You’ve heard it all before. The internet and, more specifically, social media are changing the way that we communicate. You’ve probably read a blog (maybe even this one) that encouraged the use of new technology to reach out to those elusive Gen X and Y-ers to “meet them where they are.” A recent article released [...]
The Foundation Center has created an excellent resource for nonprofits to use in coping with the economic crisis: http://foundationcenter.org/focus/economy/. A particularly thought provoking feature is the one-hour long podcast featuring a conversation between Guidestar President and CEO Robert G. Ottenhoff and Foundation Center President Bradford K. Smith. The two discuss the contrast between nonprofits’ reactions [...]
Uh oh. We’re nervous and it shows. At least, that’s what our friends at Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy tell us. They report that the 2009 Summer Philanthropic Giving Index is hovering around 65.4 percent, that’s down from 82.8 percent last year. What’s the Index? Well, in short, it is the confidence that fundraising professionals [...]
I am writing this entry from Giving Institute’s annual Summer Symposium in sunny Puerto Rico where the ocean waters and breezes are warm, and I tried my first ever green banana, garlic, and onion salad! The firms represented at the Symposium are collectively working with over 10,000 nonprofits across the US this year. We are [...]
We at The Collins Group spend a great deal of time thinking about the state of the nonprofit sector, both here at home in the Northwest and across the country. We share a great deal of this information amongst ourselves on a daily basis and with our clients, and wanted a way to share thoughts [...]
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