Archive for the ‘NonProfit Partners’ Category

Philanthropy Journal highlights importance of social media in fundraising

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

2010 has been a challenging year for nonprofit organizations. In the current economic environment, schools and nonprofits are finding it harder and harder to raise much-needed funds.

Experts are encouraging worthy organizations to think creatively when it comes to fundraising. Today’s article in the Philanthropy Journal outlines several important considerations nonprofits should heed to when trying to raise money.

One key consideration is leveraging social media outlets. As Craig Haubrich writes, “Your audience has become increasingly dependent upon social media to obtain their information, so it is important that you utilize social media to deliver your message.”

We couldn’t agree more.

One of GlobalMojo’s highest priorities is helping nonprofits and schools build an active, engaged community of online supporters. We offer several Free Partner Services Tools in the Nonprofit and School Services section of our website.

These tools are designed to help nonprofits utilize the Internet as a fundraising and communication channel. In our Implementing a Social Networking Campaign section,  GlobalMojo provides step-by-step instructions on how to conduct a social media campaign, with sample templates, facebook status messages and twitter updates for your use.

If you work for or manage a school or nonprofit, we encourage you to take advantage of these tools! If not, please encourage the organizations you care about to set up their own GlobalMojo browser and fundraising program here.

Thanks for reading and happy browsing!

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Friday, January 15th, 2010

By now everyone has heard about the disaster in Haiti—last Tuesday’s devastating earthquake has left the city in ruins and countless survivors in critical need of food, medical treatment, and shelter. Nations around the globe are mobilizing relief efforts, but will take some time to arrive. We want to tell the GlobalMojo community about several opportunities to help the people of Haiti.

Oxfam America, one of GlobalMojo’s featured causes, is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Oxfam America already has 200 staff members in Haiti, working hard to support the millions of people impacted by the Haiti earthquake. We encourage you to consider making a financial donation to help the Haiti earthquake victims at www.oxfamamerica.org.

Our friends at Free The Children also have a Haiti relief fund, which will provide emergency relief and medical supplies and rebuild vital infrastructure. You have the choice of donating in American or Canadian dollars at www.freethechildren.com.

Of course, you can also support Oxfam and Free The Children’s efforts year-round by adding them as supported causes in your GlobalMojo browser at http://globalmojo.com/OxfamAmerica and http://globalmojo.com/FreeTheChildren.
To find other organizations with Haiti relief programs, visit http://www.gwob.net/news/haiti011310.htm.

Thanks for helping the victims of the Haiti earthquake, and thanks for browsing with purpose!

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Thank you.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, which puts us in the mood to show our appreciation for all the good things we have.  All of us at GlobalMojo have a lot to be thankful for; and much of that is thanks to you. We’d like to send out a big “Thank you!” to all of our friends, family, partners and supporters for helping us create a browser and a company that can make the world a better place for everyone.

That’s why we created the “100% For the Holidays” campaign, with 100% of the revenue generated by GlobalMojo users through December 31, 2009, going to their selected causes. We can do a lot of good this holiday season, so help us spread the Mojo!

And thanks again for being part of GlobalMojo as we change the rules of the Internet—for good!

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Featured Cause: Whatcom Middle School

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

whatcommiddleschoolAs many of you have heard, Whatcom Middle School in Bellingham, WA caught on fire on Thursday, November 5th. The 106-year-old school building’s roof collapsed during a fire displacing hundreds of students.  Two of those students happen to be the 11-year-old twin nieces of one of our GlobalMojo team members, Emily Hine. After the fire, the twins called Emily to see if GlobalMojo could help the school, and the answer was, “Of course!” We are happy to help kick off/contribute to the fundraising efforts in the following ways, and invite others to join us in supporting the WMS fire recovery efforts.

Here’s how people can help:

1.  GlobalMojo has set up a custom Internet browser specifically for Whatcom Middle School. Supporters of Whatcom Middle School browser can generate revenue for the school fire recovery efforts simply by downloading the customized browser and by doing what they do online every day—search, shop and make travel arrangements.  When you download and use the Whatcom Middle School browser at http://globalmojo.com/whatcommiddleschool, GlobalMojo will donate 100% of the gross revenue generated from your daily browsing activities to the fire recovery efforts through the end of 2009. After that, we will continue to donate 50% of the gross revenue generated by Whatcom Middle School supporters.

You can download the full browser or add-on for *Firefox and help us support Whatcom Middle School, by visiting this custom link: http://globalmojo.com/whatcommiddleschool .

2.  We are also pleased to kick off the fundraising efforts by making a cash donation of $500. To encourage additional support, GlobalMojo will match another company’s donation of up to $500 to WMS. Donations can be made to the Whatcom Middle School Fund at the Whatcom Community Foundation website: www.whatcomcf.org .

3.  Please spread the word to everyone you know by sharing this blog. If every alumni, parent, grandparent, uncle or aunt who knows a student or teacher impacted by this loss makes a donation and encourages their company to step forward to make a donation, we can help the students and teachers rebuild what they’ve lost in the tragic fire at Whatcom Middle School.

Let’s rally the community to help the students, teachers and recovery efforts of Whatcom Middle School!

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Featured Cause: Stand Up Against Poverty!

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Stand Up Against Poverty
For the fourth consecutive year, millions of people around the world will “Stand Up and Take Action” to demand that world leaders end poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

In September 2000, 189 world leaders adopted the MDGs as part of the Millennium Declaration at the United Nations Millennium Summit. The MDGs offer us a roadmap to end poverty and its root causes.

The MDG’s set an unprecedented global framework for development that is a crucial step towards ending poverty and inequality by 2015.

The eight MDG goals include:
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Last year, a record-breaking 116 million people stood up and took action to end poverty and help achieve these Goals. This movement has set a new Guinness World Record for the largest mobilization around a single cause in recorded history.

However, this is a time of extraordinary challenge. The global financial crisis is having a devastating impact on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, and the climate crisis threatens to undo the gains that have been made towards achieving the MDGs. With only six years left to the 2015 deadline, no region is on track to achieve their goals.

We must make fulfilling the MDGs an urgent priority, and ‘Stand Up, Take Action’ is a vital opportunity to send a clear directive to world leaders to deliver on the promise they made to the world’s people to usher in a new era of equality, health, and prosperity.

Join GlobalMojo to Stand Up Against Poverty!

GlobalMojo was created with one purpose – to find innovative uses for technology that will help make the planet a better place. Although we are currently an American company, we support the valuable work done internationally every day. However, once you start thinking about “helping the world,” it’s easy to become overwhelmed with the number of amazing organizations in the U.S. and abroad.  We’ve  made it easier for you—, simply visit our Featured Causes area on the GlobalMojo website to support United Nation’s Millennium Goals every day when you browse.

Start Right Now!

  1. Support the UN Millennium Goals by making one of the valuable organizations under GlobalMojo Featured Causes your primary cause!
  2. Join the Stand Up Against Poverty Event on October 16-18th.  Click here to find an event in your area.

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GlobalMojo Featured Cause: Free The Children

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

On Tuesday, September 29th, two members of our GlobalMojo Seattle team (Emily & Laura) headed up to Vancouver, BC to host a sponsor booth at We Day!

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A Free The Children initiative, We Day is like a rock concert for social change, celebrating the power of young people to change the lives of others. It brings together some of Canada’s top social issues speakers and entertainers to the stage, in front of a roaring audience of 16,000 student leaders who want to change the world. Hundreds of thousands more tune in online to watch it live.

Speakers at We Day

Speakers at We Day

We Day in Vancouver had a series of inspirational and motivational speeches by leaders in social issues, activism, and entertainment.  Students were asked to participate in Free The Children’s 10 by Ten Campaign – raising funds to develop 10 full communities overseas, and volunteer one million hours by 2010.

Mojo Banner from We Day

Mojo Banner from We Day

As a sponsor for the event, we created an interactive Mojo Lounge (complete with disco ball) and asked students:

“If you could change one thing in the world what would it be?”
In other words “Who would you Mojo for?”

We captured their responses on a giant mural.  The students were a really engaged group and we loved hearing about the issues that are most important to them.  We’ve posted some pictures from the event on the GlobalMojo Facebook page, and video to come soon.

GlobalMojo is thrilled to be collaborating with Me To We and Free The Children to provide a co-branded GlobalMojo browser.  The browser will not only help their organization raise funds to build schools and assist in providing clean water to impoverished areas, but it also keeps their mission in front of their members and fans every day.  GlobalMojo and Me to We have a lot in common.  Both companies are a new kind of social enterprise for people who want to help change the world with their daily choices.  You can download the customized Me to We browser (powered by GlobalMojo) at:

www.globalmojo.com/metowe

Thanks to all of the amazing staff and volunteers of Free the Children for making We Day in Vancouver so inspiring!

P.S. Join the movement and watch the We Day events online: www.ctv.ca/weday

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