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 [...]
Entries Tagged as '4. Love (Stewardship)'
Fundraising Secret #45: SAY THANK YOU!
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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.
[The other [...]
Tags: 2. Engage · 4. Love (Stewardship) · Samples & Tools
