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This would have gone well with my Event Invitation Mistakes post a few weeks ago but I didn’t make this mistake until recently. We have had a number of formal prospecting sessions and I have informally added a number of casually mentioned names. Recently I sent out invitations to our...
The Fundraising Coach: Nonprofit Blog Exchange Round #10
I am participating today in an annual tradition called the Nonprofit Blog Exchange, an event where nonprofit and philanthropy bloggers write about another blog. This year I am writing about Marc Pitman’s The Fundraising Coach. Marc is a reputable expert and thought leader in the fundraising community. From his blog you...
Interview with eBay’s Robert Chatwani
Through eBay’s Giving Works platform shoppers contributed nearly $1.5 million dollars to Haiti. Eight US nonprofits have received more than $1 million. eBay is at the forefront of the e-philanthropy movement and I’m excited to bring you an interview with Robert Chatwani.- Jason What is your role at eBay and how...
Let me take a second to share with you, my reader, about a couple of different ways we can work together. I want this blog to be interactive and useful for you, and I encourage you to email me with ideas and input on new posts or other content at...
In a recent post, Who Talks to Your Donors, I mentioned two different styles of fundraising. One style involves board members soliciting donors, and another style involves staff cultivating and soliciting donors. Does your organization primarily use Board Member or Staff to ask for donations? And, how do you think...
March Goodness Razoo is doing it again, this is year 2 in their March Goodness competition. But this year they are only letting in a small number of nonprofits. Check out the requirements to sign-up and submit your application before February 26. Grand prize is $20,000 with a number of prizes...
Ken's Commentary
Webinar Features Research About Harlem Children’s Zone
Social Solutions will be hosting a webcast on March 25, 2010 at 3pm (EST) featuring Paul Tough, author of Whatever it Takes; Geoff Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America.In this webcast, Paul Tough, who spent five years conducting on-the-scene research at the 4-star Harlem Children’s Zone, will discuss successes...
Outcome Forum Participant - Paul Shoemaker
Our next guest on the Open Forum is Paul Shoemaker, Executive Director of Social Venture Partners, Seattle, an Affiliate of SVP International a federation of SVP organizations in 23 cities in the United States, Canada and Japan. Paul is the Founding President of SVPI and currently sits on their Board...
Where Things Stand: US Charity Donations to Haiti
Two reports on ABC regarding where the money is being spent in Haiti. The more extensive coverage is here which includes a video from the ABC World News broadcast of 2-12-10, along with a 3 page article that concludes with a link to Charity Navigator.Another video aired on ABC's...
The Overhead Question: The Future of Nonprofit Assessment - A One Hour Teleconference
Last week, Ken and other representatives from the nonprofit sector took part in a disucssion about the evolution of charity evaluation. If you missed it, now you can listen to The Overhead Question: The Future of Nonprofit Assessment and Reporting online here....
Talking with CNN About Haiti Relief Efforts
An interview with CNN's Soledad O'Brien onJan. 15th. Enjoy!...
Sending Money Where It Will Do The Most Good In Haiti - Ken on NBC Nightly News
Last night, NBC Nightly News Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reminded donors to make informed giving decisions to charities providing aid in Haiti. She included an interview with Ken, as well as many of our tips.Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...
Donor Power Blog
Darwinism and Fundraising – an Observation.
“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Charles Darwin Most industries, whether it be financial services, telecommunication carriers, sportswear brands, or whatever other commercial entity......
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill allowing taxpayers who make a donation to victims of the Haitian earthquake to claim a charitable donation when filing their 2009 taxes this spring. Nonprofits who have the most to......
What can we learn from TV’s most popular curmudgeon?
I am referring to Gregory House, the brilliant medical diagnostician who is the poster-child for unconventional thinking. Season 4 introduced a group of Fellowship candidates that had to compete to make the final team of three. In Guardian Angels (episode......
What can we learn from TV’s most popular curmudgeon?
I am referring to Gregory House, the brilliant medical diagnostician who is the poster-child for unconventional thinking. Season 4 introduced a group of Fellowship candidates that had to compete to make the final team of three. In Guardian Angels (episode......
USA Today recently published an article about several animal welfare charities cooperating with each other in dogfighting and disaster rescues; they included HSUS, ASPCA, American Humane, UAN and Best Friends. Kudos to those organizations for working together, because like many......
Taking “Thanksgiving” for Granted?
Depending on what poll you look you at, Thanksgiving rates as Americans' second favorite holiday, albeit a distant second to Christmas. To me, however, it’s by far my top holiday. Maybe that’s because it’s never been compromised. It’s as pure......
Connection Café
Make your cause more like Austin, Texas
Author: Joey Martin If you have visited Austin, Texas you may recall that we love to talk about Austin. There is something special about this town. The first session I attended at SXSW Interactive was 'Why Austin is the Killer App' moderated by Heather McKissick and Bijoy Goswami the founders of...
Nonprofit SXSW Goodness – Conference List Toppers, To-Dos and Topics of Interest
Author: Jordan Viator It’s less than 24 hours until the masses start filling the Austin Convention Center for one of the biggest and best Interactive conferences of the year: South By Southwest. My favorite part of SXSW in recent years is the flood of nonprofit and socially conscious topics, speakers and...
Bombers, biopsies and brown M&Ms – it’s all part of the Checklist Manifesto
Author: Seth Merritt Bombers, biopsies and brown M&Ms – what do they all have in common? They each tell an interesting story about checklists, a simple notion whose time has come, according to Atul Gawande in his recent book The Checklist Manifesto. Gawande is a surgeon who, as leader of a...
Rapid Response at Critical Times of Need – An Essential Guide with Real World Examples
Author: Jordan Viator Rapid response is a top-of-mind topic for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes right now. Earlier this year Molly posted 7 quick tips to taking action quickly in times of need and numerous other resources and learnings have been put out since with the issue at top of mind...
Mobile donations and dating – The world has changed
Author: Tad Druart As I look back at my communication’s and development career technology has changed the way I work - I remember the days when we had a major product launch and had teams of people in New York and Washington D.C. the morning of the announcement to "run" the...
NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network
5 Questions: Anatomy of a Video
Ed. Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Speaker: Michael Hoffman, See3 Session:...
5 Questions: Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns
Ed. Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Speaker:...
Activate Your YouTube Audience (Free Session with Ramya Raghavan of YouTube!)
So, apparently, there are a whole host of new tools available through YouTube that can help you engage your audience. You can drive sign-ups and donations straight from your videos, find skilled video-makers through the Video Volunteers program, and even create choose-your-own-adventure style videos. (Just imagine: "You see a polar...
2010 NTC Preview: Jocelyn Harmon and Allyson Kapin on IT Diversity
Allyson Kapin Jocelyn HarmonYes, the iPad is small, lightweight and slim. But can you swim with it? You remember the flap over the iPad, right? Most women certainly do. It's a clear reminder that technology is a man's world. Of course, it shouldn't be, especially in the nonprofit sector....
5 Questions: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors
Ed. Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Speaker: Gregory...
5 Questions: Superheroes of Online Fundraising: Become a Data-Driven Strategist
Ed. Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Speaker: Sarah DiJulio, M+R...
Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel Worldwide
Travel Independently Across Europe
The Exquisite Safaris philanthropic mission integrates a guided visit to a humanitarian outreach project into every private, luxury, epicurean experience we create. These personal introductions create authentic cross cultural friendships that generate trust, respect, and generous donations funding philanthropic travel projects worldwide....
Travel Independently Across Europe
The Exquisite Safaris philanthropic mission integrates a guided visit to a humanitarian outreach project into every private, luxury, epicurean experience we create. These personal introductions create authentic cross cultural friendships that generate trust, respect, and generous donations funding philanthropic travel projects worldwide....
Is International Voluntourism Effective?
The Exquisite Safaris philanthropic mission integrates a guided visit to a humanitarian outreach project into every private, luxury, epicurean experience we create. These personal introductions create authentic cross cultural friendships that generate trust, respect, and generous donations funding philanthropic travel projects worldwide....
Is International Voluntourism Effective?
The Exquisite Safaris philanthropic mission integrates a guided visit to a humanitarian outreach project into every private, luxury, epicurean experience we create. These personal introductions create authentic cross cultural friendships that generate trust, respect, and generous donations funding philanthropic travel projects worldwide....
Exquisite Safaris Private Villas
The Exquisite Safaris philanthropic mission integrates a guided visit to a humanitarian outreach project into every private, luxury, epicurean experience we create. These personal introductions create authentic cross cultural friendships that generate trust, respect, and generous donations funding philanthropic travel projects worldwide....
Exquisite Safaris Private Villas
The Exquisite Safaris philanthropic mission integrates a guided visit to a humanitarian outreach project into every private, luxury, epicurean experience we create. These personal introductions create authentic cross cultural friendships that generate trust, respect, and generous donations funding philanthropic travel projects worldwide....
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Vancouver Foundation 2010 application deadlines
It is great to see the Vancouver Foundation coming back to a regular schedule of grant making. Their 2010 deadlines have been announced here. First deadlines are for letters of inquiry for Arts & Culture, Education and Youth, Children & Families on February 10, 2010. Most the other programs have...
We made the list (of stressful jobs that pay badly)
CNNMoney.com has an uplifting feature on Stressful Jobs that Pay Badly and fundraiser is number 7. We are in the company of social workers, special event coordinators, news reporters, assisted living directors and high school teachers. Things have really changed because not too long ago, fundraiser made it on the 2009...
“It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson...
Weathering the Storm: the state of nonprofits in BC
The Vancouver Foundation has just released Weathering the Storm, a look at the state of nonprofit organizations in British Columbia today. So many organizations are feeling the strain of funding cuts and decreased giving — this report confirms just how hard the sector is being hit. It is very worthwhile reading,...
A generous donor… you don’t want to meet
Here’s a little video from The Onion, just in time for Halloween… Anonymous Philanthropist Donates 200 Human Kidneys To Hospital...
Canadian Heritage has officially named November 15th, 2009, National Philanthropy Day in Canada. There are celebratory events planned all over the country (and beyond). Read all about them. If you are in the Metro Vancouver area, a Philanthropy Day lunch will take place on November 10th at the Westin Bayshore. Tickets...
PhilanTopic
It's been a strange few months -- and I'm not talking about the weather. Taxpayer-funded bailouts, double-digit unemployment, and soaring deficits have put the country in a sour, uncertain mood. Americans' usual sunny optimism has taken a back seat to......
Mass. Morass: New Data Privacy Law
(Tony Martignetti is managing director of Martignetti Planned Giving Advisors, LLC, a planned giving consultancy; the author of Charity Registration: State-by-State Guidelines For Compliance; and a frequent seminar leader at the Foundation Center. You can connect with him on LinkedIn......
Readings and Other Stuff (March 10, 2010)
Hard to concentrate today with spring knocking on the door. Here are a few things that caught our attention. Raymond C. Offenheiser: Haiti: The Healing Has Begun (Oxfam International) Joel Orosz: Déjà Vu (or 1969) All Over Again? (Center for......
This Week in PubHub: Women and Health
(Kyoko Uchida manages PubHub, the Foundation Center's online catalog of foundation-sponsored publications. In her last post, she wrote about our free PubHub widgets.) PubHub features four reports on its home page each week on a broad monthly topic, along with......
Aravind Wins Hilton Humanitarian Award
Congratulations to Aravind Eye Care System, the world's largest eye care provider, on winning the 2010 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. The $1.5 million prize honors nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations that have significantly alleviated human suffering -- an apt description......
American Express to Launch 'Game-Changing' CSR Initiative
Later this evening, during the Oscar's broadcast, American Express will become the latest Fortune 500 company (JP Morgan Chase, Target, Pepsi) to launch a social media-enabled CSR campaign. The Members Project, as the initiative is called, pairs the resources of......
Charitable Advisors
We all struggle to get our organizations noticed. Here are some tips from NYC PR pro, Sharon FensterA public-relations executive's greatest challenge is to help her organization stand out from the crowd, to get the editor's attention, to keep it and to translate it into ink. Believe it or not,...
Who’s Missing Out on the Not-for-Profit News?
In Cincinnati, we have almost 1600 weekly subscribers. In Indianapolis, where we have been publishing since 2001, we are past 9500 weekly subscribers. Over these years, we have sent millions of informative e-mails – to help fill thousands of nonprofit job openings, promote thousands of training events, and share successes...
New Web Platform Encourages Foundation Transparency in the Digital Age
Glasspockets.orgHow does the foundation of the 21st century achieve transparency? Does it post a searchable grants database at its web site? Does it use Twitter or Facebook to distribute news about its program priorities? At www.glasspockets.org, a web site launched February 1 by the Foundation Center, foundations that have taken...
NONPROFIT SABBATICALS IMPROVE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY
Several years ago, a foundation client of mine sent me to a national conference of foundations where I met the President and CEO of the Durfee Foundation in California. Durfee's primary capacity building/leadership development strategy was a well-planned sabbatical for the CEO that forced the leader to delegate and grow...
Do You Need New Computers, an On-line Makeover, or a Security and Disaster Recovery Plan?
Which of these would have the greatest impact on your ability to do your work and serve your clients, patrons, or consumers? We are excited to announce NPower Indiana's new Tech Angel Awards, which will grant over $60,000 in products and services to three Indiana nonprofits next month. The application...
What Makes a Board Choose to Get Better? How Does it Happen?
Share your experienceAt the BoardSource Conference last November, Jane and I met Mary Hiland, LCSW, PhD, a board researcher and consultant from California who was in the midst of researching how boards improve their operation or “get better”. At that time, she had already interviewed more than 20 board and...
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Mutual of America Community Partnership Award
If you are a reader of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, in recent issues you've seen the announcement of the 2009 recipients of Mutual of America's Community Partnership Award. This award recognizes the important contributions that nonprofit organizations, in partnership with public, private, and other social sector organizations, make to...
Videos and News from Haiti Earthquake Appeal nonprofits
Organizations around the world have come together to assist in relief efforts in Haiti. Here are some videos, photos and news from nonprofits in the field. Donations can be made through www.ammado.com/haitiappeal Agire American Red Cross Oxfam Pompiers Sans Frontieres http://www.pompiers-sans-frontieres.org/photos/Pompiers-sans-Frontieres-sur-le-terrain_ga31660.html Aktion Deutschland Hilft ...
An Emergency Relief Fund for the Haiti Earthquake Victims
Published by: Kate Carlisle Jan 13th This morning I woke up to the news of devestation in Haiti. The unique kind of destruction that comes when the earth trembles from the inside, opening up chasms. levelling buildings and taking lives. This is not the first time I have woken to bad...
Now Nonprofits Outside the U.S. and Canada Can Fundraise on Facebook Too
Happy New Year to all of our members! 2009 was certainly a challenging year for the nonprofit community and we have every wish that 2010 will be a successful and productive year for you all! To get the new decade off to a positive start we wanted to share with you and...
ammado and TheBlogTV - Two Creative Platforms, One Great Contest
Published by: Kate Carlisle and Cliodhnagh Conlon The end of December brings with it a rush of excitement. To add to the bustle, two dynamic platforms are kicking off a competition aimed at get creative minds ticking on one very important issue – giving. Over the next two months, running until 22...
Broadcast preview: Usher and POWERED BY SERVICE on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Sunday 12/6
Usher joins the cast of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to share his POWERED BY SERVICE campaign on Sunday, December 6 at 8:00pm ET on ABC television. A broadcast preview is now featured on the "What's Your POWER" community on ammado at http://www.ammado.com/community/110021. Powered By Service is a bold new initiative...
Get Me Jamie Notter
Truth and Authenticity in the Digital Age
That's the title of the session that Maddie Grant and I will be delivering at the upcoming ASAE & The Center Great Ideas Conference, at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. I am a big fan of the Great Ideas Conference,......
The Beyond Relevance Conversation
I thought last week's webinar on beyond relevance was tremendous fun. I believe we had close to 100 sites participating. The Chat and Twitter stream were quite active, and I was happy with the conversation going on and the questions......
Best Practices are Flawed Because We Are Human
I love the association community, but I don't like our obsession with "best practices." Having said that, I have to admit that I get some benefit from the obsession. Volunteer Boards I think get a lot of comfort out of......
In September, I wrote a blog post titled "Relevance Is Not Enough." Building off the writing of Jeff De Cagna and Maddie Grant, I made the argument that being relevant to members will not drive growth. It was one of......
My last two posts about truth have generated some of the best comments this blog has ever seen. I quoted Joe Gerstandt's comment in the second post, and that one generated an equally awesome comment from Lindy Dreyer. Her question......
Managing Generations and Conflict in the Workplace
I was in Florida last week testing out a pilot training program on managing generations and conflict in the workplace. It was the first time I really combined these two topics into a training session. It's a lot of material......
The Agitator
Network for Good, which itself processed $5.3 million in Haiti donations, offers some good observations about the experience. In their article, each of the following points is examined: Major charities represented, but smaller organizations raised significant funds More places to give online during a crisis creates big range in average gift size. Social media...
Responding to our Boomers Reinventing 50 post, Sarah Spengler commented: "Tom – interesting that you should talk about AARP and their advertizing campaign: I just received some materials from them, having joined. very recently. Among their offerings are discounts on motorcycle insurance of all things. THAT told me I was in...
Two interesting articles about Boomers came my way in the last couple of days. Maybe some insights here for fundraising messages. The first, from Brandweek, discusses the new advertising campaign of AARP. It’s hard to imagine any outfit with a bigger stake in understanding Boomers and their aspirations. AARP does a...
I love lists like this. Here are the top ten brands of 2009 according to Millward Brown, a leading market research firm. Millward Brown uses an index based upon trust and recommendation to build its list. Find anything to quarrel with here? Who hasn’t bought a book on Amazon … then another …...
Secret Millionaire In Your File
Over the weekend Tom sent me a link to an ABC News piece entitled “Secret Donor”. Diane Sawyer sets forth an absolutely charming and moving story about a Lake Forest College alumna named Grace Groner who died in January at age 100 and left the college $7 million. According to Lake...
Convio, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies have prepared this report on mobile giving, probing specifically into the mobile giving generated by the Haiti earthquake. The data reflects a survey of 1500 members of an online panel, screened as current charitable donors. The report notes that up to 12 January 2010...
Change/Wire
We Can End This! Hunger In America, That Is…
We here at BTC believe deeply in the power of coalition. It's a major force multiplier, and makes big, bold goals possible. And who doesn't like big, bold goals? That's why we are excited by the debut of a major hunger relief initiative called We Can End This, which has pulled...
GOOD Idea: Celebrate Your Birthday With Cake, Friends…And Service
Think about your last several birthday celebrations. Have they all been very different from one another? Perhaps you've spent one abroad, or another with close friends. Odds are, they somehow included a cake, a celebration, and an end. Fun, but a bit same-old, same-old. What if your birthday were different this...
Action Alert: Help Push For Peace Corps!
Anyone who loves service loves the Peace Corps, because it's one of the most storied and effective service programs America has ever devised. President Obama knows that it is one of the most effective tools America has to build bonds of trust and understanding with other nations, and during his...
This week we've got a great roundup of stories, ranging from college students and Oscar winners, to former Presidents. Let's take a lesson from these inspirational figures and gear up for a week in service! 1) Oscar's Leading Service Champions: USA Today has an excellent feature on this year's Oscar nominated...
Action Alert: Help Us Ask Congress To Support Pres. Obama’s $1.42 Billion Request For Service
When it comes to supporting funding for service on Capitol Hill it's important that our community stay engaged and continue to let our legislators know that we think full funding for the expansion of national service and volunteer service opportunities is critical to help address problems and provide meaningful work...
The Gates Foundation Is Being The Change On A Global Scale
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is probably doing more to change the world than any organization we know. So it's always inspiring to drop in on all the amazing projects the foundation has launched, as well as listen to what Bill Gates has to say about the year ahead. In...
Frogloop
SXSW is just around the corner. For five days nonprofit campaigners, techies, and social media enthusiasts will gather for one of the largest and most anticipated conferences of the year. But with over 3K+ attendees and hundreds of panels, core conversations, workshops and parties, it can be overwhelming to get...
Top Nonprofit Leaders to Follow on Twitter
In the past year, registered Twitter accounts have grown more than 1,500%, according to Biz Stone, Co-Founder of Twitter. With such an explosion of new voices, that’s a lot of tweets and noise for nonprofit campaigners to filter through. So if you can only carve out 20 minutes a day...
What does Homer Simpson have to do with your cause? More than you probably think. People including your activists, donors and prospects share a lot in common with Homer Simpson. And I don’t just mean they love bacon. We might not want to admit it, but people...
Online Fundraising Strategies Conference
Mark your calendar for March 30, 2010 where some of the top minds in online fundraising and social media will gather in DC at the Newseum for the Online Fundraising Strategies Conference hosted by Artez Interactive. Join Care2's Jocelyn Harmon and Eric Rardin who will be leading the soup to...
Is Your Nonprofit Cultivating Women Donors?
Is your nonprofit reaching women and harnessing their power for social change? If your nonprofit is not actively marketing to women and recruiting them, your organization is missing out on major fundraising opportunities. During last week’s webinar The She Spot – Best Practices in Marketing to Women, Lisa Witter co-author...
Is Your Nonprofit Reaching Diverse Activists and Donors
The demographics of the US are changing. An estimated 40% of the US is comprised of people of color, according to 2008 US Census data. Yet many nonprofits online lists aren’t diverse. Why aren’t nonprofits cultivating diverse activists and donors (a topic Jocelyn Harmon of Care2, Shireen Mitchell of Digital...
Charity Navigator
President Obama Donates His $1.4 Million Nobel Peace Prize
As you probably know by now, President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Besides the prestige that comes along with this award, the recipient also received a $1.4 million cash award. When President Obama was notified that...
Donate your old jeans at GAP and help Habitat for Humanity
Gap is conducting a denim drive where the collected denim will be used to insulate Habitat for Humanity homes. Cotton Inc. uses denim to create UltraTouch natural cotton fiber insulations. Since Cotton Inc. started the initiative in 2006, they have received over 270,000 pieces of denim and have provided UltraTouch...
Webinar Features Research About Harlem Children’s Zone
Social Solutions will be hosting a webcast on March 25, 2010 at 3pm (EST) featuring Paul Tough, author of Whatever it Takes; Geoff Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America.In this webcast, Paul Tough, who spent five years conducting on-the-scene research at the 4-star Harlem Children’s Zone, will discuss successes...
Haiti/Chile Earthquake Updates
Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors held a teleconference last week entitled "What's with all the disasters? -Philanthropists look for opportunities for impact." The call covered some updates in regards to the earthquake in Chile and some general differences between the earthquake in Haiti and in Chile.It was estimated that two million...
Which Charity Are You Most Likely To Support?
A recent Harris Poll took a look at which charities are the most trusted and which ones we are most likely to support. The poll of nearly 20,000 consumers 15 years and older was conducted online between January 12 and 21. Here are the top 10 charities that people are...
Before the earthquake in Haiti, total giving via texting stood at just $1 million. People didn't seem to be adopting to this new way of donation. But Haiti may be the game changer. Already, donors have given more than $50 million via texting to support Haiti relief efforts.Now a new...
AE on the Verge
Saw a good way to handle large or small group snacks today: bucket or basket with random packaged snacks. Affordable, easy to store, can give many options for preferences....
4 Life Lessons for an AE - From the Helm
My colleague Susie writes a column, "From the Helm," in her association magazine. A recent issue includes advice that she says sticks in her head ... 1. "You don't even know me" - when visiting a member (at a prior association) he informed her that his company is 15% of...
Best Definition of Transparency in Associations
Finally ... a great definition about transparency in associations ... by Dave Phillips, in his Chairman's article in REALTOR AE magazine (Winter 2010): [emphasis mine]"The first step is to understand what transparency means in an organizational context. In the past transparency simply meant that you freely shared information with...
Can association executives ever skate to perfection?
How perfect are we at our best? Two recent blog posts on the ASAE site got my attention … One, where the writer says if association executives casually discuss problems at their association with other association executives it's some sort of a breach of professionalism; then another that says it...
One must-have (at all times) for Association CEOs
What item does an association CEO need to have available at all times: A blazer.Here are 4 reasons (special thanks to colleague Ginger Downs who relays this to groups of new association execs) ....1. Media: Any number of events or tragedies could cause you to need to be on-camera with...
What Associations can learn from "Blind Side" marketing
How do we as associations engage our base, and grow it?I'm fascinated with an article in the New York Times about the movie "The Blind Side" that includes a description about how they built an audience base. Such as:"In this case Grace Hill [Media] took the unusual step of offering...