Five fundraising tweets for 9 May 2016
Howard Lake | 9 May 2016 | Blogs
Five recent tweets featuring fundraising ideas, successes, new approaches, useful data, or simple quirkiness. Ex pluribus quinque, as the Romans might have said.
1. Digital tithing
Spotted in Portstewart Baptist church in Northern Ireland.
Spotted this in a church where I was speaking. #newtechnologytohelpwithtithing pic.twitter.com/nTmywpL87k
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— Dr Alan Wilson (@jsalanwilson) May 5, 2016
2. Online grant applications
Grant applications that are web forms with no save feature. pic.twitter.com/km0b8soxiA
— Simon Scriver (@ToastFundraiser) May 4, 2016
3. A fundraising GIF
Give £3/month thru your phone and help us save sight! Text SIGHTSAVERS to 70002. T&Cs: https://t.co/RtMssbyhue pic.twitter.com/BLIxriA3xJ
— Sightsavers (@Sightsavers) April 10, 2016
4. To boldly donate one’s Twitter bio
Just seen @WilliamShatner Twitter bio. Love this idea – renting out bio pic to #fundraise for #charity #innovation pic.twitter.com/zcGlqoTtHO
— Russell Benson (@russellbenson) May 8, 2016
5. Personal social media thanks to London Marathon runners
#socialvseo At @AnthonyNolan we're getting great reactions to personalised social media posts to thank supporters. https://t.co/VVR6BJuI37
— Catherine Miles (@Cadders68) April 21, 2016
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.