Category Archives: Resources
Why Its So Much More Than Social
Social media is so much more than “social”. It is the way the world looks for its next big thing (that Bieber kid). It is how we judge how serious a problem is (Iranian Green Revolution). I could go on, … Continue reading
Filed under Blog Roll, Opinion, Resources, social media
Day(s) Of Service
With tomorrow marking the 9th year of the September 11th attacks, it also marks the annual United States holiday commemorating it with the 9/11 Day of Service. While surfing the social networks I found tweets dedicated to both events from Elizabeth and … Continue reading
Filed under Public Service, Resources
The Billionaire Battleplan
Yesterday world wide billionaire Warren Buffet and power couple Bill & Melinda Gates have issued an ultimatum (of sorts) to the world’s richest people – Give 50% of your wealth to charities of your choice during their lifetimes or at … Continue reading
Filed under Development, Resources
Year Of Giving
Today is the first annual Worldwide Day of Giving. The idea was started by Reed of the “Year of Giving” Blog, who has been giving $10 a day to complete strangers in his D.C. community ever since he lost his … Continue reading
Board Service – Why You Should Do It
Recently, I was asked to join the Board of a local nonprofit animal shetler here in my town. First I was hesitant due to the balance required for serving on one board (Green Starkville) with both my professional and personal … Continue reading
A Superb New Legal Resource for Nonprofits
Two posts in one day! Must be a special going on in nonprofit news, a 2 for 1 if you may. Just this afternoon I recieved the daily newsletter from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In it was a link to a great new … Continue reading
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Using Google Yet?
The one thing that I take for granted during my work in the local nonprofit field, is the amazing tool that is Google. Sure Google is the “evil empire” to many people who wish to truly move away from big … Continue reading
Breaking into the Field
So you want to be a nonprofit professional? Well so did I! And let me share with you this invaluable tool from Idealist.org (a project of Actions without Borders) that I used for more than my professional search for a … Continue reading
Things You Should Be Following, Right NOW!
The first official post is going to be things that you, as interested nonprofit young (or experiened!) professionals should be following in order to compliment your knowledge of the field. Most of these will be on either my Blog Roll … Continue reading
Filed under Blog Roll, Development, Resources
