Stories, software and strategies to help nonprofits do the social web
via flickr.com For our office service day we did a little school cleanup with City Year DC. Three murals spruced up what will become an outdoor classroom for Emery Educational Campus in DC. Big thanks...
May, 8 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Not surprisingly for those in the independent sector, the hardest part of this is organizing and educating NGOs on how to engage supporters... not inspiring individuals who want to do good. Whereas the former is about nonprofit capacity building (not fun and sexy, but absolutely critical); the latter is about branding and marketing (totally fun). Thus many Web services discover that even the slickest tool sets and Web designs don't drive participation from NGOs, who we believe are the most important part of the equation...
April, 5 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
via flickr.com PACE presented its research into civic participation and non-college-bound youth at the Case Foundation yesterday. The audience was spellbound. http://www.casefoundation.org/case-studies...
December, 11 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
I was having dinner with a group of friends about a month ago, and one of them was talking about sitting with his four-year-old daughter watching a DVD. And in the middle of the movie, apropos nothing, she jumps up off the couch and runs around behind the screen. That seems like a cute moment. Maybe she's going back there to see if Dora is really back there or whatever. But that wasn't what she was doing. She started rooting around in the cables. And her dad said, "What you doing?" And she stuck her head out from...
October, 21 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
It is no longer enough to ask, "How do we get more people to serve?" We must ask ourselves, "What can service achieve and how can we mobilize volunteers to pull off those results?" Only then will we have our eyes on the customer and structure our service in a manner that drives real results for our communities. via philanthropy.com
October, 20 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Sure, today’s unprecedented technology allows us to reach new audiences, or connect advocates to share their stories, but the call to action must be clear, it must be actionable, and it must show impact. Today’s volunteers may be savvier when it comes to finding volunteer opportunities on their iPhone, but they expect an experience that matches the ease to which they found it. via socialcitizens.org My colleague Kari Saratovsky on iPhone volunteering. While the technology holds so much promise, it's not clear...
October, 17 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Startup thinking for the social sector. Code to help nonprofits do the social web. Plus photography.
(And reading aloud.)
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