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Raising Money From Text Message Donations

Michael Stein, an internet strategist for NPOs, wrote a nice post about mGive on his blog. He outlined mGive’s services and pricing structure. He also mentioned Keep a Child Alive and their flash web widget. You can view their flash widget here: http://keepachildalive.org/media/index.php?p=textalive.
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Mobile Giving - How to Make it Work for Your Nonprofit

Joanne Fritz from About.com got in touch with me a few weeks ago with a couple of questions for a mobile giving article she was writing. The article published today with added contributions from Jessie Newburn, a consultant on social media, and Mark Miller, Director of Philanthropic Marketing and Communication for Children’s National Medical Center. [...]

Mysterious Millenials

Millennials and Mobile Giving are increasingly being lumped together, but what does that mean to your organization? How do you reach these Millenials? What are the characteristics of this “plugged-in” generation? JessieX explores Millenials and what they mean to your organization in an informative audio clip. Check it out below.
Millenials and [...]

Major League Baseball, Stand Up To Cancer announce groundbreaking new campaign to raise money for cancer research

For Immediate Release
Major League Baseball, Stand Up To Cancer announce groundbreaking new campaign to raise money for cancer research
Commissioner Selig, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sheryl Crow announce unprecedented mobile-giving initiative to take place in ballparks across the country
Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig, accompanied by Sarah Jessica Parker and Sheryl Crow, both representing Stand Up To [...]

Cause Marketing Sampler

Joe Waters at Selfish Giving wrote an awesome expose on Cause Marketing and Mobile Giving. He outlines the three campaigns making headlines right now-

Alicia Keys and Keep a Child Alive (Text ‘ALIVE’ to 90999)
The Washington Nationals and Children’s National Medical Center (Text ‘NATS’ to 90999)
Stand Up to Cancer (Text ‘STAND’ to 40202)

He also ties [...]

Text-to-Donate Alive and Well in U.S.

Kim over at Mobile Marketing Watch wrote a great post discussing Alicia Key’s Text-to Donation campaign and mentioned mGive. She also brings up Millennials, a buzzword that is starting to become synonymous with mobile donations.
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