Nonprofit news relating to online fundraising, web video and marketing. And maybe a dash of our general dabblings...
Dropbox is a file sharing option for you, me, and anyone else needing remote access to files. Emailing is restricted by file size, flash drives are wonderful if you didn’t leave them at home, and of course you could lug your laptop along with you. Yet, what if your flash drive is sitting next to [...]
Recently, I came across a question regarding how to best use social media for a nonprofit organization. The subsequent replies and comments were enough to make anyones head spin. I believe this was due to the false mantra that we’ve all heard, “you need to get on social media, because once you do, the gates [...]
TEDTalks are online videos shared to provide visitors with “Ideas Worth Spreading.” Not to take the words out of their mouth, they describe it as: "…a simple attempt to share what happens at TED with the world. Under the moniker “ideas worth spreading,” talks were released online. They rapidly attracted a global audience in the [...]
Search Engine Journal posted a recent article discussing the importance of online video and incorporating that video into your website or blog. The article entitled, “If You Care about SEO, You Need to Know about Video” was written by Yaniv Axen. I love the opening Q and A. "Q: Do you have video on your [...]
While reading an article in the SocialMedia Examiner I came across this article by Rich Brooks discussing 7 claims regarding social media that can be ignored. Amazing! All too often opinions regarding new technologies become rock-solid facts when they are nothing more than someone’s popular opinion. So let’s revisit Rich’s discussion and continue to spread [...]
I was recently reading an article written by Tom Foremski at zdnet in which he discusses the misstep of corporations jumping into the world of social media with the intentions of social sales and nothing more. His comparison comes from an individuals desire to use the social qualities of social media versus the corporate vantage [...]
Do you use the internet? Do you search for information? Then you are doing everything that is needed. That’s it. Really? That sounds crazy, what’s the catch? To answer this question, I went to their website, entered the name of a charity, checked their statistics for May, then made a search. When I returned and [...]
ClientTrack hits the nail on the head as it offers a prescription for what’s ailing social service organizations. To quote Scott Anderson, PhD, “My intent is not to incite fear… but rather encourage a healthy fear… that will move social service organizations from potential complacency to concerted action, survival, and progressive sustainability.” When it comes [...]
Anyone who has started a nonprofit, a company, or simply put together a club after school has struggled with “what to say?” to describe it. I want to make it short and to the point, I don’t want to offend anyone, I want to sound intelligent, I don’t want to be vague but I don’t [...]
In an article by merc strategy group the art of storytelling and its new found friend, online video, are discussed. This discussion sheds light on the sheer numbers behind online video as provided by comScore’s August 2009 Video Matrix report. The statistics for 2009 include: – The month of August seeing 161 million viewers watching [...]