Comments on: Fourth Leg of the Donor Pyramid http://www.asmallchange.net/fourth-leg-of-the-donor-pyramid/ Making sense of fundraising for non-profits. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:57:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Wild Apricot Blog : Web 2.0 Nonprofit Success Stories - Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants http://www.asmallchange.net/fourth-leg-of-the-donor-pyramid/comment-page-1/#comment-52666 Wild Apricot Blog : Web 2.0 Nonprofit Success Stories - Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:26:00 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=97#comment-52666 [...] at A Small Change, sees this kind of peer to peer fundraising as the next great wave, where word-of-mouth gives nonprofits a fourth avenue for generating funding [...] [...] at A Small Change, sees this kind of peer to peer fundraising as the next great wave, where word-of-mouth gives nonprofits a fourth avenue for generating funding [...]

]]> By: Elizabeth Able http://www.asmallchange.net/fourth-leg-of-the-donor-pyramid/comment-page-1/#comment-2237 Elizabeth Able Thu, 01 May 2008 14:51:50 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=97#comment-2237 I've been thinking on parallel lines. I've been wondering if community constructs offline are reflected online only as a reflection of where human behavior meets the software. Otherwise, we make our own place, and the Internet is a wide open world. Remember the badges that web sites a la 1999 displayed? Best [Whatever] Site, [Whatever] Site of the Month, etc? Humans seem to like those things. They're like slogan tshirts or door mats with words written on them. We like a little expression and dress up. We like to share. I'll bet that charity donation widgets could be the next Site of the Month tshirt. In general, I don't think the widgets or the web sites are there yet. Some of those widgets load like tanks, customization is lacking or not easy, and you don't need to get far into tech to lose most bloggers who are not also web dev people. Done right, though, a donation widget could become an expression of community, and the online community is *big* and getting more social all the time. I’ve been thinking on parallel lines. I’ve been wondering if community constructs offline are reflected online only as a reflection of where human behavior meets the software. Otherwise, we make our own place, and the Internet is a wide open world.

Remember the badges that web sites a la 1999 displayed? Best [Whatever] Site, [Whatever] Site of the Month, etc? Humans seem to like those things. They’re like slogan tshirts or door mats with words written on them. We like a little expression and dress up. We like to share.

I’ll bet that charity donation widgets could be the next Site of the Month tshirt. In general, I don’t think the widgets or the web sites are there yet. Some of those widgets load like tanks, customization is lacking or not easy, and you don’t need to get far into tech to lose most bloggers who are not also web dev people.

Done right, though, a donation widget could become an expression of community, and the online community is *big* and getting more social all the time.

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