StreetSmart Australia announced their 2009-2010 results on Monday – an impressive $351,400 now funding 84 grassroots projects to help the homeless.
I’m really impressed with how open and transparent StreetSmart are about where the money goes. In addition to providing details of recipients by year, state and amount, StreetSmart are ahead of the curve when it [...]
When I started this blog, the idea was to create a resource for Australian nonprofit workers just getting their feet wet with social media and wider nptech. However, there’s so many nptech bloggers that cover this, quite frequently and in-depth every time. Why reinvent the wheel?
Over the last few weeks I’ve been thinking about the [...]
***UPDATE*** Unfortunately, a personal issue has arisen that has upset my plans to attend 10NTC. The wonderful people who were so generous in helping me have received full refunds, an explanatory email and my eternal gratitude!
Today, thanks to the generosity of the NTEN community, 57 lucky people (including me – woohoo!) have been granted scholarships [...]
In the interest of practising what I preach, I’d like to share with you a project I’ve implemented at work involving Foursquare.
RSPCA Australia has a scheme called Choose Wisely:
Choose Wisely businesses serve humanely produced eggs, chicken or pork (or all three) at a Gold, Silver or Bronze level, depending on whether they use them in [...]
Today I’d like to highlight a few projects created by some social changemakers doing good for the Australian community.
Riding4acause
Site: Riding4acause.org
Twitter: @Riding4acause
Facebook: Causes page
Riding4acause is a project by to raise awareness for male depression by 3 guys riding motorcycles. Their goal is to raise male depression – which is suffered by 1 in 8 men worldwide. [...]
When adding online and social media into the traditional communications and marketing mix, it’s easy to be swept up in the technology. Because online can provide us with so many metrics, it’s easy to forget you’re dealing with people, not numbers on a spreadsheet or fancy graphs in an analytics package.
Numbers are nice. But [...]
Without a doubt, Twitter was the service that had Australian nptechies really excited last year. I think this year, Foursquare may just be the “next big thing” as it has finally been made available everywhere. Here’s a few scenarios for how Foursquare could work for nonprofits:
Op Shops – Everyone loves picking up a bargain at [...]
Reading Trendwatching.com’s Top 10 Consumer Trends for 2010 got me thinking about how nonprofits could potentially be taking advantage of these this year.
The trend of Embedded Generosity, where “consumers will continue to respond well to products and services which have a charitable component” is a trend that many nonprofit marketing departments are already aware and [...]
TweetsGiving celebrations are kicking off next week – are you ready?
I just found out tonight that Sydney will also be holding a gratitude party – joining Melbourne and Canberra.
In terms of Canberra, our event is planned for December 1, to be held at The Front, Lyneham, after work. All CTUB, SMC Canberra and NetTuesday Canberra [...]
I had a bit of of a shock this morning when I discovered @TheEllenShow had started following me on Twitter. Why on earth would Ellen DeGeneres, comedian and talk show host, be following me? This piqued my interest, so I went to find out why.
At the time of writing, Ellen has over 3.6 million followers, [...]