When I got involved with co-organizing HaiHaiTO, a twitter fundraiser for Haiti, I couldn’t imagine what the actual event would be like. All we wanted was to do more to help Haiti. Turns out, there were many, many more people who wanted that, too. We got a truly awesome community here in TO. THANK YOU [...]
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Cross-posted from the main HoHoTO page: hohoto.ca and no, I didn’t write this but I do hope to write like this one day! Yes, we’re doing it again. As those of you following the tweets have noticed, HoHoTO is returning this December 16th at The Mod Club in Toronto. New to all this? Wondering what [...]
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If your non-profit has a website, make sure the content on your site is optimized for the web. Some of the basic rules to keep in mind: Use keywords in your writing copy that would help people find your content on the site when they do Google search and scan it Use accessible language. I [...]
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I am looking forward to the livechat on The Agenda tonight. The topic? Limits of transparency and digital activism. I will be joining @jessebrown to moderate the online discussion, as the incredible Steve Paikin juggles the offline and online guests and comments at 8 p.m. tonight. Digital activism? What’s that? It is hard to deny the benefits [...]
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I came across these social media guidelines and decided to collect those from now on. It’s fascinating to see the different takes various organizations have on the issue of social media engagement. Does your organization have social media policy? Please share – I would be happy to link to it. http://paidcontent.org/article/419-wapos-social-media-guidelines-paint-staff-into-virtual-corner/ Instead of finding ways [...]
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I invite you to take a minute and read the full version here: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/09/the-problem-with-non.html The problem with non Non as in non-profit. The first issue is the way you describe yourself. I know what you’re not but what are you? Did you start or join this non-profit because of the non part? I doubt it. [...]
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I watch this message getting spread on twitter and I am amazed. If you needed to see for yourself how twitter works, this is it. #watchitspread The anatomy of #watchitspread
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hoHOTo is like Christmas in the summer. Only way more fun. Get your tickets now! The new site is up and running, check it out! get your tickets before they are sold out, and contact us if you’d like to sponsor this amazing fundraising effort. HoHOTo is your fund-raising party for the Daily Bread Food [...]
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In preparation for the workshop I’ll be leading at My Charity Connects conference, I thought it’d be a good idea to put up a short list of case studies worth looking at. Social media case studies Best Job in the World – contests KIVA – strong values, community involved in building the organization Google – [...]
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Every time I hear the word “crisis” I could feel angry, scared and frustrated. I could decide that crisis is a bad thing, an inevitable thing. It’s doom and gloom! All run and hide. And I would feel miserable. Life is too short for that! Instead, I choose to see every crisis as an opportunity. I [...]
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