2018 Digital Campaign Roundup – Dan Papworth-Smyth

Dan Papworth-Smyth of Breast Cancer Care has done really useful roundups of his favourite digital non-profit campaigns for the past few years. His 2018 list is now available and features campaigns from the US and the UK.  Both the bookworm and the design nerd in me absolutely love these animated Instagram novels created by the … Read more

Special Offer for the Charity Lab Community: 20% off tickets to the Ask Direct Fundraising Summer School

Ask Direct have a really generous offer for Digital Charity Lab subscribers – 20% off the ticket price for their Fundraising Summer School conference, which takes place this year on the 12th and 13th of July.  I attended the Summer School last year and found it to be excellent; with world class speakers and a … Read more

A Community Fundraising with Facebook Success Story: Interview with Jill O’Herlihy of Mental Health Ireland

Late last year, Facebook waived the fees on their built-in fundraising function, and started to heavily push the concept of birthday fundraisers to users. Some charities have seen some great results with this new function, including Mental Health Ireland, who have had over 250 people run fundraisers on Facebook for their cause since late last … Read more

Big news from Facebook – new fundraising features for non-profits

Some major news for non-profits from Facebook – they’re expanding their Facebook Fundraising function to a wider range of countries (including Ireland), and are giving 100% of donations raised directly to the benefiting charities: Facebook are apparently processing a huge backlog of applications from charities to receive funds on this platform; only a small number … Read more

Event – Nov 8th: Inspiring Action Online Evening Event

When:  6.30 pm – 8.00 pm Where: The Liquor Rooms, Wellington Quay, Dublin 2 Cost: €12.50 early bird / €15 full price We have some amazing speakers from progressive campaigns talking about how they inspired people to take action online – and will be previewing an exciting new campaign tackling Ireland’s housing crisis. Come along, … Read more