December 2009
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Charities Criticize Online Fund-Raising Contest by... →
JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities.
At least three nonprofit groups — Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the Marijuana Policy Project and an anti-abortion group, Justice for All— say they believe that Chase disqualified them over concerns about associating its name with their missions.
The...
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November 2009
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Convergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the... →
Paul Higgins: An interesting paper on the future of the sector and five trends that are driving change
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Great Question from Seth Godin →
Upside vs. downside
How much of time, staffing and money does your organization spend on creating incredible experiences (vs. avoiding bad outcomes)?
At the hospital, it’s probably 5% on the upside (the doctor who puts in the stitches, say) and 95% on the downside (all the avoidance of infection or lawsuits, records to keep, forms to sign). Most of the people you interact with in a hospital...
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October 2009
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Catalista →
Catalista helps you find timely and local volunteer opportunities, rate them and share your good deed with the world.
Read to kids, deliver meals to the elderly, clean up a park or give $10. No matter what you do, pitching in makes a difference.
Catalista is available on iPhone, iPod Touch, T-Mobile G1 and MyTouch.
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September 2009
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The problem with non →
Great Post From Seth Godin on Not for Profits and Change
Non as in non-profit.
The first issue is the way you describe yourself. I know what you’re not but what are you?
Did you start or join this non-profit because of the non part? I doubt it. It’s because you want to make change. The way the world is just isn’t right or good enough for you… there’s an emergency or an...
June 2009
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Good Enough Does Not Equal Second-Rate →
Much has been written in the past several years about nonprofit organizations and their becoming more like for-profits in their management and thinking. But Edward Granger-Happ, CIO of the global nonprofit Save the Children, believes for-profits-CIOs in particular-have a lot to learn from their nonprofit cousins. In fact in spring 2008, he spent a sabbatical as an executive-in-residence at...
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May 2009
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April 2009
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Charities see potential, risk with social networks →
It’s far from certain that social networking will prove as effective as more traditional fundraising methods such as direct mail, telephone solicitation and even e-mails to past donors.
Introducing Our Not for Profit Tumblelog
We have created this specialised Tumblelog for those interested in the scanning we do on the not for profit sector