Skoll 2011 Interviews: Daniel Franklin and Mark Kramer

By Jenna Nicholas

There was an extraordinary amount of positivity, optimism, and collaboration at SWF. I interviewed two people who particularly believe in the power of collaboration.

For Love or Lucre

By Jim Fruchterman 26

A veteran social entrepreneur provides a guide to those who are thinking through the thorny question of whether to create a nonprofit, a for-profit, or something in between.

Four Steps to a New Online Fundraising Strategy

By Cristi Hegranes 2

In four steps Global Press Institute was able to revamp the online giving culture and more than triple the number of monthly online donations.

Skoll 2011 Interview: John Marks

By Jenna Nicholas 1

Interview with John Marks, founder of Search for Common Ground, a nonprofit conflict-resolution organization, and head of Common Ground Productions

Impact Market Failure

By Kevin Starr 16

It comes down to this: We’re all operating in a dysfunctional market for impact.

A New Type of Hybrid

By Allen R. Bromberger 9

Social entrepreneurs have taken the hybrid model to a new level, crafting it into a single structure that can operate as both a for-profit and a nonprofit.

Most Messages Fail. Send Ones That Work.

By David A. Simpson

Many nonprofits send out scores of “updates” and other messages that are really just thinly disguised pitches for money.

Attacking Poverty Through Jobs

By Liane Phillips

I hope that as long as there is poverty in our country, there will be a Cincinnati Works’ model that can help families escape poverty.

ACORN, NPR, Planned Parenthood, and the Sector’s Challenges in Protecting Itself

By John Brothers 1

There should be greater concern over who is protecting nonprofits that find themselves in situations like that of NPR, which recently lost its federal funding.

One Nonprofit Closure: The Missed Merger Opportunity

By Jean Butzen

If you believe you are headed toward a merger, start the process sooner rather than later.