Nonprofits
Three Museums in One
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.
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Global Issues
Technology’s Positive Impact on Human Rights
The author details a Web that tells stories and exposes human injustice and trauma rather than gossip
Global Issues
Swine Flu: Why Local Organizations Matter
The author uses the case of the Swine Flu to illustrate why non-global organizations matter.
Nonprofits
Nonprofits Need to Know Their Givers Better
By focusing and improving how they treat their donors, nonprofits will find a higher giving retention rate.
Podcast
Jennifer Aaker - The Psychology of Giving
Research shows that spending time and money on others makes people happy—so why don't more people donate to or volunteer for nonprofits? In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Stanford marketing professor Jennifer Aaker offers insights into the phenomenon. She then turns those insights into lessons in nonprofit management that organizations can use to create compelling ways for more people to give financially and personally to the causes they care about.
Nonprofits
We Are the Possible: Meet Lindsey McDougle
An interview with Lindsey McDougle, a doctoral student at the University of San Diego pursuing a degree in Leadership Studies with a specialization in Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies.
Social Innovations
Millennials MoveOn
To propel young folks to the polls, a political organization mixed Web 2.0 tools with social science savvy.
Nonprofits
The Best Thing We Can Do for Nonprofits–and Ourselves
We must actively withhold support when we see the government acting in a way counter to our ideals and its own.
Philanthropy
Giving Sector Needs to Adapt to the Economic Crisis
Foundations are creatively adjusting to the current economic crisis.