Posts Tagged online fundraising
A Site to See
Mesh Media Strategies serves clients both in and not in politics, and with the 2010 election season fast approaching we’re seeing more activity in that arena. Today, MMS took a look at the first website for any candidate in the budding race in state senate district 17, which includes part or all of eight counties [...]
Sarah Palin 2.0
There’s a lot of conventional wisdom flying around in the news media among professional pundits and bloggers alike about how Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has killed her political career by stepping down early from the office she now holds. Conventional wisdom is often wrong, of course, but time will tell.
What we do know here in mid-2009 [...]
Tweetraising: The Potential For Charities On Twitter
TechCrunch: Twitter’s viral, real-time nature allows for a fast (and relatively low-cost) way to raise funds.
Twitter would seem to have potential for fund-raising due to its rapid growth, popularity and viral nature, especially if including as part of a broader social networking and media relations strategy.
YouTube Aims To Train Citizen Journalists
Via TechCrunch comes news that YouTube has launched a new channel, the Reporters’ Center. TechCrunch says YouTube “hopes will prove to be a good way to educate existing and aspiring citizen journalists on how to report news in ‘the digital age’.”
The new resource from the online video sharing site “will feature a host of top [...]
Social Media Plays Role As Charities Adopt Private Sector Models to Tap New Funds
“New technology, including the Internet, is a key element in the changing models for social businesses. For example, maintaining a web presence allows non-profits to efficiently tap many individuals for small contributions or loans. In the aggregate, these new donors could become a powerful source of financing beyond large foundations and corporate donations that have [...]