Online Fundraising

I know it's a short week - which for many means squeezing 5 days of work into 4 - but on the off chance you've got some time on your hands (or over the long weekend if you're so inclined) I wanted to share some interesting reads that I've come across in the last week or so:

There's a lot of talk about mobile and tablet ready Apps these days, and for very good reason. There are some very impressive and excellent apps out there that are changing the way a lot of us managing information and interact with each other. That said, I just sat in on a webinar for a Mobile Giving app for non-profits and while the technology has certainly come a long way and is pretty darned easy to deploy at this point, I was left wondering whether or not it was what most non-profits need.

I attended the Social Media Week session on Social Good yesterday and a few of the presentations, in particular one given by Melissa Dingmon, got me thinking about concrete ways non-profits can use Social Media tools to help persuade individuals to join their communities.

Update: Our slide deck, and a full recording of this presentation, are now available for viewing - just scroll down to the end of this post. Like many of my colleagues here at Raised Eyebrow, I sit on a couple of nonprofit boards in my spare time - and one of the things that's been rewarding for me when I wear that hat is that I can br

Have you ever tried to purchase something off the internet and been presented with a long tabbed, multi-step checkout?  You think to yourself "what am I getting myself into?"  You have no idea what they might ask in future parts of the form and so you hesitate before committing to buy something.

If you haven't heard of Ecwid, and you are in the market for a shopping cart, you should check it out.  It is a newish shopping cart system that can be integrated with Drupal or WordPress.  Compared to other Drupal/WordPress options it is simple in design/function and it is simple to integrate with your website.

If you're a registered nonprofit and you're not using Google's Grants program, you might want to get on board. I've got lots to say about the benefits of this program, but let's start with these two very appealing benefits:

I will be speaking at a couple of events here in Vancouver that may be of interest to readers of this blog:

Ok, so that might be a bit of a misleading headline, but it's not totally false. In fact, in about a week it just might be true.