(ISF) RE: Friends asking friends

The most elegant, decentralized, and flexible way to do this is a new kid on the block: Chipin...they've got a new project in the works for nonprofits (this might be out already) that allows person-to-person fundraising with live updates, via an extremely portable flash widget. This can be placed on MySpace, academic websites, community portals, Facebook pages, and pretty much anywhere else. I believe Facebook integration is particularly powerful.

I'd check them out for more information. It shouldn't be too hard to tie the Chipin system with a Drupal + CiviCRM front end for more sophisticated tracking, and it would cost a lot less than a commercial package. Chipin is free + nominal credit card processing costs.

Carnet, are you on this list? If so, let us know if Chipin for nonprofits is out and about

Dave.

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Dave Chakrabarti
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Grassroots.org

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>>The Friends Asking Friends feature of Kintera allows individuals to set up their own fundraising pages (within the framework of the organization) to solicit their friends. The person doing the raising typically sets a goal and this feature has been used successfully by many, particularly with walks and runs and other sponsor-type activities. The concept is that your constituents are your best advocates so give them the tools to bring in their own network of friends to also become your supports. Organizations also typically recognize the donors who are best at soliciting their friends by keeping a running list. The same feature can be used by groups to raise from group contacts. >>

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Dave,

I think charity badges like ChipIn are great, but they have a disadvantage vs. a centrally managed system (like Convio, Kintera, FirstGiving, Active Giving, Artez). With ChipIn, each participant must have a personal web page already (which could be a MySpace or FaceBook page). It's unlikely that someone who doesn't already have a web site or social networking page is going to create one just to participate in a charity event.

In addition, each participant must have the technical skills to install the widget. That's trivial for people like those on the ISF, but I know that many people are intimidated by such a task. I don't have statistics, but I know that many people never personalize their Convio/Kintera/FirstGiving/Active/Artez pages. But since they're managed centrally, these pages can still collect donations and credit them to the right participants.

Robert
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-----original message-----
>>The most elegant, decentralized, and flexible way to do this is a new kid on the block: Chipin...they've got a new project in the works for nonprofits (this might be out already) that allows person-to-person fundraising with live updates, via an extremely portable flash widget. This can be placed on MySpace, academic websites, community portals, Facebook pages, and pretty much anywhere else. I believe Facebook integration is particularly powerful. I'd check them out for more information. It shouldn't be too hard to tie the Chipin system with a Drupal + CiviCRM front end for more sophisticated tracking, and it would cost a lot less than a commercial package. Chipin is free + nominal credit card processing costs. Carnet, are you on this list? If so, let us know if Chipin for nonprofits is out and about >>

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