Nonprofits Weigh Hiring From Within Versus Outside to Fill Innovation Posts
While some groups promote internal candidates to lead exploration of new ideas, others seek outsiders with fresh perspectives.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Nonprofit Places a Bet on Testing a Bevy of New Approaches
One Acre Fund, a charity that helps poor farmers in Africa, stays nimble by devoting 15 percent of its budget to research and innovation.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Innovation Officers Give Charities a Chance to Explore
Nonprofits are adding senior-ranking people to help spread good ideas nationwide and figure out how to use new research to improve services.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
To Raise More Money, Talk About Impact, New Guide Advises
The fundraising manual draws on lessons from a study that found donors would shift $15-billion to high-performing charities if they had better information.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofits Are Excited—and Confused—About Cloud Computing
Sixty percent of charities said “lack of knowledge” was a major barrier to adopting Web-based software.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Social Network Gains Traction
Facebook and Twitter might get all the fanfare, but a nonprofit in Eagan, Minn., has quietly built a social network that logged 43 million visitors last year.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Aquarium Tests E-Book to Woo Visitors
The free e-book, an important part of the aquarium’s advertising campaign. has been downloaded more than 40,000 times.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Cash Rewards Spur Poor Communities to Pay for Sanitation Projects
The East Meets West Foundation’s unorthodox approach has won a grant from the Gates foundation.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Update: Salesforce.com Retreats on Trademarking ‘Social Enterprise’
The company pointed to the outcry from nonprofits and socially minded businesses as the primary reason for its reversal.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Tweaking E-Mail for the Mobile Age
Small changes can increase the number of smartphone users who open a charity’s e-mails, says a technology expert.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor