My twelve year-old daughter is very smart. Lest I forget, she reminds me every day. Sadly, she’s not sure about my smarts anymore. She points to the fact that I just took my first Instagram picture. “Late adopter, Dad,” she says shaking her head. “I never thought I would say that about you.” I finally […]
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After seeing the movie (and stealing the idea for this blog post from someone dear to my heart), I thought it would be fun to recognize the different hats nonprofiters wear with an analogy of my favorite characters in The Avengers. (If you haven’t seen this month’s blockbuster yet, don’t worry. This blog post won’t
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Mother’s Day is this Sunday. Have you bought mom a present yet? Here’s a great gift idea. Support one of these causes in Mom’s honor! Build a Tribute Patch this Mother’s Day Honor mom with a tribute patch that supports Opportunity International. This nonprofit provides financial products and strategies to over 2.5 million people working their
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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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By now you have probably seen the controversy over the BBH Labs viral marketing campaign at SxSW, which paid members of Austin’s homeless community $20-$50 a day to serve as walking 4G hotspots. Make no bones about it, the campaign could have been much more successful if the strategy had included education or fundraising to
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[UPDATED 3/30/12] A couple weeks ago we announced a new nationwide giving day called Twive and Receive, and we’re excited so many nonprofits have registered to be part of this event! We’ve got new features being added to your online fundraising platform, and with the constant stream of nonprofits jumping on the bandwagon, we’ve moved
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Editor’s note: here’s Margie’s second post of Women’s History Month, profiling a kick-butt woman for International Women’s Day! Often times, when bad things happen to us or to people we care about, the temptation is to cave in, even for just a little while. The mundane details of the every day world can cease to
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It’s Women’s History Month, but instead of looking back at women of the past who’ve already changed the world, we’ll be profiling women of today who are changing the world using social media. To honor these social media powerhouses, every Thursday this month, guest blogger Margie Clayman will introduce you to awesome women who use
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Editors Note: March is Women’s History Month and in honor of the great things women have contributed to nonprofits and social good, we invited Margie Clayman (who has guest posted here before) to profile some of these admirable women. But before we get started, I asked Margie for her thoughts on why so many women
For Women, Maybe NPOs Are About Passion, Not Money Read More »
http://youtu.be/7jT0JT3N47g Today’s guest post is by Doug Weinbrenner. Doug is a career-long nonprofit and marketing professional with a passion for doing old things in new ways in order to make wrong things right. He is the Account Supervisor at Premier Studios, an advertising agency that specializes in helping missional brands connect with their audience in
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