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New on SSIR: Organizations and Individuals Fundraising in Social Media

Amy Sample Ward

That’s not exactly the way business normally goes down offline. Social media is a space where the individual reigns, relationships are required, and conversations are public. And it has real impact on the way organizations fundraise. So, how do you respond?

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Leah Jones Is Taking A 3-Day Journey To Fight Breast Cancer and Social Actions Can Help You Find Other Related Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She announced on her blog, " I use Twitter to fight Cancer " and without any formal blogger relations campaign, well-known and influential bloggers blogged about her situation and changed their avatars to include peas. " she's now taking her activism offline.

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Social Media Roadblock: An Interview with Wendy Harman, Red Cross - Social Media Strategy Case Study

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the WeAreMedia Module 4: Spreading Awareness and Buzz With Social Media , the community has built an awesome resource - lots of tips, resources, and ideas from people's experience. We also encouraged people to change their avatars (see above). I'd try to figure out how in the world to measure how many people changed their avatars.

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EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Meetup :: meetup.com. MoFuse :: mofuse.com.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This made think of whether trust is only built from knowing someone offline or not. As an early adopter of social media, in the early days of blogging (circa 2003) it was fairly easy to connect and maintain relationships with people you online and later connected at a blogging conference or meet up offline.