Jun 17 2013

How You Can Follow Along on a Blog Trip and Introducing a Contest

By Brianne McKoy | Categories: Sponsors and Donors

We have an incredible lineup of bloggers traveling to Nicaragua. Their posts are sure to stir and challenge us all. We also have a little contest.

Mar 14 2013

Sharing a Moment in Time

By Jacquie Parella | Categories: Sponsors and Donors

How long does it take to change a child’s life? Just. One. Minute.

Aug 15 2011

We Have Six Things to Say to Water.org

By Web Team | Categories: Join the Cause

We’re in the midst of a campaign to takeover the Water.org Twitter account. Water.org’s 432,000 Twitter followers represent a whole new audience for us. An audience that may not know what we do, why we do it or who we do it for. This is what we want to tell them.

Aug 8 2011

Help Us Takeover Water.org’s Twitter Account

By Web Team | Categories: Join the Cause

Please vote for us to takeover the Water.org Twitter account and encourage others to vote for us as well.

Mar 28 2011

What Is Geotagging, and What Does It Have to Do With My Sponsored Child?

By Jacquie Parella | Categories: For New Sponsors, Multimedia, Sponsors and Donors

As a child advocacy organization, we believe that children should be kept safe and protected in all situations, including online.

Feb 21 2011

Expressing Need While Maintaining Dignity

By Shaina Moats | Categories: Children in Poverty

How should we express the urgent needs of the children in our programs while maintaining their dignity?

Jun 28 2010

Our Business Model Is Out of Date. Help Us Innovate.

By Chris Giovagnoni | Categories: Employees and Culture

David Kinnaman, President of The Barna Group, recently told an assemblage of more than 100 Compassion employees, “Your business model is out of date.” He didn’t suggest it. He declared it. As fact. He didn’t say it might happen in the future. He said it’s here. He didn’t position it as his opinion to consider.…

Sep 29 2009

Live for Him Blog Challenge

By Web Team | Categories: Join the Cause

Our friends at Kerusso, creators of this incredibly fine-looking Live for Him apparel*, have offered up some T-shirts for this little thing we’re doing.
Beginning later today and continuing through Friday, October 2, we will periodically update our Facebook fan page status with questions about this here blog.
If you answer the question correctly and are…

Sep 21 2009

Can Twitter Help Get Kids Sponsored?

By Web Team | Categories: Child Sponsorship, Join the Cause

Let’s find out.
Beginning today and continuing through this Friday (Sept. 25), we will send out tweets about specific children in need of sponsors.
And we’d like you to retweet them for us.
When you do, you’ll be eligible to win your choice of some free Live for Him* apparel:

T-shirts
caps
rings
wristbands

Every retweet counts as an entry, and…

Nov 5 2008

Social Media Marketing

By Chad Summers | Categories: Employees and Culture

Hi. I’m your Compassion internet communications specialist. I specialize in being especially excited about web stuff.
Do I have fun on occasion? You bet. Is most of it work? Always, and did I mention that saving kids from poverty is my commitment? No? Well, there you go.
Recently I was sent by Compassion to…