Stories, software and strategies to help nonprofits do the social web
Em Hall and I presented to a great crowd at Digital Capital Week's nonprofit day today. Thanks, everybody for turning out — and thanks for the super questions. Check them on Twitter #npskillz. My favorite, "Focus on brand or issues for NPO social media?" Humungous thanks to @emilyhaha for the kickoff idea and wisdom as always! You must have flash to see this embedded document. Update: Here's the text of the presentation, since the text seems to have gotten lost between Keynote for the iPad and Scribd. (What...
June, 16 2010 • 2 Comments • 0 Faves
The goal of all of this has been to harness the excitement of development for good, but also to go beyond the contests — to build communities of practice. Peter calls these innovator networks. If we’re lucky, these may grow into innovation marketplaces that just might be self-sustaining. That’s the hope, anyway. Meanwhile, it’s lots of experimentation. One prominent experiment, sponsored by Corbett’s iStrategy Labs, is this month’s Digital Capital Week (DCWeek). A week-long series of workshops, projects and parties...
June, 8 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
I love my phone. Not so much for the phone part, but for the little computer in there that connects me to the world, no matter where I am. The phone has our calendars, our mail -- and, increasingly, our volunteer opportunities. It's the day timer of our times. But better than a day timer, the phone offers discovery, too. Lots of nonprofits and individuals are at work to make this discovery include nonprofits and volunteering. Here are a few of our favorite apps for good -- apps that connect people to nonprofits...
May, 3 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Eric: Why not just have experts help develop ideas and directly fund them? Marnie: There are many people — universities, foundations, private individuals — who find experts, give them resources to develop amazing and elegant solutions and fund them. That’s a model that has been around for a long time and, like any model, it has its strengths and weaknesses. We wanted to do something different with NetSquared. via casefoundation.org I caught up with Marnie Webb of NetSquared to ask about their Challenges...
April, 16 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Photo by Kaptain Kobold I like Apple's computers and phones. (It's a vice, I know.) Over the past couple of weeks all of this iPad, iPhone iNews has allowed for plenty of indulgence of that vice. But yesterday, Steve Jobs said something that could impact how people find nonprofits - and everybody else - online. He said folks using the iPhone: Spend about 30 minutes a day using apps Are using apps, not searching via casefoundation.org What does this mean to nonprofits &...
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January, 7 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
So I’m growing a mustache—for cancer. Participatory fundraising has become popular for very good reason. We run races, we walkathon. And—around here anyway—we grow mustaches. Movember = Mo(ustache) + (No)vember Movember is just like a walkathon, but with facial hair. Enterprising mustache growers sign up, then fundraise for the cause. In the US, that’s cancer research: both the Prostate Cancer Foundation and Livestrong benefit from donations. via casefoundation.org Yes, my mustache fights cancer. With...
November, 13 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
How does 100% authorship change your business? In philanthropy, might it reduce the cult of the expert? Contests and competitions give rise to their own results-based expertise. Scaling, as always, becomes an issue, and people with scaling expertise even more valuable. Fundraising comes to look like what Kiva’s Matt Flannery calls “the larger trend toward more connected experiences.” At home, we are all walkathoning (or growing mustaches...
November, 5 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Startup thinking for the social sector. Code to help nonprofits do the social web. Plus photography.
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