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Thursday, September 2, 2010
When we help organizations shift their communications here at Big Duck, we often start by establishing clear organizational positioning and personality regardless of whether it's a branding project, website, campaign, etc. Sure, it's work to figure out what they should be for your organization and build buy-in for them. Ah, Joust.
 
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Imagine a Jewish girl, selling Challah bread on a college campus in America to help support black Muslims in Darfur. There are 500 volunteers working for PresenTense each year, mainly from North America and Israel, but also from other places around the globe. Efrat Ben-Dor Erez, NPTech Israel. Online Collaboration. CRM  . The Hub  .
 
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009. This also tells us something about telling stories and increasing awareness of your issue or organization in general. The lessons for arts organizations.
 

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few months ago YouTube announced that organizations that are in the YouTube Nonprofit Program. Tags: america giving challenge vlog wearemedia Video embed: Note from Beth:   Michael Hoffman wrote a fantastic guest post over the summer about viral video strategies for nonprofits.  So, invited to guest post again. Not any more.
Feeding America is the nation’s largest charitable hunger-relief organization. They are a network of more than 200 member food banks and food-rescue organizations, serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 05/26/2010: Don’t forget your content 05/24/2010: IE6 Is Dead. Long Live IE6!
flew back from DC last night on Virgin America.  They permitted the use of cell phones, so I tweeted  that even if you are delayed, it's a pleasant experience on Virgin America.   Think of a Tower-like organization where staff aren't encouraged to network or within siloed departments.)  The Source: Monitor Institute. but isn't.
Of note, I wanted to let you know that the reflection paper about America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation has been published ( Allison Fine and I were the co-authors.) My take away was from something that Marnie Webb said, "The new tools allow people to self-organize, something that nonprofits have been great at doing. 
In 2007-2008 America’s Giving Challenge encouraged 70,000 individuals to help raise more than $1.8 million for nonprofit organizations. With the explosion of social media, America’s Giving Challenge hopes to get even more people involved this year and raise a lot more money for nonprofits. Share them with us below!
Over the last few weeks I have been running a Facebook Advertising experiment for the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page. Facebook should launch a Facebook Ads Grant Program for Nonprofit Organizations. It has taken 22 months and lots of promotion for the Nonprofit Organizations Page to reach 8,389 fans. It’s time.
raquo; How Nonprofits Helped America Vote: 2006 Posted Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 at 10:56 am by Tim (35 posts) OMB Watch has released a report called How Nonprofits Helped America Vote: 2006 which “ describes nonprofits’ electoral engagement during the 2006 election and their preparation for upcoming elections.&# is rare.
Healthcare for America NOW (HCAN) started organizing in early 2008 by asking people to make pledges before a bill was even in existence. With healthcare come and gone, today’s legislative buzz is all about financial reform, global warming, and immigration. This is a critical strategy.
What 3-5 questions should organization's be asking as they venture into social media?  I actually got a chance to respond in the comments of the blog right before the interview: Is your organization ready to be a learning organization? Tags: america giving challenge backchannel crowdsourcing engagement Format.
If you are a small organization, you won’t get that traffic. 23 Oct 2007 people » Oxfam America and HSUS: Not just Talking about Social Media, Using It [.] Carie 24 Oct 2007 Kathleen Hello, Thank you for supporting Oxfam America! Do you know about Oxfam America Unwrapped, Oxfam America’s online gift catalog?