Beaconfire Survey: A few non-profits we like

Editor’s  note: Periodically, we do a survey of Beaconfire staff to get impressions on a variety of non-profit technology issues. All opinions expressed here are solely those of their authors. All of us Beaconfire are civic-minded, volunteering and donating to a wide range of non-profit organizations. This week, we thought we’d ask: What non-profit organization would you want to work with and why?

Kesah, Client Manager: I would love to have the opportunity to work with the Tipitina’s Foundation.  They provide support for Louisiana’s music community and strive to preserve  the state’s musical culture.  After Hurricane Katrina they were quick to respond to the needs of New Orleans’ displaced musicians and continue to help in the rebuilding effort.  Their Music Office Co-ops provide technical resources and training for local artists.  This organization supports New Orleans, music, and technology, all things I am passionate about.

Tim, Functional Consultant: I’d love for Beaconfire to be working with a LGBT advocacy organization like the Human Rights Campaign.  They are a great organization who seem commited to online advocacy and put a lot of energy into furthering debate on issues of concern to the LGBT community.  They use Convio for their campaigns, and given the issues they are concerned with, it seems like they would be a great fit with Beaconfire.

Marissa, Functional Consultant: I would love to work with True Majority. I love their mission, I love Ben Cohen’s ice cream, and I love their Oreo cookie piece. True Majority gives progressive activism a sense of humor backed by logic and facts. I’ve been carrying around the True Majority Scroll Pen for years.

Kate, Administrative Assistant: I would like to work with RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network,) because I very much admire their work, and because I think that their online crisis hotline is a very innovative use of technology. It can be very daunting for a survivor of sexual assault to pick up the phone and talk about it with someone they’ve never met, and RAINN has addressed this with a way for survivors to get the information they need from a real live person via secure IM. Personally, I don’t even order pizza delivery from anyone who doesn’t have an online ordering option, as I find the phone call far too daunting.  With this in mind, I have no problem believing that far more people will be accessing RAINN’s counselors than before.

Milo, Marketing Consultant: I’d love to work with a client who’s completely native to the Web (like Kiva, Moveon.org, Google.org, etc.).  These organizations are comfortable in the online environment and like to bush the medium’s boundaries. As a result, they’re consistently breaking new ground in the online campaigning space.

John Brian, Marketing Consultant: I’d love to work with Americans for the Arts ‘ they’ve got a great mission, a constituency that would be fun to market to online, and a trusted national brand. It would also be nice to get some use of my arts admin degree again!

Taylor, Software Engineer: I would love to work with Habitat for Humanity.  There impact is equally seen locally as well as all over the world.  I like that the organization focuses on getting people involved and to volunteer their skills just as much as is does raising donations. 

I am also a big fan of Grassroot Soccer because it uses the international passion of playing soccer to unite people in the fight against AIDS.

Finally it would be great to work with the ONE campaign because of the hundreds of great organizations that it unites (including some of our clients, Heifer, Bread for the World and The Hunger Project).

These are just a few of the many, many non-profits we’d love to work with. Are you looking to redesign your website, add some kick to your marketing work, or transition to a new software solution? Give us a call – we’d love to see how we can help you reach your goals!

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