By 1998, thousands of people had contracted HIV and hepatitis C from Canada’s tainted blood supply. To restore the supply and the public’s trust, the federal, provincial, and territorial governments of Canada created a new organization, Canadian Blood Services. Despite the public health tragedy that it inherited, Canadian Blood Services rebuilt Canadians’ faith in the nation’s blood supply by infusing transparency into its structure, culture, and operations.
The author submits that focusing on individual donors may yield the most return
An interview with Isaac Richard, a young nonprofit leader in Phoenix.
The author submits how nonprofits should act as advocates for democracy
Biofuels offer an environmental sustainability substitute against petrol-based fuels such as gasoline, yet they are still expensive to produce and are causing a steep inflation in food prices the world over. This panel discussion of experts debates the root causes of the increase in food prices, and the need to tackle the economic and political side effects of biofuel production.
MySpace, Flicker, YouTube, and Facebook are big brands and major movers in the commercial, social networking world. In this audio lecture recorded at the 2008 Nonprofit Management Institute, an event convened by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Jeff Patrick of Common Knowledge shares how nonprofits can use such tools—and customize their own—to capture constituencies and raise funds. He further shows where social networking is headed so that nonprofits can begin to incorporate it into their long-term horizons.
The author interviews board chair, Frank-Paul King, about the decision to merge the three museums that now make up the Museum of Nature & Science.
The author details a Web that tells stories and exposes human injustice and trauma rather than gossip
The author uses the case of the Swine Flu to illustrate why non-global organizations matter.
By focusing and improving how they treat their donors, nonprofits will find a higher giving retention rate.
