Beth Kanter's Blog

Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Brief History and Meta Analysis of Fundraising With Twitter

Beth Kanter — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:12:57 GMT

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. I wondered whether or not those results would be replicable? Right before Thanksgiving, the TweetsGiving...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Beth Kanter — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:01:49 GMT

Later today, our family will sit down for a lovely Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings. But many other people across America won't have that luxury. According to the Food Research and Action Center, more than 36 million people lived...

Managing Technology To Meet Your Mission from NTEN

Beth Kanter — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:45:53 GMT

NTEN has just announced its forthcoming book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders. It was written by NTEN members for nonprofit leaders who want to harness the power of technology to support their work....

Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth Kanter — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:45:53 GMT

When I was a kid, Lucy the Elephant, was in a state of disrepair. A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. How? Bake sales...

Causewired Book and O'Reilly Twitter Report Giveaway Winners ....

Beth Kanter — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:45:53 GMT

This month I had two different giveaways - a book and report. This post announces the winners:O'Reilly Twitter Report Giveaway: Sarah Milstein was kind enough to send me a report called "Twitter and the Micro-Messaging Revolution that she co-authored for...

What's Your Big Idea for Change in America?

Beth Kanter — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:45:53 GMT

Ideas for Change in America is a citizen-driven project that aims to identify and create momentum around the best ideas for how the Obama Administration and 111th Congress can turn the broad call for "change" across the country into specific...

First there was Trick or Tweet, and Now Tweetsgiving!

Beth Kanter — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:45:52 GMT

I've always enjoyed how the web gets into the holiday spirit. Google has been celebrating holidays by changing its logo to a holiday theme since 1999. And a quick look around the social web last Halloween and there were so...

Need Your Help for a BlogHer Post: Kids and Philanthropy

Beth Kanter — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:17:36 GMT

I'm working on what has become my annual holiday post at BlogHer on the topic: Helping kids understand why it is better to give than to receive.I have many examples from my own children and those of Sharing Foundation stakeholders...

TwitPay? But What About Twit2Donate? Maybe in 2012?

Beth Kanter — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:07:28 GMT

Last December, when I was fundraising for the Sharing Foundation via Twitter, my colleague Kevin Gamble didn't want to get out of his chair to find his wallet in order to make an online donation. After using some Twitter donor...

Twitter for Dummies: Nominate A Charity to Receive Proceeds - I nominated one of the first Charities to raise money using Twitter ...

Beth Kanter — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:07:28 GMT

Laura Fitton (aka @pistachio) the Twitter for Dummies site where folks are contributing ideas and tips to help write the book. In addition, 10% of the proceeds will benefit a charity to be nominated by the community. I nominated the...