Economics

Social Media Fundraising in Online Social Networks

This is the presentation I did for 2010 around Fundraising in Online Social Networks. Covers everything from Social Networking to Facebook Causes to the Frozen Pea Fund and takes a look at ROI and tech channels for Non Profits to leverage in their efforts. The presentation also talks about the lightscamerahlep.org “Power of Ten” Campaign. Social Media Fundraising In Online ...

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Innovating Social Change – LIVE on 501derful.org

Organizations focusing on today’s social innovations range from a handful experienced players (Root Cause, Ashoka, Standford Social Innovation Review) to a growing presences of regional nonprofits and/or social enterprises addressing fundamental community problems. With a newly established federal agenda to stimulate and nurture social innovation in this country, how will Sonal Shah, head of the White House Office of Social ...

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How is Giving in Austin changing? Do we still suck?

The purpose of this survey is to find out how giving to charitable organizations in the Austin area has changed over the past few years and to examine factors influencing giving. Please consider taking 10-15 minutes of your time to respond. As a special thanks, your participation automatically enrolls you in a raffle for a $25 Polo/Ralph Lauren gift certificate. ...

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Do Ads on Facebook work? YES

So a big question for all of us in the Social Media game is what works as far as advertising?  Should I spend on Google Ad Words? Yahoo Ad Words? Facebook Ads? How can I get my non profit or my stuff in general out to more people? Well in the last few weeks I tried out Facebook Ads for ...

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