How do you tell your nonprofit’s story in 8 easy steps?

How can you make a photoset and submit to Tech Soup’s Digital Storytelling Contest?

Here’s how I learned to use Animoto and Audacity. Super simple. With Screenshots.

This is so easy.
It can take less than an hour to get your story out there.
You can use this over and over again in appeals online, on youtube, on vimeo, on your website, wherever.
It’s effective in fundraising and appeals
It can be SO EASY. So if you have an hour, why not try it?

Are you afraid and unquestioningly obedient?

Or do you live within your truth? Chris Hedges recently wrote an article for TruthDig called Occupy Draws Strength from the Powerless. In it, he quotes Vaclav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic, a revolution that took only 10 days. And he posits an astonishing theory. That you need to embrace your powerlessness. […]

NEW: How to get people to open your end-of-year appeal and GIVE

Today I was sitting in the car with my friend Steve, doing errands. We passed a giant dinosaur wearing a giant pink bra. He said, “Look at Breast Cancer. Everyone cares about that.” And I said, “Yes, that’s true.” And he said, “But look at Testicular Cancer, people don’t care about that!” and I said, […]

SLIDESHOW: These tips will help you raise more money online

Integrated Marketing – Overman View more presentations from Eric Overman From Eric Overman’s NTEN 2010 presentation I really liked the stats showing how online giving is up, boomer giving is up and the silent generation giving is down. We’ve got a lot to learn from this! And if you want to learn the next steps […]