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Widgets, snippets and badges, oh my!

Connection Cafe

I’ve created widgets and had the chance to use them from a participant’s perspective. Not to get too cheesy here, but it really does mean that the money being raised (and illustrated in the widget) is helping a cause that I’m passionate about. Let me tell you, they are fun! Do you have fundraising milestones?

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Ask Your Lawmaker Widget

NTEN

I love widgets. The idea of having portable, dynamic, and (often) free web content simultaneously on your own site and on your friends' and supporters' sites and blogs excites me. Well, we just heard about another great free widget that you and your organization might want to share with your community.

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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you've been following my widgets category , you know that I'm working on a screencast and have been researching and playing with widgets. For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. This is both the hard and fun part of making web videos.

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Torley Linden on Widgets for Visuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He's been redesigning his blog over the past few days, adding widgets for visual appeal and RSS publishing feeds. I enjoy widgets because they create visual interest. I do a lot of video and photographs so I've added the flickr and video badges. Widgets create gateways and connections between different web sites and blogs.

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Network for Good Launches Charity Badges!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

via Katya's Non-Profit Marketing Blog Network for Good today launches their charity badges with some great support from Yahoo! Now about the badge. s web site. So, be sure to review the Network for Good Charity Badges blog for updates and other information. You can upload personal photos, text, and video. Great publicity!

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How I Raised $100,000 for A Good Cause Using Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A lot of people have asked me about those widget fundraising campaigns I did last December. Using the ChipIn Fundraising Badge for a Personal Fundraising Campaign How I raised over $800 for a Cambodian Ophran's College Education in A Couple Weeks The lessons learned from my action learning experiment.

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7 Techniques for Event Fundraising Success

NetWits

Encourage online registration by making the event’s web address prominent in all event materials and communication. June: Extend the reach of your event by having participants add fundraising widgets and badges to their Facebook® profile pages and other web properties, including personal blogs and photo site profiles.

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