Nonprofits

Thanks to you, I hit the ground running (even though I’m biking), but I got a long way to go!!

Posted by that damn redhead on Feb 24, 2012 in Nonprofits, Team in Training, Uncategorized | 0 comments

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Wow, talk about a great start!! To say that I am both overwhelmed and yet grateful at the response I’ve had since announcing this endeavor would be an understatement. In twenty-four hours, my fundraising total is now up to $770!! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! It’s times like this where I am reminded that one should never underestimate the power of their network. I think we all take that for granted...

I just made a pretty big commitment, and I need your help.

Posted by that damn redhead on Feb 23, 2012 in Featured, Nonprofits, Team in Training | 7 comments

Let me just get this out of the way right now, because we’re not fooling anybody here — I’m afraid of commitment. There. I said it. I have a hard time committing to anything. AN-EE-THING. I changed majors in college a dozen times (and still regret not sticking with my first choice — veterinary medicine). In relationships, it’s not the guy, I’m always the one afraid to commit (the term “settle” is not in my vocabulary). Hell, I’ve had a heck...

Another “Ning” bites the dust, another chance to drive this important lesson home.

Posted by that damn redhead on Nov 18, 2011 in Case Studies, Featured, Nonprofits, Social Media | 2 comments

Way back in July 2010 (which is light years in internet time), the “create-your-own-social-network” platform Ning decided to nix its freemium model in favor of a tiered pricing plan. Even though its lowest tier, for groups under 150 members, was only $2.95 a month, many small nonprofits, civil service organizations, and other groups already strapped for cash that were using the Ning platform as their main hub were up a creek with nowhere to go. So I wrote a post about a service I...

Amazee: A winning alternative to Ning for cause-based communities

Posted by that damn redhead on Jul 25, 2010 in Nonprofits, Reviews, Social Media | 5 comments

In April 2010, custom social network service Ning decided that they were going to start charging and do away with their free service. Beginning August 20, Ning will charge the following for usage of their custom social network platform: (Features included in each plan are not shown because of space.) As you can imagine, this decision by Ning caused (and is still causing) quite a stir among users and administrators of such networks. Even if it’s only $2.95, many administrators of smaller...