A colleague recently sent this video from Michael Norton’s TEDxCambridge talk whether or not people can buy happiness. See what Michael had to say. It’s interesting to see that people were happier when they were social with their money, and that wasn’t about the amount of money they spent, just the fact that they spent […]
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You may recall a lot of talk about the Kony 2012 Campaign, an effort by a group called Invisible Children to raise awareness about warlord Joseph Kony. In the wake of the viral campaign, a lot of concerns were raised about how legitimate the 30-minute YouTube video was, how legitimate Invisible Children was as a
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Guest post by Jason Konopinski. Jason is a freelance copywriter and editor. An advocate of social good and strong storytelling, he works with small-to-medium sized corporate and agency clients to produce rock-solid audience responsive content. He is currently seeking a full-time agency role as a copywriter and digital content creator. My grandfather told the most
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The 10 day Cultures of Giving Donor Challenge will end tomorrow. Twenty-two nonprofits are participating in the online giving campaign. Presented by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Cultures of Giving Donor Challenge supports nonprofits addressing high-priority issues in diverse communities across the country. As the above leader board shows, the competition is tight from top
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By now, you probably realize that email is still the most effective way to get people to donate to your nonprofit. (Read this for a reminder.) And if you’re like most people, you realize that getting the most from your email list is a process of continual trail and error, testing, and learning. Here are
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The news from Google that we’ll soon all be wearing glasses with a small screen displaying digital content has ratcheted up talk around augmented reality or AR. AR is when digital content is layered over the physical world to enrich the user’s experience. Wearing our Google glasses, for instance, we could scan deals and specials
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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is concluding the Cultures of Giving Donor Challenge this week on Mightycause. The Cultures of Giving Donor Challenge is a 10-day online giving campaign to support nonprofits that address high-priority issues in communities of color across the country. Our goal is to get thousands of community donors to support the projects
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The online community has been full of chatter the past couple days about the latest Pinterest usage report. The numbers show users dropping off this month after a slow growth in March, meanwhile articles and blog posts about Pinterest went up. (I guess this post counts as one of those too, huh?) So the question
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Guest post by Tracy Sestilli. Recently, NTEN, Common Knowledge, and Blackbaud presented their fourth annual report on social media trends among nonprofits for 2012 at the Nonprofit Technology Conference. From 3,522 respondents, they asked what the top three contributing factors were of those who were successful on social networks. They all responded that their formula
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The nonprofit sector needs the Be Fearless campaign spearheaded by The Case Foundation and its CEO Jean Case. Let’s be honest: If you are a regular reader here, you probably embrace change and risk well. But most of our larger and older institutions in the nonprofit sector avoid risk. We love our nonprofits, small and
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