Expert Shares Insights From 10 Years Of Crowdfunding
One of the oldest crowdfunding sites on the web, GlobalGiving, just compiled a guide to crowdfunding that is available for free on the web.
According to Michael Gale, Senior Program Manager, “The guide distills some of the best practices we’ve seen over the our last decade.”
“We have a goal to support 10,000 nonprofit organizations around the world by 2020,” Michael said. “This guide, we hope, will help more organizations – particularly organizations that are new to online fundraising or crowdfunding – have greater success with their fundraising efforts, both on and off our platform.”
“The ‘funding’ in crowdfunding is important – and its the reason most organizations are intrigued by the concept,” continued Michael. “We think there is also power in the community building and accountability aspect of raising small amounts of money from many people. Our cofounder, Mari Kuraishi, says that ‘The power of crowdfunding isn’t in the funding, it’s in the crowd.'”
On Thursday, November 20 at 11:00 AM, Michael will join me for a live discussion about the new guide. Tune in then to watch the interview live.
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More about GlobalGiving:
GlobalGiving is a charity fundraising web site that gives non-profits from anywhere in the world a chance to raise the money that they need to improve their communities.
Michael’s bio:
Michael Gale manages GlobalGiving’s efforts to grow a network of global do-gooders by helping more world-changing nonprofits join the GlobalGiving community. Before becoming a GlobalGiver, Michael supported grassroots nonprofits in Latin America as a Program Officer with the Global Fund for Children, and he has also dipped his toes in the fields of immigrant legal services and indigenous South American languages. Michael earned bachelor’s degrees in international studies and Spanish studies from American University and his master’s degree in Latin American studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Outside the office, you’re likely to find Michael on stage or in his garden.
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