Most people have already heard about the many charity web sites promoting the purchase of goats, pigs, and other animals for developing nations as alternative gifts for the holidays. We thought it would be interesting to look at some other creative fundraising campaigns that are using the web to spread their messages this holiday season.
Artez Interactive demonstrates how clients can enable a Facebook widget on event registrants' personal fundraising pages.
ArtezInterAction '08: Heather Dougherty, Director of Research at Hitwise, outlines the dominance of Facebook and MySpace, the increasing traffic from social networks to charitable websites and the opportunity that social networks provide to build awareness and support fundraising.
ArtezInterAction '08, Artez's Second Annual Fundraising and Networking Conference held in Toronto, was a great success featuring over 250 attendees, over 20 renowned speakers from the non-profit industry, a plethora of informative and engaging sessions focused entirely on the charity sector and much more.
ArtezInterAction '08: Patrick Thoburn, Co-Founder of Matchstick, details the shifting control in advertising, the prevalence of word of mouth marketing and the importance of social networks especially for charities and non-profits.
ArtezInterAction '08: Michael LeBlanc, Director of Marketing of The Shopping Channel, outlines the key aspects of search, social media and online success for all consumer behaviour and charities.
ArtezInterAction '08: Don Lange, Senior Vice President of Cornerstone Group of Companies, provides insight into why Google is important, how its technology works, and the positive impact it can have on charities and not-for-profits.