You may remember the generosity of Marc van Bree, who used his blog and other social networks to raise money for the Nashville Symphony's flood recovery. While Marc was unable to reach his (admittedly arbitrary) goal of $1,000 (one dollar for each of his Twitter followers), his efforts resulted in a much appreciated $235 for the NSO. This figure is particularly impressive, since Marc exclusively used his social networks to raise the funds.Using social networks to aid in non-profit fundraising is becoming hot topic in our industry, and Marc's post mortem on the campaign is becoming fodder for bloggers around the country.
Marc, the Nashville Symphony is grateful for all of your hard work. Please feel free to experiment on us like this anytime!
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Of course I'm slightly bummed that I didn't reach the $1,000 goal (however arbitrary it was) and in the grand scheme of things, $235 doesn't sound like much. But considering a blog post and Twitter messages here and there resulted in donations that otherwise would not have existed, I'm pretty happy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update on this blog! If I can think of any other experiments, I'll keep you guys in mind...