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May
21
2013
Whether during times of conflict abroad, or coming to our aid here at home in times of tragedy or natural disaster, military service members and first responders embody the Be Fearless spirit. They let urgency conquer fear and rush in before anyone...
May
01
2013
Since Change.org began focusing on its petition tool in 2011, it has offered just two actions for supporting a cause: Create a petition; sign a petition. Now the company is expanding that list. Today, it will release a feature called “Promoted...
Apr
29
2013
Social Citizens is moving!
Five years ago, we at the Case Foundation made a bet on Millennials. We believed that this generation would, through their collective actions, represent an epic shift in the way youth engage with others; consume goods; spend their time and money;...
Apr
22
2013
On April 22, the world will celebrate Earth Day. Sustainable food and agriculture systems can play a big role in preserving the environment by helping to improve soil health, protecting biodiversity, and mitigating climate change. Earth Day is a...
Apr
18
2013
“You’ve got to act. You’ve got to be willing to fail. You’ve got to be willing to crash and burn.” – Steve Jobs, Apple Ever since the launch of our Be Fearless campaign last year, we have been talking about experimentation, big bets, urgency, and...
Apr
16
2013
npfail reflections
I have been working in the nonprofit sector for 34 years, spending the last twenty of them focusing on the nonprofit technology sector to deliver training and capacity building. I have been waiting a long time to have a sector-wide conversation...
Mar
22
2013
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African proverb Partnership, collective impact, shared value—no matter what you call it, collaboration is the key to reaching beyond your bubble, overcoming fear, and...
Mar
18
2013
If you tuned into the Presidential debates this past Fall you may have caught the one moderated by CNN personality Candy Crowley. Remarkably, it was the first presidential debate moderated by a female in 20 years. Wonder how that dry spell ended?...
Mar
04
2013
Indianapolis will be home the largest millennial engagement conference this summer hosted by Achieve, The Buckingham Foundation and the Case Foundation. Its focus will be on engaging 20-33 year olds working in both nonprofits and the corporate...
Feb
27
2013
As February comes to a close, the staff at the Case Foundation has enjoyed spending the month reflecting on the great achievements and contributions of fearless African Americans that have transformed our communities and the world. These...
Feb
26
2013
Credit: Code for America
Our goal is to help those transformative benefits flow to places they won’t automatically go on their own, starting with physical communities. We’d like see technology enable broad-based engagement, amplify whatit means to be a citizen and...
Feb
14
2013
Bill Shore, founder of Share Our Strength, a nonprofit aimed at ending childhood hunger in America, wrote a really interesting post recently. He argues that nonprofits must be more bold, that the risk aversion that defines the sector is itself...

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