New media

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

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

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.

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

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.

Near Field Communication, or NFC to offer you a new acronym for your word bank, is a step change in how people will interact with objects and thing

This week’s blog is dedicated to a small group of charities who are trying different things to raise awareness and money.  We’ve talked a lot on these pages about the lack of a ‘success guarantee’ when trying something new but I find myself appreciating these three initiatives for the same reasons:

Several UK charities are making the most of new Internet meme the Harlem Shake to spread some fun and raise funds at the same time.

Last week Dawn Newton from Healthy Planet organised a free Google Analytics training day for charities, delivered by