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Great reads from around the web on December 8th

Amy Sample Ward

According to Mark Rovner and Alia McKee of Sea Change Strategies who led the recent webinar Procrastinator’s Guide to Year-End Fundraising with Kathryn Powers of Conservation International and moderated by Eric Rardin of Care2 and Rebecca Higman of Network of Good, this tactic has been helping organizations raise a lot of money.

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Nonprofits & Gaming: Playing Your Way to More Funds, More Volunteers, and Solving the World's Problems

NTEN

DISNEY PROJECT GREEN: Play games, donate points and help a charity win $100,000. Disney has partnered with WWF , Ocean Conservancy , Fauna & Flora International and UNICEFUSA to offer three games for kids: a Simon-like dancing game, a game where you catch flying laundry, and a game where you toss recyclables toward bins.

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A Brief History of Nonprofit Organizations (And What We Can Learn)

NonProfit Hub

This took the organization from a private franchise focused on local chapters to one the entire nation—and big donors—could get behind. They started to conserve resources, send supplies to troops overseas and develop both civilian and refugee relief programs. Their effort became known as the “YMCA School” of fundraising.

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Webinar: Monthly Donors, Social Media, and Cross-Channel Integration: Critical Tactics to Boost Your Fundraising in 2013

Care2

He has developed award-winning strategies for more than 70 nonprofit organizations such as amfAR, African Wildlife Foundation, Covenant House, PetSmart Charities, and the Smithsonian Institution. Paul has more than fifteen years of multi-channel fundraising, direct mail, online advertising, web design, and email marketing experience.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Association of Fundraising Professionals, DC Chapter / National Harbor, MD / $765.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section. JustCoz.org is a platform that enables charities, nonprofits, and NGOs to increase their social media reach by way of tweet and status update donations. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet.

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[VIDEO] The Science of Philanthropic Psychology

Bloomerang

Now, if I pause for a minute, moment, I’m sure there will be people from animal causes and nature conservancy asking me, “Jen, I am sure that you’re missing something out here. Now, in the charity context, the most straightforward way to think about this is how can we love the people who need our help?

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