Idealware Post
Idealware posted an article today about distributed fundraising tools and mentions how ChipIn came out of the gate with the big boys soon following… I posted a followup comment about what makes ChipIn different than anyone else:
1) ChipIn widgets are flash based and contain rich media (video, audio). Our widgets can be placed on virtually any social media site (Myspace, Typepad, etc)
2) ChipIn widgets can be tracked and provide rich moderation features to “turn-off” widgets from websites deemed inappropriate
3) We provide institutions with the ability to allow sub-campaign creation. Bloggers can create customized local target fundraising amounts while aggregating their contributions towards the parent campaign. We also track parent-child relationships between widgets. Call it the first word of mouth fundraising tracking system online! See http://webhistory.org/chipin
4) Our ChipIn distributed fundraising system works with any online payment system. NPOs do not have to change their current business practices to use our service.
Allan also posted a wrap up of all the widgets, gadgets and such now available for fundraising.