Becoming More Like Businesses Isn’t Solution for Nonprofit Groups, Author Argues
Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
By Caroline Preston
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Using Online Auctions to Raise Money
Fundraising on eBay: How to Raise Big Money on the World’s Greatest Online Marketplace
By Caroline Preston
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Interim Executive Directors Offer Solution to Leadership Void, Guide Says
Filling the Gap: The Interim Executive Director Solution, A Manual for Staff, Board and Consultants Dealing with Leadership Transition in Arts Organizations, by Daniel Y. Mayer, offers advice to arts groups in the market for a new chief executive. The guide urges organizations to consider tapping…
By Caroline Preston
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Report Profiles Good Corporate Citizens
Corporate Citizenship Reporting: Best Practices, by Amy Kao, profiles five companies that have been successful at communicating to stockholders and the public their commitment to causes not directly related to the bottom line. Produced by the Conference Board, a membership organization of…
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Book Offers Snapshots From Life of AmeriCares Founder
His Name Is Today: Bob Macauley and AmeriCares
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New Postal Rates for Charities to Take Effect in January
Washington Under a plan approved by the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors last week, charities will pay more for their mailings starting January 8. The increases will cost nonprofit groups an additional 3 percent or 12.3 percent, depending on the way they send their mail. Nonprofit groups that…
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Corporate CEO’s Cite Benefits of Charity Work
In a survey of 350 chief executives who lead fast-growing businesses, 73 percent said they were involved in corporate philanthropy, even though less than a third of those leaders said that charitable giving was important to their companies’ growth. More than half (55 percent) of the executives said…
By Caroline Preston
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How to Help Your Charity Meet Its Technology Needs
The Accidental Techie: Supporting, Managing, and Maximizing Your Nonprofit’s Technology
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Report Evaluates Benefits of Boys & Girls Clubs
Beyond Safe Havens: A Synthesis of 20 Years of Research on the Boys & Girls Clubs, by Amy J.A. Arbreton, Jessica Sheldon, and Carla Herrera, assesses the impact of the clubs on young people over the last two decades. The report examines not only how well they have achieved their stated goals, such…
By Caroline Preston
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The State of African-American Museums
African American History & Culture in Museums: Strategic Crossroads and New Opportunities, is the product of a conference of museum professionals on the state of museums that focus on black history, arts, and culture. Produced by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency, the…
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