Beth Kanter is contemplating some great questions for anyone raising funds for a cause on social networking sites. One of the items discussed on her blog post The Future of Learning in a Networked World: Reflections From My Session is: "How often can you ask before people get burned out by it?""Would writing about what…
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Donating Time and Money
H&R Block has recently launched an interactive financial site called Digits. I was contacted and asked to start a conversation related to finance and giving. Click here to view the topic exploring where and why people donate time and money. Be sure to leave a text or video comment while you are there.
The Fundraising Houseparty
Have you considered throwing a party with a theme that revolves around your favorite cause? Are you interested in raising funds for that important cause in an entertaining way and without fear? If so, you are ready to throw a fundraising houseparty. Morrie Warshawski, author of Shaking The Money Tree: How to Get Grants and…
400 Donors and $11,140 For The Sharing Foundation To Date
You have asked how we are doing in raising funds for the Sharing Foundation as a part of the America’s Giving Challenge. As I sat at my computer this morning to write this blog post, I watched the number of donors rise to 400 and current donations total $11,140! This challenge is now moving faster…
Change A Child’s Life In Cambodia Through Literacy
Photo by Beth Kanter You can help change the life of a child in Cambodia. Literacy is key to interrupting a lifetime of living in poverty. The Sharing Foundation understands this. The Foundation today serves over 1,500 orphaned and seriously disadvantaged Cambodian children daily through numerous ongoing programs. These programs include teaching Khmer and English…
Presenting the Bloggers Who Create Community Award
The Bloggers Who Create Community Award was presented to me and the community at the Everyday Giving Blog by Laura at the Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference blog. The purpose of this award is to show gratitude for the community created on wonderful blogs. Since I received the award, I now have the…
December Giving Carnival
Christopher Scott did a great job capturing the entries for the December Giving Carnival. Go to his blog post at http://christopherscottblog.typepad.com/blog/2007/12/giving-carnival.html and learn how leadership impacts fundraising.
Playing the Stock Market with Nonprofits
It is extremely difficult to select individual stocks that increase our net worth. This is true even though we examine financial statements, annual reports, online ratings and financial magazines before making our decisions. A monkey has even done better than many of us at picking winners. If it is tough predicting the future performance of…
Only 3 Days Left To Make Donations In 2007
If you can see this, your browser doesn’t understand IFRAME. However, we’ll still link you to the file. The last week of the calendar year is traditionally the biggest for charitable donations. There are only 3 days left for you to make that year-end donation. Would you like a suggestion on where you can give?…
Bloggers Who Create Community Award
Laura at Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference presented the Bloggers Who Create Community Award to the Everyday Giving Blog. Here is what Laura had to say as she presented the award: "Roger Carr’s website, The Everyday Giving Blog, is all about helping others. I know that Mr. Carr has built a HUGE COMMUNITY…