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A Free Agent for Hunger: Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Sue Kerr has put her social media savvy to work to fight hunger in the Greater Pittsburgh area and save the environment. As Sue tells it, “Inspired, I began to reach out to my personal network on Twitter and Facebook and offline through word of mouth. Sue has also collaborated on social media activities with the food bank.

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5 Important Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn From The Hunger Games

Connection Cafe

Fans’ obsession with the Hunger Games saga isn’t by chance. As a Hunger Games fanatic (if Disney creates a Panem-based theme park, I’ll be first in line to visit the Capitol), I’ve been thinking about how nonprofits can learn from the phenomenon and generate this type of dedicated following. Hunger Games Lesson 3: Precision Matters.

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10 Free Nonprofit iPhone Apps

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Users can also download stories for offline reading. Read reviews from real volunteers and share your activities with your friends and family. Get the latest news about the ICRC’s activities around the world plus a selection of photos, videos and publications on current humanitarian concerns. App Name: Humane TV.

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25 Global Trends in Giving That Nonprofits Need to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, very few organizations actively promote tribute giving and doing so would likely a result a steady revenue stream. 9) Religious donors are more likely to give to charitable organizations that provide basic needs and support the causes of children and youth, health and wellness, and hunger and homelessness.

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How To Use Information You Already Have To Personalize Constituent Experiences Online

NTEN

Offline activities. If your offline database tracking activities can communicate with your online system (whether through data syncing or old-school spreadsheet downloading and uploading) you have a great wealth of information at your fingertips. How do you know what your constituents are interested in?

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The top 100 included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, health care, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare. . It's not just the size of the Fan base, but activating them.

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Feeding the Hungry in the Land of Plenty

Tech Soup

To start moving the line on hunger overall, Boulder Food Rescue has been contracted by the City of Boulder to perform a "food audit" of food waste in the city. A lot of food banks measure impact by number of mouths fed … when I hear that I think, that's more hungry people that need food! Growing a Movement.

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