I recently renewed my California driver's license. The clerk punched a hole in the license and gave me a paper "temporary license." I didn’t recall this procedure from my last renewal 10 years ago and assumed my old license would be valid until the printed expiration date … [Read more...]
Corporate Giving Declined in 2008
Last month we mentioned GivingUSA's annual assessment of individual giving which showed that donations from individuals had dropped 5.7% overall in 2008. Things were even worse on the corporate side. The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's 2008 assessment of corporate gving (PDF) … [Read more...]
Transcript: Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes
If you missed The Chronicle of Philanthropy's June 23 online discussion Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes, the transcript is now available. The discussion featured: Danielle Brigida, the social-media outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation, in Washington, DC where she … [Read more...]
Online Discussion on June 23: Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes
This Tuesday The Chronicle of Philanthropy will host another free online discussion about how nonprofits can use social media. The speakers include: Danielle Brigida, the social-media outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation, in Washington, DC where she manages the organization's … [Read more...]
Advice for New Consultants – Part 2
The following is from Karen Nyhus, originally posted on NTEN's nptechconsult forum in response to a request for "resources and tips for our nonprofit technology community to help them start things off right in 2007." Although Karen's advice was focused on technology consultants, the business … [Read more...]
Deadline July 1: $100,000 Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University has posted the application for the 2009 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. The Drucker Award is given to a social-sector organization that demonstrates "change that creates a new dimension of performance. In addition, the … [Read more...]
Phishing scam: Dear Webmail User
This is such a lame phishing scam that I can't imagine anyone falling for it. But I received three of these messages in the past two days so I'm passing it along. I reported this account to Google, so I hope they'll disable it. Dear Webmail User, This message was sent automatically by a … [Read more...]
Nonprofit Technology 601
Heather Carpenter's Nonprofit Leadership 601 blog posted a list of resources for people who are new to the field of nonprofit technolology. This post lists books, reports, Web sites, blogs, and conferences that nonprofit techies — and not just those newbies — should know about. We're happy … [Read more...]
Advice for New Consultants – Part 1
This post was inspired by my colleague Kris Putnam's advice for new consultants (So, You Want To Be A Philanthropy Consultant? and Starting A Consulting Business? 15 Things To Do Right Now). I received the following via CharityChannel's Consultants forum . I was just completing my first year as a … [Read more...]
GivingUSA Reports a Drop in 2008 Giving
The good news from the annual GivingUSA report (PDF) on U.S. philanthropy is that total giving for 2008 was estimated to have exceeded $300 billion for the second year in a row, for a total of $307.65 billion. But, unfortunately, most of the news was bad. This was a two percent drop in current … [Read more...]
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