Archive for August, 2009
Tribute to Volunteer Videographers
Folks,
In case you haven’t been following it, one of the most viewed Youtube videos in recent weeks is by Steve Carroll, the professional musician whose guitar was damaged by United Airlines baggage handlers. United then refused to pay any damages. Big mistake.
Steve Carroll promised to write three [...]
Another Clueless Board of Directors – PCRM
Obama’s Kids – Out of Bounds – Where Was the PCRM Board?
The Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) just started a new advertising campaign aimed at the fact that most school lunches in the country do not have vegetarian or vegan choices. You may agree or disagree about the validity of a vegetarian [...]
Geography Matters and Is Personal
On Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog she has a post about
“The albino squirrel and the investor: aka the problem with donors”
The link is here:
http://www.nonprofitmarketingblog.com/
Geography Matters and Is Personal
That’s the concept that seems to be missing from these discussions about “high impact philanthropy” as if there is a “rational market based philanthropy fund” into which any willing [...]
Try it from your supporter’s perspective
Nancy Schwartz has a good post on her blog, www.gettingattention.org, about “Put Yourself in the Shoes of Your Member/User/Donor — Just for a Minute.”
She’s going through the process of changing e-mail service providers, and has some very salient points about how important the “tiny steps” can be when you’re actually changing processes, or [...]
