Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Peer-to-peer class campaigns (at least for recent classes) seem like a natural for social media, and I expect we'll start seeing them. Tags: Fundraising Online Fundraising Social Media. I spent the last 3 days at the CASE District VII conference, for schools in AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV, and UT.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

I’ve already mentioned Beth Kanter’s extensive discussion of Twestival , an attempt to raise $500,000 for the group charity:water using Twitter. While it is tempting to succumb to the “raise one-time money fast” approach that social media fundraising can indeed accomplish, DON’T DO IT.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 3, 2010

Social Media. My own resources page: [link] It includes links to articles like: Should Your Organization Use Social Networking Sites? Before You Jump in with Two Feet in Social Media - Important Boring Basic Stuff First. Tips for Entering Your Nonprofit into the Social Media Environment.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

Beth Kanter wrote an extensive, thoughtful account of the upcoming Twestival event , which aims to raise $500,000 for the group charity:water. As a fundraising operations geek, I wonder how this works on the back end. Will the Twestival organizers send tax receipts to the donors, or will that fall to charity:water?

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

I can only sign up by linking a Pinterest account to my Facebook or Twitter account. The description on the Twitter link page says this allows them to: Read Tweets from your timeline. See your Twitter password. See who you follow, and follow new people. Update your profile. Post Tweets for you.

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