The Faux-Proust Character Questionnaire for Non-Profits

I’m not proud of this, but I’m obsessed with the Proust Questionnaire feature on the back page of Vanity Fair.  Made famous by the responses from Proust at various ages throughout his life (I prefer age 20 to age 13, for the record), the questionnaire is a smart little treat.  It’s a perfect coda to [...]

Best Books I Read This Year

  Being an extremely avid reader, I spend much of my time out of the office with my nose firmly planted in a book.  While my recreational reading tastes run toward contemporary fiction (in case you’re curious, this year my favorites were Freedom, Swamplandia!, A Visit From The Goon Squad, The Marriage Plot, The Tiger’s Wife and The [...]

Giving Thanks: 5 Ways to Appreciate Your Donors

  (photo credit: TheMiddleShelf.com) As we’re all headed off for the annual collective pig-out, I thought I’d send you off for the long weekend with 5 quick ways to really make your donors feel appreciated. 1.) Make it Personal No ‘Dear Donor’ or ‘Dear Giver’ or ‘Dear Friend’- use their name, the specific amount and [...]

Feature Showcase: Membership Options

This week, we’ll take a look at some of our clients who are offering membership options on their DonationPay pages.  Enjoy!    

Feature Showcase: Events, Events, Events!

A quick look at how some of our clients- the Diabetes Foundation, Cancer Support East Tennessee, the Georgia Conservancy- are using DonationPay to collect payment and registration info for events. Enjoy!

6 Questions with Rachel Masters

While I was participating in the Astia Program Week this October, I had the pleasure of seeing a presentation about the importance of social media to growing businesses, by the dynamic and crazy-knowledgeable Rachel Masters, co-founder of Red Magnet Media.  Red Magnet offers digital strategy, business development, digital marketing and community management for creative brands [...]

Feature Showcase: Social Networking and Elemental, The Film

Today, because I’m feeling lazy as sin, I’m going to put up another short video that shows how our social networking features work.  Most of our clients are already including these on their DonationPay pages, but if you’re not and you’d like to, give us a holler!  The demo is on the page of one [...]

Feature Showcase: Nikela and New Global Citizens

This holiday season, we’ll be showcasing some of the innovative ways our clients are using our service by taking a quick tour through their DonationPay pages to showcase particularly awesome features.  We’re so proud to support all of our client’s fundraising efforts this holiday and at any time of year.  Today, I’m starting with pages [...]

On Astia and Social Good: Part 3

So I’ve now written quite a few words on how Astia and it’s dynamic community have impacted us here at DonationPay, but I haven’t talked specifically about the other business owners I encountered during the workshop week.  Too numerous to count and individually namecheck were brilliant individuals in varying states of business development: some just [...]

On Astia, Origin Stories and Social Good: Part 2

On Origin Stories Being a mission-based business that is in the process of expansion can be a tricky minefield to navigate.  Staying true to our vision of the company, product and service is difficult when you’re also weighing all the factors necessary to effectively grow.  Me, Noah and the rest of our powerhouse DonationPay team [...]