August 3, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Here are some of the latest noteworthy blog items and opinion pieces on the nonprofit world:
- Is your nonprofit group running an advocacy campaign or building a full-fledged movement? Frank Barry, consulting manager at Blackbaud Internet Solutions, discusses the differences on Beth Kanter’s blog.
- Aid Watch is asking readers to submit their “weirdest” stories about foreign aid. The most interesting submissions will be highlighted on the blog.
- On The Philanthropic Family, Sharon Schneider, philanthropic director at Foundation Source, weighs in on the controversy surrounding nonprofit organizations that guide foreign tourists through African antipoverty projects.
- Holden Karnofsky of GiveWell adds his thoughts to a discussion about the difference between “high-impact” and “high-performing” charities. The Tactical Philanthropy blog prompted the debate last week.
- On its blog, Need magazine has a photo essay that documents the work of nonprofit organizations that seek to clear northern Uganda of landmines.
