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Great reads from around the web on April 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

" World Bank’s Mapping for Results launched – Check out this deployment of the Ushahidi platform for digital storytelling and reporting: "This weekend at the World Bank annual meetings the World Bank launched their new Mapping for Results platform. Change the way we associated with others on and offline?

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What I Learned About Online Donor Engagement from Fundraisers in Brasil

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies.

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The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

Connection Cafe

Let me also suggest that we need to stop placing a wall between offline and online giving strategies and tactics. And donors that are 55-years and older have the highest retention rates for both online and offline giving. This online versus offline wall is mostly in our own heads. of total sales. It’s in our org charts.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Along the way Boaz met with inventors, entrepreneurs and government leaders and told the story of alternative, sustainable transportation in an interesting way. Diverse Goals.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. Father McKenna Center : The McKenna Center serves the needs of the poor, men, women and children through a variety of programs funded by generous individuals, religious orders and institutions, foundations and government grants.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That said, there are wonderful organizations working with State Governments to improve literacy and reading levels across the country such as Pratham and the Akshara Foundation and much progress has been made. So, our Twitter friend went offline and recorded a book in their Delhi studio! Channels used: Blog, Twitter.

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Designing Nonprofit Experiences

Connection Cafe

Tracking offline and online behaviors in a single database is either a reality or an imminent goal for every nonprofit I’ve worked with. Figure 4: Browse by Topic box from Project on Government Oversight’s blog. Figure 5: The Related Post pop-up on Government Oversight’s blog pages. Storytelling.

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