'Since I am solidly part of the Millennial Generation (I recently celebrated my 30th birthday!), I thought it fitting to spend a few minutes here on npENGAGE on how to increase donations from my people – that is – folks born between 1980 and 2000.  This means you can’t ignore either platform.  Time or Money. Peer to Peer. What has worked for you? MORE >>

'Martín Burt is one of the greatest social entrepreneurs I’ve had the pleasure of knowing for many years. So I was recently taken by surprise when I discovered by mere coincidence that he had become the Chief of Staff for the Interim President of Paraguay, Federico Franco! He will serve in this position until Franco finishes his term in August 2013. MORE >>

'Our friend Danielle Brigida at the National Wildlife Federation recently posted this Quarterly Update about their recent social media successes. Do you do this for your org? Great idea! NWF Social Media Quarterly Update (Q1 2013) from Danielle Brigida. ————– ( photo credit ). Case Study From the Trenches Humanize MORE >>

'MediaShift Idea Lab. How FrontlineSMS Helped an Indonesian Community Clean Up a River | PBS : using sms Hapsoro was a man who always actively sent SMS to all our friends to participate in regular KPC Bogor activities, especially to remind them to get them involved with cleaning the river. She gave me the phone at once without hesitation MORE >>

'Note from Beth: I’ve just finished doing some social media workshops in New Zealand with Volunteering Auckland and now in Australia. Next month,  I will be traveling to Washington, DC for the NCVS Conference and can’t wait. I will be doing  a panel on using social media as part of volunteer recruitment. next month. Housekeeping MORE >>