Symphony audiences, donors and leadership all come from the silver-haired set, right? Not if the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has its way. The orchestra has already changed its audience demographics, wooed the under-35s to their own donors' club, and invited the Young Leadership Council to lead, right alongside the much older power brokers who traditionally hold leadership positions.
Consultant Dania T. Miwa of Toscano Advisors doesn't buy into some of the hype surrounding social media and fundraising even though she's an experienced blogger, tweeter and Facebook user herself. Here are five myths she recently reminded fundraisers not to believe.
According to Thomas Friedman, our world is now flat - with lowered trade and political barriers and unimagined technical advances that have made it possible to do business, or almost anything else, instantaneously with billions of other people across the planet. What does that mean for your nonprofit organization, and more importantly, for your donors? In Philanthropy in a Flat World, renowned fundraising consultant Jon Duschinsky offers his candid advice for finding your place in the global philanthropic world of tomorrow.
Instagram hasn't been around that long, but charities are already finding ways to use it as a tool for connecting more deeply, more often with their supporters.
"Canada's charities are being subjected to micro-management," says charity law specialist Yvonne Chenier. And the revised Guidance from the Canada Revenue Agency continues the trend.
Symphony audiences, donors and leadership all come from the silver-haired set, right? Not if the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has its way. The orchestra has already changed its audience demographics, wooed the under-35s to their own donors' club, and invited the Young Leadership Council to lead, right alongside the much older power brokers who traditionally hold leadership positions.
