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Thembinkosi Foundation has launched a Facebook group called Build a school in Africa. The aim of the group is to spread awareness of our project proposals and subsequently to co-ordinate some of our fundraising ventures. Please visit our group at:Build a school in AfricaThe Thembinkosi Foundation promotes the interests of those affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa....

Wow! We are totally gobsmacked by the number of people joining our Facebook group 'Build a school in Africa.' The interest in our project is overwhelming. It's interesting how many people want to help us with the project as well. Several teacher friends have expressed an interest in working in Zambia once the school and outreach projects have started!Our fundraising venture is in its infancy at the moment but the rollercoaster ride is about to get exciting! Ideally an Angel Investor who believes in our project would be a godsend but we are so grateful to all those people who have committed themselves to supporting us financially. It really is the case that every little bit helps.Please pray for us. We believe that God has called us to this work. When Betty and I moved to Liverpool 5 years...

Some seem to have cracked it, some have yet to figure it out… MarriagEquality Friends of the Earth Ireland and International Unicef Greenpeace International and their Light bulb campaign LGBT Noise Concern Worldwide Technorati Tags: facebook, social networking, non-profit, charity...

We’re going all new media here for the next while, thanks to a day’s inspiration from the Institute of Fundraising’s New Media Conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday (we go so you don’t have to). So to kick off, here’s 5 tips we picked up for better new media fundraising. 1. The best way to use SMS is ‘capture and convert’. Forget premium services - half the money is going to the network and service providers - and use capture and callback instead. Encourage people to send a text - a message of support, a text petition, whatever - and then call them back and ask them if they’ll consider a gift, or better still a direct debit. 2. Monitor social networks to see what people are saying about you You may not have a strategy to use youtube, facebook,...

Manuel Castells is a scientific I admire. There are things I share — most of them — and things I don’t. Right now I’m working hard with two works of him: Castells, M. (2000). “Materials for an exploratory theory of the network society”. In British Journal of Sociology, Jan-Mar 2000, 51(1), 5-24. London: Routledge. Castells, M. (2004). “Informationalism, Networks, And The Network Society: A Theoretical Blueprint”. In Castells, M. (Ed.), The Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. which I find really interesting and a recommended reading for everyone. This is why I find so disappointing when an author of his stature can so absurdly sleep out of the road by writing: the Internet is quickly becoming a medium of interactive...

Do you use your creativity to make the world a better place? Well, why not join the facebook group Creatives for Change that myself and Marc Van Gurp are running. Technorati Tags: facebook, creativity, change, nonprofit, campaigning, social network...

Aside from the networking, there’s a lot of people on there. Here’s an example of a tool that can be used to raise money using Facebook. One of the good things about Facebook is that it allows third parties to create applications which can be added to your profile - as has happened in this case. So someone puts together a fundraising application. Add in the peer-to-peer networking potential of Facebook and you have a possible outlet for recruiting new supporters and raising money. Technorati Tags: facebook, fundraising, social networking, charity, causes...

As you are no doubt aware, Facebook is the place to be seen these days.  Howard Lake has set up a UK Fundraising group, which is now up to 28 members. You don’t have to be in or from the UK to join. Are there any Irish fundraisers on Facebook? Maybe we could set up up an Irish Fundraisiers group to complement the work of Fundraising Ireland? In the meantime, here’s my Facebook page. Do pop in and say hello. There are a handful of Irish fundraising related groups on Facebook already - mainly centred around events like the Dublin City Marathon. Technorati Tags: facebook, uk fundraising, fundraising ireland...