Charity

Facebook, Chase Team Up for Crowdsourced Philanthropy Program

Instead of just writing trite wall posts and playing FarmVille, what if Facebook users could be directed towards doing good deeds? That's the thinking behind the Chase Community Giving Program, a new app that allows users to choose ...READ»

No Small Feat: GiveCard Pioneers Microgiving

As the old holiday adage goes: It's better to give than to receive. But what if a single gift could let you do both? That's the idea behind GiveCard, a gift card that requires part of its value to be donated to a charity of your ...READ»

Charity Gifts - Give When You Want To

Charity gifts should be given as a result of personal conviction, not out of guilt or a fear of being publicly humiliated.READ»

Cause Marketing Even More Important for Women In Down Economy

What do female consumers want from companies? The answer is simple: They just want them to be good. In 2007, Self magazine released results from a study titled GOOD, which examined how women react to cause marketing. Its findings ...READ»

Twitter's New Wine Gets You Drunk on Social Causes

Twitter founder Biz Stone is launching a wineREAD»

Tips From the Twitter Elite

Simple tips from the best of the best attendees at the 140 Conference.READ»

Charities Report Fall In Income

The recession is forcing one third of charities to think about the future, many are facing diminishing incomes and donations at the same time as rising demand.The Charity Commission has recently published its third survey examining ...READ»

Congratulations Eddie Izzard!

Eddie Izzard has completed an amazing 43 marathons in 51 days in aid of Sport Relief.After only five weeks of training he ran 1,105 miles accompanied by his tour manager, sports therapist and an ice cream van. He was also joined ...READ»

Craigslist's Craig Newmark Turns to Charity Promotion

Craig Newmark has a new gig: As well as working on his famously successful Craigslist, he's dabbling in philanthropy. But since he doesn't have Bill Gates' piles of cash, he's using a different asset--his voice.Newmark's just ...READ»

Patagonia’s Founder on Why There’s “No Such Thing as Sustainability”

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard may be pessimistic about the earth's future, but he's determined to keep fighting. An exclusive interview.READ»

• Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard and Tom Brokaw Talk Green Marketing [video]
• Can Wal-Mart Be Sustainable? Ask Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard [video]

Norman Foster's Plan to Save the Children: Build a School for Sierra Leone

Lord Foster designs a low-cost school for charity.READ»

The Non-Killer App: Grow a Tree from your iPhone

Environmentally-minded iPhone applications abound, but the iPhorest might just be the first to let you plant a tree without lifting a finger. After downloading the $4.99 app, the iPhorest lets you go through the virtual act ...READ»

The Downside of Running a Charity Like a Business

Charities are now falling into bankruptcy as times get tougher. The trend of the '00s has been for nonprofits to act more like for-profits--social entrepreneurs, social venture funders, social capitalists, triple bottom liners, ...READ»

Writing Holiday Donation Emails E-Book by OnlineMarketerBlog

Most membership organizations use the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas to raise money for the coming year. Many use email to ask their members to donate to the cause. And many organizations do this very, very badly. I have written a free e-book about writing holiday donation emails. These are the emails where organizations, especially non-profits, solicit money from their members. It is often the life’s blood of a membership organization.READ»

Saving Lives in Iraq With Tech Convention Schwag

Have you ever come home from a tech convention with a bag full of schwag and wondered if there was a better use for it? Emerging media consultant Michael Liskin was wondering the same thing when he came up with the idea for the ...READ»