November 14, 2007 – 12:23 am
Google Offers Phone Prizes - WSJ.com
Google, who is using prize philanthropy concepts in their foundation, is now using a prize model to spur innovative software for their new phone operating platform.
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Komen May Be The Culprit
A blog posting that criticizes breast cancer nonprofits for being too successful at raising money (and one in particular). Philanthropic [...]
November 13, 2007 – 5:59 pm
Roy Clason is the Vice President of Strategic Communications at the Council on Foundations. The Council needs a new Director of Public Relations and Roy thinks that a reader of Tactical Philanthropy might make a great fit. So he asked me to pass the job description on to you (see link at end of post).
Jeff [...]
November 13, 2007 – 3:44 pm
Bob Ottenhoff, CEO of GuideStar has responded to the One Post Challenge entry titled “GuideStar for Sale”. Visit the comments section to see his response.
November 13, 2007 – 3:23 pm
This entry to the One Post Challenge comes from Rich Polt. Rich is president of Louder Than Words, a Boston-based PR agency that works with foundations, nonprofits, and mission driven businesses. When he’s not communicating good for his clients, he can be found with his family, on his bike, or with the NY Times crossword [...]
November 13, 2007 – 1:48 pm
In case you haven’t noticed, the One Post Challenge entry from “a fundraiser” has generated 60 comments as of this writing. I have intentionally not commented on the progress of the competition so far as I didn’t want to interfere in the process that was unfolding. But I’m going to break my silence.
What the $500 [...]
November 13, 2007 – 9:36 am
This entry to the One Post Challenge comes from Jeff Tuller. Jeff started his career in the very private sector, with over a decade at financial firms Bear Stearns and State Street Bank. In 2001 he made the leap of faith into the non-profit sector, beginning at the SIFEE Educational Foundation and most recently at [...]
November 13, 2007 – 12:23 am
$500 For Your Nonprofit!
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Seattle Philantropic Advisors Network
A model for future networks? SPAN is co-founded by Randy Ottinger.
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EthanZ: I wrote a guide to anonymous blogging
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IRIN Global | Global Southern Africa | Albania Zimbabwe | GLOBAL: The new aid giants | Aid Policy | Feature
Is “New Philanthropy simply executive arrogance, vanity and naïveté”
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These [...]
November 12, 2007 – 8:34 am
This entry to the One Post Challenge comes from the anonymous fundraiser who runs the blog Don’t Tell The Donor. If you’ve been forwarded this post, I vouch for the fact that the $500 is real and will be given to the winner. You can read about the details of this contest here. I would [...]
November 12, 2007 – 12:24 am
Newdea: The True Measure of Philanthropic Impact
A donor/financial institution/nonprofit system for measuring impact.
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November 10, 2007 – 12:22 am
New philanthropy center opens at Haas - The Stanford Daily Online
I loved this quote from the article: “Unlike other centers, PACS is not located in a specific school because its research covers a broad spectrum of disciplines.” How true.
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An Evacuation of the Ivory Towers
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November 9, 2007 – 11:10 am
Today One Post Challenge entry comes from Trista Harris, a Program Officer and the voice behind www.newvoicesofphilanthropy.org, a blog about next generation philanthropy issues.
By Trista Harris
Today I am proposing nothing short of a revolution in the philanthropic field. What if foundations were connected to the communities that they were serving; innovation and creativity were encouraged; [...]
November 9, 2007 – 12:24 am
Maisie: I don’t really ‘do paper’
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November 8, 2007 – 4:40 pm
My Q&A with Clara Miller from today’s online chat on the Chronicle of Philanthropy website:
Question from Sean Stannard-Stockton, Tactical Philanthropy Blog:
Thanks so much for participating in this discussion Clara. I was wondering if you could talk a little about why the concept of granting “growth capital” is still something that people need convincing to accept. [...]
November 8, 2007 – 4:32 pm
I’ve been loving the One Post Challenge entries so far. I do want to stress one thing though. A paragraph or two is all you need to write. Blog posts tend to be short and anyone who is considering entering does not need to feel like that have to write a dissertation.
Case in point: The [...]
November 8, 2007 – 12:21 am
Tax Report - WSJ.com
Donors are missing out on billions of dollars a year in tax deductions because they aren’t taking simple steps to plan their charitable giving. These billions could be available to nonprofits if they would help educate their donors about charitable giftin
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Who Defines the Philanthropic “Product?”
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media onPhilanthropy: Video: Bill Clinton on [...]