Entries Tagged as '4. Love (Stewardship)'

Fundraising Secret #45: SAY THANK YOU!

March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

As kids, most of us were trained to say “thank you.” Some of us even had parents that required us to write “thank you” notes to relatives that gave us gifts.
So why don’t we say “thank you” to our donors? The very people that fund our mission. That give out of their hard [...]

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Tags: 4. Love (Stewardship) · Fundraising Secrets

Can Chase Learn from it’s Community Giving #fail?

December 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments

Chase embarked on the largest social media contest to date with the announcement of its Chase Community Giving initiative. The contest was supposed to crowd source their philanthropy, allowing Facebook users to vote on which charities would receive their $5 million.
But as Beth Kanter writes, they changed the rules mid-course. When a few [...]

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Tags: 4. Love (Stewardship)

Facebook Marketing advice in the NYT

November 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Waterville’s amazing librarian, Sarah Sugden passed on this terrific article from the New York Times, How to Market Your Business With Facebook.
It’s well worth reading for nonprofits too. For instance, take this great advice:

Some basic rules: Buy-buy-buy messages won’t fly. The best practitioners make Facebook less about selling and more about interacting. Engage with [...]

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Tags: 2. Engage · 4. Love (Stewardship) · Samples & Tools · Stories

Happy New Year! (Fiscally speaking…)

June 30th, 2009 · 4 Comments

For many readers of this blog, today is the end of the fiscal year. Congratulations! You’ve made it!
What are you doing to celebrate?
We live in a fast paced world. And our organization’s financial needs are insatiable. All too often, our year end is merely punctuated by a flurry of direct mail and phone calls. [...]

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Tags: 4. Love (Stewardship) · Stories

Even MORE on Twitter for Nonprofits

October 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Brian Solis wrote an amazing post today listing loads of Twitter tools for building community.
In his post, he gives a description and links to each of these tools:

twubble

GroupTweet

twitt(url)y

TwitLinks

TweetDeck

Gridjit

Tweet Later

Twist

Twerp Scan

Summize

Twemes

#hashtags

Tweet Scan

Twinfluence

TwitterGrader

Twittertise

Twitterrific

Twhirl

TwitterWhere

tweetbeep

twitterfeed

TwitDir

Ping.fm

brightkite

TwitterLocal

twitpic

SnapTweet

DoesFollow

follow cost

Qwitter

Twittelator

Twitterfon

Twinkle

Twitterberry

Pretty amazing, isn’t it?
If you’re interested in Twitter, you need to read Brian’s blog post:
Twitter Tools for Community and Communications Professionals.
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Tags: 2. Engage · 4. Love (Stewardship) · Samples & Tools