What Social Entrepreneurs and Activists Can Learn From One Another; and More: Wednesday’s Roundup
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
September 24, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
- Hildy Gottlieb, president of the nonprofit Community-Driven Institute, says on her blog Creating the Future that the notion of “best practices” has contributed to “weaker, less confident” nonprofit leaders, board micromanagement, and other ills.
- Writing on the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s blog, Lloyd Nimetz, founder of a group that connects donors with Argentine organizations, discusses what social entrepreneurs can learn from activists, and vice versa.
- On Donor Power Blog, Jeff Brooks, a direct-marketing consultant, offers some reasons why nonprofit groups should continue effective direct-mail campaigns, even though many experts say direct mail is dead.
- Jacob Berkman, a writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s Fundermentalist blog, highlights a few ways that Jewish charities are using the Yom Kippur holiday to raise money and attention. American Jewish World Service, for example, is asking supporters to donate the money they would have spent on food, were they not participating in the daylong fast that is part of the holiday ritual.
- Writing on the Refugees International blog, Joel Charny, the charity’s acting president, praises what he calls the “remarkable” decision last week by the United Nations to consolidate its four agencies that work on gender issues. He says the move could lead to greater focus on women’s needs.
- Looking to improve your newsletter? Sandy Rees, a fund raiser in Knoxville, Tenn., offers some tips on Get Fully Funded..
