Connector Corner: Accelerate revenue generation using UiPath API-centric busi...
Nonprofit
1. Social Networking
for Action and
Fundraising
David Cohn
Social Media and Nonprofits: Two-Day Intensive Workshop
2. Fun Stats
• Gift economy in the U.S. in 2006 was?
• How much of that was from small
individual donors?
• The most I’ve seen raised on Twitter in 90
minutes? (hint: Beth Kanter)
3. How to Engage?
• You Are NOT the most
important thing in the world.
4. How to Engage?
• Be Relevant and helpful
• What is in it for them?
• What else are people sharing?
• Marketing is conversation.
6. How to Engage?
• Community Organizing Trumps
Technology Any Day of the Week
Listen, Learn, Adapt
7. How to Engage?
• Community Organizing Trumps
Technology Any Day of the Week
Listen, Learn, Adapt
That said.... here are some
technical tips and tools.
8. Twitter
• Increases serendipity.
• Go beyond just Twitter.com: Try -
Search.twitter.com, Mr Tweet, Twhirl,
SocialToo, or any of the thousands of
Twitter based tools.
9. Collecting Money?
• Facebook Causes (nonprofits only)
• ThePoint.com
• Fundable
• Pledgebank
• Chip-In
• Spot.Us (cheap plug for my project)
• PLENTY OF OTHERS! Find one that is
right for you.
10. Collecting Money
Yourself
• Is possible but requires some overhead.
• Either: PayPal or Google Checkout
Integration (cheaper and just as good by
most accounts).
• Or a Payment Gateway merchant
account and SSL certificate.