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

A lot of people have asked me about those widget fundraising campaigns I did last December.   So, if you're interested, you can learn more.

ChipIn asked me to write up a formal case study on my first personal fundraising campaign using their tool.

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

This case study walks you through the step-by-step process of using the ChipIn widget to implement a successful a personal fundraising campaign on behalf of any nonprofit organization or cause. The tips and techniques shared in the next few pages will help your organization guide supporters and transform them into effective fundraisers for your organization's cause or program. The case study looks at how to set a realistic goal, crafting an effective message, identifying likely prospects, incorporating social networking sites into your implementation efforts, and how to best use the Chipin widget.

It's a narrative "wikitation" and you can find it here 

While in the UK two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Nick Booth of Podnosh Podcasting face-to-face.  We've "met" each other virtually via blogging, but with the opportunity to come to Birmingham -- having some face time to talk about the social web - along with Steve Bridger and David Wilcox was extremely valuable.   (Soon, I will post my video of my interview with Nick and some video shooting techniques)

He did an interview with me about widget fundraising -- its brief - go take a listen.

Comments

[Michele Martin]

The "wikitation" is great! Very informative and helpful. Thanks for sharing your action learning--much appreciated.

[Gillian]

I have just tried Chipin on my site but I find that it does not have the capability to accept payments from outside the USA. Their form requires a US state and zip code. There is a four-step workaround that would put off any donor. When I tried it Paypal would not accept my credit card - a Visa that I have used worldwide online and in the flesh. So, I'm looking for an alternative.