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Nonprofit Fundraising survey for 2011 reveals hopes and concerns

This may be one of the most comprehensive nonprofit fundraising surveys of the year and comes highly recommended especially when trying to gauge the pulse of the industry as we head quickly into the beginning of 2011. I'm referring to...

December 23, 2010 Read More

Southwest Airlines align CSR with Make-A-Wish Foundation via novel use of social media

Southwest Airlines have launched a creative way to introduce their millions of customers to a charitable cause in a practical way involving social media. This level of creativity is a very tangible way for a company to demonstrate their commitment...

December 21, 2010 Read More

Is Apple taking a bite out of mobile giving to nonprofits?

Nonprofit fundraising is often in tandem with the economy and quite naturally has faced some difficulties in the last 2 to 3 years. While donations overall fell away in conjunction with the recession which was very nearly global; the response...

December 17, 2010 Read More

Jumo early verdict – hit and miss

Now that Jumo have had a live beta version online for about a week the reviews are coming in from far and wide. Opinions range from the ecstatic to the unconvinced and in the middle many are taking a wait...

December 10, 2010 Read More

5 great timesavers for your nonprofit fundraising Twitter account

Using Twitter to help grow the networking capability of your nonprofit fundraising organization is a topic I've touched upon previously on the blog, for example this post about tagging/keyword reach and this one about creating a simple to use audio...

December 9, 2010 Read More

What might a return of the estate tax mean for fundraising in the US?

Nonprofit fundraising in the US could be impacted most by a tax change coming up in 2011 in terms of giving amongst the wealthiest. A two year trend of reduced donations from those with the highest net worth may see...

December 7, 2010 Read More

As nonprofit fundraising enters the holiday season, a new survey projects results

As the calendar turns to December in many cases nonprofit fundraising enters into its most critical time of the year as the season of goodwill usually reflects in-kind with increased donations received by nonprofits. Many nonprofits receive as much as...

December 2, 2010 Read More

AFP’s Congress 2010 begins today in Toronto and Miratel is pleased to be a sponsor

We are involved in providing fundraising services all year round and we are extremely excited and honoured to be taking part in this week's Congress 2010 -  the premier gathering of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) here in Toronto....

November 30, 2010 Read More

Harris Poll indicates fundraising slowly turning round

Professional fundraising is facing new and different challenges in the US according to a new Harris poll of more than 2500 adults surveyed in September. The impact of an economy that continues to struggle to find solid footing after three...

November 26, 2010 Read More

Jumo launch just two weeks away, will a fundraising revolution follow?

It was more than six months ago when I first wrote about Jumo and how the co-founder of Facebook hoped that a new social media platform aimed to unite nonprofits with donors could potentially change everything we know about nonprofit...

November 17, 2010 Read More

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