Einstürzende Altbauten (Collapsing Old Buildings) is a short film by Marco Kathuria recently remastered and represented for an online viewing audience. Originally entitled “driveBYE”, Einstürzende Altbauten takes the viewer on a journey from Brooklyn to midtown Manhattan in the days following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. As the […]
#INTERVIEW: Phyllis Freedman, President of SmartGiving and Author of The Planned Giving Blogger
Phyllis Freedman is President of SmartGiving and author of The Planned Giving Blogger. For the past eight years her consulting practice has focused exclusively on planned giving. She previously has held senior management positions in fundraising for several large organizations. The interview was conducted by Don Akchin, a principal of Nonprofit Marketing 360 and a […]
#PR: Astroturfing Politics And Marketing – It Can Be Disasterous For Both
With only a few months to go before the new administration takes office, we examine the notion of ‘grass-roots‘ as associated with popular movements or opinions came into the American lexicon at the turn of the twentieth century. The, er, ‘grass roots’ of the term, according to Answers.com came a generation earlier and specific to […]
#INTERVIEW: Rob Wu of Causevox Tells Us About Developments In Online Fundraising (Part I)
Rob Wu is co-founder of Causevox, an online crowdfunding and donor-acquisition platform. He and his team built their own crowdfunding platform to raise funds for their volunteer projects — they then launched CauseVox for all nonprofits and individuals to use. Since launching a few years ago, Causevox have helped tens-of-thousands of people fundraise online, serving thousands […]
#MARKETING: NYU Faculty Against the Sexton Plan Fundraiser
Social Marketing and Media Relations Campaign Working under the aegis of the Nonprofit Marketing 360 collaborative, MKCREATIVE and LCG Communications embarked on an ambitious campaign to promote an online silent auction for a client. We used a combination of PR (LCG Communications) and social marketing (MKC). Our client, NYU Faculty Against the Sexton Plan, sought […]
#URBANFARMING: 2013 NYC Youth Internship Applications Now Available
The folks at East New York Farms are now taking applications for the 2013 Youth Internship program. ENYF are looking for youth ages 13-15 who live or go to school in East New York and are interested in making a difference in their community.
#VIDEOJOBS: Freelance Producers & Reporters Wanted for Brooklyn Independent Television
Brooklyn Independent Television (a division of the Community Media initiative of BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn), makes TV programs for and about Brooklyn, NYC, covering news, arts, culture, sports, health, business, and what’s happening in Brooklyn’s diverse neighborhoods. Marco Kathuria, Creative Director and Social Media Strategist at MKCREATIVE happens to be one of their […]
#INTERVIEW: Steve Frillmann, Executive Director, Green Guerillas
This is a repost of an article that originally appeared on the MKCREATIVE blog in March, 2010. Each month we look at a marketing challenge faced by many of our clients. This month the issue is when, or if, to switch from print to web-based and social media, and we chose to present it through […]
