5 Ways to Engage Online Ambassadors

o

Activating online ambassadors–or influencers as they are known in social media parlance–can be a scary thing. Most people think of cranky bloggers who complain about getting over-pitched. And if you’re sending blatant asks to bloggers, that fear is a reasonable one. But, any organization that is skilled at cultivating board members and volunteers can be…

Empowering Others to Help

Empower-10.6.11

Image by Mavik2007 One of the biggest mistakes nonprofits and fundraisers make is going at it alone. Part of building effective communities in networked media is letting other people become a part of your effort and helping out. But to do that, you and/or your organization have to empower them. Will another person be as…

Galvanizing Your Core Before Beginning

GL-Galvanizing

Image by givikat Many people simply want to turn the lights on with their online fundraising campaign. But in a competitive giving environment, this represents a mistake and also leads to lesser results. Building an initiative requires advance work for maximum impact. Specifically, you want to galvanize and prepare your core team and most ardent…