The community that’s grown around #fundchat, a weekly Twitter chat, and now the #fundchat blog, is everything I love about the nonprofit community.

Kudos to Brendan Kinney the #fundchat founder! Back in March 2012 he was a guest on Nonprofit Radio to talk about his baby.

Since its infancy, #fundchat has taken off. During a 7-day period in November, 221 people used the hashtag in 847 tweets to reach 672,000 people.

The #fundchat community is a smart, experienced and fun bunch of fundraising pros who are development officers, consultants and marketers. I’m proud to be part of the group.

Each week in the chats we take on a fundraising topic and Brendan throws out 5 or 6 related questions. There’s lots of cross-talk as we ask each other to elaborate.

Storifys of recent chats include:

Giving Tuesday Post-Mortem
Improve Your Major Giving Program
Online Donation Form Check-Up
Launching A Career In Nonprofits

The chats are on Wednesdays at noon eastern and there’s info on the blog.

The blog! In October Brendan expanded the #fundchat blog to include nearly 30 guests. There are many new posts each week, such as:

Best of #Fundchat 2013 by Brendan
Are You Proud of Being a Fundraiser by Lucy Gower
An Open Letter to Fundraisers: Things I Wish You Wouldn’t Do by Mary Cahalane
8 Ways to Improve Your Fundraising Letters by Mary Cahalane
‘A Miracle On 34th Street’ and Donor-Centered Fundraising by Richard Freedlund

I love the #fundchat community! Join us!