Nonprofit news relating to online fundraising, web video and marketing. And maybe a dash of our general dabblings...
LoveDrop is a micro-giving network. What does that mean? It means that a community of people giving as little as $1/month deliver a combination of unexpected gifts, personal encouragement, and support to help one person or family each and every month. Nate St. Pierre, the founder of LoveDrop, is living his life by the motto [...]
On Friday November 19th Cabrini Connections put on their Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Fall Conference at U.S. Cellular Field. The purpose of the conference was three fold: – It connects leaders and supporters of volunteer-based tutoring, mentoring and education-to-career programs with each other. – It builds visibility so that more volunteers and donors will choose [...]
On Tuesday November 9th, from 4pm to 7pm, ChicagoNonProfit hosted over 25 resources that are: “nonprofit ‘friendly’ vendors that have experience working with non-profit organizations and can work with limited budgets.“ let’s dabble was in attendance, front and center! The event was fabulous with a variety of vendors showcasing what they did best. Whether it [...]
Our friends at IAMVolunTourism have recently been featured in The Washington Post. The story concerns Sidi Genus and her journey from free soccer camps on Treasure Beach in Jamaica to attending St. John’s College High School. Sidi has found herself where she is thanks to her own hard work and the hard work of Chris [...]
Words for Haiti found a new friend and her name is Dawn. She was in Haiti during the earthquake and generously made time to share her story with us and now you. The idea behind Words for Haiti is to spread hope and encouragement to those who are suffering. However, in doing so, we also [...]
The earthquake that shook the people, the city, and the very life in Haiti has ended it’s terrible fury, but the out-pouring of support needs to continue. We have all sent aid and kept them in our thoughts and hearts, but if we share our thoughts, prayers, and hopes maybe we can make a stronger [...]
Edward Norton is a wonderful actor, I enjoy his films, and I recently stumbled upon a story about a charity run he is doing. This alone is great, but the use of web video is also interesting. Edward Norton has recently been training to raise money for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust by running. During [...]
The Prince of Wales has taken a personal approach to the deforestation of tropical rainforests with The Prince’s Rainforests Project through which he sheds light on the topic which will one day disappear if nothing is done; not because the problem will disappear, because the rainforests will. “If we lose the battle against tropical deforestation, [...]
I would like to introduce Todocast. When you want your fundraising event to be available for all to see, make it happen with live streaming web video. Todocast answers the call with portable streaming services that bring live events to the world wide web. Ok, maybe buying the dish assembly that attaches to a vehicle [...]
The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, and the National Science Teachers Association came together to put on a challenge to students to create solutions to environmental problems. Well done. And thanks to web video, we can sit back and watch a short video about the winners. To find out more, visit www.wecanchange.com Excuse me while I [...]