Comments on: The Next Big Thing… Technology? http://www.asmallchange.net/the-next-big-thing%e2%80%a6-technology/ Making sense of fundraising for non-profits. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:01:49 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: nonprofitSherpa http://www.asmallchange.net/the-next-big-thing%e2%80%a6-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-84 nonprofitSherpa Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:40:13 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=27#comment-84 I was so excited to find your blog when I saw your most recent post on Digg. I am part of a team called echoDonations. We are in the beginning stages of spreading the word about our new web-based technology for the nonprofit community. We have developed a way in which donors can contribute to nonprofits and receive cash rewards for their investment...similar to investing in stock. The best part is - you can donate as little as $25, and you receive return on this investment every year for your entire life. I would love to add you to my blogroll. Please check out our site for yourself: echoDonations.org Michelle I was so excited to find your blog when I saw your most recent post on Digg. I am part of a team called echoDonations. We are in the beginning stages of spreading the word about our new web-based technology for the nonprofit community. We have developed a way in which donors can contribute to nonprofits and receive cash rewards for their investment…similar to investing in stock. The best part is – you can donate as little as $25, and you receive return on this investment every year for your entire life.

I would love to add you to my blogroll. Please check out our site for yourself: echoDonations.org

Michelle

]]> By: Beth Kanter http://www.asmallchange.net/the-next-big-thing%e2%80%a6-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Beth Kanter Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:23:01 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=27#comment-17 Nice to discover your blog!! Nice to discover your blog!!

]]> By: leonot http://www.asmallchange.net/the-next-big-thing%e2%80%a6-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-16 leonot Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:49:36 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=27#comment-16 The Selfishgiving.com peice is pretty good, and dovetails with the comment I posted on a prior post of yours: http://asmallchange.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/starting-a-business-program-part-2 Specifically: "Take a different tack and tell them something they don't know about you, like how you can help them grow their business. " and "Think of yourself as a nonprofit professional who helps companies make and save money." Sounds like things I could have said. :-) I'd love to see more CEOs or other NP exec's blogging, but there's a big risk: the temptation to "outsource" the writing. In otherwords, what's key about blogging is that it be open and authentic. In my mind that means that the CEO (or whomever's name is on the blog) actually do the writing, without a lot of organizational filtering from PR-like departments. How many CEOs have the time? How many have the skills? How many organizations will let them? And sadly, a NON-authentic blog will do much more harm than good. The Selfishgiving.com peice is pretty good, and dovetails
with the comment I posted on a prior post of yours:
http://asmallchange.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/starting-a-business-program-part-2
Specifically:

“Take a different tack and tell them something they don’t
know about you, like how you can help them grow their
business. ”

and

“Think of yourself as a nonprofit professional who helps
companies make and save money.”

Sounds like things I could have said. :-)

I’d love to see more CEOs or other NP exec’s blogging, but
there’s a big risk: the temptation to “outsource” the
writing. In otherwords, what’s key about blogging is that it
be open and authentic. In my mind that means that the CEO
(or whomever’s name is on the blog) actually do the writing,
without a lot of organizational filtering from PR-like
departments. How many CEOs have the time? How many have the
skills? How many organizations will let them?

And sadly, a NON-authentic blog will do much more harm than
good.

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