Our Mission
To better the entire cause marketplace by elevating social fundraising practices, and strengthening relationships between nonprofits, donors, and fundraisers. Inspiring Generosity covers social fundraising trends, news, and case studies, democratizes traditional development best practices, and provides other relevant information.
Our Contributors
We’ve pulled together the best thinkers in social change, to bring you the best tips and thoughts about social fundraising. Here are the blog’s “repeat offenders”:
Margie Clayman
“In advertising, but not evil.”
Margie Clayman is the third generation of her family to work at Clayman Advertising, Inc., a full service marketing firm in Akron, Ohio. Margie is the Director of Client Development, which means she is always on the look-out for new ideas for clients. Margie wears many other hats and is involved in media planning, PR, copywriting, and creative. She blogs at www.margieclayman.com and has had the honor of being featured on many well known blogs in the world of social media. In the rest of her free time, she enjoys crafting (especially knitting), exercising, cooking new recipes, and reading great books.
John Haydon“Money can buy you a beautiful brass bed, but it can’t buy you a peaceful night’s sleep”
John Haydon advises nonprofits on marketing strategy and the effective use of blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and other tools. He is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, an instructor for MarketingProfs University, and the author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies (3rd edition). He has presented at a number of conferences including the Nonprofit Technology Conference, the 140 Character Conference, and BlogWorld. John is also co-founder of 501 Mission Place, an online network for nonprofit leaders, and SocialBrite, a learning hub on social media for nonprofits.
Geoff Livingston “Social fundraising for the masses!”
“Companies and causes working together can make a difference in the world.”
Joe Waters teaches nonprofits and businesses how to use cause marketing and social media to establish, grow and deepen relationships with stakeholders. He blogs at the web’s #1 cause marketing blog, SelfishGiving.com, and is the co-author of Cause Marketing for Dummies, which in its first week of release topped Amazon’s list of top 100 nonprofit titles! Joe is also a contributor to The Huffington Post, Forbes, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Healthcare Philanthropy Journal, Mediapost, and The Nonprofit Quarterly.
“I create new ways of doing old things in order to make wrong things right.”
Doug‘s a nonprofit-lifer-turned-ad-man. As a nonprofit executive, he championed the benefits of smart marketing. As a marketing executive, he champions the benefits of smart nonprofits. Using digital tools and marketing strategies to create social and health solutions is his speciality. “Nonprofits have a double bottom-line, missional and financial, therefore double the responsibility,” he says.
“Let’s make a difference in our world through a pay-it-forward system of giving.”
After working five years in communications and program management at a lung disease foundation, Ifdy joined the Razoo team to help create an online community for nonprofits and individuals wanting information to better help them make a difference in the world. She’s a believer in the power of social media to produce change, and help nonprofits do the important good works they do.
Comment Policy
Our goal with this blog is to harbor a friendly environment where readers feel encouraged to learn and share ideas that will help them succeed in their nonprofit social media fundraising. The discussion on this blog should encourage questions, disagreements, and meaningful dialogue. However, spam and personal attacks won’t be tolerated and will be deleted.
