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Nonprofit Law Blog
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week: GTak: Risk, Return and Social Impact: Demystifying the Law of Mission Investing by U.S. Foundations - http://bit.ly/bd1eLy GTak: Fiscal Sponsors = Fiscally Responsible - http://bit.ly/doGpp0 (Tides Blog) - Thanks for......
Nonprofit Law Crash Course Presentation
Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of guest lecturing for an MBA class on nonprofit management. My thanks to Professor Michael O'Neill for the invitation and to the students at USF. Here is an abbreviated version of the PowerPoint presentation......
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week: GTak: Measuring the Bang of Every Donated Buck - http://is.gd/9sro6 (WSJ 3/1/10) - social return on investments philosopher20: Is there a private inurement, excess benefit or private benefit issue when......
What the Winter Olympics Taught Me About Nonprofit Governance
The 2010 Winter Olympics rocked! Having grown up in Vancouver, I recognize my bias. But come on, the Double McTwist 1260, the men's hockey gold medal match between Team Canada and Team USA, both flawless and courageous performances on the......
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week: GTak: 50 Fascinating Lectures for Humanitarians - http://is.gd/914W9 BoardSource: Senate Passes Jobs Bill That Includes Tax Credit for Nonprofit Employers http://tinyurl.com/ydwpfj4 rosettathurman: Why Don’t More Members of Gens X and......
Program: Duties and Responsibilities of Serving on a Nonprofit Board - Feb 24
Cherie Evans, Evans & Rosen LLP, and I will be presenting a program on nonprofit governance for the Barristers Club, Bar Association of San Francisco on Wednesday, February 24, 2010, from noon to 1:30 p.m. The focus will be on......
Bob Ottenhoff Blog
A few weeks ago, I gave several presentations at a conference called the Art House Convergence. In attendance were the owners and operators of about 150 theaters across America that specialize in featuring independent films and documentaries. The event was held several days before the Sundance Film Festival, which...
Last year, our GuideStar Exchange program began accepting videos as a way for you to better tell the story of your nonprofit’s work. Since then, hundreds of nonprofit organizations have begun posting videos on GuideStar. We hope eventually every nonprofit will include a video—or several—in its GuideStar...
How One Organization Made a Difference after the Earthquake in Haiti
It has been over a month since the earthquake in Haiti. Now that the story is pretty much off the TV screens, most Americans are paying less attention to this crisis, and contributions have declined dramatically. I spoke to many reporters in the first weeks after the disaster...
How many times have we heard critics say that donor decisions in the nonprofit sector are all too often subjective and irrational? Why, say these critics, can’t nonprofit decisions be more like those in the so-called real world, where decisions about stocks and houses are based on rationality and...
Driving toward Donor Confidence
What does Toyota’s sticky gas pedal problems have to do with the nonprofit sector? The February 6 Washington Post reported that "Toyota’s recall of millions of cars … could also be undermining public confidence in the system of independent ratings and reviews that consumers have come to rely on and that for...
I went to a presentation the other night where the speaker outlined four scenarios for the U.S. economy over the next few years based on past experience and computer modeling. The scenarios ranged from an average growth of up to 10 percent to an average decline of 40 percent. After the presentation...
Breaking News
Today's charity-related national news...
A third of Scottish councils claw back surpluses from charity contracts
Report by SCVO and Voluntary Action Scotland also finds more than half of local authorities do not offer three-year funding regularly...
Union disputes Charity Commission figures on strike action
PCS says 350 staff refused to work in protest at redundancy proposals, not 215...
Rebrand for Arthritis Research Campaign
Charity changes its name to Arthritis Research UK as part of a bid to raise its profile...
We can't estimate the cost of removing charity music exemption, says Office of the Third Sector
But it says the original estimate was of a worst-case scenario that would never happen...
Paul Palmer to head Centre for Charity Effectiveness
Former professor of voluntary sector management appointed to new role at Cass Business School...
SocialEarth
Singapore Launches New Youth Social Entrepreneur Program
Singapore International Foundation has been around since 1991 carving out greater community understanding on the western seaboard, but this year marks the first time they’ve instituted a camp for young, aspiring social entrepreneurs. In partnership with Volans Asia, they’ve launched a three-day camp at the YWCA Fort Canning Lodge in...
Hey High School: Take Your Best Moon Shot
One of the greatest challenges of being a teacher is trying to convince your students why they should care about anything that you write on the blackboard. You have to bridge the gap between their current boredom and ten years later, when they will finally appreciate the utility of what...
Have an Awesome Idea? Enter Weekly to Win a $1,000 Grant
The following post is from the beautifully articulated TBD email by All Day Buffet. Throughout the decades, one word has lasted to describe the unadulterated creative capacity of humanity: awesome. In a world increasingly overrun by the mundane, ordinary, and co-opted, who will defend the legacy of this essential quality? The Awesome...
What I’ve Learned from the Unreasonable Institute
If you haven’t heard of the Unreasonable Institute, you will. The Unreasonable Institute attracts, incubates, and finances young social entrepreneurs with bold ideas to change the world. Dan, Teju, Vladimir, and Tyler – the founders of Unreasonable – exploded onto the scene less than one year ago. Since then, they...
As a follow-up to my last post (an ode to self-reliance), I want to give mad props to Afghan locals and the MIT Bits and Atoms lab crew. It took over seven years for the World Bank to deliver on its promise of some wireless internet access and that was...
Social Entrepreneurship Weekly
This is a partner column in conjunction with Ashoka’s Change InSight blog. Every week I’m covering the top news, highlights, events and opportunities in the realm of social entrepreneurship. Social Entrepreneurs at the World Economic Forum Of all of the world’s gatherings, none has a higher-power attendee list than the World Economic...
NP Communicator
Taking Social Media to the Next Level-Star Wars, Corneille
Taking social media to the next level is all about your strategy and not obsessing over the details of each new tool....
So, what do nonprofits need to know on social media?
A group of a dozen nonprofit communicators at today's Social Media Need to Know ... for Managers workshop offer a slice of where we're at on this topic as a sector....
Beyond the Echo Chamber writes new news history as it happens
A new book charts the rise online of progressive news and outlines some recommendations for these outlets going forward....
Nonprofit Marketing: Less Seth, more Tim Calkins
One challenge of nonprofit marketing is to uncover authoritative and accessible sources for learning how to to do it well! What's most available at the moment is Seth Godin--that's good, but another great new source we've discovered is Northwestern Prof. Tim Calkins' Breakthrough Marketing Plans....
Getting the E-Word Out – Social Media for LGBT Anti-Tobacco
Getting the Eword Out panel discussion really showed how far we've come on social media usage in the past year and offered insights into how we learn--and teach--about this topic....
Facebook fundraising success and the BloNo conspiracy unveiled
Beth Kanter posted in November about whether small nonprofits can succeed with social media. Binaca Berkhia of La Casa Norte (video), and BLoomington Normal social media mavens demonstrate some successes in what may seem like unlikely places....
smArts & Culture | your arts marketing edge
I’m not generally a fan of pajamas in public places. I don’t have to be. If you want to wear your pajamas to the South Philly Acme (which is actually kind of a thing), be my guest. Free country. But......
Your Cultural Clipping Service
Stuff I liked, stuff you might have missed. Huh. Turns out that the techie stuff isn’t replacing the in-person, socializing, experiencing stuff. I’m actually not surprised. Andrew Taylor explains the Pew Internet and American Life findings. Some of Nina Simon’s......
[Click here to see all the presentations in this post, if you're using a feed reader like Google Reader or Bloglines.] Social Media Boot Camp at SMartCAMP last weekend was such a blast. I was lucky to be one of......
Your Cultural Clipping Service
Stuff I liked, stuff you might have missed. 27 things to do before a conference. I don’t go to a lot of conferences. That’s because I suck at schmoozing, and like Havi, I find conferences utterly draining. But when @juliaxgulia......
Has this ever happened to you? Someone gets in touch with you on the twitters, someone who wants to sell you something. It may even be something you want and need. This person starts DM-ing you with links, saying “thought......
Every so often I get obsessed with some fashion-y thing. Lately I’ve been interested in nail polish. That random interest led me to start reading nail polish blogs, my favorite being All Laquered Up (how can you not love that......
Giving in a digital world
Every big online statistic you’ll ever need (or at least quite a few of them)
I see quite a few online videos summarising the latest ’state of the internet’. But this one from creative agency Jess3 (which I spotted in Fast Company) is particularly well done – and includes some fascinating data that you don’t normally see. Including a great history of key social media...
Forthcoming conference sessions – come and say Hello!
I’m just back from holiday and straight-away immersed in all sorts of client work, as well as getting-down to preparing presentations for several conferences I’m speaking at over the next few months. As it’s often only at conferences that I get an opportunity to meet folks who subscribe to my...
There have been many stories around the world of generosity shown in response to the terrible earthquake that hit Haiti in January. But the one that I love the most is undoubtedly that of little Charlie Simpson, who responded to what he saw on TV about the disaster by deciding...
Each time we see a significant evolution in the way consumers communicate there is always a temptation to jump to the conclusion that the latest method will surely kill-off the previous methods. Presumably such predictions were bandied about after Alexander Graham Bell made his first telephone call back in 1876...
Some useful insight into what is and isn’t working in Facebook and Twitter marketing
If you’re planning or evaluating any form of social media activity, then it’s worth taking a look at eMarketer’s summary of a recently released research report examining which marketing uses of Facebook and Twitter are working best. As shown in the table above, top of the effectiveness list for consumer-focused marketers...
Philanthropedia – helping US donors focus their online giving where it makes the most impact
In response to the growing trend of savvy donors wanting more reassurance that their donations really will make a difference, an interesting new online initiative was launched last month called Philanthropedia. Philanthropedia is essentially an online charity crowdfunding site – but one with a difference, in that it uses a team...
Mark Buzan's PR & Public Affairs spot on the web
From the Canadian Construction Association, Canadian Hydropower Association and even the National Trade Contractors Coalition of Canada, we have followed a number of tried strategies to build our relationships in government and prepare association professionals for meetings with policy makers. If you have minimal knowledge of government affairs...
With the budget coming, new Ministers & parliament prorogued, where does your agenda stand?
After 3 months of Parliament out of session and a state where bills need to be re-introduced, organizations need to review where they stand with the government. 70 pieces of legislation will need to be re-introduced this Spring. The coming budget will also make a time for association executives...
Counseling Associations on Better Governance in a Social Media Age
Working with non-profits, I hear the continuing comment from association execs: "I like the idea of social media or a blog but what if someone says something negative about us?" In my last posting, I touched on the point that in all honesty, your bigger risks are not participating or...
Social Media changes control over your brand!
How is your association's governance structure adapting?Social media offers important opportunities to connect with your supporters. However, you must be willing to let conversations about your organization occur - even if you are not driving the message! Time and time again, I hear the continuing comment from association execs...
The age of Cloud Computing & Online Membership Management
Two opportunities have come my way for interesting discussion which I feel enters at least on the peripheries of social media and online public relations for associations and non-profits. Recently, I was made aware of a possibility of speaking at the Trillium Chapter of CSAE's annual Tech Conference. ...
Action Strategies is offering a Pro-bona lobbying grant
Kicking off 2010, we're grateful for all the support we have received over the course of the last year. As part of our desire to demonstrate our continued dedication to the non-profit sector, we will be offering our services pro-bona to one deserving organization seeking to make their case...
The Naked Idea
Interval House Gratitude Report
“Your mission, Agents of Good, is to create a thoughtful and inspiring donor-centred report.” – Interval House, September 2009 Agent Jen, Mark and John reporting for duty. Debrief and disclosure on a successful mission. About You Interval House’s 2009 Report is so donor-centred that it isn’t even an Annual Report: it’s a Gratitude...
Can you manage the engagement?
Every time we turn around we are being told by the experts that we need to be blogging, be on twitter, dive into social media – and start making conversations and interacting with people – developing relationships. We are scolded and told we need we are not to be “all...
Hopefully in the midst of all the busy work you do, you take the time to celebrate the successes and victories – not just the big ones, but the small ones too. But when was the last time you celebrated a failure? Certainly, there is more value to you in...
For the past few years, I’ve come up with a word that has helped define the year ahead and keep me on track. What’s your word of the year? Just a reminder: please resubscribe over at our new blog which can be found at: http://blog.agentsofgood.org...
Beaker rules ok? We hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing holiday season and we will see you in the new year. Just a reminder: please resubscribe over at our new blog which can be found at: http://blog.agentsofgood.org/...
What is an Agent of Good? And Agent of Good is someone like you. You exist in the world to make positive change, you live your life guided by the principals of being a good human and the desire to make some sort of difference in this world. You are an Agent...
The Official google.org blog
An update on Google.org and philanthropy @ Google
(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)What do tracking flu, helping consumers monitor their home electricity use, slowing deforestation and, perhaps most importantly in 2010, helping the people of Haiti have in common?While they are all part of the wide-ranging work of Google.org over the last year, they also show what...
Google PowerMeter API introduced for device manufacturers
(Cross-posted from Google Code Blog)Today we're excited to introduce the Google PowerMeter API on code.google.com, for developers interested in integrating with Google PowerMeter. This API will allow device manufacturers to build home energy monitoring devices that work with Google PowerMeter. We're launching this API in order to help build...
Resources for Chile earthquake response
(Cross-posted from LatLong blog)After hearing of the devastatingly powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile overnight, we began to mobilize several teams to see what Google resources could help with disaster response.Google Map Maker is currently available in Chile, and we are making this map data available for download by...
Applications now open for the 2010-2011 Global Heath Corps
We are pleased to share with you that the Global Health Corps (GHC) is now accepting applications for their 2010-2011 class. GHC sent their inaugural class of 22 recent university graduates to complete year-long assignments in public health organizations in various countries. This program came to fruition after discussions...
How much power do you use in the middle of the night?
"Always On" power is the lowest level of sustained power used during a day-long period. On our energy-monitoring software tool, Google PowerMeter, this shows up as a dark green bar on your power usage graph. We've found that American users, on average, have 589 watts of electrical power being consumed...
FCC broadband plan to call for access to real-time energy info
(Cross-posted from Public Policy Blog)Over the past six months we have been providing you with periodic updates and comments on the FCC's National Broadband Plan, which is scheduled for release in mid-March. Earlier today FCC energy and environment director Nick Sinai gave a sneak preview of one of the Plan's...
Entry Level Living
Is 501c3 Status a Barrier to Social Justice? Learning from the Black Church
For generations, church was the backbone of the black community. In addition to be a place for worship it was the center of “social, political, civic and philanthropic action,” and the home for some of our most celebrated leaders. Yet many comment on how the black church isn’t as...
How Can We Get the Community Involved in Ending Violence Against Women?
In this interview Avon CEO Andrea Jung answers questions from bloggers (including yours truly!). All of the questions hit at how various members of our community–nonprofits, for profits, children, and men–can play a role in stopping violence against women. One thing that stood out to me is the question of how...
What Role Do Men Have In Stopping Violence Against Women?
One of the events that stood out to me in the Avon and Vital Voices International Women’s Day event series is the discussion on how men can stop violence against women. When I was in college this issue came up quite a bit. It is nearly impossible to truly discuss...
International Women’s Day and Addressing Violence Against Women
Yesterday was International Women’s Day, yet more than a day is required in order to address violence against women. The statistics are alarming–according to the Avon Foundation for Women, one in three women worldwide experience violence in their lifetime, and in the U.S., a woman is assaulted every nine seconds....
March 10: Join Me for Live Twitter Chat for Young Nonprofit Professionals
#ynpchat This Wednesday, March 10 from 12-1pm EST, join me and Rosetta Thurman from Perspectives from the Pipeline on Twitter as we host the first ever live Twitter chat for young nonprofit professionals! We both get asked similar questions from our peers about how to land a great nonprofit job and...
Remembering Oseola McCarty: Lessons She Taught Me about Social Change
In July 1995, 87-year-old Oseola McCarty gave $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi. While the amount may not seem remarkable—especially in terms of a gift to a university—Ms. McCarty’s generosity is a testimony to how anyone can help make the world a better place. Born March 7th 1908...
SSIR Articles
In 2000, while working for a national refugee resettlement organization in New York City, Jane Leu decided that the federally funded system of matching immigrants to careers was a failure. “We didn’t have an incentive to focus on [the] quality” of the placements, she remembers of her six years of...
In the midst of the worldwide financial crisis, funders are increasingly suggesting that nonprofits consider merging—that is, fusing their boards, management, and legal entities to form a single organization. In 2009 alone, my consulting firm delivered nearly 60 presentations and workshops on mergers and other partnership forms to more than...
What’s Next: Bite-Sized Goodness
In the time it takes to update your Facebook page, you could be making the world a slightly better place. That’s the idea behind The Extraordinaries, a Web-based platform for microvolunteering that’s been generating plenty of buzz since its launch last year. The goal is to harness thousands of currently...
All Entrepreneurship is Social
Over the past decade or so, the term social entrepreneur has become a fashionable way of describing individuals and organizations that, in their attempts at large-scale change, blur the traditional boundaries between the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. Given the ceaseless appearance of innovations and new institutional forms, we should welcome...
What’s Next: Leap Forward for Social Enterprises
Rubicon Bakery is deservedly famous for its 12-layer chocolate cakes and other rich confections that generate some $2 million annually in sales. Each sale helps underwrite job training and other programs for poor and disenfranchised people. This social enterprise works wonders for the 4,000 people in the San Francisco area...
Her suit is Prada. Her hair is neatly coiffed. Her handshake is firm and her eye contact steady. Her body leans forward ever so slightly to show that she is interested, but not anxious. Her easy banter manages to convey her many achievements without seeming arrogant. Her replies arise after...
Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech
Thrivability: A Collaborative Sketch
I’m so excited to announce the launch of Thrivability: A Collaborative Sketch – a new book curated by Jean Russell with a collection of over 60 essays crafting a topography for thriving. I have the great honor to be included in this collection and take such pride in sharing it...
New on SSIR: Give Permission to Peer Influence
My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog. You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog here, or read the copied post below. —– A new report from the team at Forrester came out last week: Tapping The Entire Online Peer Influence Pyramid. ...
Great reads from around the web on February 23rd
I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I've found recently (as of February 23rd). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find...
Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights
Tonight, I attended a live panel discussion on the question of whether Technology is Really Good for Human Rights, or not. Below are live notes – apologies for spelling and grammar – that follow the main points and audience q/a. Enjoy! Context for the event from Rory Cellan-Jones: Prevailing ethos of...
Vote for your favorite examples of Social Media for Social Good
The Social Media for Social Good collection from NTEN and NetSquared calls for your case studies in leveraging social media tools in your program work. Social Media for Social Good Everywhere you turn, you’re hearing about social media. Especially when it comes to fundraising. But at NTEN and NetSquared, we know that...
Don’t worry, I’m not trying to start an adjective revolution! Totally Baldacious is the latest campaign from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and it’s turning heads! Well, it’s turning them bald… “The Totally Baldacious campaign is a great way to show your love and solidarity with cancer patients while you...
Osocio Weblog
Meet these very special Promotion Girls Maria (82), Charlotte (86) and Klara (89). They did promo work for the Diakonie Frankfurt (Ger), the help organization from the Protestant Church. The Diakonie-grannies walked through the centre of Frankfurt, just as in their everyday lives, and got into situations in which they needed...
Don’t wait until you feel something wrong A mammogram detects breast cancer much earlier and can drastically increase your chances of survival Schedule your mammogram today Author: Jeroen...
In the sea, there’s no such thing as a little bit of rubbish
Four gorgeous ads from The Surfrider Foundation. Above the original French poster. “Il n’y a pas de petite pollution. Aidez-nous à garder la mer propre.” “In the sea, there’s no such thing as a little bit of rubbish. Help us keep the oceans clean.” You can help the Foundation by organizing cleanups at the cleanup days...
Yesterday in Canada it was Bottled Water Free Day. It is a project of the Canadian Federation of Students, the Sierra Youth Coalition and the Polaris Institute. Only ten years ago the concept of bottled water was a novelty. Now, bottled water is seen as a necessity—water fountains have disappeared and...
Creative minds from Arnhem put in overtime
On March 26th, ‘8 Uur Overwerken voor het goede doel’ (8 Hours Overtime for charity) will start in the city of Arnhem (NL). In eight hours time, five teams – consisting of five creative minds and a coach, will work on different projects for five charities. These creative teams will...
Getting Tattooed for Cancer Research at #SxSW
Geoff Livingston: “As many of you know, I am fundraising for cancer research at SxSW in Austin with a $5K goal for a LIVESTRONG tattoo. We have already raised $1.6k so far, & the tattooing is scheduled. Come along or support with a donation.” “I have a close relative came down...
Acronym
New study on exec attitudes about the economy
ASAE & The Center just released its latest economic study, this one features results of a survey that generated 960 responses, each from a different association, conducted earlier this year. The survey form duplicated the questions asked in the Spring......
CEOs flipping the proverbial burger
On Wednesday, Steve Tobak at BNET's The Corner Office blog offered another interesting perspective in response to the CBS TV show Undercover Boss. When I wrote here about it three weeks ago, it was about executive compensation tied to engagement.......
Thanks for that wonderful introduction, Lisa. I look forward to interacting with the other Acronym readers. I'm excited to begin this foray into the association blogosphere and hope that my contributions to Acronym help articulate the value that young professionals......
I'd like to give a warm Acronym welcome to our newest guest blogger, Beau Ballinger. Beau is joining us from the Investment Management Consultants Association in Greenwood Village, Colorado. In his role as membership and communications manager, Beau manages media......
Attention: Any bloggers or web folks who used an embed code from the This Week in Associations video series: Those links are going to break this weekend, so please remove them. Right now, we don't have a way to get......
Many off you saw earlier this week, either via Scott's FYI post or via the comments feed itself, that Acronym has been experiencing a heavy onslaught of spam comments lately (a "spambush," if you will), enough to force us to......
Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster
Church, Community, and the Conflict Between Them
In New Orleans, the news of church closures has not been taken well....
This indefatigable 53-year-old mom has shown that it is the average citizen—not government—that's leading the recovery of New Orleans....
Big news breaks as The Nation writes about white "hunting parties" killing blacks after Katrina....
A look at St. Bernard Parish, as the first public housing redevelopment since Katrina gets started....
During the holidays, the empty chairs remind us of the displaced....
The Gulf Coast: Economy and Emotional Ties
Poverty, race relations, and most other endemic problems faced by the Gulf Coast have their roots in the educational opportunities of the region (and lack thereof)....
A Small Change- Fundraising Blog
Satisfied Sponsors: Under Promise & Over Deliver
I grew up in Colorado and was very excited when Bob Burris, former Denver Broncos Executive, offered to write a guest post on sponsorship. Bob has recently started an organization to help nonprofits engage businesses, The Burris Group. You can find more information about the Burris Group and his new...
A couple months ago, I wrote a post, Want to Versus Need to Hear. I had some great follow-up comments from that post, but I didn’t really give any practical advice about how to cope with receiving unwanted but needed advice. When I was heartbroken over some difficult issue...
A Donor List is More Than Past Giving
When I first started fundraising, I was always disappointed at how few names were on my prospect lists. It seemed that the majority of names I sent a letter or made phone calls to were the same names over and over again, and I consistently received a rather low response...
Featured Fundraiser: Dan Smith
This week’s Featured Fundraiser is Dan Smith. Check out his blog where he advocates and fundraises for cystic fibrosis. If you ever would like to nominate someone for Feature Fundraiser just send me an email. - Jason What kind of fundraising do you do and who do you do it for? I...
I wanted to take this time to thank all of my regular readers for another great year. It has been a joy to hear from you over email and through comments. I have really enjoyed learning from you about your incredible work in fundraising. You all come from all over...
Nonprofit Leadership 601
Live Blogging Cause Conference 2010: Marketing Basics and Partnership Proposal
Brief notes/resources from breakout sessions this morning. Adding Power and Value to your Partnerships Proposals Parker Pike provided steps and resources for securing corporate partnerships. Conduct an internal audit of their resources (staffing, finances & current marketing resources)Partner with...
Live Blogging Cause Conference 2010: What young professionals and nonprofits have in common.
I’m listening to the keynote this morning by Will Marre “The Top 10 Questions Every Nonprofit Needs to Answer to Survive” and I’m excited because I’m noticing a common theme with his speech—the importance of branding your nonprofit! Coincidentally, Rosetta Thurman and Allison Jones...
Live Blogging the Cause Marketing Conference San Diego
Tomorrow I'll be live blogging the 2010 Cause Conference in San Diego hosted by the San Diego Chapter of the American Marketing Association. This year's conference will focus on nonprofit marketing strategies to beat recession. Also Jessica Van Der Stad will live blog from the AMA conference blog.The twitter...
Independent Sector's Annual Conference & NGen Fellowship Opportunity
I am excited to announce I will be serving on the Advisory Committee for the NGen portion of Independent Sector's annual conference October 20-22nd in Atlanta, GA. We are planning many exciting things for this year's next gen participants!Also, below is information about how to apply to be an...
Happy Valentines Day! A snapshot into my life
I rarely write personal posts about my life but I think its fitting on Valentines day to give a snap shot of the other side of my life--my personal life.I've been married for 8 years to a wonderful man. My marriage is not your average marriage. I see...
Confessions of a Third-Year Doctoral Student: Interpersonal Skils Matter the Most
An interesting exchange happened on the ARNOVA listserv a couple of days ago. A heated discussion started after someone asked what was appropriate to post on the listserv. Then there were a series pleas and replies where all sorts of emotions run rampant. This was not the first time...