We're encouraging everyone to register for this year's Artez InterAction North America as soon as possible to guarantee you get a ticket to this great event. A fair warning as we've sold-out for the last three years!

This year's amazing line-up includes: Google, Network for Good, comScore, Social Media Group and many more experts in the charitable sector.

Our media sponsor TechVibes.com is also running a contest to win a FREE ticket. All you have to do is comment on the TechVibes.com article…

TORONTO, Aug. 26 - PayPal and leading Canadian companies announced two new ways for Canadians to use the power of smartphones and social media to quickly and simply send charity donations or raise money for their favourite causes.

"Canada is a caring society and Canadians are very technologically savvy," says Darrell MacMullin, General Manager, PayPal Canada. "By bringing these two powerful qualities together and making charitable giving and fundraising simpler on the digital platforms…

This August we say welcome to:

The Stephen Leacock Foundation for Children
http://www.leacockfoundation.org/home/index.html

United Way of London & Middlesex  
http://www.uwlondon.on.ca/

United Way of Greater Milwaukee  
http://www.unitedwaymilwaukee.org/unitedwaymilwaukee.htm

Schools Without Borders  
http://www.swb.ca/

David Suzuki Foundation  
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/#

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada
http://www.bgccan.com/index.asp

Noreen Fraser Foundation  
http://www.noreenfraserfo…

Originally published in Fundraising Success Magazine Advisor Newsletter on August 10

By: Philip King, President and CEO of Artez Interactive.

I just returned from a trip to Australia, and it's interesting to me how different countries bring their own unique cultural context to online fundraising. There are also some important lessons to learn that we can import back into our North American fundraising mix.

Overall, Australians are quite similar to North Americans in their use of the Internet,…

A Couple Minutes of Your Time Please!

We are inviting you to participate in this year's Canadian Walk/Run/Ride study. If you have ever wondered how significant the financial impact Charity "A-thons" and Peer-to-Peer fundraising are having on the Canadian charitable sector, here's your chance!

Although some studies have been performed in the U.S., there has been little effort to understand the sector as a whole here in Canada. We are collecting and making available relevant data, as we feel that…

We are excited for Malcolm Burrows, Head, Philanthropic Advisory Services, Scotia Private Client Group to speak at ArtezInterAction 2010.

Malcolm Burrows has worked as a gift planner for three major Canadian charities over a 13-year period. He is a well known writer and educator in the charitable sector and has worked extensively as a volunteer on charitable incentives and regulatory issues.

Traditional fundraising theory says you can't raise major gifts online.  But major gift…

Neil Ostrander, CEO of iTeams Canada, discusses why they have been so successful with online fundraising. Three years ago their religious-based charity raised almost no money online, and now 1 in 5 donation dollars arrives via the Internet. Neil's goal is to raise 90% of all public donations via the Internet within 5 years.