Social Network Fundraising?

I am chairing a panel at this next summer's Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Nonprofits Symposium on the Internet and Web 2.0 fundraising. I'm trying to learn what this means for major gifts fundraising and for capital campaign fundraising for nonprofit organizations. Let me know what you think.

I'll try to find articles that help all of us "oldtimers" understand this new world of social networking better.

One news article caught my attention. Parade Magazine and Case Foundation's "America's Giving Challenge" conducted a six-week contest to encourage use of social networking and Web 2.0 tools for nonprofit fundraising. Eight people won $50,000 prizes each for driving the greatest number of donors to contribute to their cause. Portland, Oregon resident Peggy Padden won one of the prizes for raising$65,522 from 2,732 donors for the Franconi Anemia Research Fund reported The Oregonian. For more information click here.

Tom Wilson
Author, Winning Gifts

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