Online Forum Explores Fees in E-Mail’s Future
By Nicole WallaceLater this month, the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network will broadcast a panel discussion online entitled “Is Paying for E-Mail Delivery Inevitable?” Nonprofit leaders and business executives will discuss America Online’s recently announced plans to allow marketers who send…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
International Gathering Seeks to Give ‘Social Investing’ Mass Appeal
CONFERENCE NOTEBOOKOxford, England Al Gore is so convinced that companies whose operations are socially and environmentally responsible have a competitive ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Project to Convert Minefields Into Vineyards Is Among Recipients of Skoll Grants edge over other businesses, the former vice…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Project to Convert Minefields Into Vineyards Is Among Recipients of Skoll Grants
Sixteen nonprofit organizations from around the world have received Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship, which ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: International Gathering Seeks to Give ‘Social Investing’ Mass Appeal were accompanied by three-year grants. The winners were: Afghan Institute of Learning, in Kabul,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Benton Foundation Names Gloria Tristani President
The Benton Foundation, in Washington, has appointed Gloria Tristani, a former Federal Communications Commissioner, as president. The Benton Foundation works to promote communications policies that serve the public interest. For more information: Go to http://www.benton.org. Cisco Systems, in San…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Contest Will Honor Ads for Relief and Development
The Center for International Disaster Information is sponsoring a contest, “Lights, Camera, Action,” that challenges college students to create television advertisements to rally support for international development and disaster relief. Chris Palmer, an environmental-film producer, is leading a…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Low-Cost Web Tools Are Focus of May Meeting
The forthcoming NetSquared Conference will focus on how charities are using — or could be using — a new generation of low-cost Web tools, often referred to as Web 2.0 technologies. Organized by CompuMentor, a technology organization in San Francisco, the meeting is scheduled to take place May 30-31…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Kintera Earnings Report Shows Losses for 2005
While total revenue increased in 2005 for Kintera, the online fund-raising company, so too did its losses, according to the company’s year-end earnings statement. Kintera’s total revenue for the year was $40.9-million, an increase of 73 percent over the company’s $23.7-million in total revenue for…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Refugee camps for people who have fled civil wars, orphanages for children who have lost parents to AIDS, and shelters for survivors of natural disasters are notfun places to be. But one charity hopes that a little clowning around — and maybe even some juggling — can lighten the atmosphere and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fund-Raising Book Explores Role for E-Mail
A new book discusses the critical role of e-mail in online fund raising. Written by Madeline Stanionis, president of Donordigital, a consulting company in San Francisco, the book discusses techniques charities can use to build their lists of e-mail addresses. It also covers how to craft effective…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor