Archive for the 'Info Tech' Category

And I am out! Gooodbye FIspace!

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Hello Everyone!
Welcome to my new Blog. I have decided to stop updating FIspace.org for the American Cancer Society (ACS) and move into my own space here at 501derful.org. On my new Blog I will cover all things around Non Profits using Social Media, Technology and Marketing to move their missions. So check back each day [...]

Crowd Source your Design Non Profits!

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

My good friend Jon Dunn is volunteering for Wildlife SOS and is helping with their Web Strategy. He sent me a note for all my readers to check this out. They are crowdsourcing their homepage designer.  Can you help them? Will this work? Will it not? Can they find someone for $1,200 in awards?
Jon has [...]

It’s SXSW Voting time. Can you help?

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Hey all I don’t ask much from my readers but I have a request for today. Can you help me get into SXSW for the fourth year in a row? I’m on a TON of great panel this year and would love for to help by voting and commenting on them all. Let me know [...]

Help the American Cancer Society – Live Streaming Needed

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Hey All,
We are currently looking to have our High Plains Media Awards live streamed by someone in the KC or Austin, TX metro area. Is this your company? Could you help us bring our award show to life on the Web?
We are looking for someone to host our award show (complete with keynote presenter, awards [...]

We fought City Hall and We Won!

Friday, July 24th, 2009

I am an active member in Open Austin which has been working to re-do the City of Austin’s Web Site. Check out our latest FTW.
Two RFPs will be released for the City’s website.  The first one is to do a gap analysis and determine the requirements for the City’s new site.  The second RFP is [...]

Does Social Media Pay the Bills?

Monday, July 20th, 2009

A new study released today from Wetpaint and the Altimeter Group confirms that deep engagement with consumers through social media channels correlates to better financial performance.  The ENGAGEMENTdb study (www.engagementdb.com) showed significant positive financial results for the companies who measured as having the greatest breadth and depth of social media engagement.  These “Social Media Mavens” [...]

Do Ads on Facebook work? YES

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

So a big question for all of us in the Social Media game is what works as far as advertising?  Should I spend on Google Ad Words? Yahoo Ad Words? Facebook Ads? How can I get my non profit or my stuff in general out to more people? Well in the last few weeks I [...]

Nerd Alert: All For Good vs. Social Actions

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Special Friday guest post from our friend and fellow non profit Nerds over at Prelude Interactive.

All For Good vs. Social Actions Smackdown (Part 1)

All For Good launched very recently as an aggregator of service opportunities within the United States.  Earlier this spring I got involved with Social Actions, which is an aggregator of worldwide [...]

Social Media Games that Move You

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Cancer has been linked to obesity and so has heart disease and a ton of other bad things.  Social Media mostly involves you sitting on your butt in front of TweetDeck or Fscebook or your browser. But why can’t social media games actually make you work. Check out these two new games that require players [...]

American Heart Association Study – Macro Trending

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

The American Heart Association is researching macro trends in fundraising and business, as well as popular culture. One of those trends is social media and the role it plays in fundraising for non-profit organizations. We have developed a short survey to help us move forward. Your participation in our survey would be greatly appreciated.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=4E0SQ46fpolJIVTnin0cwQ_3d_3d
Thank [...]