Fundraising is the most effective when it’s personal. One way to make it personal is to embed photos onto your personal fundraising pages. Here’s an example: Here’s how you do it: 1. Go to Flickr and upload your photo. Make sure it’s set as public. 2. Click on the photo you want to embed in […]

Running your own fundraising page can be difficult. Yuan-Kwan, a fundraiser for SXSWcares, describes how they leverage social media, email marketing, and their magazine’s support base to raise awareness and support for disaster relief. Check out their website and the interview below. Tell us a little bit about who you are. My name is Yuan-Kwan […]

The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) is the Olympic development organization for cross-country skiing in New England as well as the umbrella for most organized Nordic skiing events in the region. They launched a fundraising campaign not too long ago. One of their fundraisers, Rob Bradlee, has raised $3100 by making the campaign personal. […]

I remember growing up and listening to the stories my grandparents would tell me about the China Civil War. They would talk about fighting in the war, taking care of the wounded, and eventually escaping to Taiwan. Their stories would capture my attention completely. Stories are narratives that help us understand events, culture, and morals. […]

Let’s talk about one of the first documented instances of supporter-driven fundraising. Bruce is the founder of BBDO, a global ad agency, and is often referred to as the one of the first to do supporter-driven fundraising. In 1925, there was a college in Kentucky called Berea that educated the local towns. The students were […]

I met Yoko Nakano at SXSW during our panel discussion about SXSWcares. After things settled down at bit in the campaign, I asked Yoko to share her thoughts on fundraising for SXSWcares. Check out some of her scientifically-ground tips on how to get your friends, family, and coworkers to give. Tell us a little about […]

We presented at Non-Profit Technology Conference in Washington DC last week about peer-to-peer fundraising. Peer-to-peer fundraising is basically a method of fundraising that gets your supporters to fundraise through their personal networks. It’s the non-profit version of crowd-funding and a part of what we offer here at CauseVox. Check out the presentation. You can download […]

On the morning of the first day of SXSW, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster. The news agencies were reporting that hundreds of people have died and tens-of-thousands were missing. In addition, earthquakes and potential nuclear reactor meltdowns posed serious threats to an already disaster-torn country. Without hesitation, we launched […]

Yesterday we launched SXSW4Japan (SXSWcares) to rally the interactive community here to raise support for the Japan Tsunami Disaster. It’s amazing to see the Tweets, the posts, and the chatter all around this event. One of the fundraisers, Taro Radke, has blown away this fundraising effort. So far, he has raised over $1000 for disaster […]

We presented on non-profit web and tech with Jenni Schwartz at NYU a while back. She brings a wealth of experience in website design and best practices. We often get questions about enhancing non-profit websites, so we asked her to share a few tips with you. Jenni is the owner of Jenni Schwartz Design LLC, […]