The phrase “location, location, location” is commonly used to refer to the three most important attributes of property when it comes to real estate. However, these days it seems more appropriate to use the phrase to highlight the significance of...
My colleagues recently passed around the infographic below from Gizmodo, In Twitter No One Can Hear You Scream, that questions whether people are really paying attention to what you say on Twitter. It shows that 71% of tweets get no reaction (...
I attended last week's Communications Network Annual Conference, a gathering of philanthropy communicators designed to address the challenges and opportunities we face in our work. I was part of the conference’s 2nd annual Gorilla Engagement Squad,...
Fellows Friday is a weekly series on the TED Blog that profiles one TED Fellow each week. We have asked the Fellows to answer our question below to share their knowledge and advice with other social entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers who...
Nonprofit video contests are great. I think they are the most interesting type of online contests, and not just because I like watching YouTube videos. Aside from giving thousands of nonprofits a platform to tell the stories of their hard work and...
We’ve all seen the advertisements: “Text WATER to 38279”, “Text FOOD to 18732”. You pull out your phone, you send a text, and VOILA! you’ve made a $5-10 donation.
Its simple, quick and easy, and it requires next to no effort. Heck, you don’t even...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
IPO of Indian microfinance firm raises questions about ties to Unitus
A few weeks ago in the weekly roundup, we...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
Inaugural Social Innovation Fund grantees selected
Yesterday, the Corporation for National and Community Service...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
Questions linger as Unitus ceases microfinance operations
In an announcement that seems to have taken many people by...
Did you know today is Social Media Day? Yup, Mashable declared it so.
It may be obvious for the tech world to embrace social media so whole-heartedly, but it has been even more exciting for me to see the nonprofit world embrace it, especially right...
We have spent a lot of time talking about the power of video in driving success for nonprofit organizations and are excited to report on a new tool, which will help nonprofits cross a crucial threshold in their online video strategy: the YouTube...
The first post on our network builders roundtable focused on what the builders do and how they do it. Let’s turn our attention now to the future of nonprofit network building.
Five years ago, this position or capacity didn’t exist within nonprofits...
Here are some of the latest tweets in real time from those we follow. We’ve used popular hashtags (keywords) to find specific tweets about this subject.
