Beth Kanter
This is a list of resources from the session at the NAMAC conference on Crowdfunding.
I'm at the AFP Conference where I will be on a plenary session about "Social Media for Social Change" moderated by Social Media 4 Nonprofit leaders Darian Rodriguez and Ritu Sharma, along with Carolyn Miles, Save the Children and Ben Rattray, Change.Org. I'll be talking abo
Note from Beth: Last year, 30% of the $5 billion crowdfunded went to social causes according the "Cracking the Crowd Funding Code". Nonprofit's use of crowdfunding is growing at an exponential rate with many nonprofits jumping on the crowfunding bandwagon attracted by the potential of finding new supporters.
This playbook is Knight Foundation's effort to support all community foundations interested in planning a Giving Day. It includes best practices, examples and templates from Giving Day organizers across the country in one easy-to-use guide.
Posted on February 16, 2013 by Reuben Pressman in Crowdfunding, Tools When I have a great idea, I love to just dive right in and make it happen. None of these planning shenanigans. I'm a big fan of the try, observe, learn, rinse and repeat method.
Social fundraising, peer to peer fundraising -- the use of social and networks to raise money - also curating content on giving days
For nonprofit organizations and social entrepreneurs crowdfunding has become the next frontier of fundraising efforts. There are a plethora of crowdfunding sites now, all of which basically allow your nonprofit to set up online fundraising campaigns and accept money through the web.
If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago.
Champion of Social Good: Author, Rotarian, Forbes Contributor, helping you use #crowdfunding, #impinv, #socent, #nonprofit to leave your mark on the world.
Overview of growth trends in crowdfunding for all nonprofits and for-profits and why it is only going to get bigger!
This article is sponsored by the BluAmp Bluetooth Amplifier crowdfunding campaign, which has raised over $17,000 on Kickstarter and is still accepting pledges for 30 more days. "Small and powerful amplifier plays straight from your phone over bluetooth, on any speakers."
While it may be the dog days of August, GivingTuesday 2014 kicks off on December 4th. After spending a year facilitating a peer learning community of Knight Foundation grantees hosting giving days, one of the most factors for success for local no nonprofits participating is having about
Please help us spread the basic concepts of the crowdfunding campaigns with the masses by sharing the following free training class links with your social media networks By Robert Hoskins Austin, Texas - It amazes me to discover at business networking events the number of people that that have never heard of crowdfunding.
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We have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals. Now, we have #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.
