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Research Friday: So. What About These Numbers?

ASU Lodestar Center

Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. 1 But let’s compare their numbers for 2008, the year for which the Chronicle recently reported. Giving USA’s number for individual giving in 2008 is $214 billion. Why the difference?

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Economically, open looks better than closed

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

Have Fun - Do Good

In 2008, Will was named a John D. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in February 2010, he was invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama in launching, "Let's Move!" In May 2010, TIME magazine named Will to the TIME 100 World's Most Influential People. and Katherine T.

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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Convio’s APIs and Extensions are free, but the Database connectors have consulting costs associated with them, and that makes sense to me. Extensions also include the pantheon of Web 2.0 gods: Flickr, RSS, Google, etc. Bottom line: Kintera takes some important steps to open up their application.

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Speaking too soon

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I had a hard time being a successful business owner with employees (I pretty much suck at it, so I hitched my wagon to Database Designs Associates from 2003 until this year.) I stumbled a fair bit along the way. And I struggled mightily with my own capacity to build really good applications mostly without other developers to help out.

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What You Need to Know About Nonprofit Social Network Use

NTEN

Ah, 2008, you are missed. And, if that's not enough for you, we'll be going into greater depth with our 4-part series, " The State of Social Networking in the Nonprofit Sector 2010 " When : Wednesday, May 12th, 11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern Cost: Free! No budget for a web site redesign? Start a Facebook Page instead!

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Research Friday: Battling Domestic Violence with Data

ASU Lodestar Center

Angela Francis , Senior Associate. In 2009, we conducted a broad financial overview of 70 domestic violence (DV) service providers, which was followed by a comparative financial analysis of 18 organizations in 2010. As a result of the California budget crisis in 2010, many DV organizations laid off staff or closed temporarily.