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Time to Give a Little

ASU Lodestar Center

You want to help the homeless? Many microgiving websites make it outrageously simple to donate, and with mobile giving on the rise, we can definitely expect an increase in the number of smaller donations. McKinney , Project Specialist (Marketing/Communications). ASU Lodestar Center. Reality: I think your cause is awesome. Rescue dogs?

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

We tune into causes through our relationships with others, whether its a kid from our neighborhood in a youth group, our sister doing a breast cancer run, or our friend organizing a reading night at a homeless shelter. I will definitely keep this in mind and pass this on to my club next year. April 14, 2011 9:57 PM justnes said.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, creating the type of immediate connection one would have in a conversation. A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign.

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A Few Reflections from SXSW Crowdsourcing Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We used a broad definition of crowd sourcing, simply stated as: Getting ideas, content, volunteer tasks, money, or other things from a wide swath of people. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people. Have a brief over that lays out the definition and concept models.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

So, if that's something that's interesting to you, I can definitely talk to you about details afterwards, but my advice to you is, number one: don't be afraid of the tech. What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned. There are many different platforms for both doing podcasting and blogging that are easy or difficult.

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