Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. First, I’ll cover our biggest fundraising effort of the year: individual philanthropy is crucial to us; it’s the portion that makes 10X impact possible!

Open Source 183

Open Source Africa Zimbabwe Malawi 183

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

In 2009, giving in December alone brought in about 1/3 of the fundraising dollars to nonprofits. At Causes, the application on Facebook, we’re releasing huge improvements to our fundraising and communications tools just in time for the year-end giving season. Fundraising Projects. Birthday Wish: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.

Causes 87

Causes Zimbabwe Fundraising Malawi 87

NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

Nonprofits are adding stories to their fundraising messages. You might guess that version 2 would raise more money. The average gift was also much higher for the institutional version. Based on our studies, we've concluded that stories can help you raise money — if you use them right. There's just one problem.

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Story Org Work Data 98