Humberto Pérez: Giving Students a Chance to Learn the Business of Art
Humberto Pérez is helping his students prepare a film to be judged at the Cannes International Film Festival.
By Derek Lieu
Contributor
José Gómez-Márquez: Helping Doctors in Poor Countries Improvise
Mr. Gómez-Márquez created the Medical Devices and Invention Kit, which gives doctors in developing countries an inexpensive way to deliver medication or diagnose illnesses.
By Derek Lieu
Contributor
Rebecca Manson: Restoring Memories in the Wake of Japan’s Disaster
After last year’s tsunamis, Ms. Manson found thousands of dirty and damaged photos. She decided to recruit volunteers to work with her to clean and restore them.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Charities Gird for Battle in the Latest ‘Culture Wars’
The struggling economy, the presidential race, and social media are all fanning the flames of partisan debates engulfing nonprofits like the Girl Scouts and family-planning groups.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor
Josh Nesbit: Improving Health Care Through Mobile Technology
Medic Mobile develops text-message and cellphone applications to improve health-care communications in poor regions of Africa and Asia.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Promoting Equality Through Social Media
Brian Elliot created Friendfactor, a social-media effort that rallies straight people to advocate for gay marriage and other efforts to fight discrimination against gay people.
Preparing for Battle: Tips for Nonprofits
Nonprofits should prepare board members for turbulence, strive for consistency, and take stock of their weaknesses.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor
Ask, Don’t Tell: Using Power Questions to Win New Business
Posing the right questions can get to the heart of a problem or idea, keep a conversation on target, and impress potential clients.
By Andrew Sobel
Contributor
How to Use Technology to Inspire Good Habits
Two organizations are blending charity and business to develop creative ways to inspire people to change the way they live.
By Scott Henderson
Contributor
N.Y. Public Television Station TapsMuseum Fundraiser as Development Chief
In a career that most recently included 13 years at the Museum of Modern Art, Lisa Mantone has found that an ability to work successfully with “strong people” is a great asset in nonprofit management.
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor
Navy Veteran Hopes to Build Political Support for National Service
After military service and human-rights work, Ken Harbaugh wants to promote the idea of community service as “a patriotic duty.”
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Collaborative Approach Gaining Favor as Strategy for Deep-Seated Problems
Community groups find that the coalition approach can be more successful than a single program in tackling social problems that have defied solutions, such as low reading scores or teenage pregnancy.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Recovering From a Public-Relations Scandal: Tips for Komen
A marketing expert offers advice on what the breast-cancer charity, and other nonprofits, can learn from the Planned Parenthood controversy.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Lessons From Hull House’s Collapse
With the closing of the pioneering social-service organization in Chicago after 123 years, nonprofit leaders suggest strategies that charity organizations must embrace to survive.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor
Some Fear Hull House Closure Is an Omen for Struggling Charities
Nonprofit leaders say the high-profile casualty of the recession could mark the start of more closures. But it is also a case study in the missteps many charities make, say experts.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor
Social-Media Success for Non-Sexy Causes
Notes and Resources from the January 26, 2012 Webinar