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2008 National Catholic Development Conference
I'll be presenting later today at the 2008 National Catholic Development Conference here in Orlando , Florida. NCDC is celebrating 40 years and this event was created specifically for fundraisers of Catholic organizations. My presentation is called...
Rock Band and Fundraising
Unless you've been living in an isolated fishing village, then you've probably heard of the video game Rock Band . It's an extension of the popular Guitar Hero game that adds drums, bass, and vocals to the once solo lead guitar. The games...
Book Review of CauseWired
Tom Watson explores the societal impact of online social networks in his new book CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World (Wiley, November 2008) CauseWired is the first book focused on making sense of social media in the nonprofit...
2008 ePhilanthropy Foundation Symposium
Good morning from New York City . I'm attending today's ePhilanthropy Foundation Social Networking and Nonprofit Online Strategies Symposium at Columbia University . The agenda for the event is pretty exciting and there are 100+ people from across...
Connecting Some Different Dots
Here are a couple of different connections worth checking out... The Baudcast - Episode 8 This episode discusses Blackbaud NetCommunity v5.5, social networking noise, the European SONI Survey, and an interview with Marc Pitman . The panel discussion includes...
Internet Symposium coming to New York City
Blackbaud Interactive is holding an Internet Symposium in New York City on Thursday, May 22nd. The event will have a good mix of topics and presenters. And I'm sure we'll have a few good surprises to show as well. Get more details below: Where...
Free Fundraising Ideas Friday
Professional Fundraising magazine over in the UK has published my "No donor is an island: don’t maroon yours without a paddle" article this month. The good news is that the concept for the piece came from my "No Constituent is an Island"...
AFP 45th International Conference - Day 3
This is my last day in San Diego at the AFP International Conference before taking the red-eye back home tonight. I had been mulling over an April Fool's Day post but decided anything really humorous would also probably cause me some trouble. The...
Odds and Bookends
Beth Kanter is giving away a copy of People to People Fundraising at the Nonprofit Technology Conference next month. Beth will give it to the person who posts the best comment about using person-to-person fundraising strategies on her blog . A few people...
People to People Fundraising
(originally posted on BlogBaud ) The new book People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities recently hit the bookshelves. It was around this time last year that I was sending the draft of my chapter in the book to the editors...