I am writing this whilst being buffeted by nauseating, bone-rattling, yet strangely exciting turbulence after only just escaping the British Airways strike, as I fly back from NYC...dahling! To add to the adrenalin, I have just been surreptitiously passed four mini bottles of champagne by a BA captain...
Gravity is a new social networking site that could prove extremely useful for charity campaigning and fundraising. A number of charities and sector organisations, such as Whizz-Kidz and UK Fundraising , are already there. The site allows users to start conversations on any subject, and to "orbit...
A contributor to an online running forum I frequent recently told the tale of someone who'd secured a place in the London Marathon through a gold bond owned by a well-known charity, then pulled out because of injury. But she was being chased by the charity for the full amount she'd agreed to...
News online doesn't just travel fast - it's live. Twitter and other social media mean stories are published and read as they happen, which presents charities with a problem if they want to react quickly to events. When news of the earthquake in Haiti broke on January 12, the American Red Cross...
We had half-an-hour to go before the panel I was chairing at the Media 140 event on social media in the third sector event last week was due to face the audience. Fear was setting in. Huddled in the corner, the panellists and I were chatting about the kinds of questions I would be putting to them before...