Charities Should Give, Not Beg, on Giving Tuesday
The competition for donations on December 2 runs the risk of alienating the very people nonprofits need most.
By David Nocenti
Contributor
An Unexpected Online Success Offers a Blueprint for Other Nonprofits
A small “ragtag” team with no budget built an impressive audience on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Tumblr in just five years.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Foundations Should Support ‘Reproductive Justice,’ Not Just ‘Pro-Choice’
Young people and those who are poor and face other challenges don’t respond to the phrases so many nonprofits use to push legalized abortion.
By VANESSA DANIEL and TERESA YOUNGER
5 Falsehoods That Keep Nonprofits From Making the Most of Social Media
Nonprofits must stop worrying about crazy people online and instead focus on finding well-meaning people who want to help shape and support their cause, says the author of Matterness, a book released last week.
By ALLISON FINE
Contributor
The Power of ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’
Three lessons every nonprofit can learn from having people act out their experiences with social problems and work toward solutions.
By PAUL VANDECARR
Contributor
Online reports have many advantages over print versions: They can be cheaper to produce, and they allow charities to use video, interactive features, and dynamic data visualization.
By MATTHEW SCHARPNICK
Contributor
TechSoup Names Winners of Its Annual Storymakers Contest
Watch the winning videos in TechSoup’s contest.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Awareness Isn’t the Problem – It’s Shame
People with serious diseases face real struggles that we need to address to remove shame and stigma.
By Patty Huber Morrissey
Contributor
Online shares and retweets are easy, but it’s real donations and volunteer hours that make a difference. It’s time we ask for more.
By Daniel Schutzsmith
Contributor
How Companies Can Make a Real Change in Breast-Cancer Prevention
Businesses should be clearer about how they give to breast-cancer campaigns and disclose possible cancer-causing agents in their products.
By JOE WATERS
Contributor
How the NFL Can Really Appeal to Women
A zero-tolerance policy for domestic abuse would go much further than pink cleats and jerseys.
By Stephanie Trimble
Contributor
Moving Breast-Cancer Awareness Online
Given the success of campaigns like the ice-bucket challenge, here are four suggestions to step up digital efforts in October.
By Erik Qualman
Contributor
Expand the Focus of Breast-Cancer Awareness
Traditional campaigns have largely bypassed women in developing countries as well as women of color in the United States. It’s time to change that.
By SUSAN MCPHERSON
Contributor
Against the NFL’s ‘Limousine Philanthropy’
The league needs to make the most of its outsize role in society, but it will never figure out how from its offices on Park Avenue.
By ALLISON FINE
Contributor
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a chance to remind people about the importance of early detection but also a chance to move beyond awareness.
By Brian Reich
Contributor
3 Questions We Need to Answer for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
We need to know who reaps the most from a pink October and look at the real medical facts.
By GAYLE SULIK
Contributor