How do you foster innovation in your organization? Well, most organizations are more worried about making mistakes than the potential upside benefit. So the key in managing your mistakes. Rita [...]
The new White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation was created without much fanfare. In fact, even though it has been operating for several months, it has never been formally [...]
We developed the branding, brochure, folder and collateral to successfully launch this technology company which provides email compliance services for the financial sector. We also developed [...]
NY Governor Paterson admitted tough times for nonprofits, but pledged his support for the sector, while addressing the Not-For-Profit Leadership Summit on May 11, 2009 in Westchester. Here are [...]
I attended the Organizational Health and Nonprofit Lifecycle seminar, held by Don Crocker and John Brother at the Support Center for Nonprofit Management. Understanding the life cycle is [...]
Nonprofits and volunteering are in the news again. CNN online featured a story about a man who was laid off from his Wall Street job and decided to volunteer to work with baboons in Africa. [...]
Last night, the UJA-Federation held a reception celebrating 25 years of its Management Assistance Program, its internal volunteer matching service to provide help to its 150 funded agencies. MAP [...]
How can nonprofits address the fiscal crisis, build effective boards and be proactive? Bob Edgar, President and CEO of Common Cause answered these questions to nonprofit audience at the Stepping [...]
As spring rolls around and you are planning your fundraising events, you will undoubtedly want to take photos for use on your website and in your fundraising materials. You’ll want to make [...]
CLIENT: ProLiteracy Direct mail packages that come in standard business size envelopes are identifiable as fundraising solicitations from a mile away. So the question is, how do you get the [...]
As a cyclist who has been enjoying the recent additions of bike lanes in New York City, an article on the cover recent article in Chelsea Now, a neighborhood newspaper, caught my attention. It [...]