Joanne's Nonprofits Blog December 2007 Archive

Some twenty social entrepreneurs and their organizations are profiled in How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, by David Bornstein. Some of them did ... Read More

Judging from the number of books I read about the nonprofit sector in 2007, I am a much better educated nonprofit blogger than I was twelve months ago. I digested ... Read More

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has an excellent article about how some nonprofits are becoming video savvy. We have all probably done a video for screening at the big donor dinner or ... Read More

The good news for nonprofits from the IRS is two-fold: the new Form 990 will be phased in over three years, beginning with 2008; and controversial ratios were dropped ... Read More

Chances are that you really want to understand and use social media to enhance the public relations and fundraising efforts of your nonprofit. But social media are not easy to ... Read More

What is a wiki? Basically, wiki is software you install on your website to allow readers to post their own content, and edit or comment on others' content. It ... Read More

We have written about Generation Y, or the "Net-Gen," who are the pioneers of social media. Now let's tackle the paradigm shift that is happening (has already happened actually) because ... Read More

An article in the New York Times questions the ubiquitous practice of naming physical buildings and spaces after donors. The article says maybe it has gone too far, with ... Read More