When Oxfam and PayPal launched 100% Giving back in January it sparked a huge debate on my blog. Well it's back this September, PayPal is paying Oxfam’s admin costs on all donations made through PayPal. '100% on seeds and schoolbooks. 0% on staples and stickytape' reads the tagline.
Is 100% Giving a good thing or does it skew the public's views on what are 'essential' costs in running a charity?
UPDATE: Closing date to submit your name is 12pm 17th Aug 2011.
Shelter Scotland Foursquare Campaign from Shelter Scotland on Vimeo.
We'll have Conrad from Shelter Scotland at Be Good Be Social Edinburgh this Nov sharing how they get on and the wider importance of location-based social media for non-profits.
My 10 must-read Facebook resources for non-profits was a pretty popular post but as it's now a year old I've decided to search 10 fresh new links, well people do love a good list...
Five Nonprofits That Have Found Their Facebook Voice
If you are struggling with finding your Facebook voice, Like the five nonprofits listed above by Non-profit Tech 2.0 and learn from their example.
Five simple actions for hitting the ground running with Facebook Page
Facebook pages can be seen as a bit of minefield when you're new to them. However, there are very simple things you can do to make it much easier for your charity or organisation when setting up a presence. Read @Keanearrow's post to find out more.
What the Research Says About Increasing Facebook Engagement
Beth Kanter on the ball as usual. Great post based upon actual research findings.
Does a Facebook focus do us any favours?
Do we focus too much on Facebook? Tim Davies explores our obsession with the big blue social network.
Rob Dyson of Whizz-Kidz shares his thoughts on social media metrics.
The Ultimate Guide to Facebook Marketing
Not strictly speaking a non-profit specific post but this is a useful collection of juicy links from Copyblogger which any charity thinking about their Facebook presence will find useful.
How to import email contacts into your nonprofit Facebook Page
The Facebook Non-profit Guy shares a top tip on making the most of your contact list.
This official page is a resource for non-profits and other organizations interested in social good. Some great case studies and best practice in there.
One for the fundraisers, this is a great post from JustGiving.
Interesting #BeGoodBeSocial presentations and workshops from Rob McAllen, Marc Bowker, Sara Thomas and Rob Dyson exploring social media for social good. Topics include grassroots campaigns using Facebook, developing a social media fundraising strategy, using social media to engage staff and communicating in a Big Society.
Got any Facebook non-profit resources you'd like to share? Leave a comment or tweet me @thirdsectorlab
We'll be carrying out some user-experience testing on an arts charity website soon and we need your help. If you're over 18, can travel to Edinburgh or Glasgow and have 45 mins to spare then we'd love to hear from you. Ideally we're looking for people who don't have a web/design background and you don't need to know anything about the arts. We'll give you a few simple tasks to complete on the site and we'll ask you your opinion on elements of the site as we go along. What you think about the website matters to us and by giving up 45 minutes of your time you'll be helping the charity provide an even better service (we'll be able to tell you who they are when you get in touch). Oh and did I mention there's a £10 Amazon voucher in it for those who take part. We'll set a date/time that suits you - if you're interested in taking part or simply want to find out more then get in touch: ross[@]thirdsectorlab.co.uk or @ThirdSectorLab or leave a comment below.
Pennies from Pennies 4 Charity on Vimeo.
It's simple, easy to use and avoids high pressure tactics but will half the UK's cardholders give 8p a week to meet the £89m forecast?
Yeah you heard right. Donate your tweets.
JustCoz have developed a tool which I've had daydreams about for ages but I haven't had the time to do anything about. Put simply, it allows you to donate a tweet a day to your favourite cause.
Once you click the "Donate a Tweet a day" button on a cause page, you become a supporter for that cause. A non-profit can send messages through all their supporters. This means a message will be sent through your Twitter account with the content chosen by the cause.
I set up a Relationships Scotland page in about three minutes - http://justcoz.org/RelScot
For me this isn't spam, twitterers get to pick a cause they believe in and if your supporters don't like what you have to say then they simply ditch your messages with one click. I'm acutely aware that JustCoz won't go down well with everyone though. I'd be really interested to hear what people think about it.
