Archive for November, 2009

Diversity—More Than Ethnicity & Age

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Does your nonprofit need volunteers? Does it need both governance volunteers and those who actually implement the programs? Would you consider your volunteers diverse enough to reflect the various communities in your service area?
First, I’m not asking if your organization is ethnically diverse. That is but one component of diversity. Let me give you an [...]

Shop And Save (Lives, That is)

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Just got an e-mail from the American Diabetes Association promoting their online gift shop as a source of Christmas gifts.  Prominently displayed was: “Every penny of profit from your Gift Of Hope purchase goes directly to fund Diabetes research.
I think that’s a great idea. I’ve always struggled with what to get family members who have [...]

There’s A (Nonprofit) App For That

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Back in April the American Cancer Society launched its “More Birthdays” campaign. The premise being that we want to eliminate cancer as a major health problem so that more people can have more birthdays.
Now, over at Tipping Pitches, John Loomer reports that an iPhone app is being developed which is scheduled to be released in [...]