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How do we shift from online fundraising to online engagement?
Remember a few years ago when Facebook introduced the Causes application? It seemed very exciting that you could at once show off the causes you supported and use the "social" part of social media to connect your friends. Because of your support, the reach of...
Can we really measure our way to Utopia?
To what ends are we measuring? For which purposes do we evaluate? In a recent board meeting someone said, We can measure. We can seek to tally our impact. But will it change us? If only one child is hungry, will we not still feed them? It's fascinating for me to...
How does it feel? Update: Small Change Fund Thank You Notes
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about my interest in how online giving platforms "feel". My interest is in an attempt to understand how we can better humanize online giving and make the peer-to-peer connection stronger. In my example, I talked about a donation I made...