Four Lessons from the Kiva Debate
My post on the Case Foundation blog this week sums up the debate over Kiva and person-to-person fundraising. Plus audio, for your pod-listening pleasure.
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Social cause innovation - More, please?
Geoff Livingston responds to Kristin Ivie and my previous posts about new nonprofits.
Kiva Is Not Quite What It Seems
David Roodman’s long post is a great explanation of how Kiva works. It’s also critical of the way Kiva markets.
Post: People start pollution. People can stop it.
On Earth Day, 1971, a nonprofit called Keep America Beautiful launched TV ads to persuade people to stop littering.
Post: Think before you leap: Four truths about starting a nonprofit
Kristin, my colleague at the Case Foundation, has some good advice for folks thinking of starting their own nonprofit: think twice. http://www.socialcitizens.org/blog/start-nonprofit
Post: Why nonprofits are afraid of online communities
Eric Ries on the power of online communities –
When does engagement lead to donations?
One of the most popular questions nonprofits ask our Giving Gurus is “Where’s the money in social media?” (Sometimes folks say ROI, but they usually mean fundraising.)
Post: Could lean startup techniques work in the social sector?
In the lean startup, product and management team build quickly, then iterate based on statistics gathered from real users (that’s Eric Ries’s excellent description below). When Seth Godin gripes about lack of vim in the nonprofit sector, this is the approach he’s missing.
The Point (of #DCTwestival)
Talk about social media. Last night’s Twestival in Washington DC raised funds for Miriam’s Kitchen, which provides meals and support for DC’s homeless. While the organizers have yet to announce how much money was raised, Miriam’s Kitchen says that last night they received enough to provide more than 10,000 meals for the homeless.