Countering ‘Founder’s Syndrome at Charities, and More: Thursday’s Roundup
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
October 8, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
- To counter “founder’s syndrome,” when a person starts a charity but won’t step aside when it needs new management, the nonprofit world should develop serial entrepreneurs, people who are appreciated for their ability to start businesses and move on, writes Caryn Capriccioso, a nonprofit consultant, on the InsideGood blog.
- As natural disasters in Asia attract global attention, fund raising to assist the famine and water shortage in East Africa has run into problems, says Jane Beesley, a communications officer with Oxfam U.K., on the organization’s blog.
- Praising a new ad campaign that promotes aid efforts for women and girls in impoverished countries, Nicholas D. Kristof, a New York Times columnist, wonders how well charitable groups are using social media to market their causes. The article appears on his newspaper blog.
- Jeff Brooks, the former author of the popular Donor Power Blog, has switched jobs — and URL’s. Mr. Brooks, now the creative director at TrueSense Marketing, has started a new fund-raising blog called Future Fundraising Now.
