Archive for January, 2009

Twestival 2009 – Even the Fail Whale Needs Clean Water

Friday, January 30th, 2009

So I am helping the one and only Michelle Greer and Mike Chapman organize another in our series of Social Media For Social Good Events. This one is called the Twestival.  Imagine a Tweet Up on steriods.  A Tweetup that goes beyond grabbing an adult beverage and turns into a Festival. With bands, music, sumo [...]

Is Causes a game changer for your non-profit?

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

I know they are trying to be. Seems like they are building some really cool features. Only bad thing is that they don’t let you pack up your data and go home with it. It has to stay in Causes. Interns for Data Entry anyone?
FEATURE UPDATE: PETITIONS
We’ve recently launched a Petition feature that enables you [...]

How’s your Donor Mgmt going?

Monday, January 26th, 2009

This is something I think a lot of us don’t bother thinking about on a daily basis. But it is something so very vital to any non-profit.  So what’s your current donor mgmt strategy? Have you check out Common Ground from Convio or Salesforce?  Here’s a link and excerpt for you to check out:
Convio now [...]

YouTube + Your Non-Profit = FTW?

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

How is your non-profit using LinkedIN?

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

So this our non-profit tech question of the week. How is your non-profit using LinkedIN? Do you use if for posting jobs? Headhunting new talent? Groups? Fundraising?  Let us know in the comments below.  Here are some facts about LinkedIN from a recent Ad Age article:
What makes people join LinkedIN?
21% looking for jobs
28% senior execs [...]

Smart Marketing by Convio (and NTEN)

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

So check this out non-profit rockstars. Pretty cool promotion by the folks over at Convio (one of our partners in case you want some full disclosure).  So read the post and go apply. I will be speaking at NTEN so come say “HELLO DAVID J. NEFF!”
Thanks to the generous support of Convio, we’re going to [...]

Look Good. Help Non-Profits

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

A dear friend of mine (and this Blog) Dave Brown has has just launched a new artists series of Ts, and 100% of the profits go to Plant-It 2020, a non-profit that helps plant and maintain indigenous trees around the globe. The first in the series is a funky graphic “I love you” shirt designed [...]

The NPR Bump for SharingHope.TV

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Thanks to our good friend Omar we got mentioned on National Public Radio a few days ago. Head over there and drop a comment on them. In the meantime here is an excerpt of the article on online giving and sharing from non-profits:
Technology can be a powerful tool in raising money for charities and nonprofits, [...]

Why I love NTEN

Friday, January 9th, 2009

So locally here in Austin I help run the 501 Tech Club. We meet once a meet and discuss everything from non-profit fundraising to Social Media to Linux.  And since we (apparently) have been doing such a good job we got a Holiday Bonus from the big wigs at the top.  I’m passing it on [...]

Link: More On Business Uses of Twitter

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Still trying to figure out what Twitter is and how you can use it in your organization? Here is an excellent post, How To Use Twitter For Your Business, from Copyblogger. Some of the ideas also apply to the nonprofit sector as well.
It’s a great post to forward to someone who would like to learn [...]