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Why a CharityGiving situation shouldn’t occur with your chosen online donation platform

Earlier this week Blackbaud Europe’s Martin Campbell wrote about the impa

Don’t let CharityGiving turn donors away from online giving

Blackbaud UK Online Giving Trends - average gift, 2010-2012

The recent news that online giving platform CharityGiving has been suspended<

Cancer Research UK's annual report as animated infographic

How do you make a charity's annual report interesting and get more people to read it? You could try emulating Cancer Research UK's approach.

How charities joined in the Twitter chat about the #RoyalBaby

The announcement yesterday morning that the Duchess of Cambridge had gone into labour generated extensive and excessive chatter on social media channels.

Fundraising with Facebook pays off

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New research from Canadian online fundraising solutions provider Artez Interactive has revealed just how valuable Facebook can be as a fundraising tool.

Interview with Kylee Ingram about events fundraising app TeamTap

Team Tap

Yesterday I met with Kylee Ingram who has developed Team Tap, a mobile app that lets spectators at sports and other events raise funds by competing to achieve the largest number of taps or bumps on

The art of a simple 'Thank You'

Thank you bag. Photo: mandiberg on Flickr.com

How can charities say thank you to donors, supporters, event participants, members and anyone else who deserves those two words?

NFPtweetup: how can charities use gamification?

This week's NFPtweetup, at which charity staff meet up to share experiences of and ideas for using digital media and tools, focused on gamification and how charities could use it.

Managing your brand in a digital world

I went to a very enjoyable breakfast seminar by CharityComms about managing risk and reputation.

Augmented reality app urges smokers to swap cigarettes for cash

Swap fags for swag

The British Heart Foundation has worked with augmented reality app specialists Blippar to try to persuade smokers to quit and use the money saved for something else.

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