Google is offering Google Checkout to nonprofit organizations. Through the end of 2008, nonprofits can process online donations at the fine rate of $0.00 per transaction and 0.00% fees — can you believe it, a true 100% of the donation goes to the organization!

Here are a few words posted on the Google Checkout Blog about this:

“Besides being free, Checkout for Non-Profits is designed to make the entire donation and collection process more efficient. For donors, it enables you to complete a donation with just your Google login, and it helps you track your giving in a convenient and central place (a feature that should be particularly useful for those of us who tend to start our tax returns on April 14).”

I look forward to taking the system for a test drive.

Zayko just completed a new website for Unbound. Unbound is an online journal of the legal left at Harvard Law School  and also the community of left-affiliated students, professors, and practitioners who publish it. You can read more about all the new features, here.

ReleaseChimps.org won an IMA Outstanding Achievement Award for 2006. The Interactive Media Awards recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement.

We are thrilled to be recognized by a respected panel of experts for the quality of our work.

Want to know the Best Geek Hotels in the World? HotelChatter has compiled a list of the top six (6). Three of them are in the USA and topping the list is The Tribeca Grand in New York. Here’s the list:

1. The Tribeca Grand (New York)
2. Hotel @ MIT (Boston)
3. Woodlyn Park (New Zealand)
4. Faena Hotel + Universe (Buenos Aires)
5. Sidi Driss (Tunisia)
6. Wynn (Las Vegas)

The true value of the Internet for any nonprofit organizations is in creating and sustaining constituent relationships to ensure ongoing support. This is achieved by implementing an online Constituent Relationship Management (eCRM) strategy to involve constituents — especially donors — in more than one activity so they can provide support for the organization in multiple ways at different times. An effective eCRM strategy not only raises funds online but also:

• Helps drives online and offline giving
• Increases donor lifetime value
• Reduces communication and fundraising costs
• Supports major giving
• Contributes to the success of other activities, e.g., advocacy, volunteering and outreach to new constituents and donors

This is a very interesting article by: Vinay Bhagat