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The Ice Bucket Challenge Won’t Solve Charity’s Biggest Problem
By Dan Pallotta I love the Ice Bucket Challenge. Period. It’s a collective expression of love in a world with far too little of it.…
Building Networks and Movements for Social Change
By Heather McLeod Grant he social sector is at a critical inflection point, a moment when external and internal forces are challenging many of its…
Measuring #IceBucketChallenge Awareness
By George Weiner, WholeWhale.com It is a rare moment when our collective attention turns toward causes as worthy as ALS. The Ice Bucket Challenge has…
How The ALS Association Should Spend Donations From the #IceBucketChallenge
Three weeks ago The ALS Association (The ALSA), known for global research, advocacy and care services for those fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease, launched the “Ice…
5 Questions With Steve Delfin From America’s Charities
Where is philanthropy going and how are nonprofits and companies responding? How can nonprofits engage with the next generation of donors and volunteers? How does…
In Praise of Operations: Making “What Works” Actually Work
By Paul Carttar The fundamental value proposition of the “what works” movement is that the lives of many people in need can be materially improved…
How MADD and Nationwide are Working Together to Save Lives
One in three people in this country will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime.  Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) is working…
It’s Mission, Programs, Services For Employee Giving
Workplace giving funnels about $4 billion into nonprofit coffers each year. But as evidenced by the nearly one-fifth decline in the federal employee Combined Federal…
Snapshot 2014: How Are Nonprofits Responding to Rising Expectations of Corporate and Individual Donors?
By Lynne D. Filderman and Steve Greenhalgh (This post was originally featured in CSRwire’s CSRwire Talkback blog series.) Having just released the latest research on employee engagement…
How Do we Scale Social Change?
By Nell Edgington This week I attended the 5th annual Social Impact Exchange Conference in New York City. It was an interesting gathering of funders, change makers and…
4 Tips for Measuring Outcomes Instead of Activities
By Jason Saul In my last post, I wrote about why it’s important for nonprofits to measure outcomes rather than activities. I was excited to see…
Increased social network can have big payoff for nonprofits, study shows
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Charitable fundraising once depended primarily upon a charity’s size, efficiency and longstanding reputation. That was before Razoo, Kickstarter, Facebook and Twitter came…