Monthly Archives: December 2007

links for 2007-12-07

December 7, 2007 – 12:24 am

Bah! Humbug | Economist.com
The Economist magazine reviews Forces for Good.
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By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy | Comments (0)

links for 2007-12-06

December 6, 2007 – 12:25 am

Nonprofits Become A Force in Primaries - washingtonpost.com
A group of nonprofits (501c4’s) are making themselves heard in the primaries while they advocate for specific candidates.
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Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

December 5, 2007 – 11:41 am

Who is FORGE, the nonprofit that posted 423 comments to the One Post Challenge winning entry? Well here’s the story as written by FORGE founder and executive director Kjerstin Erickson.
By Kjerstin Erickson
One week ago Monday, I stumbled across the One Post Challenge after following a few links from the ‘Philanthropy Today’ update that I receive [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in One Post Challenge, Philanthropy, Social Media, nptech | Comments (3)

Forces For Good Podcast

December 5, 2007 – 11:13 am

Launch Podcast

Today’s podcast is with Heather McLeod Grant and Leslie Crutchfield, the authors of the new book Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits. Forces for Good examines the characteristics of nonprofits that are achieving high impact. Heather’s been an advisor to the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford, as well as to [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Impact Measurement, New Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Social Entrepreneurship, multimedia, nonprofits, podcast | Comments (1)

links for 2007-12-05

December 5, 2007 – 12:24 am

And The Winner Is…
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By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy | Comments (0)

Philanthropy Reading

December 4, 2007 – 5:02 pm

Google Analytics lets me see a lot about how people interact with Tactical Philanthropy. The number of comments and emails I get is one form of feedback. So is data like the most read posts, the posts that people spent the most time reading, and a number of other metrics. So without passing any judgment [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Cross-Disciplinary Conversations, One Post Challenge, Philanthropy | Comments (2)

Forces For Good Podcast Background

December 4, 2007 – 4:40 pm

Tomorrow I’ll be releasing a podcast I recorded with Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant, the authors of the new book Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits. Forces for Good examines the characteristics of nonprofits that are achieving high impact. Heather’s been an advisor to the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford, [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Impact Measurement, New Philanthropy, Philanthropy | Comments (0)

And The Winner Is…

December 4, 2007 – 8:58 am

Surprise, surprise, the post $500 For Your Nonprofit won, no… absolutely dominated, the One Post Challenge. Regarding whether the post actually furthered the online philanthropy conversation, I will note that a number of people who were drawn to Tactical Philanthropy to vote for their charity stuck around and commented on other posts.
Without further ado here [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Cross-Disciplinary Conversations, Giving Blogs, One Post Challenge, Philanthropy, Prize Philanthropy, Social Media, nptech | Comments (3)

links for 2007-12-04

December 4, 2007 – 12:31 am

AWOL Volunteers Are a Major Problem for Some Charities - Philanthropy.com
The Chronicle of Philanthropy mentions another One Post Challenge entry.
(tags: blog)

FT.com - Doing good the hardnosed way
The Financial Times highlights the trend of “hardnosed giving”.
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One Post Challenge Wrap Up

December 3, 2007 – 10:35 am

Wow.
I am deeply impressed with the people who took the time to participate in the One Post Challenge. Never did I imagine that the result would tally up to 36 entries and over 200 comments (and that excludes the over 400 comments on the $500 For Your Nonprofit! post).
You can find all of the entries [...]

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links for 2007-12-01

December 1, 2007 – 12:22 am

The November Giving Carnival Has Arrived! « The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy
The latest edition of the Giving Carnival that I founded has been published.
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We Gotta Have Scale!
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More on Mergers, Ms. Miller!
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Why Philanthropy Should Embrace Controversy
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By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy | Comments (0)