Social media influencers are key to increasing social giving | TMA Resources : According to an infographic in PC mag compiled by MDG advertising, statistics show that raising money for causes through social media has more than doubled in the last five years. MORE >>

Salvation Army Bell Ringers Accepting Mobile Payments - NYTimes.com : his year, the charity is testing the use of Square, a mobile payments start-up that allows anyone to accept credit card payments via mobile devices. A lot of people just don’t carry cash any more,” said Maj. George Hood, the Salvation Army’s spokesman. MORE >>

Proportion of giving done online nearly doubles in three years - Third Sector : Online giving has grown Research suggests younger people who would not otherwise donate to charity are doing so because of new technology The proportion of voluntary income that charities receive online has increased from 2 per cent to 3.7 It will be launched on Monday MORE >>

Mobile Fundraising Research Paper 2013 : We examined the fundraising success of 83,866 participants in a variety of fundraising campaigns to help answer this question. What we discovered: 15% of traffic to fundraising and donation pages comes from mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. MORE >>

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