AFP Blog
JULY 25, 2011
Crowds: What Are They Good For? : "Crowdsourcing, a term coined by Jeff Howe in Wired Magazine in 2006, is defined as the outsourcing of tasks by way of a general call-out to a large, undefined group of people. There's also crowdfunding, which relies on the power of crowds to fund projects. No matter its iteration, the idea of crowds and the power they potentially hold for nonprofits is gaining much attention these days.
AFP Blog
JULY 21, 2011
Is Mobile Technology Better for Communication Than Fund Raising? - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "A recent survey of 233 nonprofits by the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Kaptivate, a nonprofit consultant, leads to a similar conclusion. That study found 20 percent of nonprofits were using mobile technology only to engage supporters, and about 50 percent were disappointed with their fund-raising result
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AFP Blog
JULY 19, 2011
Good Update On Mobile Giving | The Agitator - Fundraising, Direct Marketing and Advocacy Strategies for Nonprofits : "Good Update On Mobile Giving July 18, 2011 Mark Phillips at Bluefrog has done us a service with this update on mobile giving, with a UK slant.
AFP Blog
JULY 18, 2011
Digital Oxytocin: How Trust Keeps Facebook, Twitter Humming | Fast Company : "The most surprising takeaway from the recent Pew Research Center study, 'Social Networking Sites and Our Lives,' wasn't that 80% of Americans regularly use the Internet or that 60% of Web users have a social network account--double the number in 2008, with the vast majority on Facebook (52%) and Twitter (33%).
AFP Blog
JULY 12, 2011
Facebook: Is it Worth your Nonprofit’s Time? | NetWitsThinkTank.com : "This is a guest post by the one and only Allyson Kapin - co-founder of Rad Campaign. Make sure to check out what she’s got going on! — How much time should your nonprofit spend engaging with their “fans” on Facebook? Is two hours a week good enough? Or will nonprofit campaigners who spend eight hours a week on their FB fanpage see better results such as more actions taken on campaigns and increased donations?
AFP Blog
JULY 25, 2011
Donors’ Pledges to Reconstruct Haiti Come up Empty | UN Dispatch : "Back in March 2010, when the devastating earthquake in Haiti was still making headline news, UN member states pledged over $9 billion for Haiti’s reconstruction – including $5.3 billion for 2010-2011.
AFP Blog
JULY 18, 2011
Engagement Focus of Mobile Technology | eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource : "Fewer nonprofits are using text-to-give fundraising technology, while more are turning to mobile web-based media, with constituent-engagement emerging as the main motivation for nonprofits to launch mobile programs, a new report says. Forty-seven percent of nonprofits using mobile media do not use it for fundraising, and as many as 50 percent of fundraisers say they are wary of early mobile-giving
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