This is a guest post from a past cause of the week, One More Generation – Helping Endangered Species Survive and Thrive It’s Official, Carter and Olivia have been chosen as finalists in the Oceana “Oceans Hero” Award (CLICK HERE TO CAST YOUR VOTE). We are so excited and honored. There were apparently hundreds of nominations from all [...]
As an event planning professional, I have seen all types of non-profit fundraisers. Some I have produced myself, and others I have helped organize for other groups. There are many things to consider when putting together a non profit fundraising event. Sometimes you can control the situation, and sometimes you can’t. Some of the biggest [...]
On Tuesday 22 February the New Zealand city of Christchurch was hit by a devastating earthquake, 6.3 on the Richter scale; bringing destruction and death by natural disaster the country hasn’t seen in recent memory. New Zealand with a population of about 4.7 million, has been reeling since news of the quake. Christchurch one of [...]
Although it’s just the beginning of 2011, there are some people that are already getting ready for Christmas 2011. This week’s Cause of the Week is a wonderful charity that helps children in need. The charity is called Christmas Exchange. How did the whole idea come about? We are a charity whose mission it is [...]
On our Facebook page we posted a question to our fans asking if they liked Twitter or Facebook better. It wasn’t a surprise that most people using Facebook found that they used it more than Twitter. But why do Facebook users have a hard time using Twitter? If you have a non profit organization, you [...]
This week, we have Broadview Community Youth Group as our cause of the week. How did the whole idea come about? The BCYG was started at a housing co-operative when it was spun out of a program the co-op had been running for the children and youth who lived there. At the time, the program [...]
I recently had the honor of interviewing Casey Neese, Heifer International’s Social Networking Marketing Manager about their organization. How did the whole idea come about? The idea of Heifer started in 1944 from our founder, Dan West. He was a Midwestern farmer who was working as a relief worker handing out rations of milk to hungry [...]