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2011 Online Giving Trends and 5 Tactics Your Nonprofit Must Implement Today

NetWits

In our 2011 Online Giving Report we’ve combined findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data, which allows us to pull out a very rich set of insights. Here’s a few of the highlights … Key 2011 Online Giving Trends Include. Online giving up 13% year-over-year *.

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Last 100 Days of 2011: How Will You Make Time for What Really Matters?

Have Fun - Do Good

You can always take care of whatever problem you're having today." - Richard Fern "I don't worry about the future. Some are just greater than others." - Brian Clark Excerpts from Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resistance on TIME.com Today seems like a good day to think about how to make time for what really matters.

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI). We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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Taking Back Your Time: Is Unplugging the New Green?

Have Fun - Do Good

"I'm taking FB/twitter hiatus for August as part of deepening my practice and my ability to listen and be present for this next year." - Facebook update by Marianne Manilov, Engage Network Maybe it's because it's summer, but lately I've been hearing more and more people talking about spending less time online. What do you think?

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Research Friday: Leadership Development & Performance Management - Reflections from Daring to Lead 2011

ASU Lodestar Center

This week we welcome Marla Cornelius, co-author of Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership. If you're interested in learning more, this topic will be explored in more depth in the upcoming Daring to Lead 2011 brief: Inside the Executive Director Job , which you can find on the Daring to Lead website next month.

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Candid names Ann Mei Chang as new CEO

Candid

Ann Mei will lead Candid in harnessing the precision of data, the power of technology, and the compassion of the social sector to increase our collective ability to do good during this unprecedented time of disruption and need. Sylvester John, chair of Candid’s board of trustees and head of the search committee. She earned a B.S.

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Nonprofits & Gaming: Playing Your Way to More Funds, More Volunteers, and Solving the World's Problems

NTEN

may prove to be a key resource for solving some of our most pressing real-world problems," according to game designer Jane McGonigal in The Wall Street Journal. Gamers are already helping tackle real-world problems, just by playing games. This game is a fast-paced challenge to "save the bay" in five time periods.

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