Posts Tagged ‘Ted Hart’

MLB All-Star Game Teams up with Karma411 to Hit Fundraising Homerun

Monday, March 12th, 2012

The 2012 MLB All-Star Game may be months away, but you can sign up now to support MLB and the All-Star Game Charity 5K & Fun Run presented by Nike July 8, 2012 in Kansas City. Proceeds from the event will be donated to three charities committed to cancer research and education: Prostate Cancer Foundation, Stand Up To Cancer and Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Karma411 built a customized site for MLB to make it easy for supporters to take action, get involved by supporting a great cause and, of course, get in the game! Listen to CEO John Murcott as he talks about the MLB project with Ted Hart on his radio show The Nonprofit Coach BlogTalkRadio during his Second Anniversary show.

To sign up visit the site and click on the grey Register blimp button, fill out a short form and you are up and running! You will be given your own personal fundraising page where you can upload an image, describe why this cause is important to you and set your fundraising goal. Make sure to share your page with your friends and family with a customized email using the mail tool, as well as via Facebook and Twitter. The top 20 fundraisers will be featured on the website under All-Star Rosters, you can even become an MVP! The site has already raised over $27,000 with over 950 participants- get in the game!

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Crowdfunding…thoughts?

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

It might seem that nonprofits are always learning and benefiting  from for profit businesses. For example, corporations have made it possible for software programs like Salesforce to funnel down, in an affordable way, giving nonprofits a great tool. But surely there are some instances where the opposite can be said?

Enter crowdfunding.

The term first came about in the early 2000’s and illustrates how sometimes the roles are reversed. Venture Capital firms and entrepreneurs have taken on this traditionally tied to charity, grassroots approach to fund new businesses.

Karma411 was essentially built around this concept that getting smaller donations from many people, making the friend to friend connection, can be very powerful. We believe leveraging social media in crowdfunding for your cause is an essential compliment to traditional fundraising efforts and refer to this as people to people campaigns.

For more insights into the theory behind this and more on strategy and trade secrets that your company can utilize read Internet Management for Nonprofits and by Ted “The Nonprofit Coach” Hart. The fourth chapter co-authored by Karma411 co-founders John Murcott and Mark Fasciano is titled Social Collaboration and Productivity and discusses various online social collaboration tools. Check it out and share with your team!

What are your thoughts on crowdfunding as it exists today? Cool way for start ups to grow? Leave it for the charitable causes?

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Social Collaboration and Nonprofit Success – John Murcott Featured on Ted Hart Radio!

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Today at noon Karma411′s President John Murcott was featured on nonprofit guru Ted Hart’s radio show, The Nonprofit Coach with Ted Hart. The show focused on reasons why nonprofits should opt-in to social media, and ways in which nonprofits can collaborate with their supporters online.

One of the most important points John made was about a trend we are currently seeing – social collaboration. Usually, this trend is seen internally, but John believes that nonprofits should focus this initiative externally.

“The core success factor of social collaboration is the general concept of an event,” said John. “Whether it’s a walkathon or a gala, the actual event, date and deadline drives efforts to one final point.”

Another important concept to point out on the idea of social collaboration, is that you don’t have to rely on supporters just for fundraising. If they have events coming up in their lives such as a wedding, corporate event, or a local office activity, why not provide tools to each of these constituents to fundraise at their events? You can provide supporters the tools to take registration online, make individual and team pages, and of course raise money prior to the event.

John also spoke about how to get started with online fundraising and awareness building. He said that if a nonprofit has not done any online fundraising, they can start by dipping a toe in the water with a Karma411 Awareness campaign.

If nonprofits do not have any online presence, John recommends they work backwards from a goal, and ask themselves: Where do we want to go? What is the state of our current fundraising? Nonprofits new to social networks should also listen to show’s like Ted Harts, as well as use Twitter as a research tool to stay on top of trending topics.

If you missed Ted’s radio show, click here to listen to the podcast! And don’t miss The Nonprofit Coach with Ted Hart Anniversary show Tuesday, March 8 at noon!

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Karma411 + Ted Hart Webinar – Increase the Influence of Your Donors!

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

We would first like to thank all of those who attended our Webinar on Tuesday, September 28! Karma411′s John Murcott and Nonprofit Coach Ted Hart made excellent presentations on how social networking and people to people fundraising can pump-up your fundraising efforts!

Ted Hart kicked off the webinar by discussing the rapid growth in social networking, and went on to say how nonprofits should be taking a more integrated approach – combining fundraising with social networking. Ted highlighted the idea that nonprofits should be leveraging their key supporters online, and enabling them to campaign on the organizations behalf.

Ted also used his ‘Aunt Mable Effect’ example to emphasize the importance and effectiveness of people-to-people fundraising. The idea of this concept is that you are more likely to open an email event from your ‘Aunt Mable,’ or someone who is close to you, before opening an email from an organization. Taking this a step further, you are more likely to donate to an organization because your relative asked you to as opposed to if an organization asked. Finally, you are more likely to give a larger gift to an organization if your relative asked you, because there’s a chance she’ll see how much you gave!

John continued the presentation by explaining exactly what you can do on Karma411 and how you can leverage the relationships with the people who care about you to make the most of our fundraising tools. He also explained that there are four simple steps to fundraising success:

1. Create a Page

2. Email your Friends

3. Show Support Directly Through the Site

4. Track Reports and Donations with Tools on the Site

So, what are you waiting for? Join Karma411 today and show your support for your favorite nonprofit organization!

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New Book Release: Internet Management for Nonprofits

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

This week was super-exciting for the Karma411 team with the release of Ted “The Nonprofit Coach” Hart‘s new book titled, Internet Management for Nonprofits. This book is filled with “Strategies, Tools, and Trade Secrets” for nonprofits looking to leverage the power of the internet. Internet Management for Nonprofits is truly the essential guide for any nonprofit looking to manage all of their Internet applications in a cost-effective, coordinated, and efficient manner.

The fourth chapter of the book was co-authored by Karma411 co-founders John Murcott and Mark Fasciano, as well as CA (Computer Associates) co-founder Russell Artzt. The chapter is titled Social Collaboration and Productivity and discusses various online social collaboration tools.

Learn more about the book, and order your copy today!

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