2012 was quite a year – I kept building my business, I spoke at and attended numerous networking and professional development events, I met incredible people and I got involved in some fantastic new projects. What’s in store for 2013? I can only imagine bigger and even better things! I had such a busy December that I didn’t get to make a …
How To Encourage The Spirit of Giving In Young Children?
As a parent who works with many nonprofit organizations, both as a consultant and as a volunteer, I often wonder how to communicate what I do to my young daughter. Some mothers are doctors, teachers, stay-at-home moms, retailers, police. How to explain what I do to a three-year-old when often the adults I encounter don’t get it? Teaching my daughter …
Using Social Media In The Aftermath of Sandy Hook
Like most parents, I’ve been trying to put into words what I’ve been feeling since first hearing about the horrible events that unfolded in Newtown, Connecticut. I still can’t. Helpless is the only world I can come up with – total, utter helplessness. And, also, anger. Horrible, unspeakable things happen in our world every single day. But the visceral, raw …
13 Nonprofit Social Media New Year’s Resolutions for 2013
The end of the year is a time for reflection, for relaxation and for introspection. In the fast-paced, minute-to-minute, rapidly-changing world of social media, taking the time to see the bigger picture becomes especially important. Nonprofit professionals should take a moment to take stock of their social media marketing efforts in 2012 and ask themselves the following questions: How did …
Congress Is On Instagram – Why Isn’t Your Nonprofit?
What was once a bastion for teens and the tech-savvy to share photos of their feet at the beach, food porn and tall buildings shot from interesting angles, Instagram has now attracted a new set of users – politicians. According to The Hill’s Twitter Room, Congressmen and women are now jumping on the Instagram bandwagon. Since being acquired by Facebook …
Nonprofits, social media and fundraising: #GivingTuesday is a few of my favorite things
I know you’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. To most, these are revered celebrations of online consumerism and the chance to stomp on strangers for the lowest priced television. In response to this, but also as a great idea in and of itself, #GivingTuesday has been embraced by the nonprofit and philanthropic world as an alternative to the …
The fallacy of “declaring your personal copyright” on Facebook
Have you seen this cut-and-paste status update in your News Feed today? In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, comics, paintings, professional photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention). For commercial use of the above, my written consent is needed at …
Is Facebook Ruining Facebook?
In yesterday’s The Huffington Post, notorious Facebook criticizer Mark Cuban, Owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Chairman of HDNet, wrote a provocative post – “What I Really Think of Facebook”. In this post Cuban captured a common sentiment that is circulating the web. Facebook is ruining Facebook. How is Facebook ruining itself? By taking itself too seriously. By over thinking it’s …
How Groupon and LivingSocial are raising millions for charity using social media
Daily Deal sites have been getting slammed in the press, in the stock market and from businesses who claim they are destroying certain industries. The pros of using a Daily Deal site to grow your business, attract new customers and create social media buzz are many. But the cons are numerous as well. What if Daily Deal sites could be used for good – to collect donations …