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Comment on A quick Community Fundraising 2.0 conference session plug by Alex Bono

Alex Bono — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:33:15 +0000

Hi Bryan,
One of my clients - The Brooke - are running a great community fundraising event called Horses in Need. Definitely worth checking out. Please drop me a line if you’d like some more info about it or stop by our stand at the IoF convention (stand 14) next week and I’ll fill you in. It’s a great event that’s now in its second year. It’s a very simple concept – supporters are asked to host their own event in support of the Brooke. They have supporters around the world taking part in the event.

Best wishes,
Alex

Alexandra Bono
Product Specialist - Online Fundraising
Rapidata Services
http://www.rapidataservices.com

Comment on Online Fundraising and the Hype Cycle by Carnival of Non-Profit Consultants: Cha-Cha-Chaaange « SocialButterfly.

Carnival of Non-Profit Consultants: Cha-Cha-Chaaange « SocialButterfly. — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:03:48 +0000

[...] Miller at Giving in a Digital World maps out the technology hype cycle in his post titled Online Fundraising and the Hype Cycle. Mr. Miller points out how web 2.0 is making the way for community fundraising 2.0 and that knowing [...]

Comment on Causes App celebrates first birthday - but surely there is more potential for Facebook fundraising? by Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:41:11 +0000

Glad you like the blog Robin. Certainly sounds like you’re getting to grips with using Web 2.0 to spread the word about your organisation. I particularly like your YouTube videos, which are a great way to showcase the work you’re doing.

Comment on Causes App celebrates first birthday - but surely there is more potential for Facebook fundraising? by centerforrespitecare

centerforrespitecare — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:58:45 +0000

Hooray for a blog on using Web 2.0 applications to raise support for nonprofits! I’ve only recently implemented a Facebook group and cause for my org, but I’m finding the group to be more popular so far. I like Causes better myself, and I think seeing friends give encourages others to do so as well. Maybe it’s just a matter of getting more people to add the app because Facebook is overrun with them these days!
-Robin at the Respite

Comment on Welcome to this week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants by Business Blog » Blog Archive » Blog carnivals - a link building secret weapon

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:29:48 +0000

[...] is. The members of the blog carnival rotate in and out, kind of like a column rotates. Here is an example post from a nonprofit marketing blog [...]

Comment on Online Fundraising and the Hype Cycle by Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:33:59 +0000

I wrote about the Gartner Hype Cycle and Second Life back in December, 2006 when Clay Shirky wrote a critical article about Second Life and it opened up a debate about virtual worlds
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2006/12/technology_hype.html

That’s when it hit the trough, IMHO

Facebook hit the trough when it had some scaling and other issues here:
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/12/has-facebook-en.html

With recent Twitter scaling issues, I think it has hit the trough.

That seems to happen when we reach the third phase of Geoffrey Moore’s technology adoption bell curve - early majority - and some systems begin to show scaling issues and the service becomes less reliable.
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2006/12/org20_cheat_she.html

The real question is: When does it make sense for a nonprofit to cross a chasm?

Comment on A quick Community Fundraising 2.0 conference session plug by Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:33:02 +0000

Thanks for letting us know about the site Ethan. Best of luck with the launch - I’ll look-out for it.

Comment on A quick Community Fundraising 2.0 conference session plug by Ethan Austin

Ethan Austin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:20:58 +0000

Hi Bryan,

I want to tell you about GiveForward.org. We are a new peer-to-peer community fundraising site that provides personal fundraising pages to individuals and organizations to help them raise money online for good causes.

The personal fundraising pages will look somewhat similar to profiles on a social networking site with photos, videos, comments, event information, etc. Once the profile is filled out, the individual can then send the link to friends and family asking them to make a quick and easy online donation.

In concept, we are somewhat similar to other online fundraising sites in existence in that our users will have the opportunity to raise money for any non-profit that is important to them. However, what makes us different from other peer-to-peer fundraising sites is that we also allow users to raise money for good causes that are not necessarily affiliated with a non-profit organization.

For instance, later this year I will be running a half-marathon to raise money for a scholarship fund for my friend’s two-year-old daughter who recently lost her mother to cancer. Additionally, another one of our GiveForward team members will be using the site to raise money for travel expenses so he and his water polo team can compete in the 2009 Deaflympics in Taipai.

We’re launching July 2008. I hope you’ll check us out. Thanks!

Ethan Austin
Co-founder, GiveForward

Comment on Could QR Codes be big for online fundraising? by perry

perry — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:02:48 +0000

Nice article!!

Comment on Insights, tips and tricks for online fundraising - it’s this week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants by » Resource Roundup: Online Donations; Online Fundraising Strategies

» Resource Roundup: Online Donations; Online Fundraising Strategies — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:15:00 +0000

[...] | Date Posted: 05-30-2008 This week the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants offers a variety of insights, tips and tricks for online fundraising. Though I didn’t participate with an original article this time I can at least offer up [...]