Enid Ablowitz: Predicting giving - Boulder Daily Camera: A new buzzword in business is predictive analytics -- combining technology-based techniques such as data mining with quantitative evaluations to forecast future opportunity.
Pretty sophisticated stuff, yet it builds on the tried and true approaches of market segmentation and market targeting.
Monday, March 12, 2012
United Way of Northern NJ Young Professionals celebration raises $14,000 | MyCentralJersey.com | MyCentralJersey.com
United Way of Northern NJ Young Professionals celebration raises $14,000 | MyCentralJersey.com | MyCentralJersey.com: During the third annual United Way of Northern New Jersey Young Professionals Celebration conducted in February, more than 100 young philanthropy-minded professionals raised $14,000 to support United Way’s work in the region.
Foundations Didn't Increase Focus on 'Nonprofit Success' in Downturn, Study Finds - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
Foundations Didn't Increase Focus on 'Nonprofit Success' in Downturn, Study Finds - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: A survey of 755 foundations conducted in 2011 by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the TCC Group found that 83 percent of foundations said they devote money to general support, compared with 80 percent in 2008. And the median amount of foundations’ budgets devoted to unrestricted support held steady at 20 percent
J.K Rowling: Billionaire to millionaire - Life & Style - NZ Herald News
J.K Rowling: Billionaire to millionaire - Life & Style - NZ Herald News: The Harry Potter author has fallen down the Forbes rich list because of her charitable giving, the business magazine said.
Forbes, which has produced an annual list of billionaires for the past 25 years, said Rowling's philanthropic ways had dented her bank balance, along with the heavy taxation burden levied on high earners in Britain, the The Telegraph reported.
Forbes, which has produced an annual list of billionaires for the past 25 years, said Rowling's philanthropic ways had dented her bank balance, along with the heavy taxation burden levied on high earners in Britain, the The Telegraph reported.
Utah Pulse - Holding Steady Holding On The State of Utah’s Nonprofit Sector
Utah Pulse - Holding Steady Holding On The State of Utah’s Nonprofit Sector: For the past four years The Community Foundation of Utah with the support of Wells Fargo Foundation, has been tracking how the state’s nonprofit organizations have been coping with the recession.
Our most recent study finds another year of flat or declining revenue, increased demand for help and the recognition that things may be like this for a long while to come. As one director put it, “We are just holding on.”
Our most recent study finds another year of flat or declining revenue, increased demand for help and the recognition that things may be like this for a long while to come. As one director put it, “We are just holding on.”
The new philanthropists | Society | The Guardian
The new philanthropists | Society | The Guardian: The new philanthropists
Wealthy people giving money to the less well-off may sound Victorian, but a new generation of business people are supporting good causes in a smart, 21st-century way. And isn't it time we learned to cheer about it?
Wealthy people giving money to the less well-off may sound Victorian, but a new generation of business people are supporting good causes in a smart, 21st-century way. And isn't it time we learned to cheer about it?
Restroom sponsor, Boulder venture capitalist Brad Feld a real go-getter - The Denver Post
Restroom sponsor, Boulder venture capitalist Brad Feld a real go-getter - The Denver Post: Businessman and philanthropist Brad Feld is a prolific marathon runner, yet he does some of his best thinking sitting down.
Nearly everyone sits down on a daily basis to conduct business of a certain type. That got Feld to thinking how he could honor worthy causes in a visible, everyday way.
The answer, naturally, is to purchase naming rights for restrooms.
Nearly everyone sits down on a daily basis to conduct business of a certain type. That got Feld to thinking how he could honor worthy causes in a visible, everyday way.
The answer, naturally, is to purchase naming rights for restrooms.
Celebrities brew up coffee for charity - Joliet Herald News
Celebrities brew up coffee for charity - Joliet Herald News: Philanthropy is the driving force behind Jackman’s involvement in the coffee world. In a telephone interview he talked about being inspired by the late Paul Newman and his company, Newman’s Own, which has donated millions to charity. But it’s not the only reas
Gazette.Net: Charity’s long-awaited comeback in Maryland
Gazette.Net: Charity’s long-awaited comeback in Maryland: More than half of the region’s nonprofits in a recent survey said their donors are committed to maintaining or increasing their donations this year.
The data, gathered by the Center for Nonprofit Advancement in Washington, D.C., is the first positive news from the nonprofit realm in three years, since the recession of 2007-09, said Glen O’Gilvie, the center’s CEO. The center represents 900 nonprofits in the greater Washington region.
The data, gathered by the Center for Nonprofit Advancement in Washington, D.C., is the first positive news from the nonprofit realm in three years, since the recession of 2007-09, said Glen O’Gilvie, the center’s CEO. The center represents 900 nonprofits in the greater Washington region.
Some Corpus Christi students skip the beach for 'alternative' spring break � Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Some Corpus Christi students skip the beach for 'alternative' spring break � Corpus Christi Caller-Times: CORPUS CHRISTI — Theresa Sonka and her friends are trading in beach umbrellas for shovels, swim trunks for work clothes this spring break.
The Rockefeller Archive Center - Workshops
The Rockefeller Archive Center - Workshops: A Professional Development Program for Teachers
Sponsored by the Rockefeller Archive Center
The Rockefeller Archive Center invites applications for a five-day professional development program for teachers whose courses might draw on the Center's vast archival collections. Successful applicants will be named Rockefeller Archive Center Teaching Fellows. During the week-long program the participants will develop a deep knowledge of the many domains touched by American philanthropy and will create relevant supplements for classroom use.
Sponsored by the Rockefeller Archive Center
The Rockefeller Archive Center invites applications for a five-day professional development program for teachers whose courses might draw on the Center's vast archival collections. Successful applicants will be named Rockefeller Archive Center Teaching Fellows. During the week-long program the participants will develop a deep knowledge of the many domains touched by American philanthropy and will create relevant supplements for classroom use.
Friday, March 09, 2012
Mobile Marketing with 2d Codes
Mobile Marketing with 2d Codes: Success with mobile marketing starts with understanding your customers and then implementing an appropriate strategy. Although some marketers are known to embrace new technologies without first considering their full impact on the consumer.
This has proved to be true with QR codes. Notwithstanding the buzz surrounding QR codes’ ineffective applications have chilled some of the enthusiasm for their use as mobile marketing triggers. To help solve this problem, technology giant Microsoft, creators of the MS tag technology that competes with QR, has stepped forward.
This has proved to be true with QR codes. Notwithstanding the buzz surrounding QR codes’ ineffective applications have chilled some of the enthusiasm for their use as mobile marketing triggers. To help solve this problem, technology giant Microsoft, creators of the MS tag technology that competes with QR, has stepped forward.
Brooklyn Public Library launches fundraising drive
Brooklyn Public Library launches fundraising drive: The Brooklyn Public Library has kicked off an aggressive fundraising drive to raise $500,000 for new books, DVDs and eBooks at its 60 sites.
The fourth annual spring “Support Our Shelves” initiative encourages residents to support their local libraries through donations and advocacy.
The fourth annual spring “Support Our Shelves” initiative encourages residents to support their local libraries through donations and advocacy.
Leadership Jacksonville seeks future Northeast Florida leaders | jacksonville.com
Leadership Jacksonville seeks future Northeast Florida leaders | jacksonville.com: A Jacksonville community organization is casting its net for Northeast Florida’s future leaders — home-grown ones.
The program, called Collegiate Leadership Experience, gives Northeast Florida college students an opportunity to network with community leaders and professionals and to explore complex issues facing the community.
The program, called Collegiate Leadership Experience, gives Northeast Florida college students an opportunity to network with community leaders and professionals and to explore complex issues facing the community.
How'd the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton turn itself around? Ask the big kid in the black suit. | NJ.com
How'd the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton turn itself around? Ask the big kid in the black suit. | NJ.com: When Breidinger arrived on the board in the mid-1990s, the club’s leadership was holding weekly meetings just to figure out how to pay its bills. The power company was threatening to shut off its electricity. Membership was dwindling, with only a few hundred kids. The building needed an upgrade. There were no funds to recruit children or add new programs. And this was happening during an economic boom.
Breidinger, then newly installed as the head of Comcast Cable’s operations in Mercer County and a member of the Rotary Club, was part of a group of Rotarians looking for something in the city to throw its efforts behind.
Breidinger, then newly installed as the head of Comcast Cable’s operations in Mercer County and a member of the Rotary Club, was part of a group of Rotarians looking for something in the city to throw its efforts behind.
Five Fundraising Lessons from the Muppet Movie - Fundraising Detective
Five Fundraising Lessons from the Muppet Movie - Fundraising Detective: Five Fundraising Lessons from the Muppet Movie
I recently went to see the new Muppets Movie and absolutely loved it.
The basic premise is that Walter (the Muppets' biggest fan) wants to try and get the Muppets back together to save their original studio from being taken over by an evil oil tycoon.
I recently went to see the new Muppets Movie and absolutely loved it.
The basic premise is that Walter (the Muppets' biggest fan) wants to try and get the Muppets back together to save their original studio from being taken over by an evil oil tycoon.
How’s Your Association Attitude? - Reid | Avectra
How’s Your Association Attitude? - Reid | Avectra: How’s Your Association Attitude?
Thursday, March 8, 2012 by Deirdre Reid
Quiz time:
How often do you try a new recipe? A different gas station or restaurant? An unfamiliar magazine or radio station?
When’s the last time you talked with someone about an idea or project that flopped, or asked for constructive criticism?
When did you last seek ideas from someone with a different perspective? Or collaborate with a colleague from another department?
Who lights up your office with their energy, passion and creativity? Is it you?
Whose reactions concern you the most: your boss, the CEO, leadership or the average member?
Thursday, March 8, 2012 by Deirdre Reid
Quiz time:
How often do you try a new recipe? A different gas station or restaurant? An unfamiliar magazine or radio station?
When’s the last time you talked with someone about an idea or project that flopped, or asked for constructive criticism?
When did you last seek ideas from someone with a different perspective? Or collaborate with a colleague from another department?
Who lights up your office with their energy, passion and creativity? Is it you?
Whose reactions concern you the most: your boss, the CEO, leadership or the average member?
Thursday, March 08, 2012
A Realistic Look at Annual Fundraising Campaigns : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success
A Realistic Look at Annual Fundraising Campaigns : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: Part One: A Brief History Annual Giving
Participation, always a sensitive issue with trustees, is in decline at many institutions — not for lack of trying but for difficulties in simply making contact. The CDCOpens in a new window in Atlanta recently suggested that 20 percent of households no longer have landlinesOpens in a new window — and the erosion in landlines is picking up speed.
Participation, always a sensitive issue with trustees, is in decline at many institutions — not for lack of trying but for difficulties in simply making contact. The CDCOpens in a new window in Atlanta recently suggested that 20 percent of households no longer have landlinesOpens in a new window — and the erosion in landlines is picking up speed.
Writing a one-page news release | Philanthropy Journal
Writing a one-page news release | Philanthropy Journal: Nonprofit organizations can use a news release to announce their events or newsworthy information.
But keeping a news release to one page, with the most relevant, timely information is an important step is seeing the release published.
But keeping a news release to one page, with the most relevant, timely information is an important step is seeing the release published.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Forging unique paths to philanthropy | The Daily Texan
Forging unique paths to philanthropy | The Daily Texan: e University breeds students to follow a specific path to make a difference. This path may be through medicine or the arts or even law. However, students do not seem to consider ways they can change the world other than these well-trodden paths.
But what can the University do to promote a nontraditional way of thinking when it comes to philanthropy? One thing it can do is to connect students with stories such as Boyette’s to promote a other ways of thinking. Professors need to share stories of inspiration in their lectures to encourage this style of thinking.
But what can the University do to promote a nontraditional way of thinking when it comes to philanthropy? One thing it can do is to connect students with stories such as Boyette’s to promote a other ways of thinking. Professors need to share stories of inspiration in their lectures to encourage this style of thinking.
Chang School Fundraising Management Student Brings New Skills Back To Work: Last fall, when the inn came under threat of closure due to proposed budget cuts, Jamie decided to learn more about fundraising so she could try to create a fundraising strategy and save the historic site: she enrolled in the Certificate in Fundraising Management program at Ryerson University’s G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education.
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Form 990 – Threshold Requirements Reminder
Form 990 – Threshold Requirements Reminder: As the time for calendar year nonprofits to file their annual tax return approaches, many nonprofits will need to remember which Form 990 their organization is required to file. As a refresher, the Form 990, Form 990 E-Z, and Form 990-N filing thresholds depend on the exempt-organization’s revenue and assets as follows:
Donations to colleges vary widely | The Clarion-Ledger | clarionledger.com
Donations to colleges vary widely | The Clarion-Ledger | clarionledger.com: Universities across the country enjoyed an increase in fundraising dollars last year, but donations to Mississippi's public institutions varied widely.
When nonprofits become fundraising behemoths | Minnesota Public Radio News
When nonprofits become fundraising behemoths | Minnesota Public Radio News: When nonprofits become money-raising behemoths, do the organizations stray from the original good intentions? As breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure recovers from their Planned Parenthood controversy, we wanted to take a look at big fundraisers and where their money goes.
From Komen to Limbaugh, what can companies do when affiliations misfire? : BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center for Business Journalism
From Komen to Limbaugh, what can companies do when affiliations misfire? : BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center for Business Journalism: These case studies are quite interesting from the marketing, advertising, consumer relations, corporate governance and other points of view. And of course, the impact of social media on corporate image and crisis management is quite riveting; McDonald’s just had to issue this Facebook apology after a joking reference to pit bulls in a Chicken McBites ad, for example. That probably wouldn’t have happened pre-Twitter.
Board Fellows Programs Give M.B.A.'s Taste of Nonprofits - US News and World Report
Board Fellows Programs Give M.B.A.'s Taste of Nonprofits - US News and World Report: When he arrived at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University in 2010, Estrada-Reyes decided he wanted to serve the community by volunteering with a nonprofit organization. Through Cornell's Johnson Board Fellowship Program, he joined the board of directors of the Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, N.Y., and has spent the past year developing a comparative analysis of comparably sized community theaters.
ExCollege course gives students the opportunity to be young philanthropists - Tufts Daily - Tufts University
ExCollege course gives students the opportunity to be young philanthropists - Tufts Daily - Tufts University: Promoting active citizenship is often cited as one of the major assets of a Tufts education. But few courses provide students with the immediate knowledge and the financial resources to be active citizens in the surrounding communities. The Experimental College course "Experimenting with Philanthropy" breaks that mold and gets students involved immediately.
I Live Here, I Give Here(R) Announces $1 Million to be Raised in 24 Hours for Austin Nonprofits - MarketWatch
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I Live Here, I Give Here(R) Announces $1 Million to be Raised in 24 Hours for Austin Nonprofits - MarketWatch: AUSTIN, Texas, Mar 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- I Live Here, I Give Here(R) announces a new program, AMPLIFY AUSTIN, an initiative to increase philanthropy in Central Texas through online giving with a goal of raising $1 million in a 24-hour period for hundreds of Central Texas nonprofits.
I Live Here, I Give Here(R) Announces $1 Million to be Raised in 24 Hours for Austin Nonprofits - MarketWatch: AUSTIN, Texas, Mar 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- I Live Here, I Give Here(R) announces a new program, AMPLIFY AUSTIN, an initiative to increase philanthropy in Central Texas through online giving with a goal of raising $1 million in a 24-hour period for hundreds of Central Texas nonprofits.
Nonprofit network, a Muncie original | The Star Press | thestarpress.com
Nonprofit network, a Muncie original | The Star Press | thestarpress.com: The Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network, or INRN, was created in an office within the United Way of Delaware County's spaces to provide social service employees a chance to have the professional development opportunities so important during the end of the last century.
Nearly 20 years later, INRN continues its work, not only in Muncie, but across Indiana.
Nearly 20 years later, INRN continues its work, not only in Muncie, but across Indiana.
Students in nonprofit careers find inspiration in public service - The Brown Daily Herald - Serving the community daily since 1891
Students in nonprofit careers find inspiration in public service - The Brown Daily Herald - Serving the community daily since 1891: 48 percent of graduates in the Class of 2010, the latest year of complete available data, decided to work in nonprofit or government sectors. Amspacher, who worked for nonprofit initiatives for 20 years before coming to the CareerLAB, said the percentage of each senior class headed to careers in the common good — like social entrepreneurship ventures, government agencies and public health programs — has remained constant over the years.
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