social media fundraising now more than ever

Steve Thomas | August 31, 2010

FastCompany alerted me to a study by the Pew Foundation that has pretty amazing implications. The demographic that is adopting [...]

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our friends at the post office

Steve Thomas | August 3, 2010

I learned a new word and want to share it with you. The word is: “exigent.” Maybe you already knew [...]

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5 signs you don’t love your major donors

Steve Thomas | July 12, 2010

“Love” is a funny word to connect with major donors. And most nonprofits and executive directors will say they love [...]

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lady gaga, prince and nonprofits

Steve Thomas | July 9, 2010

So it’s finally time to do the last in the infamous Lady Gaga series. First we looked at Lady Gaga [...]

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what lady gaga can teach you about fundraising

Steve Thomas | June 2, 2010

“Theatrical” was the first word that came to mind when I was thinking how to describe Lady Gaga’s “look.” “Crazy,” [...]

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what lady gaga can teach you

Steve Thomas | June 1, 2010

I have a huge smile on my face as I’m thinking about what you and Google are going to think [...]

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strategy or tactics

Steve Thomas | May 11, 2010

I believe that we (that’s all of us) have gone gaga over “strategy” to our detriment. Now before you get [...]

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more on text-to-give

Steve Thomas | May 3, 2010

Over the weekend the Oneicity “backchannel” was full of conversation about text giving and an ad campaign in Austin, Texas. [...]

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