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CaseSoup: Want to start an online challenge? Get the inside scoop from GlobalGiving on April 20.

Can't attend this year's Global Philanthropy Forum Conference in person? You're in luck! This year, you can participate virtually via livestreaming video below. The Global Philanthropy Forum Conference is taking place April 19 - 21 in Redwood City...

Apr

2010

Citizen-Centered Solutions: NetSquared's experience with public participation in grantmaking

The Case Foundation has long been interested in experimenting with and championing strategies that put citizens at the center of decision-making, one of the forms of this being open online challenges. One of the partners that we have had the great...

Apr

2010

by Eric Johnson

As part of our new Citizen-Centered Solutions blog series, where we are exploring programs that ignite and embrace public participation, I caught up with Marnie Webb, TechSoup Global’s co-CEO, to ask about how public participation works at...

Apr

2010

Why nonprofits can't ignore diversity

Turn the tide on the global water crisis with the Live Earth Run for Water

Did you know that by 2042, the US will be a "minority-majority" society? I learned this at a panel presented by Jocelyn Harmon, Allyson Kapin, Shireen Mitchell, and Ivan Boothe on Diversifying Your Tech and Online Communications Team at NTC. A...

Apr

2010

by Monica Ellis

Guest blogger Monica Ellis is the CEO of Global Water Challenge, a coalition of 24 leading organizations in the water and sanitation sector committed to achieving its collective vision of universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation. In...

Apr

2010

The top 4 nonprofit videos of 2009!

Just where are we paying attention - search or apps?

The results are in! The anxiously awaited outcome of this year's DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards has been announced. This past Saturday, See3 Communications revealed the winners at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta. More...

Apr

2010

by Eric Johnson

I like Apple's computers and phones. (It's a vice, I know.) Over the past couple of weeks all of this iPad, iPhone iNews has allowed for plenty of indulgence of that vice. But yesterday, Steve Jobs said something that could impact how people find...

Apr

2010

Victory in Florida: Over $100,000 raised for Florida-based brain cancer research

by Danielle Rosenzweig

Guest blogger Danielle Rosenzweig is the Director of Events for Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2). On Saturday, March 27th more than 500 walkers, runners, volunteers and supporters came out to John Prince Park to help raise funds and awareness...

Apr

2010

UN-Dressed to Give: Could you go one day without shoes?

by Stephanie Hackman

Several of my coworkers and I are going barefoot today, and the reason we're shedding our shoes has nothing to do with the gorgeous spring weather. We're doing it to bring attention to the fact that many children in developing countries go each day...

Apr

2010

Citizen-Centered Solutions: A new series on leveraging public participation

CaseSoup Video Recap: How to make award worthy nonprofit videos

Vote for me. Help me win. Click here to support. These types of phrases have become commonplace as corporations, grantmakers, nonprofits and even the government have become seemingly obsessed with prizes, challenges and public participation programs...

Apr

2010

City Year Heroes combine education with action

If you missed our CaseSoup session featuring Ramya Raghavan of YouTube and Basho Mosko of Flip Video, you can watch the recorded video below! Ramya and Basho spent an hour with us offering advice and answering questions the public sent in (live via...

Apr

2010

Beyond the welcome home: Millennial vets identify challenges and solutions

Environmental Studies. Park clean up. These two topics both sound pretty dull and are often two separate obligations that take place at two separate times in most people’s schedules. The Case Foundation is a proud sponsor of City Year Washington,...

Apr

2010

Who has the best nonprofit videos of 2009?

Earlier this year, we were proud to support the "All Volunteer Force" report, which showed that 1.8 million Iraq-Afghanistan veterans were not being given clear paths to serve their communities when they came home. Today, we're even happier to make...

Mar

2010

Idealist.org: Feeling unmotivated in your job? How about a gift card?

It's time to flex your voting muscles and help decide which of the DoGooder Nonprofit Awards finalists deserve the title of best videos of the year! More than 450 nonprofit organizations submitted over 750 videos this year. Kari, Megan and I with a...

Mar

2010

by Meg Busse

With salary freezes, layoffs, longer hours, and more work, there have been plenty of articles about how employers are trying to motivate employees. Suggestions for how managers are doing this run the gamut from offering small gift cards as tokens...

Mar

2010

What solutions would you propose to global challenges? Global Pulse 2010 wants to know

Open sourcing innovation: Citizens, community problem solving, and digital media

Thanks to this post from Mashable, I learned this morning about a really interesting program being run by USAID (with involvement from other federal agencies), called Global Pulse 2010. The online event, which began on Monday and goes through...

Mar

2010

by Stephen Goldsmith

Guest blogger Stephen Goldsmith is former mayor of Indianapolis, chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service under presidents Bush and Obama, and Daniel Paul Professor of Government at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is...

Mar

2010

CaseSoup: Uncover the secrets to successful nonprofit videos with Youtube and Flip Video

Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund: Partisanship put aside for helping Haiti

Mark your calendars, our inaugural session of CaseSoup, an interactive hub of videos and live discussions centered around some of the big issues and areas of focus that are important to us here at the Case Foundation, is taking place this Thursday,...

Mar

2010

World Water Week Redux

by Dee Benzing

Quick question: What do Hillary Rodham Clinton, Kenna, Guy Laliberté, Matt Damon, the President of Liberia, and Bono have in common? Answer: They all used 2010 World Water Week (March 22–26) to express their passion for providing access to safe,...

Mar

2010

Weekly news roundup: World Water Day, Jumo, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Google China cont'd

Echoing the sentiments Jean Case shared on Twitter last week, while the nation this week was largely fixated on the partisanship going on in Washington over the healthcare debate, it was extremely heartening to see former Presidents George W. Bush...

Mar

2010

Idealist.org: Focus on paying your dues or interesting to-dos

News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. World Water Day On Monday, the global community celebrated the 18th annual World Water Day, to raise awareness of the...

Mar

2010

by Meg Busse

This post is one in a mini-series by Meg Busse for our Nonprofit Jobs Series with advice on working in the nonprofit sector. Meg was Idealist.org's Coordinator of High School and College Career Transitions from 2007-2010, and co-authored Guide to...

Mar

2010

Conference recap: Economist Corporate Citizenship

Launching CaseSoup... Now serving, a streaming cup o' good

Last week, Matthew Bishop, New York bureau chief of the Economist and co-author of The Road from Ruin and Philanthrocapitialism, brought together the best minds in corporate social responsibility (CSR) for the Economist's Corporate Citizenship...

Mar

2010

by Kari Dunn Saratovsky

Today, it is our great pleasure to announce the launch of CaseSoup, an interactive hub of videos and live discussions centered around some of the big issues and areas of focus that are important to us here at the Case Foundation. With CaseSoup, we...

Mar

2010

World Water Day 2010: Save water, give water

by Dee Benzing

Today we celebrate World Water Day–a day set aside to reflect on the vital role that this simple resource plays in the lives and livelihoods of people around the world. Many of us are familiar with the statistics: water-borne diseases cause the...

Mar

2010

Conference recap: WeMedia Miami '10

Palestinian Venture Fund creates opportunity and optimism

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the WeMedia conference in Miami, which brought together a diverse range of folks to talk about the future of media in a digital world. In addition, I served as a judge for the organization's PitchIt!...

Mar

2010

by Jean Case

Following the Annapolis Israeli-Palestinian talks in 2007, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appointed a group of private-sector leaders to help ignite economic development in the West Bank. The idea was that the co-chairs would mobilize private...

Mar

2010

Idealist.org: In praise of the incomplete?

by Meg Busse

This post is the first in a mini-series by Meg Busse for our Nonprofit Jobs Series with advice on working in the nonprofit sector. Meg was Idealist.org's Coordinator of High School and College Career Transitions from 2007-2010, and co-authored Guide...

Mar

2010

What Twestival can teach nonprofits about engaging volunteers and donors

by Kristin Ivie

Now gearing up for its third event, Twestival has already proven a successful track record for fundraising through global social media communities. To recap, Twestival raised more than $250,000 last February for charity:water with tweet ups in 202...

Mar

2010

College can wait: how a service year abroad can make America better

by Abby Falik

Abby Falik is the founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year, an organization dedicated to engaging young Americans in a transformative “bridge year” of service abroad between high school and college. Headlines remind us daily of the challenges faced in...

Mar

2010

CNCS announces the 2010 Summer of Service grantees

by Josh Tabb

The Corporation for National and Community Service recently announced the 2010 Summer of Service Grantees, funded by Learn and Serve America, a CNCS initiative established under the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. After taking over 200...

Mar

2010

Update from SXSW: How tech is changing the landscape for social good

by Kari Dunn Saratovsky

The 2010 SXSW Interactive Conference is in full swing here in Austin, but even among the sea of geeks, tech announcements and the vast backdrop of parties - there is an underlying theme of how technology is changing the landscape of social good....

Mar

2010

Idealist.org: Don't search for jobs, search for people!

by Meg Busse

This post is the first in a mini-series by Idealist.org's Meg Busse for our Nonprofit Jobs Series with advice on working in the nonprofit sector. Meg is Idealist.org's Coordinator of High School and College Career Transitions and co-author of their...

Mar

2010

No fear of failure: WeCanEndThis.com to use innovation and amplification to help end hunger in America

by Scott Henderson

Guest blogger Scott Henderson is managing director of CauseShift,helping organizations think, innovate, and solve problems. You can find him at causeshift.com, his blog, rallythecause.com, or on Twitter @scottyhendo. “Do you really think you’ll...

Mar

2010

The Power of Social Innovation: A discussion with Steve Goldsmith and Sonal Shah

Upcoming Conferences: the Case Foundation team hits the road in March

The Case Foundation was a proud sponsor of an Aspen Institute Book Talk this week on the Power of Social Innovation. The talk, which was moderated by Aspen CEO Walter Isaacson, featured Stephen Goldsmith (former mayor of Indianapolis, Corporation...

Mar

2010

Weekly news roundup: Chile, Grad Nation, trusted charity brands and nonprofit jobs

The next ten days will be busy ones for several of the Case Foundation team members as we hit the road for a couple of key conferences. First up is WeMedia in Miami from March 9-11, which brings together a range of professionals in the media,...

Mar

2010

Nonprofit Jobs: Interview with Idealist.org's Ami Dar and Meg Busse

News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Chile; tech again plays influential role in response We woke up last weekend to the...

Mar

2010

Are you an innovator at the cutting edge of your field? Apply to be a TEDGlobal Fellow!

Ami Dar is founder and executive director of Idealist.org and Meg Busse directs their Career Transitions Programs. Look for additional posts from Idealist.org over the next month, as they will be contributing their own mini-series as part of this...

Mar

2010

by Logan McClure

Guest blogger Logan McClure is the Program Officer for the TED Fellows program. The TED Fellows program is looking for 20 outstanding multidisciplinary innovators from around the world – artists, scientists, bloggers, filmmakers, musicians,...

Mar

2010

Let's help the Special Olympics spread the word

by Jean Case

As many of you know, the Special Olympics holds an important place in the history of the Case Foundation - Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a dear friend, and her tireless effort and dedication to helping individuals with intellectual disabilities, which...

Mar

2010

Leaders in Action: Tim Shriver of the Special Olympics

by Josh Tabb

Timothy P. Shriver is the Chairman of Special Olympics. In that capacity, he serves 2.8 million Special Olympics athletes in more than 180 countries. He has helped transform Special Olympics into a movement that focuses on acceptance, inclusion, and...

Mar

2010

Off and running (and walking) towards a cure for brain cancer in South Florida

by Danielle Rosenzweig

Guest blogger Danielle Rosenzweig is the Director of Events for Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2). Everyone says that you have to walk before you run, but Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2) has asked “why can’t we do both?” In the spirit of...

Feb

2010

Water For People and PlayPumps

Weekly news roundup: DoGooder awards, ICPD, Pepsi Refresh

We're excited to share with you a video from our friends at Water For People, a Case Foundation partner that supports the development of sustainable safe drinking water resources and improved sanitation facilities in developing countries. The...

Feb

2010

Nonprofit Jobs: Over 60? Combine social impact and continued income in your encore career!

News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Submit your nonprofit video to the DoGooder awards! We are excited to be a supporter of the DoGooder awards,...

Feb

2010

by Alexandra Céspedes Kent

The aging of the boomer generation is accelerating - an average of 8,000 women and men turn 60 each day, a wave that will only grow in the coming decades. Will the aging of our society drain precious resources as some predict, or will it be a tide...

Feb

2010

Olympic philanthropy

by Riva Warrilow

Guest blogger Riva Warrilow is an intern at the Case Foundation. With the 2010 Winter Olympics in full swing, the whole world is tuning in to root on compatriots, relive past rivalries and soak in the spirit of international cooperation. Athletes...

Feb

2010

Do you have an awesome nonprofit video? Nominate it for a DoGooder award!