On Friday evening, I watched something amazing unfold online - all while trying to get my kids into the bath and get their rooms ready for bed. Saying things like, "Hang on guys, I'm trying to copy and paste some of these tweets!" had little effect, but I couldn't help it. This was...

For the past two years I have participated in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. "Relay" raises money for cancer research, and uses the team fundraising method to recruit relayers and raise money. Like most team fundraising events today, you register online and create or join...

I wanted to give a quick shout out and CONGRATULATIONS to Pat Conley , the winner of the "Name Jim Bush's Blog". As I said before all of the entries were great, but there could be only one winner. Pat's entry captured the essence of what I hope this adventure will be - topics that will...

We have a winner … and my Blog will have a new official name beginning tomorrow! All of the suggestions submitted were great, but there was one that really captured the theme of my Blog. So, check back here tomorrow to see who won, and invite your friends to become part of our little Blogging world....

It’s very early Saturday morning and I am on my way home from our Canadian Conference. As usual, I can’t sleep so I am catching up on yesterday’s USA Today. In the paper, there is an article, “Small contributions make big impact,” which has some amazing statistics about online giving to the Obama and...

One of my goals with my new blog is to share stories and interesting information from fundraising and philanthropy conferences I attend, and I thought it might be relevant to kick off this part of my blog today at Blackbaud's Canadian Conference on Philanthropy in Montreal, happening today and tomorrow...

We talk a lot about nonprofits using the social web to attract and engage donors, but the concepts trend more towards awareness than action. Using MySpace or YouTube to deliver your message to a broad audience is one thing - getting them to act is another. That’s where SixDegrees.org , AOL Instant Messenger...