We often think of Facebook and Twitter when we hear the word "viral." But while you're mastering social media, don't neglect the simple, old fashioned word-of-mouth things you can do. ... Read More

Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years this morning, but his fraudulent investment scheme is still unraveling, snaring many nonprofits who both won and lost as a result of the ... Read More

14 Easy Ways to Grow Your Email List Kivi Leroux Miller provides the basics about collecting email addresses and keeping your list clean. Assessing America's Giving Challenge Allison Fine summarizes the findings ... Read More

Brush up, learn new skills, get new ideas at some of the terrific webinars available this summer. Here are some that look too good to pass up: Entrepreneurship: Is It for ... Read More

Last week, Ruth McCambridge, editor of The Nonprofit Quarterly, said that the recession for nonprofits will likely last longer than we thought. McCambridge said, in a speech at the Clinton School ... Read More

Whoa...The number of High Net worth Individuals (HNIs) has gone down by 15%, falling to 8.6 million globally. This is the 2008 number, reported by Merrill Lynch and a French ... Read More

Recently I wrote about how to optimize your website through posting keyword-rich press releases on your website. Another quick way to get your website into the search engines is through ... Read More

The nonprofit world suffers losses when celebrities that have been spokespeople and supporters die. This week is shaping up to be devastating. We lost Farrah Fawcett, who was active with the ... Read More

The top four nonprofit brands, according to a new report, turn out to be the YMCA, the Salvation Army, the United Way of America, and the American Red Cross. ... Read More

It is not the summer of love, but the "summer of service" seems much more appropriate for our times. This week First Lady Michelle Obama kicked off the next stage of ... Read More

Jeff Brooks, the guy who brings humor and cartoons to fundraising, tells what he learned about fundraising from the Beatles. Among the musical/fundraising lessons: Beatles song "When I'm Sixty Four" - ... Read More

Arlene Spencer of The Grant Plant blogs about "What Grant Writing Is, and What It Is Not...." Spencer says grants, among other things: are not a short term solution...in other words ... Read More

Julia Moulden, author of We are the New Radicals: A Manifesto for Reinventing Yourself and Saving the World, writes in the Huffington Post about the emerging group of people who ... Read More

Summer is the time for events and event sponsorships. Deborah Zanke of "message communications" offers tips on how to make sure you get repeat sponsorships by documenting how your organization ... Read More

I don't know anyone who really loves writing press releases. But most of us love to increase the traffic to our websites. Press releases are great tools for optimizing your nonprofit's ... Read More

This is a question that social entrepreneurs debate over and over. Should a social venture go the for-profit route, or become a charitable organization, a 501(c)(3)? One of the most successful ... Read More

I've just read a terrific book about how to turn your nonprofit's special events into a rational system that puts your mission first, and that brings in sustainable support for ... Read More

Tom's of Maine has a great new program, "50 States for Good." The company is directing $100,000 ($20,000 each) to five nonprofit projects that focus on positive change. The ... Read More

We are passing along information about easy and inexpensive ways to brush up on your skills during the summer. Here are the latest: Get on these quickly: NTEN has a free webinar ... Read More

The Giving USA Foundation report, produced by The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, was released last week and provides information about charitable giving in 2008. At a webinar, ... Read More

Our collective sense of safety was punctured once again yesterday when hate, armed with a rifle, visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. A guard was killed and the ... Read More

I've loved the debate this week about cause-related marketing created by an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review by Professor Angela Eikenberry, assistant professor in the School of Public ... Read More

It could have been worse. That's the news from the Giving Institute as it releases today its yearbook on philanthropy, Giving USA 2009. U.S. charitable giving in 2008 surpassed $300 billion ... Read More

Don't think for a moment that the fragmentation of the media landscape means that you can ignore media outreach for your nonprofit. You have to be more diligent than ever ... Read More

Convio, a provider of CRM software for nonprofits, has released a study that shows nine in 10 nonprofits, irregardless of their size, find that the greatest barrier to success online ... Read More

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently noted that the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation garnered more than $10 million in unsolicited contributions last year. The Chronicle explained that the Gates Foundation "reluctantly" ... Read More

Giving Circles are hot among donors who want deep involvement with their causes. And why not? Giving Circles provide an opportunity to network with other donors with similar resources. Giving ... Read More

We're looking for free or low-cost webinars and on-site seminars for this summer. If you know of one or are giving one, let us know and we will pass ... Read More

This week we saw GM go into bankruptcy. If an American icon such as General Motors can go under, it is no wonder that some nonprofits are facing ... Read More

An article at Forbes.com recently pointed out that 50% of nonprofits' support from individuals comes from planned gifts. But many times donors spend much less time thinking about their estate ... Read More