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Choices for Girls – interactive bus shelter ad from Plan UK
Plan UK’s campaign, which highlights the plight of the world’s poorest girls, launches a groundbreaking interactive ad on a bus stop in Oxford Street on February 22. read more
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 3:11 pm by UK Fundraising -
Digital Tips for charities
Pedalo have been providing web solutions for the charity and not for profit sector for over a decade and have the experience and knowledge to help charities with all things digital. read more
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 2:24 pm by UK Fundraising -
Global eight-day social giving campaign Everyone Gives launches
International real estate company Colliers International has today begun a global social giving campaign, ‘Everyone Gives’. read more
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 10:53 am by UK Fundraising -
Step 3: Know the key elements of an engaging grassroots fundraising page
You have an organization. You have your grassroots event. Now it’s time to make the most out of your FirstGiving fundraising page. There’s a lot that goes into an engaging online fundraising pa. […]
Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 10:00 am by FirstGiving Blog -
Pinterest
So many new social networks pop up and its really hard to keep up…really hard. I tend to download the apps when I hear of something new and interesting . So often though I find its just not for me.. […]
Posted: 21 Feb 2012, 12:43 pm by Conor Byrne’s Blog -
Religious donors give twice as much as those without a faith, says CAF
People who describe themselves as religious give twice as much money to charity than do those without a faith, according to research by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). read more
Posted: 21 Feb 2012, 12:20 pm by UK Fundraising -
Crowdfunding site Angel Shares launches for Scottish cultural organisations
Angel Shares, the crowdfunding website for the cultural and creatie sectors, has launched in Scotland in partnership with Arts & Business Scotland. read more
Posted: 21 Feb 2012, 11:49 am by UK Fundraising -
Ireland Funds dinner in Florida raises $450,000
The American Ireland Fund’s annual dinner dance in Palm Beach, Florida last week raised $450,000 for the Fund’s Promising Ireland campaign. read more
Posted: 21 Feb 2012, 11:23 am by UK Fundraising -
Step 2: Decide on a grassroots fundraising activity
Now that you’ve chosen your organization, it’s time to decide on a grassroots fundraising activity. From a weekly poker night, to an upcoming graduation, grassroots fundraising can find its pla. […]
Posted: 21 Feb 2012, 10:00 am by FirstGiving Blog -
Six UK charities using Pinterest already
Pinterest is rapidly gaining attention as the current social media site du jour. read more
Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 11:34 am by UK Fundraising -
Step 1: Pick a nonprofit for your grassroots fundraising event
This week’s blog series serves as an introduction to throwing your very own grassroots fundraising event. From deciding which nonprofit to fundraise for to post event donation emails, this series. […]
Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 10:00 am by FirstGiving Blog -
12 Digital Fundraising Trends for 2012 – A Quick Round-up
Back at the start of January I set myself the target of publishing twelve posts on trends I think are going to prove important to digital fundraisers this year – both as a means of kick-starting my. […]
Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 8:55 am by Giving in a digital world -
Sainsburys Active Kids 2012 vouchers now available
Sainsbury’s annual Active Kids voucher campaign is underway, offering schools and groups the chance to secure sports and activity equipment and experiences for children and young people. read more
Posted: 19 Feb 2012, 4:49 pm by UK Fundraising -
Domino’s Pizza customers make one million micro-donations
Customers at Domino’s Pizza have raised £230,000 through one million microdonations in the 14 months since the spare change scheme from Pennies began in stores in November 2010. read more
Posted: 19 Feb 2012, 11:40 am by UK Fundraising -
Gift Fundraising enters voluntary administration
Street fundraising company Gift Fundraising has entered into voluntary administration and has stopped trading. read more
Posted: 19 Feb 2012, 11:20 am by UK Fundraising -
Weekend Reading Round Up
I attended another excellent NFPtweetUp this week and enjoyed the presentations on the Beatbullying’s ‘Big March’ and BHF’s ‘Hard and Fast’ campaign. A big thanks to everyone at Beautiful World for or. […]
Posted: 18 Feb 2012, 9:27 am by Fundraising Detective -
Fundraising findings for the Boston Marathon
After a thorough analysis of our recent Boston Marathon fundraisers, we have some great findings we’d like to share with you. As we gear up for this year’s marathon, we want to do as much good for. […]
Posted: 17 Feb 2012, 10:00 am by FirstGiving Blog -
When will face to face reach saturation point?
Face to face, or direct dialogue*, which is used to acquire monthly donors has added millions onto charity disposable income in New Zealand Australia in just one decade. In 2001 it hardly existed in. […]
Posted: 17 Feb 2012, 1:29 am by Sean Triner’s blog -
February Webinar: Integrating Crowdsourcing with Traditional In-Person Events
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012, 1pm to 2pm EST/ 10am to 11am PST Crowdsourcing has been successful at automating the process of collecting charitable contributions and increasing on-line exposure fo. […]
Posted: 16 Feb 2012, 2:45 pm by FirstGiving Blog -
How to schedule your tweets
For those of us on Twitter, we all know how time consuming orchestrating tweets can potentially be. Though we understand their importance, finding time to tweet throughout the day can be difficult to. […]
Posted: 16 Feb 2012, 10:00 am by FirstGiving Blog -
What to think about before emailing your supporters
When fundraising, it’s important to stay fresh in the minds of your friends and family. Email is a vital part of smart peer-to-peer fundraising. Start conversations about three months prior to the e. […]
Posted: 15 Feb 2012, 10:00 am by FirstGiving Blog -
FirstGiving “Donate Now” button in action
In past posts we’ve highlighted our “Donate Now” button and how this free, online application can help bring in more donations for your nonprofit. However, we wanted to showcase some organizatio. […]
Posted: 14 Feb 2012, 10:00 am by FirstGiving Blog -
Promoting Philanthropy in Ireland
I saw yesterday that the Ireland Funds have opened their Grants rounds. One of the categories that they will accept requests under is “Promoting Philanthropy in Ireland”. A few years ago, working. […]
Posted: 14 Feb 2012, 9:04 am by Conor Byrne’s Blog -
Calling all Australian fundraisers – Urgently
The Australian Treasury have launched their consultation document on fundraising. The document can be obtained here, and more information here. The FIA board are meeting on 21 Feb and will discuss the. […]
Posted: 14 Feb 2012, 2:18 am by Sean Triner’s blog -
Musicians: How to produce a live video EP for charity
Looking for ways to make a difference with your music? Producing a live video EP for charity is a creative way to give back for musicians in any genre. Depending on your resources and/or desires, this. […]
Posted: 13 Feb 2012, 10:00 am by FirstGiving Blog
Ed Cox
Social entrepreneur, digital communicator, citizen
