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 […]

Guest post by Mazarine Treyz, Author of The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising, Speaker, Consultant Mazarine helps people get money for the causes they care about. She also helps businesses and people with their online reputations. Give her a shout on twitter, or email her at info@wildwomanfundraising.com. @wildwomanfund WildWomanFundraising.com ———————————————————————————————— You have one lick, and then you want more and more! It’s […]

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, […]

In our Page Editor, you can change colors using the on screen color palette. HEX codes of colors associated with your organization can be used, in lieu of the color palette, to give you more accurate color results. More accurate colors give the donor and supporters a better fundraising experience. But before we explain HEX codes, […]

Organizations are formed because of an idea — fight poverty, feed the hungry, advocate for human rights, or many other ideas. The visual design of your brand represents the idea behind your organization. It’s how your audience understands your organization. Generally, there are two elements that are important to visual branding – it has to […]

Last week, Erika Johansson invited us to give a demo at Purpose. It was really fun, and we ended up making a demo campaign for All Out in 10 minutes. Here is the result. You can see that the campaign site we whipped up looks pretty similar to the All Out website. One big thing […]

Fundraising online lets you reach a broad audience in a cost effective manner, but it can become impersonal. Many times, effective fundraising is driven by relationships and personal ownership. One way we make online fundraising personal is through donation tiers. Why are these tiers needed? A couple of reasons: 1. It communicates the impact of […]

A logo is just one part of your brand. At a general level, your brand is how your audience perceives and identifies you. Your brand is holistic; the mission, audience, and personality of your organization drive it. This foundation sets the course of your messaging platform (copywriting/storytelling) and visual identity. The visual identity includes the […]

Beautiful things happen in community: passions ignite, ideas form, and better technology products develop.  Our mission is to create better technology for non-profits and many of you have given us valuable feedback on how we can make that happen.  We’ve built the platform’s user interfaces and page editors (simple tools to change the look/feel/branding of […]

We’ve been dabbling with fundraising technology since 2007, and our trip to Uganda, a few years ago, was the catalyst for CauseVox. We served Action for Children (AFC), a Kampala-based NGO that serves children and families vulnerable due to HIV/AIDS and poverty, by providing pro bono marketing and IT support. Like a lot of pro […]