TCCL Nonprofit Resource Center Blog

Laura Howe manages the team responsible for all Red Cross social media efforts and has led the organization’s effort to use social media as means to get information to disaster victims. This week for AFP eWire readers, she offers her thoughts on effective social media strategy and donor engagement.

(May 15, 2012) It seems like everyone is looking for the key to social media success and, consequently, the key to translating that into fundraising success.  Many of those keys lie in the ability to build a community that will work with you-and for you.

At the American Red Cross we have three pillars that guide our social media efforts and these have been the building blocks for our success on the social web.  Turning this into fundraising success is still a work in progress.  But, these three pillars can help you reap rewards in other areas and they lay the foundation for broader success on the social web.

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The Family Foundation Handbook provides ongoing practical advice on how to operate a family foundation. It helps the foundation director set and meet personal goals, learn how to avoid liability, and make the most effective grants. This book provides forms, checklists, questionnaires, training forms, and other items to help provide the professional assistance very foundation needs.

Family foundation handbook / by Jerry J. McCoy, Kathryn W. Miree. Chicago, IL : CCH Inc.

Grant-Writing Tips From Start to Finish

Tuesday, May 15 • 9:30 a.m.-noon
Location: Frossard Auditorium, Hardesty Library

Melissa Kash-Holley of the Tulsa City-County Library Nonprofit Resource Center will start this session with a review of the Nonprofit Resource Center and how you can access important information about foundations that will be a good match with your mission and programs. Afterward, a panel of local funders will share ways that you can avoid common errors and get your request to the top of the stack. Co-sponsored by RSVP’s Voices of Experience. Light refreshments will be provided by the Library Staff Association. For adults. Preregistration is required. Seating is limited. To register, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/grantwritingtips.

Grant-Seeking Basics

Thursday, May 17 • 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: Computer Training Room, Central Library

Join Tulsa City-County Library’s Nonprofit Resource Center and learn the basics to seek out grant funds. Participants will learn about the Foundation Center and Tulsa City-County Library’s cooperating collection, plus become familiar with the resources available for grant seeking. For adults. Preregistration is required. Seating is limited. To register, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/gsb.