lists give a unique insight in to what people think of you. As he says, these words they use help tell [...]
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Twitter lists and branding according to Jay Baer and Wordle
November 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
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3 reasons social media is worth the effort for local nonprofits
October 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments
This past week, I’ve been privileged to be on a couple panels introducing nonprofit organizations to social media tools like Twitter, Facebook, and Linked in. While I love these tools, I was quick to express that:
They don’t replace all the good fundraising practices we’ve learned over the decades.
“Social” media is just that, social. These [...]
Tags: 1. Research · 2. Engage · Fundraising Secrets
Twitter 101: What’s the deal with hashtags (and why should I care?)
September 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments
All week, I’ve been sharing the answers I’ve been giving to questions I’ve been getting on how to effectively use Twitter. The first two were on what I use to tweet and how to find interesting people to follow.
Today is the final installment: What are hashtags? (And why should I care?)
What are “hashtags”?
“Hashtags” [...]
Tags: 1. Research · 2. Engage · Samples & Tools
Fundraising Secret #25: Keepers of the Lore
September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
One of the biggest jobs in we in development have is being “keepers of the lore.”
So often our organizations are so focused on the present–being the best they can at their mission–and the future–strategizing where they’re going and how they’ll get there–that they forget the past–the very people and events that brought they [...]
Tags: 1. Research · 2. Engage · 4. Love (Stewardship) · Fundraising Secrets
FDIC insured? Check again
September 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The Don’t Tell the Donor Blog had a chilling link to a New York Times article.
Here’s a quote from the article:
About 30 nonprofit agencies that held several accounts at Freedom, each with less than $100,000, lost money because the F.D.I.C. considers the multiple accounts of a single depositor as a single account. The [...]
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